“…the Necronomicon, a highly secret magical text released in paperback.” – William S. Burroughs.
This symbol, called the Necronomicon gate, or the”gate of Yog-Sohoth,” is a faux sigil usually found on the cover of an edition of the legendary and quite fake “Necronomicon,” a falsified grimoire based on the work of horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft.
For a more detailed look at this fabled work, see: Necronomicon, truth or fiction?
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Lovecraft, is to me, on the same level of mystic knowledge as any god, or star people.
I’m amazed that so many people put so much faith into a symbol from a fictional book from fictional stories by a 1920′s horror writer.
It’s the power fiction holds over so many people (including myself, once): if I think it’s true, it’s true.
I’m 16 which is quite young to be reading this type of stuff. But I honestly don’t care and I have an interest of this. I’ve bought the necronomicon and performed 2 rituals of my own which have worked. All you have to do is believe, follow your interests and try to keep a diary of your findings and/or performances. Leave a reply if u want more information.
Lazlo, how does one measure the success of an occultist?
I c thru all these symbols if yall could only C my face…. It’s like sometimes I don’t need any symbols, sometimes I feel like He talks 2 me….. Aids me…. Happy Halloween everyone today is my night……
http://www.paganspace.net/forum/topics/a-serious-magical-discusion
http://www.orrar.net/occult/necronomiconseal.html. i read something else on this. I plan on getting this tattoo either on my shoulder or my neck.
Ive seen what it can do when i was 15 now I am 33 and still scared to mess with it again…….. it is one that you need to control and understand before messing with
I just god this symbol tattooed on one of my fingers not because i’m stupid, but because I’m a huge Evil Dead fan and they mention this book a lot.
#1 – I’ve been an Occultist for nearly 30 years, and have used many different techniques and combinations there-in.
#2 – If the Necronomicon is such a fake, care to explain why it has been used so effectively by Occultists all over the world?
#3 – I’m not actually suggestion its history is “authentic” mind you (although admittedly Simon makes a VERY solid argument to exactly this claim in his later books) , merely that regardless of its origins, someone got it right somewhere along the lines.
~ Lazlo ~
I believe the abstract quality of the lines of the stars conjoined in this circle of the necronomicon symbolizes the ease in manipulating ones reality and the importance of self-interpretation of spiritual practices. The necronomicon is a personal mythology so as to further the development of the immortally enlightened, as we all know development, even spiritual is infinite in scope.