Date: 2010-05-03
Those of you who may have heard the term Cthulhu Mythos (also simply shortened to Mythos) prior to reading this, I tip
my hat to you. As Lovecraft’s influence and inspiration grows,
I would expect more people to have a germ of this knowledge,
whether this term be read in print or overheard in passing conversation. This term has been in use for the past few decades
among the fans and...
Date: 2008-07-16
The “unmentionable Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred” is best known from the references that appear in the short stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) and other authors who wrote stories grouped together as part of the “Cthulhu Mythos.” The stories are filled with tales of evil and horror, of ancient, all-powerful gods who once ruled the earth and who are trying to rule again. ...
Date: 2006-09-18
Delving into history, legend, and myth, Donald Tyson explores the world of Alhazred, his newest book on this mysterious wandering author of H. P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon.
Date: 2005-10-31
The Necronomicon has become a kind of egregore in the modern world. It is the most notorious grimoire of all time, a notable achievement for a book that never existed. There is no historical evidence that such a book was written, yet tens of ...
Abdul Alhazred is attributed as the mysterious author of the Necronomicon. Like the dark book he is reputed to have written, he was the creation of the fertile mind of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who invented both Alhazred and the ...
For years I’ve been telling readers that an entire system of magic in the Western tradition could be worked using nothing other than a deck of Tarot cards. In my books and articles, various suggestions were given as to how this might be done in part—for example, I described the laying out of a magic circle using the Tarot, and also the use of Tarot Aces as elemental weapons. Portable Magic...
