Necronomicon - Why did the writer H. P. Lovecraft claim that he was the author of the Necronomicon?

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                      Зи Дингир Ана Канпа, ЗиDingir Kia Kanpa
                      Spirits of the earth, remember, spirits of the sky, remember...



   * Question: Why did the writer H. P. Lovecraft claim that he
                 is the author of the Necronomicon?



    To answer this interesting question, you should turn to
the stories of two personalities: the poet and magician Aleister Crowley and
Brooklyn millionaire Sonia Greaney. There is no doubt that
Crowley read at Oxford a translation of the Necronomicon by
John Dee: Too Many Fragments of Crowley's Book of the Law
resemble a retelling of individual parts of this translation. Either this
the hypothesis is correct, or Crowley, who argued that in the previous
incarnation he was Edward Kelly, read the Necronomicon in his
past life! Why doesn't he mention the Necronomicon in his
labors?  The fact is that Crowley was surprisingly secretive about
as to the sources of his information; it is very likely that
composition entitled "777", the authorship of which he
claimed, in reality is, for the most part,
plagiarized from the notes of Allan Bennett. Crowley tries his best
conceal the influence that Nietzsche had on him, although once,
having let it slip, he refers to him as “an avatar of Thoth, the god
wisdom"; similar is the case with Richard Burton's influence on
Crowley's teaching about the TrueWill. I suspect that the Necronomicon
must have been quite embarrassing for Crowley when he discovered how
degree he (perhaps without realizing it) used
material of this ancient text in his "Book of the Law".

    In 1918, Crowley was in New York. As usual, he
tried to gain a literary reputation and collaborated with
International and Vanity Fair.  Sonia Greaney was energetic and
a vain Jewish emigrant.  She attended dinner parties and
lectures at a club called "Sunrise Club"
Traveler" (?!);  it was here that she first met
Crowley, who invited her to talk about modern poetry.



    It was a good match;  in a letter to Norman Mudd Crowley
describes his ideal woman: “quite tall, plump,
but not loose, agile, vain, energetic, aged from
thirty to thirty-five years old; possibly Jewish;  it is possible 
a singer or actress accustomed to this kind of entertainment. She
should be "fashionable", perhaps a little loud or
vulgar.   And, of course, very rich."  Sonya was neither
an actress, not a singer, but by all other criteria quite
came up.  She made a lot of money from modeling and
sale of women's hats. Various people described her as "a woman with
great charm and personalmagnetism", "completely
charming and feminine", "one of the most beautiful women, with
whom I have met" and "educated, but
an eccentric living phonograph." In 1918 she was thirty-five
years She was divorced and raising a teenage daughter. The fact is that
When it came to women, Crowley usually wasted no time; several
They continued to have irregular dates for months. In 1921
Sonya met H. P. Lovecraft, and in the same year Lovecraft
published his first novel mentioning Abdul Alhazred
("Nameless City").   In 1922 he first mentions
"Necronomicon" ("Hound"). On March 3, 1924, Lovecraft married
Sonya Greaney.  We don't know what exactly Crowley told Sonya
Greenie and what she told Lovecraft. However, it is worth paying attention
Note the following quote from the story "The Call of Cthulhu" (1926):



    "This cult will not die until the stars come again
into the correct position [precession of the equinoxes?] and the secret priests
will not call Cthulhu from His grave so that He can breathe life into His
subjects and reigned again on earth. Time it will be easy
recognize, for then humanity will become like the Great Ancients:
free and wild, not knowing the difference between good and evil, not
recognizing laws and morals; and all the people will start screaming and killing
and have fun.  Liberated Ancientsteach them new ways
scream, kill and have fun, and the whole earth will burn in fire
ecstasy and freedom."

    However brief and distorted this passage may be, it
yet lies the undeniable stamp of Crowley's Book of the Law. Easy
imagine like Sonya and Lovecraft, sitting in the firelight
room, laughingly discussing the contents of the new story and Sonya
suggested to her husband some ideas that she once
Crowley told;  she didn't even have to mention Crowley's name,
just one idea was enough to spark the imagination
novelist. We have no evidence that Lovecraft
ever seen the original text of the Necronomicon and generally knew about
the real existence of this book.   His Necronomicon
is remarkably close in spirit to the original, but the details are
is pure fiction, as, indeed, one would expect. B
in the original there is neither Yog-Sothoth, nor Azathoth, nor Nyarlathotep,
however, there is Ayoise...



   * Question: Where can I find the Necronomicon?



    The quickest and easiest answer would be: “Probably - nowhere.” And
we have to suspect Crowley again of what he had to do with
this hand.  In 1912, Crowley met with Theodor Reuss,
head of the German "Order of the Eastern Temple", and during
worked for several years in the ranks of this order. B1922 Reuss
resigned as head of the society in favor of Crowley. So
Thus, Crowley worked closely for ten years
contact with a leading representative of the German Masonic
organizations.   In 1933-1938.   few known
copies of the Necronomicon disappeared without a trace: some of
Hitler's government became interested in rare occult
literature and began in all honest and dishonest ways
get these books.  Dee's translation disappeared from Oxford during
invasion in the spring of 1934. It was done at the British Museum
several unsuccessful robbery attempts, and as a result the publication
Vormius was removed from the catalog and moved to the underground
storage facility in a closed shale mine in Wales (where, during
war, in 1939-1945.  royal jewels were kept).
Copies from other libraries simply disappeared, and are now
time "Necronomicon" is not mentioned in any library
catalogue.   Current location of copies of the Necronomicon
unknown;  there is a legend that in wartime
near Salzburg there was a large repository of occult
and magical documents. Rumors also constantly arise that
that a copy of the Necronomicon was made on the skin of prisoners
concentration camps.



    Suggested compilationcreated based on the following
source: Justin Jeffrey, "The Book of the Arab." Starry Wisdom Press,
1979.

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