The Necronomicon
by Simon
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Author: SimonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1980-03-01
ISBN: 0380751925
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Avon
Book Reviews of The Necronomicon
Book Review: A true horror - in more ways than one
Summary: 1 Stars
The book is obviously a hoax. Many people have said so here: they will get no argument from me. It was put together by person or persons unknown who were associated with the old Magickal Child book store in New York City in the 1970s. They, in the midst of a drug stimulated revelries, constructed several pieces of rituals. These drew from several different magickal systems and mythologies (some of which clearly contradicted each other). They had originally agreed to destroy these writings; and this was assigned to whoever was last to leave these gatherings.
A man known to us as "Simon" was the last to leave. However, instead of keeping his word, he grabbed the writings and ran. For whatever reason, these rituals were compiled into a book and published. Thus, the Simon Necronomicon came into being.
Despite being a hoax, the book is nonetheless, quite dangerous. The rituals are clearly constructed with a number of booby-traps that leave the practitioner unprotected and exposed to psychic attack, invocations of entities that are not what they are said to be, and even deliberate invitations to demonic attack and possession that make it excessively dangerous for even the experienced practitioner.
The introduction mentions a group of people who tested the rituals before the book was published. I knew a few of these people personally. They all told me the book was extraordinarily dangerous, and warned me not to meddle with it. I have also personally known people who were made insane from attempting the rituals in this book. One poor fool ended up trying to carve new tunnels in the New York City subway system using nothing but a wire coat hanger.
I myself has a few frightening personal experiences connected with this book.
The author/s of this book are among the most irresponsible, sociopathic, and perverse people in the occult world (and that's saying a lot!). The text, and the very existence of the book itself is an obscentity.
Summary of The Necronomicon
In the past 31 years, there has been a lot of ink - actual and virtual - spilled on the subject of the Necronomicon. Some have derided it as a clumsy hoax; others have praised it as a powerful grimoire. As the decades have passed, more information has come to light both on the book's origins and discovery, and on the information contained within its pages. The Necronomicon has been found to contain formula for spiritual trans-formation, consistent with some of the most ancient mystical processes in the world, processes that were not public knowledge when the book was first published, processes that involve communion with the stars.In spite of all the controversy, the first edition sold out before it was published. And it has never been out of print since then. This year, the original designer of the 1977 edition and the original editor have joined forces to present a new, deluxe hardcover edition of the most feared, most reviled, and most desired occult book on the planet.
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