Since the time of Lovecraft, several authors have attempted to cash in on the alleged Necronomicon by writing and publishing their own. Careful scholars will note that Abdul Alhazred is not only not a proper Arabic name, but was in fact a childhood persona created after reading Arabian Nights, which shows the level of research that went into Lovecraft's fake book.ĭespite the fact lie that Lovecraft made up the Necronomicon out of whole cloth, and admitted to doing so, many people believe the book to be a real 8th century tome written by a mad Arab who is capable of summoning the Old Gods and performing magick (the 'k' makes it special). According to this fictional history, the Necronomicon was written by a 'Mad Arab' named Abdul Alhazred, sometime in the 8th century. Lovecraft did write a fictional history of the book, adding to the book’s mystique. That is why it's more fun to invent mythical works like the Necronomicon and Book of Eibon. As for seriously-written books on dark, occult, and supernatural themes - in all truth they don’t amount to much. Howard is responsible for Friedrich von Junzt and his Unaussprechlichen Kulten. Robert Bloch devised the idea of Ludvig Prinn and his De Vermis Mysteriis, while the Book of Eibon is an invention of Clark Ashton Smith's. There never was any Abdul Alhazred or Necronomicon, for I invented these names myself. If you encounter a problem with the download, please leave a comment below.“ ”Now about the 'terrible and forbidden books' - I am forced to say that most of them are purely imaginary. Note: The files are hosted on Google Drive. Most of these books are at least 100 years old, which means the copyright of their original versions has expired and they belong in the public domain, hence they’re free to download. Here’s a collection of ancient occult books in PDF format. While little is known about the origin of many of the magic formulas, it is probable that they are the result of translations of knowledge of Arabic oriental magic fused with Western elements. Aleister Crowley, a great promoter of these groups, gave rise to base on them various modern movements such as Wicca, Neopaganism, and Chaos Magic. Because, in the Middle Ages, Latin grammar books were central to school and university education, and the illiterate majority suspected that non-ecclesiastical books were magical.Īt the end of the 19th century some of these texts were claimed by masonic and other occult organizations such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Ordo Templi Orientis. The word “grimoire” comes from the French term grammaire, meaning “grammar”.

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