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27 of 33 people found the following review helpful
A rather shoddy ploy
6 Jun 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
First lets keep in mind Simon's comment from page 216:
"To survive the occult journey, one must be prepeared to abandon one's ego; unfortunately for most occultists their ego is the last thing they are prepared to give up."
The book goes on to describe his comparable appearance to Johnny Depp, how Roman Polanski made "The Ninth Gate" based on their story(As someone else already brought up, the movie is based on the book "The Club Dumas" by Arturo Reverte. Don't believe me just look up the book, we are on Amazon after all!) There is also a comment below it about how the movie Ghostbusters is based on it as well. No undeserved ego there I assure you!
The book goes on with praise for Aleister Crowley, condemnation for almost any scholar who does not agree with him, chapter 10 is summed up in a nutshell: A person makes a critical comment about the Necronomicon and Simon's response is more or less: "nuh uh you weren't there!"
The book is not especially well written, the events cannot be proven, the supposedly "stolen books" cannot be listed(except for the Necronomicon of course.) The book is simply a poor defense of a hoax, not even really a necessary defense of it, for as long as there are twelve and thirteen year olds who have no idea about the occult or simply wish to screw with their uptight Christian parents, the Necronomicon will continue to sell copies until The Old Ones come home.
"To survive the occult journey, one must be prepeared to abandon one's ego; unfortunately for most occultists their ego is the last thing they are prepared to give up."
The book goes on to describe his comparable appearance to Johnny Depp, how Roman Polanski made "The Ninth Gate" based on their story(As someone else already brought up, the movie is based on the book "The Club Dumas" by Arturo Reverte. Don't believe me just look up the book, we are on Amazon after all!) There is also a comment below it about how the movie Ghostbusters is based on it as well. No undeserved ego there I assure you!
The book goes on with praise for Aleister Crowley, condemnation for almost any scholar who does not agree with him, chapter 10 is summed up in a nutshell: A person makes a critical comment about the Necronomicon and Simon's response is more or less: "nuh uh you weren't there!"
The book is not especially well written, the events cannot be proven, the supposedly "stolen books" cannot be listed(except for the Necronomicon of course.) The book is simply a poor defense of a hoax, not even really a necessary defense of it, for as long as there are twelve and thirteen year olds who have no idea about the occult or simply wish to screw with their uptight Christian parents, the Necronomicon will continue to sell copies until The Old Ones come home.
37 of 55 people found the following review helpful
I Can Save You $7.99
17 Aug 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
You don't need to shell out $7.99 in order to learn the "dark history" of the Necronomicon. I can tell you its history for free, in one paragraph.
In the 1920s and 30s there was a brilliant pulp fiction writer named H. P. Lovecraft. He created his own made up religion, which would come to be known as the "Cthulhu Mythos", providing a backdrop for a series of short stories which were published in a fantasy magazine called "Weird Tales". The best and most well known of these stories are "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Dunwich Horror", and they center around "The Old Ones", alien gods/demons of unimaginable power who will one day return to our world and bring about the end of mankind. In the course of creating this entirely made up religion, he created an ancient grimoire which could be used to open the portals between the worlds and bring the Old Ones back. He called it the Necronomicon.
There it is. A concise history of the Necronomicon. Anything that claims to be an "authentic" Necronomicon is just as real as the planet Oz or flesh eating zombies. If you're inclined to believe in these things, either grow up or seek professional help.
By the way, Lovecraft is a great writer. I highly recommend the Arkham House editions of his works.
I just saved you $7.99. You're welcome.
In the 1920s and 30s there was a brilliant pulp fiction writer named H. P. Lovecraft. He created his own made up religion, which would come to be known as the "Cthulhu Mythos", providing a backdrop for a series of short stories which were published in a fantasy magazine called "Weird Tales". The best and most well known of these stories are "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Dunwich Horror", and they center around "The Old Ones", alien gods/demons of unimaginable power who will one day return to our world and bring about the end of mankind. In the course of creating this entirely made up religion, he created an ancient grimoire which could be used to open the portals between the worlds and bring the Old Ones back. He called it the Necronomicon.
There it is. A concise history of the Necronomicon. Anything that claims to be an "authentic" Necronomicon is just as real as the planet Oz or flesh eating zombies. If you're inclined to believe in these things, either grow up or seek professional help.
By the way, Lovecraft is a great writer. I highly recommend the Arkham House editions of his works.
I just saved you $7.99. You're welcome.
8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
He'll pay the price later ...
22 Aug 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Most of what's written here is plain fetid garbage. The text is weak, rife with error and reeks of pure sensationalist detritus for the sake of profit and profit alone. This should be avoided at all costs. Hopefully the money gained by this endeavor was spent well.
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