Superstition Nonsense, need some help Options

As long as I have been conscience of my of being, I have always heard that the Necronomicon was, well evil, satanistic material. ANd I am sure that the people who stated that are just ignorant, superstitious fanatics. Recently I have been really doing ceremonial, but the necronomicon looks interesting. I know I am just ignorant in this field but why do people say that this book is just no good? IN these forums, I have read that many people find this book useful, but if I use it am I going to end up going nuts or anything like that.

Thanks,

Mike M.

ps. Dont be offended, anyone who reads this, for any reason.

Regarding those who bash the Necronomicon, I believe that most do so because of a philosophical disagreement with its belief system rather than any genuine concern about "forgery." The Necronomicon approach is more blunt and direct than that of many other magickal systems, which are all too often weak and "wimpified." I wrote an article about that very topic but am unsure of posting it here.

Regarding banishings, I have had success using the purification ritual to INANNA accompanied by tracing the ARRA sign in the air, although I cannot necessarily recommend this shortcut to others.

This post has been edited by Penny_Lane: Oct 19 2006, 05:59 AM

The Necronomicon approach is more blunt and direct than that of many other magickal systems, which are all too often weak and "wimpified." I wrote an article about that very topic but am unsure of posting it here.

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Why are you unsure of posting it here? If it would be an issue of having other magickians whining about it, you could simply attatch it in "Word" to a post rather than posting the text of the document.


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Why are you unsure of posting it here? If it would be an issue of having other magickians whining about it, you could simply attatch it in "Word" to a post rather than posting the text of the document.
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My original article needs some work because my bibliographic notes were incomplete and some of my statements were conjectural, but the main point was that many critics of the Necronomicon obviously hadn’t read it, were unfamiliar with Sumerian and Babylonian beliefs, or were motivated by political bias.

Some critics claim, for instance, that the Necronomicon is a hoax because its writer implicitly endorses such practices as war, weaponcraft, meat eating, and temple sex workers and is lukewarm or silent about homosexuality. The fact is that all of these views are consistent with those of the ancient Mesopotamians, so their inclusion in the Necronomicon should be treated as evidence for the Necronomicon's authenticity rather than the opposite, even though these ancient beliefs differ from those of mainstream Wicca or neo-Paganism.

Many critics also betray their personal ignorance by claiming that H. P. Lovecraft “wrote” the Necronomicon, one Urban Dictionary contributor even opining that “Simon” is Lovercraft’s “surname,” ignoring the fact that Lovecraft died in 1937, well before the existence of the A-bomb, the Cold War, the moon landing, or the movie The Exorcist, all of which were mentioned by Simon in his introduction. Several critics at Wikipedia and elsewhere claim that the Deities described in the Necronomicon “have nothing to do with” Sumerian or Babylonian Gods, even though all of the Necronomicon Deities are Sumerian or Babylonian Gods and are described consistently with the ancient beliefs.

In sum, I have observed that much of the criticism leveled against the Simon Necronomicon is based on incorrect information or differences in political or moral beliefs, and that the “evidence” for its being a hoax is itself highly questionable, consisting mainly of conflicting hearsay and rumors about various peoples’ claims of authorship. Despite their pseudo-intellectual posturing, no critic has yet been able to show me sound evidence that the Simon Necronomicon is unworthy of my continued use as a holy book.

This post has been edited by Penny_Lane: Oct 24 2006, 04:56 AM