Well the book acts as a tailsmen and sometimes as a real living thing, i.e. thought form all its own at times. I do not know about bad luck following possession of the book. I think most of those stories are just that, stories the same way you hear the same things about having a copy of the Red Dragon or The Sacred Magick of Abramerlin. BUT, the book does tend to attract astral junk. Why I do not know, maybe it is a easy access or maybe it just has a light of it's own, who knows... Regardless, it will only affect you as much as you let it. If your aura is strong enough most astral junk won't even come into your house.
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