The Necronomicon definitely chose me. Many years ago, when I was unhappy with my then-faith and leaning toward atheism, I had recurring dreams about a female saint or Goddess who told me she was the "patroness of soldiers" and asked me to follow her. I then had a dream about some sort of underworld where an unseen narrator very solemnly spoke the phrase, "The sun is darkly shining." I had never heard of the Necronomicon, was not familiar with the ancient Near East, nor had been a reader of horror or fantasy fiction at that time.
A few months later I came across a friend's copy of the Simon Necronomicon. Not knowing what it was, I picked it up and leafed through it. I was stunned to read about Ishtar, "Mistress of Battle and of Love," and shocked when I encountered the references to the sun "darkly shining" in the nether realms.
I halfheartedly tried a few spells but was not really satisfied so I put it aside for a while. About a year later, life circumstances again left me seeking religious guidance, so I gave this system another chance, keeping an open mind. This time I found great satisfaction and excellent results. Some two decades later, I am still a priestess of Ishtar and my faith has never been stronger!
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