H.P. Lovecraft & the Black Magickal Tradition
Subtitle: The Master of Horror's Influence on Modern Occultism
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Published: August 5, 2015
Place of publication: San Francisco, California, USA
Language: eng
Format: Trade Paperback
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781633410008
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Lovecraft, h. p. (howard phillips), 1890-1937; Occultism; Horror tales; Magic; Influence (literary, artistic, etc.)
First sentence: Since his death in 1937, H. P. Lovecraft has become a major figure in popular culture and critical circles.
Description: Explore Lovecraft's Deep Connections to the Dark Arts

Modern practicing occultists have argued that renowned horror writer H. P. Lovecraft was in possession of in-depth knowledge of black magick. Literary scholars claim that he was a master of his genre and craft, and his findings are purely psychological, nothing more. Was Lovecraft a practitioner of the dark arts himself? Was he privileged to knowledge that cannot be otherwise explained?

Weaving the life story of Lovecraft in and out of an analysis of various modern magickal systems, scholar John L. Steadman has found direct and concrete examples that demonstrate that Lovecraft's works and specifically his Cthulhu Mythos and his creation of the Necronomicon are a legitimate basis for a working magickal system.

Whether you believe Lovecraft had supernatural powers or not, no one can argue against Lovecraft's profound influence on many modern black arts and the darker currents of western occultism.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: xiii; label: 1.
title: The Purposes and Mythodogies of Black Magick
pagenum: 1; label: 2.
title: H.P. Lovecraft: Prophet of the Aeon of the Great Old Ones
pagenum: 27; label: 3.
title: The Spurious Necronomicons
pagenum: 71; label: 4.
title: The Simon/Schlangekraft Necronomicon
pagenum: 93; label: 5.
title: The Great Old Ones
pagenum: 117; label: 6.
title: Lovecraft and the Afro-Haitian Vodou Cults
pagenum: 145; label: 7.
title: Lovecraft and the Wiccan Religion
pagenum: 169; label: 8.
title: Lovecraft and the Typhonian O.T.O.
pagenum: 201; label: 9.
title: Lovecraft and the Church of Satan
pagenum: 223; label: 10.
title: Lovecraft and the Chaos Magick Pacts
pagenum: 243; label: 11.
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 263; title: Notes
pagenum: 267; title: Index
pagenum: 280