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Introduction.
0.1 The Tree and the ten, eleven, twelve sefiroth. Keter (supernal crown, representing above-conscious will) Chochmah (the highest potential of thought) Binah (the understanding of the potential) Daat (intellect of knowledge) Chesed (sometimes referred to as Gedolah-greatness) (loving-kindness) Gevurah (sometimes referred to as Din-justice or Pachad-fear) (severity/strength) Rachamim also known as Tiphereth (mercy) Netzach (victory/eternity) Hod (glory/splendour) Yesod (foundation) Malkuth (kingdom) The Nine Angles explored within the Tree of Life. The Dreamworld a Map by HP Love Craft.
14. The Cthulian Dictionary or Cult of Cthulhu Glossary 15. The Family Tree of the Gods 16. Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies Addendum. ***
Introduction. This is an exploration of the Tree of Life, the front and the back, in which some keys and some locks are exposed for those Others smart enough to use them wisely. Ofcourse most will still seek to be all kinds of beings and creatures to explore these places, there are safer and cleaner ways to do it. Those are the keys included in this book, we can thank Grant Morrison/Kingmob and Blue Zebra Agent for exposing himself to these dangers and sharing them with us. The Blue Zebra Agent had already prepared the notes for this book but could not finish it and lef this library of unfinished books to his cabal; The Order of the Blue crystal. (.:O.:B.:C) Agents have been imploring the .:O.:B.:C to publish these secret notes of the Blue Zebra Agent because they could save the sanity and help advance more agents to Other hood. That which was the great dream of the BZA, to lift more agents of transformation to that high plane he raised himself to. Blue Zebra Agent, Ipsissimus (33) The head of the .:O.:B.:C ***
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Keter (supernal crown, representing above-conscious will) Chochmah (the highest potential of thought) Binah (the understanding of the potential) Daat (intellect of knowledge) Chesed (sometimes referred to as Gedolah-greatness) (loving-kindness) Gevurah (sometimes referred to as Din-justice or Pachad-fear) (severity/strength) Rachamim also known as Tiphereth (mercy) Netzach (victory/eternity) Hod (glory/splendour) Yesod (foundation) Malkuth (kingdom)
The Worlds are formed by the Ohr Mimalei Kol Olmin, the Divine creative light that "Fills all Worlds" immanently, according to their particular spiritual capacity to receive. The 10 sephirot attributes and 12 basic partzufim personas shine in each world, as well as more specific Divine manifestations. In Lurianic Kabbalah, the partzufim dynamically interact with each other, and sublime levels are enclothed within lower existences, as their concealed soul. Nonetheless, in each World, particular sephirot and partzufim predominate. The five Worlds in descending order: 1. Adam Kadmon ( ), meaning Primordial Man. This anthropomorphic metaphor denotes the Yosher (Upright) configuration of the sephirot. Kadmon signifies "primary of all primaries", the first pristine emanation, still united with the Ein Sof. Also called the realm of Keter Elyon (Supernal Crown of Will), "the lucid and luminous light" (Tzachtzachot), "the pure lucid sephirot which are concealed and hidden" in potential. As Keter is elevated above the sephirot, so Adam Kadmon is supreme above the Worlds, and generally only Four Worlds are referred to. Atziluth ( ,) meaning World of Emanation, also "Close." On this level the light of the Ein Sof (Infinite Divine "without end") radiates and is still united with its source. This supernal revelation therefore precludes the souls and Divine emanations in Atzilus from sensing their own existence. In Atzilus the 10 sephirot emerge in revelation, with Chochma (Wisdom) dominating, all is nullification of essence (Bittul HaEtzem) to Divinity, not considered created and separate. The last sephirah Malchut (Kingdom) is the "Divine speech" of Genesis 1, through which lower Worlds are substained. Beri'ah ( or alternatively ,) meaning World of Creation. On this level is the first concept of creatio ex nihilo (Yesh miAyin), however without yet shape or form, as the creations of Beriah sense their own existence, though in nullification of being (Bittul HaMetzius) to Divinity. Beriah is the realm of the "Divine Throne", denoting the sephirot configuration of Atzilus descending into Beriah like a King on a Throne. The sephirah Binah (Understanding) predominates, Divine intellect. Also called the "Higher Garden of Eden". The Highest Ranking Angels are in Beriah. Yetzirah ( ,) meaning World of Formation. On this level the created being assumes shape and form. The emotional sephirot Chesed to Yesodpredominate, the souls and angels of Yetzirah worship through Divine emotion and striving, as they sense their distance from the Understanding of Beriah. This ascent and descent channels the Divine vitality down through the
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These four worlds are spiritual, Heavenly realms in a descending chain, although the lowest world of Assiah has both a spiritual and a physical aspect. The physical level of Assiah is our physical finite realm, including the cosmological Universe studied by Science. Consequently, as Kabbalah is a metaphysical study, its reference to Ohr ("light") is a metaphor for Divine emanation, and the terms "higher" and "lower" are metaphors for closer and further from Divine consciousness and revelation. The 16th-century systemisation of Kabbalah by Moshe Cordovero brought the preceding interpretations and schools into their first complete rational synthesis. Subsequent doctrines of Kabbalah from Isaac Luria, describe an initial Tzimtzum (withdrawal of the universal Divine consciousness that preceded Creation) to "allow room" for created beings on lower levels of consciousness. Lower levels of consciousness require the self-perception of independent existence, by the created beings on each level, to prevent their loss of identity before the magnificence of God. This illusion increases with more force in each subsequent descending realm. The number of graduations between the Infinite and the finite, is likewise infinite, and arises from innumerable, progressively strong concealments of the Divine light. Nonetheless, the four worlds represent fundamental categories of Divine consciousness from each other, which delineates their four descriptions. Consequently, each world also psychologically represents a spiritual rung of ascent in human consciousness, as it approaches the Divine. Kabbalah distinguishes between two types of Divine light that emanate through the 10 Sephirot (Divine emanations) from the Infinite (Ein Sof), to create or affect reality. The continual flow of an immanent lower light ("Mimalei Kol Olmin"), the light that "fills all worlds" is the creating force in each descending world that itself continually brings into being from nothing, everything in that level of existence. It is this light that undergoes the concealments and contractions as it descends downward to create the next level, and adapts itself to the capacity of each created being on each level. A transcendent higher light ("Sovev Kol Olmin"), the light that "surrounds all worlds" would be the manifestation on a particular level of a higher light above the capacity of that realm to contain. This is ultimately rooted in the infinite light ("Ohr Ein Sof") that preceded Creation, the Tzimtzum and the Sephirot, rather than the source of the immanent light in the "Kav" (first emanation of creation after the Tzimtzum), in the teachings of Isaac Luria. Consequently, all the worlds are dependent for their continual existence on the flow of Divinity they constantly receive from the Divine Will to create them. Creation is continuous. The faculty of Divine Will is represented in the Sephirot (10 Divine emanations) by the first, supra-conscious Sephirah of "Keter"-Crown, that transcends the lower 9 Sephirot of conscious intellect and emotion. Once the Divine Will is manifest, then it actualises Creation through Divine Intellect, and "subsequently" Divine Emotion, until it results in action. The reference to temporal cause and effect is itself a metaphor. The psychology of man also reflects the "Divine psychology" of the Sephirot, as "Man is created in the image of God" (Genesis 1:27). In man the activation of willpower through intellect and emotion until deed, requires time and subsequent cause and effect. In the Divine Sephirot and their activation of Creation, this does not apply, as limitations only apply to Creation. The Book of Job states that "from my flesh I see God". In Kabbalah and Hasidism this is understood to refer to the correspondence between the "Divine psychology" of the Four Worlds and the Sephirot, with human psychology and the Sephirot in the soul of man. From understanding the Kabbalistic description of the human soul, we can grasp the meaning of the Divine scheme. Ultimately, this is seen as the reason that God chose to emanate His Divinity through the 10 Sephirot, and chose to create the corresponding chain of four Worlds (called the "Seder hishtalshelus"-"order of development"). He could have chosen to bridge the infinite gap between the Ein Sof and our World by a leap of Divine decree. Instead the Sephirot and Four Worlds allow man to understand Divinity through Divine manifestation, by understanding himself. The verse in Genesis of this correspondence also describes the feminine half of Creation: (Genesis 1:27) "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him, male and female created He them". Consequently some of the Sephirot are feminine, and the Shechina (immanent Divine presence) is seen as feminine. It is the intimate relationship between the Divine sceme of four World and man, that allows man's ascent more easily to Divine consciousness
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Yuggoth is briefly mentioned in John Bellairs's The Face in the Frost as part of a wizard's model of the cosmos. It is described as "the terrible black planet...which rolls aimlessly in the stupefying darkness."
A being or "living concept" which is dubbed a Yuggoth by the narrator possesses Allan Quatermain's abandoned mortal shell in the illustrated story Allan and the Sundered Veil in the first graphic novel volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The Yuggoth is described as being known as "a creature, a planet, and an idea" and is an abstract alter-dimensional entity which is entering through the hole in the fabric of time that the story revolves around.
An entity referred to as both Nyarlathotep and "Yuggoth's emissary" appears towards the end of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier. The being is involved in diplomacy in the Blazing World.
Yuggoth is the name of a deletion program in Digimon: Tamers (3rd Season). Yuggoth is also a theme which is discussed in detail in Kenneth Grant's Typhonian Trilogy.
The H. P. Lovecraft story "The Whisperer in Darkness" is the main focal point in the Electric Wizard song "Weird Tales: Electric Frost/Golgatha/Altar of Melektaus." This can be seen in lyrics such as "From ancient Yuggoth, black rays emit, Evils narcotic cyclopean pits."
Jack Chalker's novel Horrors of the Dancing Gods references "Far Yuggoth" as the continent of the sub-Earth world of Husaquahr from which all evil things come. Far Yuggoth can only be reached by taking a ship called the Hovecraft.
In Brian Keene's novel A Gathering of Crows, Levi traps the minions of Meeble by tricking them into the Labyrinth, a corridor between planes of reality. When his adversaries close in to seemingly finish him, he informs that they are powerless. As they are now on Yuggoth, which is the planet ruled by Behemoth, a more powerful member of the Thirteen...
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Kokopelli.
Kokopelli has been worshipped since at least the time of the Ancient Pueblo Peoples. The first known images of him appear on Hohokam pottery dated to sometime between AD 750 and AD 850. Kokopelli may have originally been a representation of ancient Aztec traders, known as pochtecas, who may have traveled to this region from northern Mesoamerica. These traders brought their goods in sacks slung across their backs and this sack may have evolved into Kokopelli's familiar hump; some tribes consider Kokopelli to have been a trader. These men may also have used flutes to announce themselves as friendly as they approached a settlement. This origin is still in doubt, however, since the first known images of Kokopelli predate the major era of MesoamericanAnasazi trade by several hundred years. Another theory is that Kokopelli is actually an anthropomorphic insect. Many of the earliest depictions of Kokopelli make him very insect-like in appearance. The name "Kokopelli" may be a combination of "Koko", another Hopi and Zuni deity, and "pelli",[2] the Hopi and Zuni word for the desert robber fly, an insect with a prominent proboscis and a rounded back, which is also noted for its zealous sexual proclivities. A more recent etymology is that Kokopelli means literally "kachina hump". Because the Hopi were the tribe from whom the Spanish explorers first learned of the god, their name is the one most commonly used. Kokopelli is one of the most easily recognized figures found in the petroglyphs and pictographs of the Southwest.[3] The earliest known petroglyph of the figure dates to about A.D. 1000.[3] The Spanish missionaries in the area convinced the Hopi craftsmen to omit the phallus from their representations of the figure. As with most kachina dolls, the Hopi Kokopelli was often represented by a human dancer. Most recently, Kokopelli is one of several kachina dolls sold to tourists.
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"Azathoth" by Edward Pickman Derby "Azathoth in Arkham" by Peter Cannon "The Revenge of Azathoth" by Peter Cannon "The Pit of the Shoggoths" by Stephen M. Rainey "Hydra" by Henry Kuttner "The Madness Out of Time" by Lin Carter "The Insects from Shaggai" by Ramsey Campbell "The Sect of the Idiot" by Thomas Ligotti "The Throne of Achamoth" by Richard L. Tierney & Robert M. Price "The Last Night of Earth" by Gary Myers "The Daemon-Sultan" by Donald R. Burleson "Idiot Savant" by C. J. Henderson "The Space of Madness" by Stephen Studach "The Nameless Tower" by John Glasby "The Plague Jar" by Allen Mackey "The Old Ones Promise of Eternal Life" by Robert M. Price
^ H. P. Lovecraft, "The Dunwich Horror", The Dunwich Horror and Others, p. 158. ^ Robert M. Price, The Azathoth Cycle, pp. v-vi. ^ cited in Price, The Azathoth Cycle, p. vi. ^ Letter to Frank Belknap Long, June 9, 1922; cited in Price, The Azathoth Cycle, p. vi. ^ "H. P. Lovecraft's original fragment, 'Azathoth'" ^ "Publication History for H. P. Lovecraft's 'Azathoth'", The H. P. Lovecraft Archive. ^ Price, The Azathoth Cycle, p. vii. ^ Price, The Azathoth Cycle, pp. viii-ix. ^ H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, in At The Mountains of Madness, p. 308. ^ H. P. Lovecraft, "The Whisperer in Darkness", The Dunwich Horror and Others, p. 256. ^ H. P. Lovecraft, "The Dreams in the Witch House", At the Mountains of Madness, pp. 272-273. ^ Lovecraft, "The Dreams in the Witch House", p. 282. ^ Lovecraft, "The Dreams in the Witch House", p. 293. ^ H. P. Lovecraft, "The Thing on the Doorstep", The Dunwich Horror and Others, p. 277. ^ H. P. Lovecraft, "The Haunter of the Dark", The Dunwich Horror and Others, p. 110.
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Isis, the queen; SECOND ANGLE: Duality. The profound and necessarily total change of unity into symmetry and polarity (and its symbolic representations: Horus and Set, Yang and Yin, etc.) The "orderer of the planes and angles' is Yog- Sothoth, who is, as the shaper of energy and matter, described as the author of Earth in its matter/energy/evolutionary configuration. Note that in pure duality there is no room for judgment between the two; there is only one or the other. In duality geometry creates a single extension (a line). The Second Angle represents the struggle to know. This is the learning process, the abyss between what one is leaving behind and the place one is traveling to. This Angle can be ritualized when approaching something new. The reciting of these words will allow the mage to have a fresh and open-minded perspective; useful before tackling an unknown challenge. The Second Angle: Black Water Ith Rossadeg Goar Gogithkai casarema Vaurelar to-et pahreji Naja Isqua Taleknesh Zibza anchor Ak-behy Ak-behy Uoon kalool Durant aktah Cthulhu ishtahn Zaj-gagahmek Eeyash Yethkai Imagination called up the shocking form of fabulous Yog-Sothoth only a congeries of iridescent globes, yet stupendous in its malign suggestiveness. H. P. Lovecraft, "The Horror in the Museum" Yog-Sothoth is an Outer God and is coterminous with all time and space yet is supposedly locked outside of the universe we inhabit. Its cosmic nature is hinted at in this passage from "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (1934) by Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price: It was an All-in-One and One-in-All of limitless being and self not merely a thing of one Space-Time continuum, but allied to the ultimate animating essence of existence's whole unbounded sweep the last, utter sweep which has no confines and which outreaches fancy and mathematics alike. It was perhaps that which certain secret cults of earth have whispered of as YOG-SOTHOTH, and which has been a deity under other names; that which the crustaceans of Yuggoth worship as the Beyond-One, and which the vaporous brains of the spiral nebulae know by an untranslatable Sign... Yog-Sothoth knows all and sees all. To "please" this deity could bring knowledge of many things. However, like most beings in the mythos, to see it or learn too much about it is to court disaster. Some
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The Seventh Angle is for acquiring sexual gratification. The magician should speak this evocation in order to acquire a satisfactory partner for intimate relations and lustful practices. Many are the wizards who have sought their scarlet woman and realized their darkest dreams; or, in the Cthulhu Cultists parlance, an emerald woman. Sex can open unique doorways of perception. There is strength in such indulgence. The Seventh Angle: Aquamarine Water Uoon kalool irik hast Inerfo Tahrone izzibanatee kas Cthulhu rai hatquroon blaht za Q orhaneznet gorotep Pleshten ziroob tai est Inanzorbae Uoon kalool irik hast Kafjith Yuggoth hatheg
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The Sixth Angle is for helping one's friends and family. When aid must be given to those close to the magician, recite these words in the ritual chamber. The Dark Gods will look favorably on the magician's friends and family. Everyone who wishes the mage success will in turn be successful. Being simultaneously evil and altruistic is not impossible. On the contrary, the greatest wickedness can be carried out when striving for a higher purpose. The Sixth Angle: Vile Yellow Fire Forkateen hasht nab gastinsta zedroab septh Gorotep kara ka Cthulhu noco mada qumla Torinuta est Ill-katheen kriet bestya hai qoreen Sooprune sta Verinsta esbrekshta zad miranoit Imprek iadanamor mas itoon Igrog xura hohn-tep Yaddith
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EIGHTH ANGLE: The temple containing the trihedral angles is a truncated pyramid: the power of the trapezoid perfectly manifest in a golden Section-based three-dimensional structure. Thus its architects are the Masters of the Realm (the all-embracing term for the IV+ in the original Church of Satan): the Sorcerers who beam from their towers the Powers of Darkness to rebuild the world corrupted by six and shattered by the seven, and their seal is the Seal of the Order of the Trapezoid (seal of the Priesthood of the original Church of Satan). The Eighth Angle is for completing a magician's evolution. The Old Ones advanced human evolution to a certain degree; however, man remains unfinished. This Angle will allow the mage to become more (or less) than human. He will become sufficiently alien and demonic in nature enough to bear the Old Ones seal. The mage who hath proved himself shall become like the Old Ones themselves! The Eighth Angle: Violet Air Umela Zortae Umth Orak Ishbae tahn beshtor nathsoon Cthulhu ebtansorat plie eskabnae reerideth Pereda zorat corempta tai est hapthee noch Cohm tae pilada mada forada Zenik thasa aeh Plirakthorna tzaht hesht Necronomicon fhtagn INGANOK
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Lovecraft commented: I had never heard the name NYARLATHOTEP before, but seemed to understand the allusion. Nyarlathotep was a kind of itinerant showman or lecturer who held forth in public halls and aroused widespread fear and discussion with his exhibitions. These exhibitions consisted of two parts first, a horrible possibly prophetic cinema reel; and later some extraordinary experiments with scientific and electrical apparatus. As I received the letter, I seemed to recall that Nyarlathotep was already in Providence.... I seemed to remember that persons had whispered to me in awe of his horrors, and warned me not to go near him. But Loveman's dream letter decided me.... As I left the house I saw throngs of men plodding through the night, all whispering affrightedly and bound in one direction. I fell in with them, afraid yet eager to see and hear the great, the obscure, the unutterable Nyarlathotep.[2] Will Murray has speculated that this dream image of Nyarlathotep may have been inspired by the inventor Nikola Tesla, whose well-attended lectures did involve extraordinary experiments with electrical apparatus and whom some saw as a sinister figure. [3] Robert M. Price proposes that the name Nyarlathotep may have been subconsciously suggested to Lovecraft by two names from Lord Dunsany, an author he much admired. Alhireth-Hotep, a false prophet, appears in Dunsany's The Gods of Pegana and Mynarthitep, a god described as "angry" in his "The Sorrow of Search".[4] Nyarlathotep differs from the other beings in a number of ways. Most of them are exiled to stars, like Yog-Sothoth and Hastur, or sleeping and dreaming like Cthulhu; Nyarlathotep, however, is active and frequently walks the Earth in the guise of a human being, usually a tall, slim, joyous man. He has "a thousand" other forms, most of these reputed to be maddeningly horrific. Most of the Outer Gods have their own cults serving them; Nyarlathotep seems to serve these cults and take care of their affairs in their absence. Most of them use strange alien languages, while Nyarlathotep uses human languages and can be mistaken for a human being. Most importantly, while the other Outer Gods and Great Old Ones are often described as
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"Alhireth-Hotep the Prophet" by Lord Dunsany "The Sorrow of Search" by Lord Dunsany "Nyarlathotep" by H. P. Lovecraft "The Second Coming" (poem) by William Butler Yeats "Silence Falls on Meccas Walls" )poem( by Robert E. Howard "Nyarlathotep" (poem) by H. P. Lovecraft "The Dreams in the Witch House" by H. P. Lovecraft "The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P. Lovecraft "The Dweller in Darkness" by August Derleth
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Name. This is the name of Nyarlathotep's form. Region. This is the geographical location where Nyarlathotep's form is active. Description. This entry describes Nyarlathotep's form. Notes. This field contains additional information. References. This field lists the sources that contain references to Nyarlathotep's form. If the source is a story, it is denoted by a two-letter codethe key to the codes is found here. If the reference is listed as rpg it means a role-playing gamewas the source, with specifics included in a footnote. If an entry appears in bold, this means that the reference introduces Nyarlathotep's form. Table-a (AD) Nyarlathotep's forms Name Region Description Notes Ahtu's cult in Africa is composed of human worshipers of no hope, driven to insanity by being ill-treated and forced into encroachments by rulers and exploiters. Self-mutilation is a sign of the Appears as a gelatinous mass Ahtu Congo extruding golden tentacles. scars from near-fatal whippings and beatings. However, New World worship more resembles voodoo rituals. He can be called by a magical, golden bracelet, which is kept separated into two halves to prevent accidental summonings. Appears as a hooved, hairless, Black England Man caucasian features. Black Egypt Appears as a The Brotherhood of the Black DQ, rpg[7] man with pitch black skin and by witch covens in this form. Nyarlathotep is worshipped DW, FG cult: all have amputations and terrible rpg,[6] UD References
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In The Stand (the uncut edition) by Stephen King, Nyarlathotep is said to be one of the pseudonyms of Randall Flagg. In Haiyore! Nyarko-san Japanese parody light novels with romantic comedy theme.[14] The heroine, Nyarko, is Nyarlathotepian alien who claims that her kin was friend of Lovecraft and become his inspiration of mythos. In Charles Stross' novel The Fuller Memorandum, the containment of Nyarlathotep in a parallel universe and the attempts of a cult to free "the Black Pharao" is the main focus of the plot. A 13-minute short film version of Nyarlathotep[15] was released in 2001, directed by Christian Matzke.[16] It was re-released on DVD in 2004 as part of the H. P. Lovecraft Collection Volume 1: Cool Air. "The Dark Eternal Night" from Dream Theater contains numerous references to locations and imagery described in the short story Nyarlathotep. Nyarlathotep also appears in the Megami Tensei series as a recurring demon and as a villain, particularly as the main antagonist of the first and second Persona games.. Nyarlathotep is a boss in the game Cthulhu Saves the World.
Harms, Daniel. "Nyarlathotep" in The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana (2nd ed.), pp. 218222. Oakland, CA: Chaosium, 1998. ISBN 1-56882-119-0. [edit]Notes
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^ HP Lovecraft, "Nyarlathotep", The Doom that Came to Sarnath, New York: Ballantine Books, 1971, 57-60. ^ H. P. Lovecraft, letter to Reinhardt Kleiner, December 21, 1921; cited in Lin Carter, Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos, pp. 18-19.
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^ Price, p. vii, 1-5. ^ Harms, "Nyarlathotep", The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana, pp. 2189. ^ Detwiller et al, Delta Green; Herber, "Dead of Night". ^ DiTillio & Willis, Masks of Nyarlathotep. ^ DiTillio & Willis, Masks of Nyarlathotep ^ DiTillio & Willis, Masks of Nyarlathotep. ^ Harms, The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana, "The Floating Horror", pp. 222. This name was created by Harms. ^ DiTillio et al, "City beneath the Sands"; Petersen et al, The Complete Dreamlands. ^ Aniolowski, Ye Booke of Monstres. ^ Ross, Escape from Innsmouth. ^ GA Bunko Official Japanese site ^ Nyarlathotep (2001) ^ H. P. LOVECRAFT'S NYARLATHOTEP: The Official Website
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Nephthys, the rook or castle. FIFTH ANGLE: Humanity as the physical vehicle for the expression of the Satanic psyche as discussed in the Fourth Angle. Concept of the body as a necessary medium for the self-realization of the psyche, at least in its early stage. Translation of this into physical representation of supra- energy/matter Forms such as Set via the creation of images, building to temples, etc. A temple with five trihedrons is a four-faced pyramid (as Giza), the 4/5/9 seal is the seal of the Order of the Trapezoid: a marvel of integrated, interrelated 4/5/9 values. As noted elsewhere, even the addition of 4+5+9 = 18, which takes you into the "returning' qualities of 9 as expounded upon in Anton LaVey's "Unknown Known' in The Satanic Rituals. In geometry 5 creates the pentagram, hence the Golden Section, hence the concept of perfection. This is why to Pythagoras (and his priestly mentors) 5 was the most sublime of numbers, and why the pentagram was used as the seal of the Pythagorean Brotherhood. The Fifth Angle represents arrival. This angle should be used for giving thanks when one has arrived at the destination. A magician needs goals to drive him, and he should expect to accomplish many of these. When he had done this, it is important to mark the occasion and praise the Old Ones for Their assistance. The Fifth Angle: Crimson Earth Soba imprek nab Sapahe I-el Adorahk sob ha atahe corazo Q orhaneznet Jkasan sabt Cthulhu ahjhan Fenotat dresbit canakon dasonuf Nyarlathotep preshari naj Gorotep septh northae Reerideth nygh Leng
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The Dreamlands is apparently divided into four regions: the "West" (location of Steps of Deeper Slumber, the port of Dylath-Leen (largest city of the Dreamlands), the town of Ulthar (where no man may kill a cat), Hlanith (a coastal jungle city), Ilarnek (a desert trade capital), Mnar, the ruins of Sarnath and Enchanted Wood); the "South" (location of the isle of Oriab and the Fantastic Realms); the "East" is (location of the city Celephas, created from cloth by its monarch King Kuranes, the greatest of all recorded dreamers, and The Forbidden Lands); and "the North" (location of the Plateau of Leng, complete with man-eating spiders and satyr-like beings known as the "Men of Leng". Other locales include "The Underworld" (a subterranean region underneath the Dreamlands and inhabited by monsters), the "Moon" (accessible via a ship and inhabited by "moon-beasts", creatures allied with Nyarlathotep) and Kadath, a huge castle atop a mountain and the domain of the "Great Ones". ***
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References. Lastly, the stories in which the celestial body makes a significant appearance or otherwise receives important mention appear below the description. A simple two-letter code is usedthe key to the codes is found here. If a code appears in bold, this means that the story introduces the celestial body. * Abbith A planet that revolves around seven stars beyond Xoth. It is inhabited by metallic brains, wise with the ultimate secrets of the universe. According to Friedrich von Junzt's Unaussprechlichen Kulten, Nyarlathotep dwells or is imprisoned on this world (though other legends differ in this regard). * Arcturus Arcturus is the star from which came Zhar and his "twin" Lloigor. * Celaeno One of the seven stars of the Pleiades. On its fourth planet is the Great Library of Celaeno, which houses stone tablets containing secrets stolen from the Great Old Ones and Elder Gods. Professor Laban Shrewsbury spent some time here, transcribing the library's knowledge in his notebooka manuscript that would later be known as the Celaeno Fragments. * Cykranosh The Hyperborean name for the planet Saturn is Cykranosh. It was the home of the god Tsathoggua before he came to Earth, though several of his relatives, including his uncle, Hziulquoigmnzhah, still dwell there. * Glyu-Uho Glyu-Uho (or Glyu-Vho or K'Lu-Vho) is the name for Betelgeuse in Naacal (the language of Mu), and is the star where the Elder Gods came from to battle the Great Old Ones (though it may actually be the place where a gateway leads to Elysia, the dimension where the Elder Gods are thought to live). * Haddath Haddath (also Haddoth or perhaps Urakhu) is a fiery planet, possibly found near the "eye" of the constellation Hydra, and is believed to be inhabited by the chthonians. Shub-Niggurath is thought to have once dwelt here. * Ktynga Ktynga (or Norby's comet) is the name of a bluish comet that is currently near the star Arcturus. The comet is unusually hot and has strange properties, such as the ability to travel faster than light. On the surface of the comet is a huge building wherein dwells the being Fthaggua and his servants, the fire vampires. Fthaggua and his minions can guide the comet to travel between the stars, and will visit our solar system four centuries from now. * Kynarth A mysterious celestial body located past Yuggoth (or Pluto?) on the edge of the solar system. *
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Addendum. The Filth is a comic book limited series, written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Chris Weston and Gary Erskine. It was published by theVertigo imprint of DC Comics in 2002. The Filth was Grant Morrison's second major creator-owned
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