H. P. Lovecraft & the black magickal tradition: the master of horror's influence on modern occultism

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The purposes and methodologies of black magick -- H.P. Lovecraft: prophet of the aeon of the Great Old Ones -- The spurious Necronomicons -- The Simon/Schlangekraft Necronomicon -- The Great Old Ones -- Lovecraft nad the Afro-Haitian Vodou cults -- Lovecraft and the Wiccan religion -- Lovecraft and the Typhonian O.T.O. -- Lovecraft and the Church of Satan -- Lovecraft and the chaos magick pacts -- Conclusion.;"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." --