KEYS TO THE ANCIENT ONES PART 10: ANU the Dead God?

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I would like to take the time out to thank everyone for visiting the Simon Necronomicon GateWalker’s Info Page. If this is your first time here, please take the time to review some of our previous articles to better equip you in understanding our current discussion.

We have spent some time discussing the deeper mysteries of the Simon Necronomicon, which are found in our KEYS TO THE ANCIENT ONES SERIES. I thought that it would be good to share some information with those who have been Walking the Gates for some time and still have not gotten to the deeper initiation, as found in the Urilla Text. I would like to begin our discussion with a passage from the Mad Arab’s First Testimony:

“Thinking no more of the carvings, save that they might be the work of a king to mark some ancient victory over an enemy, I built a fire at its foot to protect me from the wolves that wander in those regions and went to sleep, for it was night and I was far from my village, being Bet Durrabia. Being about three hours from dawn, in the nineteenth of Shabatu, I was awakened by the howl of a dog, perhaps of a wolf, uncommonly loud and close at hand.”

It is interesting to note that the Mad Arab was awakened by a “wolf” or dog. This is a clear reference to ANU. Most of the animals mentioned in the Simon Necronomicon have reference to a particular deity. David S. just recently wrote an excellent essay on the subject entitled Dark Totems and Animal Shamanism and I thought I would expand a little more on it.

In the book entitled BABYLONIAN STARLORE written by Gavin White, we find a unique observation on page 222:

“In star-lists the Wolf is usually attributed to Anu, who is widely regarded as the most ancient god of heaven….Anu’s association to the Wolf, however, hints at the darker aspects of his nature…Anu is also regarded as the father of the host of demons…”

Here we see one association of ANU with a Wolf and also that ANU was father to the demons, or dark entities. Wayne Horowitz, in his book entitled, Mesopotamian cosmic geography, mentions the following on page 6:

“the ghost of Anu is a Wolf,…”

These associations are evidently concerning certain star-groupings. Yet it is interesting to note, that while researching the information contained herein, I had an opportunity to review some of the information in the famous yet rare “Ordeal Of MARDUK” text.

The Text known as the Ordeal of Marduk belongs to a category of Assyrian texts generally referred to as the Cultic Commentaries. This text seems to be some sort of ritualistic document that was used in the Rites of MARDUK. A review of this rare text would indicate why the Mad Arab wrote the Necronomicon in code, appearing to support the religion of MARDUK, for the rites of initiation, while actually being a tgrimoire that supports the worship of the Ancient Ones.  We can confirm this by turning once again to the words of Gavin White in his book BABYLONIAN STARLORE on page 151:

“the 19^th day of month 6 is called the “Silence of Wrath” –the day that Marduk defeated Anu…”

The text calls mentions that Marduk defeated ANU in all translations known. However, we find that the Mad Arab constantly calls for the protection of ANU and not MARDUK in his 1^st and 2^nd Testimonies. This indicates that the Mad Arab was a worshiper of the Ancient Ones. Another indication of this is revealed in the Mad Arab’s 1^st Testimony:

“THIS IS THE TESTIMONY of all that I have seen, and all that I have learned, in those years that I have possessed the Three Seals of MASSHU. I have seen One Thousand-and-One moons, and surely this is enough for the span of a man’s life, though it is said the Prophets lived much longer.”

“But now, after One Thousand-and-One moons of the journey, the Maskim nip at my heels, the Rabishu pull at my hair, Lammashta opens her dread jaws, AZAG-THOTH gloats blindly at his throne, KUTULU raises his head and stares up through the Veils of sunkun Varloorni, up through the Abyss, and fixes his stare upon me; wherefore I must with haste write this indeed, it appears as though I have failed in some regard as to the order of the rites, or to the formulae, or to the sacrifices, for now it appears as if the entire host of ERESHKIGAL lies waiting, dreaming, drooling for my departure.”

From the two passages above that appear in the 1^st Testimony, we can ascertain that 1.001 moons is an alchemical number. We can safely come to this because in the first passage the Mad Arab mentions that he lived 1,001 moons, but later he writes that these 1,001 moons was the length of his journey. Thus, the Mad Arab counted his years of existence based on how many years he was in the “work.” In order to solve this calculation we must resort to some basic math skills.

If were to take 1,001 and divide it by 13 moons in a year, we would get 77. Interestingly, 7 + 7 = 14. 14 is the sacred number assigned to NERGAL. This seems to be appropriate since the GateWalker is a worker of the flame and sword, two qualities of NERGAL. This should not be confused with NERGAL’S astro-cosmological number of 8. Yet we find something very interesting when we peruse this a little further. If we were to divide 1,001 moons by 12 months, we would get 84. However, we should also make note that the reference to “1,001” is actually made three times. Notice what is stated in the Book of Calling:

“In the Ceremonies of Calling, any type of Spirit may be summoned and detained until It has answered your questions or provided you with whatever you desire. The Spirits of the Dead may be invoked. The Spirits of the Unborn may be invoked. The Spirits of the Seven Spheres may be invoked. The Spirits of the Flame may be invoked. In all, there may be One Thousand-and-One Spirits that are of principal importance, and these you will come to know in the course of your experiments. There are many others, but some have no power, and will only confuse.”

Here we see the term “1,001” once again. Since the term appears three times in the Text, we would then take 1,001 times 3, which is 3,003. Now we take 3,003 and divide that by 12 months and we would get 250 years. This is the amount of time approximately that it takes Pluto to orbit the Sun Now we find out something interesting here. In a book entitled, The Worship of the Dead Or the Origin and Nature of Pagan Idolatry and Its …

By J. Garnier, the following observation is made on page 42:

“The god of the dead” worshipped under the name of “Anu”…,Anu was also called “Dis” which identifies him with “Pluto.”

 

Here we see a clear reference as to an aspect of ANU that is revealed in the Simon Necronomicon. Mystical and Mythological Explanatory Works of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars By Alasdair Livingstone states the following on page 89:

“The present text seems to assume that Enmesarra, Enlil, Anu, and Tiamat are dead, and to reflect the myths in which these deities are defeated by Marduk and others.”

This shows us the effects of how theology changed with the uprising of the cult of Marduk. Yet is also shows us through metaphor that ANU is listed as one of the gods worshipped by the Ancient Ones.

WARLOCK ASYLUM an Ancient One

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OPEN LETTER TO DAN HARMS PART 12: DISCOVERING THE REALITY OF AZAG-THOTH FROM THE ERRORS OF JOHN WISDOM GONCE AND DAN HARMS

Greetings!

 

I would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone here. It has certainly been quite a learning experience and quite a bit of research in maintaining this blog page. Some of our regular readers are more than familiar with the debates that Dan Harms and myself have had for the past year or so. Websites like Mythostomes have stated the following in review of the GateWalker’s Page:

 

http://www.mythostomes.com/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,40/Itemid,23/

 

“A Necronomicon believer blog, featuring copious amounts of information for believers in Simon’s book. Not to be confused with “Papers Falling From an Attic Window,” a skeptical blog. The two blogs seem to have an… interesting relationship.”

 

I must say that I have learned quite a bit of information from our debates. It is useful in a sense because I had to go into researching areas that I might have not investigated if it weren’t brought up by Harms. Although some of our debates have gotten into an exchange of words at times, I still have a great respect for the authors of the Necronomicon Files committee. John Wisdom Gonce III is a Reiki Master, like myself, and for those who are not familiar with Reiki there are five principles that must be maintained, so I know that for the most part they are working from a somewhat sincere perspective. Yet sincerity alone is not enough when it comes to getting to a core understanding of the Ancient Necronomicon Tradition and its Mesopotamian roots. Research is involved and a comparative mind is more than necessary in determining what is actually real from what is symbolic. However, while research is essential in the field of anthropology and occult history, these  things in themselves are not enough, and this is one fallacy in the western world of occultism. John Wisdom Gonce III , who is a practicing Occultist, should be well aware that an individual’s emotional state has an effect on the outcome of one’s magic. This would also apply in our research of the ancient occult practices of Ancient Mesopotamia. If the student has not taken the time to employ the same rituals that were used by the peoples of Ancient Mesopotamia, he or she, will be completely unable to understand the emotional perspective of these people. This is why Dan Harms and John Wisdom Gonce III are not able to understand the Simon Necronomicon Tradition and can make no valid argument or critique against it to a fellow practitioner of the Simon Necronomicon. This is the very same reason why anthropologists and scholars, who have spent a tremendous amount of time and effort in uncovering a most priceless treasure, can only theorize and toss around ideas and possible perspectives of the ancient world, but no solid facts on how ancient people viewed life. Keeping this is mind let us review a recent comment left on the Gatewalker’s Page by Mister Dan Harms, which could be found here:

 

http://warlockasylum.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/open-letter-to-dan-harms-part-10-the-sacred-necronomicon-tradition/

 

“Third, your assertion that I was implying that our knowledge of Sumer was now complete is completely off-base. I never said anything of the sort, and I certainly would know better than to say anything like it. The study of Mesopotamian religion is ongoing, and it is likely to have surprises for all of us – but we certainly know more about it than the people Simon used to write about it.”

Upon reading the above words, I thought to myself that is it worth responding to. Dan Harms has never really understood the Simon Necronomicon Tradition, which is why Gonce and himself call it a hoax. EVERY PRACTITIONER OF THE SIMON NECRONOMICON KNOWS THAT IT IS NOT A BOOK THAT LOVECRAFT WAS TALKING ABOUT! Simon himself states this in the Introduction of the Simon Necronomicon under the subheading The Mythos and the Magick:

“While the latter was a sophisticated psychological structure, intended to bring the initiate into contact with his higher Self, via a process of individuation that is active and dynamic (being brought about by the “patient” himself) as opposed to the passive depth analysis of the Jungian adepts, Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos was meant for entertainment.”

 

 

Simon’s words clearly define that Lovecraft’s work is indeed fiction and that Lovecraft’s works are for entertainment purposes only. Therefore, we know as practitioners of the Simon Necronomicon that this idea of a discovery of a Necronomicon is also fictional. However, we are also able to appreciate that the Simon Necronomicon is a grimoire that is a collection of  ancient incantations that actually existed in Mesopotamia. The work of the Simon Necronomicon was not put together by those who were just only studious, but adepts in Egyptian, Enochian, and Sumerian sources. If one were to look back upon my initial argument with Harms, they could easily see that no one here at the GateWalker’s Page were ever of the opinion that the Simon Necronomicon was discovered, but was inspired through the craftsmanship of Aleister Crowley, Eliphas Levi, Kenneth Grant, John Dee, and even Afro-Atlantean sources.

 

 

Despite the difference between harms and myself, I must admit that the work of Gonce and Harms as “agitators” in the Simon Necronomicon Tradition is quite valuable because it allows the practitioner of the Simon Necronomicon to go even deeper, which is why I consider our debates a Gate for “divine forces” to intervene and new perspectives and facts are uncovered. These discoveries not only pertain to perspectives of Crowley, Levenda, or even Lovecraft himself, but open the door to understanding that even scholars were not able to obtain. I can only reflect upon an understanding of some information  written by Maurice Nicoll, a student of Gurdjeiff, who stated that if we confine reality to just that which can be touched by the five senses, then we must consider our dreams, emotions, and thoughts as unreal. Western science has not come to the realization that “occult science” is actually a study of our dreams, emotions, and thoughts, and is a way of measuring how these things effect “reality.”

 

 

Harms words clearly indicate that he and his staff have fallen into the error of believing that what is modern is advanced. He seems to insinuate that ‘we know more about Mesopotamia than Simon did’ because of some modern discovery. Yet what Harms has not recognized is that the more we discover about an ancient civilization that is highly advanced the more valuable it becomes, and human nature can at times cause even the most noble scholar to face things that go against the grain of his/her religion, view of history and etc. For example, reports from the American media and its entertainment can be quite deceiving. I remember as a youth when the media often portrayed the faces of Ancient Egyptian Kings as looking like George Washington and Christian ministers often described, “wicked Babylon’s” first ruler, ‘a descendant of Ham’ Nimrod as having African features. Today, it has been accepted that many of the Egyptian Dynasty rulers were Afro-Asiatic. Yet the image of Babylonian rulers are no longer clearly defined as ministers of the Christian Church  would have us think, since the area of where Babylon existed may have been where civilization began, or so scholars say. While these changes in the face of ancient cultures have revolved in a seemingly 100 years, many of today’s researchers still hold faith in what they read and do not look beyond the surface, and only accept as fact what a college graduate has to say, with no background check into this individual’s world view, which may affect how, he or she, is presenting this “scholarly” information. It is because of such that the debates between Dan Harms and me have indeed become an essential tool for the Occult student and his/her search for clarity. Dan Harms presents a fallacy that at times turns out to be a key in unlocking something greater, and while Dan Harms thinks that ‘we know more today than the writers of the Simon Necronomicon,’ he is quite wrong. The Simon Necronomicon is a “divine” book just like the Holy Bible and The Qu’ran.

 

 

Since Dan Harms believes that we know more today than the writers of the Simon Necronomicon (which is like saying that we know more today about the teaching’s of Jesus than the Bible writers do)then why did Dan Harms, John Wisdom Gonce III, and Dan Clore, make crucial errors in the Necronomicon Files. We have already dismissed the idea that the Simon Necronomicon is a hoax by just one simple passage in its Introduction.. However, Clore, Gonce, and Harms have made themselves appear to be the Three Stooges of the occult community by there critique of the Simon Necronomicon that were written about in the Necronomicon Files, notice what is stated on page 154:

“Simon’s pseudo-Sumerian demon, Azag-Thoth (AzaThoth), never existed at all. While there was a hideous demon called Asag (Akkadian Asakku), Thoth is a Coptic version of the name of the Egyptian God Tehuti. Simon never explains how a Sumerian demon and an Egyptian God separated by hundreds of miles and years could have made such an unlikely fusion.”

 

 

Dan Clore erroneously decides to follow the steps of Gone and Harms, and develops a page for debunking “Fake Necronomicons.” (like Lovecraft made him the Keeper of the Tradition) which can be found here : http://www.geocities.com/soho/9879/necfake.htm where Clore states the following:

“Simon derives Azathoth from a compound AZAG-THOTH, where AZAG is indeed a Sumerian demon, and THOTH is the Coptic name for the Egyptian deity Tehuti. As to how this compound name could have come about, however, he gives us no clue. Nor does he tell us why it had never appeared in print before. “

 

Although these errors were made in ignorance  Dan Clore gives us no evidence as to how he knows that Simon got the term Azag-Thoth from AzaThoth, and like Harms he is not able to see how the Egyptian God Thoth could be connected to Mesopotamia.  Iwas surprised that neither Gonce, Harms, or Dan Clore even took the time to review history from the perspective of the relationship that Mesopotamia had with Egypt. One example of this relationship is found in the Bentresh-stela.

In the 4th Century bc, a group of priests at Karnak forge a stela to appear as being from some 800 years earlier, in the reign of Ramesses II. This probably in order to give it more authority. The content of the stela is more or less following:
Ramesses II married a princess in far off Bakhtan and she comes to Egypt as the Great Royal Wife Neferure. During a festival in Thebes, the king and queen learns that the sister of the princess, Bentresh, has fallen very ill in Bakhtan. The king sends his scribe Djeheutyemheb out there, and he reports back that the princess is possessed by an evil spirit.
Back at Thebes Ramesses consults Khonsu em-Waset Nefer-Hetep who approaches his other aspect of Khonsu pa-ir-sekher. The statue of this aspect of Khonsu is sent to Bakhtan and arrives there after seventeen months, and cures the princess Bentresh.
Instead of returning the statue of Khonsu pa-ir-sekher, the prince of Bakhtan keeps it for three years and nine months, until Khonsu appeared to him in a dream of in the form of a golden falcon, clearly stating that he wanted to return home. The statue is then returned to Egypt, laden with gifts for the Khonsu em-Waset Nefer-Hetep at Karnak.

 

This information is covered in the book Chaldean Magic: Its Origin and Development on pages 31-34, yet  I guess this occurance between Mesopotamia and Egypt was overlooked by Dan harms and his staff since they believe that modern sources are more  accurate. Although this is a well known epic. What is even more interesting about the above account and Khonsu iare the words found in this online article found at this website: http://www.egyptianmyths.net/khonsu.htm

“Khonsu was a very old god of primitive times. Khonsu was associated with the moon and was considered a form of Thoth by the Thebens, and it was in Thebes that Ramses III built the “House of Khonsu in Thebes, Nefer-hetep”

 

This answers the question posed by Harms, Gonce, and Dan Clore Dan Harms is right. The work of uncovering Ancient Mespotamia is endless, and because of such we should not rule out the authenticity of the Simon Necronomicon as a grimoire corresponding to Ancient Mesopotamian practices. and rituals. It is alittle sad to see how a group of young people would just  make it a business of debunking Simon, when that time can be used for humanitarian purposes. The same indignation that John Wisdom Gone III, Dan Harms, and Dan Clore have expressed towards the Simon Necronomicon Tradition, is the same indignation that fueled the Witch burnings of the Inquisition in Europe. It is already evident that one member of the Necronomicon Files Staff is working with the authorities in occult crimes. This is a worthy thing. However, when we read the tone that was set in the book the Necronomicon Files, it sort of reminds us of the same innuendos that must of have been used against Witches just before the inquisition, which made a  horrific genocide allowable amongst the masses. The Simon Necronomicon is no more dangerous than the Bible The Qu’ran, or the works of Lovecraft. All of these writings affect our emotional state of being. If a person has a weak emotional constitution, these works can affect him if he/she allows it.

Although we have made quite a remarkable discovery today, we must keep in mind that Dan Harms, John Wisdom Gonce III, and DanClore are still our brethren in the great Necronomicon Tradition. Let us work earnestly in encouraging them to rise from the stricken condition that they are in. Doing so we not only experience the joy of sharing blessings with them, but we are also able to empower ourselves in the evolving work of being vessels for the divine. It is them we give honor.

 

ZI KIA KANPA!

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OPEN LETTER TO OUR READERS: SEASON GREETINGS!

Greetings!

 

I would like to extend a warm salutation to all of our readers who have supported the Necronomicon GateWalker’s Information Page during this past year. I would like to extend a great salutation to The Order of Necronomicon, as well as, Dan Harms, John Wisdom Gonce III, and Dan Clore, for their participation in one of the greatest occult debates in recent history. I would also like to extend a warm welcome to Denny Sergeant for his interview, along with Adept Edumpanna. I would also like to send a warm salutation to David Stolowitz, who has been a frequent commenter on the Page. I would like to send a big salutation to my family, my lovely soul mate, and our children, and to all who I have mentored and to my many mentors. I appreciate all who have faithfully walked and opposed the Necronomicon Path, as it has helped everyone in the work of evolving and sharpening the craft of Necronomics. I must also state the according to the Necronomicon Tradition, our New Year starts during the spring equinox, not January first. However, it is a great time for getting together with family and friends, so be good and be safe.

 

I would like to state that the Necronomicon Page is looking to appoint our annual GateWalker of the Year Award. So if you are aware of someone that you feel deserves this award, and know of someone who has contributed to the Necronomicon Tradition, whether it be someone such as the authors of the Necronomicon Files, or The Order of Necronomicon, and etc, then please email me at warlockasylum@gmail.com Remember to title the email GateWalker of the Year. It doesn’t matter if the individual has walked the Gates or not. What matter is their contribution to the Tradition.

 

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UNDERSTANDING THE FOUR DIRECTIONAL GATES PART 5: THE WEST GATE

Greetings! I would like to welcome all to the GateWalker’s Info Page. This is our fifth discussion about the Four Directional Gates, as found in the Simon Necronomicon. if this is your first time visiting us, please begin your journey by reviewing the articles listed on the right of this page. We will now begin our fifth discussion by examining the West Gate.

 

Seal of the West Gate
Element= Water
Color= Blue
Deity=ENLIL
Season= Autumn
Waning Moon
Description of the West gate is given alchemically in the 4th section of the MAGAN Text entitled, Of the Sleep of ISHTAR.

ENLIL was considered to be a storm god by the ancient people of Mesopotamia.  This would explain his placement with the west, as storms were symbolic of emotions. This would also explain why the west is equated with water, which also corresponds to the constellation of Scorpio in this case.

ENLIL was responsible for the order and harmony in the universe, but as a god of storms and winds he brought terrible destruction.  His season is Autumn. This is a time of harvest and also a time where things pass away.. It is interesting to note the words, as found in the Invocation of the Western Gate. The Invocation implies protection from the ‘Wrath of ERESHKIGAL.’ The Invocation also lists ‘negative’ elements to protect oneself against, which are the Baneful Look, Baneful Word, the Baneful Name, the Baneful Shape, and etc. The list of these ‘baneful’ things are the negative effects when working a Gate, or of the star itself. These are the Shadow aspects of what is mentioned

in the MAGAN Text on page 156::

 

“ENKI
Our Master
Fearing defeat, summoned his Son
MARDUK
Summoned his Son
The Son of Magick
Told him the Secret Name
The Secret Number
The Secret Shape
Whereby he might do battle
With the Ancient Horde
And be victorious.”

Now let us look at what is stated in the Invocation of the Western Gate on page 103:

“From the Baneful Look, the Baneful Word, the Baneful Name, the Baneful Number, the Baneful Shape, protect me!”

The four elements mentioned in the quote above, Name, Number, Shape, and Word, are the different elements that make up a “Gate,” as described in the Simon Necronomicon. These are the same elements that are mentioned in the Invocation of the Western Gate.  This is further evidence that “Gates” have benevolent and malevolent sides, and that the Ancient Ones are nothing more than shadow sides of the Elder Gods.  It is interesting to note that while ENKI taught MARDUK these secrets, as well as, man in general, ENLIL’s relationship with man is somewhat different.

While ENLIL was considered a major deity in the Sumerian Pantheon, and one that was addressed when concerns about prosperity were in question, ENLIL also wanted to bring destruction to the human race. ANU and ENLIL are not as compassionate towards human beings as Father ENKI is. ENLIL is rarely mentioned in the Simon Necronomicon, other than calling upon him in times of need. However, the adverse effects of the ‘storm god’ are indeed tremendous. We are reminded of ENLIL’s wrath in the MAKLU Text, as found in the Simon Necronomicon on page 84:

“INCANTATION AGAINST THE ANCIENT ONES

(To be recited each year, when the Bear hangs from its Tail in the Heavens)

Destructive Storms and Evil Winds are they
An evil blast, herald of the baneful storm
An evil blast, forerunner of the baneful storm
They are mighty children, Ancient Ones
Heralds of Pestilence
Throne-bearers of NINNKIGAL
They are the flood which rusheth through the Land..”

The West Gate also symbolizes a time of transition, as the Initiate prepares for transformation. We find the West gate corresponds to the fourth section in the MAGAN Text, entitled Of the Sleep of ISHTAR. Notic page 166 in the Simon Necronomicon:

“Yet ISHTAR
Queen of Heaven
Bright Light of Nights
Mistress of the Gods
Set her mind in that direction
From Above she set her mind,
To Below she set her mind
From the Heavens she set forth
To the Abyss
Out of the Gates of the Living
To enter the Gates of Death
Out of the Lands we know
Into the Lands we know not
To the Land of No Return
To the Land of Queen ERESHKIGAL
ISHTAR, Queen of Heavens, she set her mind
ISHTAR, Daughter of SIN, she set forth
To the Black Earth, the Land of CUTHA
She set forth
To the House of No Return she set her foot
Upon the Road whence None Return
She set her foot
To the Cave, forever unlit
Where bowls of clay are heaped upon the alter
Where bowls of dust are the food
Of residents clothed only in wings
To ABSU ISHTAR set forth.
Where sleeps the dread CUTHALU
ISHTAR set forth.”

We will discuss more facets of the West Gate and the historical authenticity of the Simon Necronomicon’s use of the Four Directional Gates in our concluding discussion

WARLOCK ASYLUM

 

 

 

 

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OPEN LETTER TO OUR READERS #1

Greetings!

 

I would like to thank all of our readers who have supported the NECRONOMICON GATEWALKER’S INFO PAGE. It has been a pleasure sharing some of the information concerning the deeper aspects of the Simon Necronomicon Tradition with you.

 

I began writing this page as a resource for those individuals who are engaged in the workings of the Simon Necronomicon. Over the past few months I even had the pleasure of participating in a debate with author/writer Dan Harms, and I extend my thanks to him and his staff for sharing with us some of the many insights from the Lovecraft Necronomicon Tradition.

 

Recently, I have noticed a growing fascination among new occultist with the Simon Necronomicon, which I am very happy to see. Along with this renewed interest in the Necronomicon, I am also seeing a wide range of discontent by those who may have tried to work with the grimoire and were unsuccessful, or those who have not taken the time to research the material, so I decided that I would list a few quick notes for the newcomer who would like to gain the most out of their experience with the Simon Necronomicon.

 

First, I would like to note that the Simon Necronomicon is not an instruction manual for Chaos Magic. I believe that it is due to pure laziness that someone would come up with an idea such as this. Every magical textbook or grimoire should be research thoroughly and not to be read on face value. In order for the novice to get the most out of any information, he/she,  has to measure it up against the template, in which the grimoire claims to get its power from. For example, Christians use the Bible as a measuring stick when reading any information that is said to be inspired by the Christian Mythos. Jews use the Torah and Muslims use the Qur’an. The Simon Necronomicon tradition and writings should also be analyzed under the same measuring stick, and the template to use is the very same source, in which the book claims to gain its power from- Ancient Mesopotamia.

 

I have seen people fall under the path of illusion by assuming that the information in the Simon Necronomicon is just made up randomly. This theory presents a few problems. First, it gives the idea that anybody can write a grimoire, which is completely idiotic.

I have seen so many miscalculations by those inexperienced ones rambling in the so-called ‘wisdom.’ I have also seen the words that people use in their Google searches to find my page, yet these inexperienced ones fail to understand that true initiation is a learning process, and also the greatest teacher. All one has to do is learn about the culture and religion of Ancient Mesopotamia, but more importantly develop a relationship with the Deities, or energies that the Chaldeans worked with. This is where things begin to move from an aspect of logic to knowing. I am sure that our relationships with our loved ones are indeed logical in some ways, but their uniqueness comes from that which is not logical, and what I am speaking about is not a visit to some fantasy land or what have you. Yet it is the same with the energies that work behind the Simon Necronomicon. When we build a relationship with these ‘deities’ they will teach us things far beyond what a Google search can. It is just like our relationship with our parents. We use logic to validate and magic to open up communication with our spiritual guides.

 

The second mistake that I have seen amongst these inexperienced ones, is assuming that the magical path is the path to power. Anyone who claims that you can gain something through occultism is looking to use you as some sort of pawn. The purpose of Occult Studies is to discover how to work with the hidden natural laws of science. If you think that inventing a light bulb is power then more power to you. This path is also for those who are born Nephilim. The Nephilimic Tradition is one that I will write about in the future though it has existed for thousands of years and this tradition is what keeps the veil between those who understand the Simon Necronomicon and those who don’t

 

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Messiah’el Bey

 

 

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OPEN LETTER TO DAN HARMS PART 8: THE NECRONOMICON TRADITION

Greetings! I would like to extend a warm welcome to all who have supported the Necronomicon GateWalkers Page! If this is your first time visiting us here, I suggest that you look at the listing of the articles to the right of this page to begin your journey. Thank you once again for stopping by.

 

Many of you, who have been following the Page are aware of the ongoing discussions between writer Dan Harms and myself. Dan Harms is the co-author of the magnificent work entitled The Necronomicon Files, which can be purchased here:

 

http://www.necfiles.org/

 

Within the pages of the Necronomicon Files, Dan Harms and John Gonce offer some very good information regarding the history of the Necronomicon and insights into understanding many of its terms and origins. Harms also spends quite a bit of time bashing the Simon Necronomicon, yet within his critique of the book, he also gives some good information for the Priest or Priestess of the Simon Necronomicon.. I have spent quite a lot of time researching and working with the Simon Necronomicon over the years, and I find it to be an excellent tool for the work of the Sumerian Reconstruction. There are some errors within the tome, and some of these errors are deliberate coded-references that can open the door to deeper information. Make no mistake about it, the Simon Necronomicon is not for the beginner and to keep the novice from hurting himself, it is put in a certain language, and there are some apparent traps in the book so that the ill-intended are not able to access the book’s power. I strongly suggest that before the initiate begins working with the Simon Necronomicon as a grimoire, that they spend a quite some time researching and studying the culture, history, religion, of Ancient Mesopotamia.

 

I would like to make it clear that I do not have any personal issues with those who oppose the Simon Necronomicon, and that my discussions with Mister Dan Harms are not intended to attack his character personally, although at times we do poke fun at each other. I enjoy my dialogue with Mister Dan Harms. I feel that it brings out information that may not be accessed if one were to just read a posted commentary about the works of Lovecraft or Simon. Harms is an adept in his tradition and work, just as Warlock Asylum is in his own rite. (speaking in third person) There are times when I learn a few things from my debates with Mister Harms, and I am sure Mister Harms has learned a few thing as well. I will continue to present discussions with Mister Dan Harms throughout the existence of this Blog.  However, I am also extending my hand to Mister Dan Harms as a jester of peace, if he or any in his Coven have taken offense to some of my statements. I will also be putting more emphasis in the area of Sumerian Reconstruction in areas that may exist outside of the Necronomicon studies, but are areas of study in the arena of Ancient Mesopotamia. It has been a pleasure to have such an intense dialogue with Mister Dan Harms. I must admit that he is a hard worker and a great writer! This is not to say that I am changing my perspective. I still find it necessary to maintain the tradition of the GateWalker and aid in providing information for those who are on the path of the Sha‘etemmu. (GateWalker)

 

I was inspired in part by a recent comment that was posted in one of my blogs by Davi Stolowitz, he writes:

 

“I think this debate has gotten ugly. If you guys can’t be respectful of each other, you shouldn’t continue this. Pot shots and character assassination and nit-picking between the lines doesn’t help anybody. The posts get awfully infantile at times.

One of the things that I don’t think gets acknowledged enough by the Nec supporters is that Simon and/or his publishers distorted the nature of the book in the process of trying to market and sell it. WE can see that the book has a lot to offer in terms of personal growth, initiation, and such, but they took full advantage of the book’s dark reputation to sell more copies. I mean, just look at the back cover. Simon markets the book as this horribly dangerous volume full of dark secrets and evil monsters – and even says it was written by “Abdul Alhazred”, which was Lovecraft’s invented name and never featured once in the book. Then he gets pissy when people can’t look past the reputation he helped create to appreciate the book on its own terms and for its own merits…,”

 

While I have written much in favor of the workings in the Simon Necronomicon, I am not here to defend the author-Simon. I agree in part that the Book of the Black Earth written by Simon didn’t have to be entitled the Necronomicon in order to be taken seriously by the magical community. The energies in the book speaks for itself and I am sure that practicing Magicians who have used the book without it being entitled the Necronomicon would have reported its effects and it would have gained the same ground in sells without the controversy. However, this was not the case, but before the bashers of the Simon Necronomicon, walk away thinking I am trying to score brownie points on the ‘other side of the field’ we should look at some other facts and priciples. First, as has been stated by one of my readers of the Necronomicon Page, that although the nature of the book has a lot to offer it may have been distorted by using the term Necronomicon as a selling gimmick. Yet the same holds true for Lovecraft supporters. Since Lovecraft was the first to put the word Necronomicon out in public view he is considered the authority and creator of this term, but sometimes what’s spelled out on paper is not always the whole story, maybe it’s just the story of the writer. I have a couple of theories about the origin of the book myself, as well as the term Necronomicon, and this is where some of my opposing views in regards to some of Dan Harms essays have come into play. If Harms had took a neutral stand first and proceeded to objectively investigate the history of  Lovecraft before simply accrediting him as the sole source on anything Necronomicon related, I could be a little more in agreement with some of his perspectives. Yet sometimes history is not always consistent with the facts of what’s going on at the time. For example, children are still taught that Columbus discovered America, when in fact there were millions of people living here, so sometimes history and perspective have to be investigated beyond what is written, especially when that perspective is laid in the hands of a few inidiviuals. I find that the history of the Necronomicon is a little fishy whether it is the Lovecraft Tradition or the Simon Tradition. The differences in both traditions may have occurred long before Lovecraft ever mentioned the word.. The funny thing is that although Lovecraft supporters often criticize people working with the Simon Necronomicon as being easily misled, these same supporters of Lovecraft are not objective in their own right. Let us look at a few examples:

In the History of the Necronomicon, as written by Lovecraft, he reveals that Al Azif was written circa 730 A. D. at Damascus by Abdul Alhazred. I find this very interesting since many believe that the name “Damascus’ is originally a derivative of Damkina who was the wife of Enki and also the mother of Marduk. It is also interesting to note that the ancient Babylonians assigned the planet Marduk (Jupiter) the number ten. Al Azif written in 730 A.D. sums up to ten. (7 + 3 + 0 = 10).

Another interesting note in Lovecraft’s History of the Necronomicon, is that the author, Abdul Alhazred, is described as a mad poet of Sanaá, in Yemen.  San‘a’ is one of the ancient Yemeni cities dating back to the Sabaean dynasty of the 6th Century BC. The oldest written reference to its existence is found in inscriptions which date back to the 1st Century AD.

Notice the following link as we discover more about the people of Sanaa’ the Sabeans”

“Sabeanism was unquestionably the main religious belief of the ancient Chaldeans and Assyrians, but likewise the very foundation stone of practically all the great religions of all the great peoples of the past. Upon the authority of the Jewish scholar Maimonides, scholars have considered the Sabeans as an ancient race whose principal religion was that of star-worship and closely affiliated with the Babylonians and Syrians. But the Sabeans were not a race, but those who followed and practiced the divine astrological astrolatry of the hoariest antiquity. Mohammed in the Koran mentions a sect between the Jews and Christians called Sabi una — to whom certain privileges were granted; older Moslem theologians were agreed that the Sabeans possessed manuscripts which they regarded in the light of a revelation, and the Mandeans came under the same protection granted to the Sabeans; hence the Mandeans also came to be regarded as Sabeans. Another sect of polytheists, the Harranians (830 AD), also affiliated with the Sabeans and shielded themselves under the same privileges; they were a remnant of a Mesopotamian cult, and star-worship had a prominent place in their system.”

(The previous information can be found at this link: http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Sabean_Sabaean_Sabian_Sabianism/id/137496 )

What is also interesting to note is that if the Mad Arab war really of Sabean descent, it is a strong possibility that he may have been of African descent as the Sabeans are said to have originated in Ethiopia. The Sabeans in Yemen and Arabia were the extensions of the Sabeans in Ethiopia. South of Arabia was part of the kingdom of Axum. Ancient Ethiopia was wider as to incorporate many different people than under the Sabean hegemony..

What I find fascinating about all of this is that Lovecraft was anti-Semitic., Notice some of the information Wikipedia has to say concerning his views:

“A common dramatic device in Lovecraft’s work is to associate virtue, intellect, elevated class position, civilization, and rationality with white Anglo-Saxons, often posing it in contrast to the corrupt, intellectually inferior, uncivilized and irrational, which he associated with people he characterized as being of lower class, impure racial “stock” and/or non European ethnicity and dark skin complexion who were often the villains in his writings.

In “The Call of Cthulhu” he writes of a captured group of mixed race worshipers of Cthulhu:

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the prisoners all proved to be men of a very low, mixed-blooded, and mentally aberrant type. Most were seamen, and a sprinkling of negroes and mulattos, largely West Indians or Brava Portuguese from the Cape Verde Islands, gave a colouring of voodooism to the heterogeneous cult. But before many questions were asked it became manifest that something far deeper and older than negro fetishism was involved. Degraded and ignorant as they were, the creatures held with surprising consistency to the central idea of their loathsome faith.

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In a letter of January 23, 1920, Lovecraft wrote:

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For evolved man — the apex of organic progress on the Earth — what branch of reflection is more fitting than that which occupies only his higher and exclusively human faculties? The primal savage or ape merely looks about his native forest to find a mate; the exalted Aryan should lift his eyes to the worlds of space and consider his relation to infinity!!!!

It is very interesting how fans of Lovecraft could constantly yell that the Simon Necronomicon is a hoax, and never turn the criticism towards Lovecraft’s invention of the Necronomicon. How could someone who held anti-Semitic views be able to capture an accurate description of the ancient world according to the Mad Arab. Did Lovecraft really invent the idea of the Necronomicon? Some have even reported that his anti-Semitic views, is what eventually lead to the divorce from his Jewish wife Sonia Greene.

Another interesting aspect of the History of the Necronomicon, is that the text is said to translated into Greek in 950 A.D. as Necronomicon by Theodorus Philetas. The name Theodorus Philetus roughly translates as ‘God’s gift of brotherly love.’ The concept  of man with  a name that is a Greek aspect of love translating a tome of forbidden deadly lore is an inverted idea of a man who was named the ‘Wickedest Man on Earth receiving the Book of the Law, which states that Love is the Law. Theodorus Philetus translated Al Azif in 950 A. D. Let us look at the sum of this year 9 + 5+ 0 = 14, 1 + 4 = 5.

 

Now let us look at the year that Aleister Crowley received the Book of the Law. 1904 is   1 + 9 + 4 + 0 = 14. 1 + 4 = 5. It is amazing that these two characters possesses inverted   aspects of each other and both of their revelations came about on the 5. What is interesting, is that the number five is a goddess number, and is particularly associated with the goddess as Venus, the love goddess. The Greek gematrical equivalent to the word Necronomicon, according to Simon.

I find that it is hard to believe that Lovecraft just invented all of this stuff from the depths of his mind without ever having any connection to the occult world. What is even more conflicting is that Lovecraft  is attributed as writing  with so much depth about the adventures of the Mad Arab, and yet he anti-Semitic. No one ever questions where his ideas came from, yet the origin of the Necronomicon remains a mystery in both the Lovecraft Tradition and the Simon Tradition. Most of the rumored information about Lovecraft cannot be validated to date anyway, and to some degree the same holds true for the Simon Necronomicon tradition. Yet both, the practitioners of the Lovecraft Tradition and the Simon Tradition can feel the power in the system.

All of this being said, I would like to extend my hand to Dan Harms and would like to invite him to work on brining these two traditions under an abode of peace, while we may have different opinions and views and we will continue to debate at one time or another, working towards reconstructing the Sumerian path can be of great benefit not only to ourselves but the world. The choice is yours Mister Harms

WARLOCK ASYLUM

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