The Necronomicon is primarily known to the general public due to the writings of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The word "necronomicon" is actually the title of a greck translation made around 950 A.D. by Theodoras Philetas from an original Arabic manuscript. A Latin version of the greck translation was made by Olaus Wormius in 1228 A.D. The original Arabic title of the work was "Kitab al Azif" which can be roughly translated as The Book of the Howlings of the Desert Jinn (or demons). The name, "necronomicon", which the Latin version retains, means something like things pertaining to the customs, practices or laws of the dead. Nckros being Latin for "dead" and nomos meaning "the customs, practice or law". The original writer was supposed to have been an Arab named Abdul al Hazrad who supposedly died around 738 AD. in Damascus. Death was due to being tom apart in the street by unseen entities. The name is probably mistranslation since no self-respecting Arab would have such a name. The true name was probably Abd Al Azrad. In Arabic the name is more of a title meaning "the slave of the devourer" or "worshipper of the great devourer", supposedly alluding to the Great Old Ones.
The John Dee translation of the Necronomicon reprinted in this work comes form the collection of the Widener Library at Harvard University. The book was part of the personal library of Harry Elkins Widener, American Millionaire and founder of the Widener Library. Mr. Widener obtained this text in 1912, shortly before he boarded the Titanic.
The binding of the book is original, but badly cracked and split. The text is complete but many pages are separated and others are crumbling. Restoration efforts are presently under way, and the book has been digitaly preserved as part of this effort.



Al Azif - In Arabic, written by Abd al-Hazrad, c. 730 A.D. Original form is unknown but numerous manuscript versions were long circulated among various medieval scholars. As early as the 12th century this version was referred to as lost.
Necronomicon - In Greck, translated by Theodoras Philetas , c. 950 A.D. Existancc of early hand written copies is unknown. Mass printing oi copies in Italy in the summer of 1501 in a folio- sized edition led to a surge of religious suppression by the church. The book was banned by the church and included in the Index Epur^atorius by Pope Gregory IX. The last known copy of this version was known to have been burned in Salem in 1692.
Voynich Manuscript - In Latin and Greek using Arabic script. Translator unknown, c. 1020. An unknown number of this manuscript were produced, probably in Romania. Only three copies are known to have existed.
Necronomicon - In Latin, translated by Olaus Wormius, c. 1228 A.D. First circulated in manuscript form, then printed in Mainz Germany around the end of the 15th century as a black-letter folio.
Necronomicon - In English, translated by John Dee, c.1586. An accurate but expurgated version of the greek edition. Printed only in small numbers by private publishers, manuscript copies also are known to have existed. It is from this edition that this reprint comes from.
Necronomicon - In Latin, c. 1630 A poor quality reprint of the 1228 latin version. Published by an unknown publisher in Spain.
Al Azif - Ye Bookc Of Ye Arabc - In English, translator unknown, c.1590 An incomplete and muddled text. Circulated in manuscript form, there were probably fewer than ten of these manuscripts ever written.
Cultus Maleficarum - In English, translated by Baron Frederic, c. 1597. A partial translation of the Latin text. Published in Sussex England.



A version of the Simon that includes some the Lovecraftian Gods. Takeing the "gates" to nine bringing the magician past saturn

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Publication Date27 мар. 2008 г.
Language English
Category Religion & Spirituality
Copyright All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors By (author): John Dee

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Pages 62
Binding Type Paperback
Perfect Bound
Interior Color Color
Dimensions US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)

Keywords​

magic necronomicon. Lovecraft

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For anyone who doesn't know, the Necronomicon is completely fictional, but has been treated as real by enough people that the concept has taken on a life of its own. "If someone defines a thing to be real, then its consequences ARE real" - the Thomas Theorem