Necronomicon Review
August 17, 2010
So I finally read it. Simon Necronomicon has been sitting on my computer for a while and at last I got to it. I must say I don’t understand what all the fuss is about. Yes, it’s not so much about Lovecraft but more on Sumerian and Babylonian mythology. The whole thing is so obviously made up, not even a hint of authenticity, not even a good fake. But even that is not important. I’ve read opinions on internet that the whole thing works. Well… the whole thing is basically a treatise on how to summon demons and monsters. Why on earth would anyone want to do that??? I am sure there are more benevolent spirits to work with. The whole book is riddled with warnings don’t do this or that, the most hilarious of which is a repeating warning not to show the incantations to the uninitiated… and then the whole book is freely available on internet.
On the other hand The Necronomicon Spellbook seems to be more workable system. I am still experimenting with it. It seems to be a grimoir. You pick up a spell and work with it as outlined in the introduction. The spirits seem to be very abstract though and the spells need to be more concrete.
