Necronomicon

by Joshua Free (Editor), Tracy R. Twyman (Foreword)

Ever since the visions of H.P. Lovecraft began to haunt the world, people from all walks of life have celebrated various interpretations of these musings. We are shown a world shroud in darkness that has been materialized by primordial malignant gods who fought one another for control of the Universe and for the worship of the humans who brought to them sacrifices and abominable litanies. But as many have already assumed, this Necronomicon tradition was indeed the product of Lovecraft's imagination, and it only much later became known as the Cthulhu-mythos, a haven for horror-fantasy genre authors. For nearly a century thereafer, the Necronomicon remained a fictional product of dark fantasy until the famous "Simon" folio was presented to the world in 1977. While many readers superimposed the Lovecraftian lore into their interpretation verbatim, this new document did not present rituals by which the malignant Ancient Ones would be unleashed into this world - in fact, it suggested the exact opposite: beneath the foundation of the esoteric mysteries exists a secret and sacred tradition to fight against this very act! As an unfortunate move by its contemporary readership, the "Simonomicon" came under attack as being no more authentic than Lovecraft's own stories. More serious practitioners came to a more educated conclusion: the magickal notebook (or grimoire) was incomplete at best, alluding not to the Enlilite traditions common to the "Sumerians," but rather to a Mardukite tradition that was raised by the "Babylonians" in honor of Marduk, firstborn son of Enki. Then, after the completion of the ARCANUM anthology in 2008, Joshua Free took on the role of "Nabu Maerdechai" and organized a occult research team in dedication to these mysteries called the Mardukite Chamberlains, which set out to uncover the truth behind the veils of centuries of misinformation about the backwaters of human consciousness including very specifically the role of the Anunaki or Sky Gods who appear at the heart of every ancient pantheon. The range of the Mardukite work included lengthy discourses with other related published researchers, unceasing hours in abandoned corners of old libraries and museums, participation in sessions with other practicing occults and even a visit to the "tablet collections" at the University of Pennsylvania. The culminating results were nothing like anyone would have expected: an authentic and verifiable version of the Necronomicon salvaged from the shifting desert sands of time in the Middle East and Egypt, unparalleled by anything already available to True Seekers. It appeared to be the most complete collection of ancient writings on the planet that formed the very foundation of all the human traditions and beliefs that would emerge thereafter. Given this, we concluded that being the ancient source of our modern traditions that have had the meaning washed out of them, this path was the most perfect, complete and logical example we currently have to pursue on this planet! This present edition of the Necronomicon edited by Joshua Free, is not Lovecraftian or Simonian (while it could serve to offer validity to materials from both sources for those who seek it), neither is it "dangerous" or a "hoax" (though those who fear the revelation of these truths for the world will think it the former and label it the later). This edition of the Necronomicon is the single most ancient and pure unaltered lore concerning the hottest topics of our time and all times, including divinity, creation, human origins, aliens, religion, pantheistic magickal traditions, alternate dimensions, portals and the afterlife. In this new millennium of uncertainties, it is most likely that the uncovering of the past will reveal our future.

266 pages, Hardcover

Published July 25, 2009

About the author

Joshua Free began participating in his planetary mission by receiving ‘unofficial’ personal apprenticeships from individual mentors who were, themselves, members (active or preexisting) of the Illuminati, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, Catholic Mystics, Christian Gnostics, Buddhist Monks, Freezoners (Scientology), the Dragon Court / Dragon Society, Theosophical Society, the GD (Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn), the O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis) and/or the A.A. (Argentium Astrum) among others.

At the age of 12, Joshua Free was officially initiated into the Pheryllt Druid tradition (based on the work of Douglas Monroe) and then began leading his own Gnostic Druid organization at 13. A year later he was installed to the ‘third degree’ of Celtic Wicca. In the mid-1990′s, he was heralded the youngest initiate to join the “Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids” (OBOD), a large international organization based in England that New Age (Druidic) authors frequently cite.

While in high school during the late-1990′s, Joshua Free maintained leadership (under the name “Merlyn Stone“) of a small esoteric mystical-magical experimental research group, the “Elven Fellowship Circle of Magick” (EFCOM), which met both in private and publicly in Washington Park (Denver, Colorado) from 1998 through 2000. Considered a prodigious youth among growing Rocky Mountain New Age Scene, he wrote many underground manifestos on various ‘New Age’ topics using the pseudonym “Merlyn Stone” while still a teenager — one of the first and most famous being the “Sorcerer’s Handbook” that has reached thousands of readers and is currently celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2013! [The complete works of "Merlyn Stone" are now available in the NEW commemorative edition -- "Wizardry".]

Joshua Free quickly became a controversial underground occult figure (as author Merlyn Stone) that advocated radically diverse approaches to Druidic Philosophy & Metaphysics — including active participation with the New Forest “Pheryllt” group of his primary Druidic mentor, Douglas Monroe, for which he was unseated from all positions (particularly OBOD) and disappeared from public view while still a teenager.

Although now best known for his work on Sumerians, the Anunnaki and Babylonian Tradition for the “Mardukites“, his work on the Secret Dragon (Elven) Legacy and modern Pheryllt Druid Tradition is also paramount. In addition to his own collected works anthology, “The Druid Compleat“, his writing has even been used for the third volume completing the classic bestselling ‘Merlyn’ trilogy by Douglas Monroe, “The Deepteachings of Merlyn“ in 2011.

Before returning to mainstream view in 2008 (nearly a decade later) via the internet, Joshua Free had already spent fifteen years intensely exploring esoteric sects of society, underground counter-culture and contemporary academia. Following an individualized path, preferring personal apprenticeships over direct membership in certain groups and organizations, his all-encompassing ‘Universalist’ pursuit is to unify the knowledge and potential of the ‘human condition’ experiencing life in the “metaphysical universe”. [The literary cornerstone of this effort, consolidated and released in 2008 as "Arcanum", not only earned him an honorary position in the "Ordo Lapsit Exillis" from Tracy R. Twyman and then as a companionate to the "Dragon Court" of (the now 'late') Nicholas de Vere, but also contributed to the rise of his own revolutionary 'Next Generation' (NexGen) underground movement...]

On the Summer Solstice of 2008, Joshua Free founded the inception of the modern “Mardukite“ movement — currently in its fifth active year of operation, with extensive literary materials now in print. In Spring of 2011, he co-founded the “Systemology” division (Systemological Society) of the “Mardukite Research Organization”. Drawn from the truth of the most ancient spiritual technologies on the planet!

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Questo testo mi ha fatto riflettere un sacco sull'interrelazione che esiste tra letteratura e realtà. Mi spiego meglio: H.P. Lovecraft ha creato la sua progenie di divinità "aliene" sostenendo di essersi basato sul famigerato Necronomicon, fondamentalmente un grimorio su cui l'altrettanto famigerato "arabo pazzo" Abdul Alhazred ha appuntato con uguale meticolosità le caratteristiche del culto di dei quali Cthulhu e Yog-Sothoth e altri, e i deliri che hanno innescato nella sua mente. Ora, per quel che si sa, il Necronomicon non è mai esistito... forse. In questo testo il Pizzari, ricercatore in campo esoterico (e non solo), sostiene di essersi imbattuto in una traduzione piuttosto fedele del Necronomicon - che quindi è davvero stato scritto - in cui ci sono istruzioni assolutamente precise e puntuali per evocare i Grandi Antichi (per quanto sia sconsigliabile farlo). Per chi, come me, ha una mente fortemente inclinata al fantastico la suggestione è davvero forte: impossibile (per me) non chiedersi "ma allora è tutto vero?" Probabilmente il fascino di un testo come questo sta tutto qui. E non è poco. Alla fine non importa che il Necronomicon esista davvero, tanto più che non ho nessuna intenzione (né possibilità, a dirla tutta) di seguire uno qualsiasi dei rituali per evocare i Grandi Antichi!

[Hazel · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you are expecting a grimoire, or a book having anything to do with lovecraft or his realm stop here. This book is not of such an kind. If you wish a grimoire The Necronomicon by Simon, appears to be one based on the information in this book. This book is more of a religious text. There are spells within it, a very few, but mostly it tells some tales of a few ancient cultures. The tales focus on a certain pantheon of gods,amongst them the most important being Marduk. It also contains some explanations of the material which you are reading. Some of the tales are interesting, others are boring. Some of the text is unreadable, unless I suppose you understand the language. Some of the text is simply a list of names, which holds no significance to anyone unless you are a historian or a practitioner of the religion. Mostly the book was uninteresting, but there were a few tales that made it a worthwhile read.

[Sinner · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book varies in quality and it is a quick read, feels a bit like a short story, but wakes up imagination and reminds me of bible and silmarilion about creation of world in more compact version.
BTW: I love Lovecraftian themes in games, board games and I like to read his stories, love the influence in movies as well (like book of the dead in evil dead or some parts about dead walking among living is suited for Night of the living dead).
I would recommend to every Horror fan or someone who likes to own an imaginative piece of dark legends.

[Steven Kemp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lets say each would like this in there own way. I thank its a most read for all.