I've been doing a lot of research and haven't come up with a whole lot of answers on this topic: what's the deal with Lovecraft?

He stated time and time again that he was an atheist, and that the necronomicon is a work of fiction. But when you look into it the necronomicon is real, Cthulhu represents the Kundalini, Azathoth is from the Sumerian-Egyptian words Azag-Thoth, and he wrote of the 'Yezidi devil worshippers' in his book "the horror at red hook".

What was the deal with this guy??? Was he in communication with angels that had the intention of blaspheming occultism, was he just drawing from unconscious archetypes, or something else?

Lovecraft studied occult works of the time and he put them into his stories. Lovecraft could never overcome his intense protestant Christian upbringing and just projected the ideal that the "old Gods" were scary monsters from space and under the oceans and such instead of a nether realm of Christian supernatural scariness. Waiting to destroy mankind for its fallen state in some type of apocalypse event. I guess Christian indoctrination can make for a horror universe.

Lovecraft is the father of modern horror and many horror authors do use his themes. He was probably one of the most influential writers of the 20th century in many ways.

HP Mageson666 said:

Lovecraft studied occult works of the time and he put them into his stories. Lovecraft could never overcome his intense protestant Christian upbringing and just projected the ideal that the "old Gods" were scary monsters from space and under the oceans and such instead of a nether realm of Christian supernatural scariness. Waiting to destroy mankind for its fallen state in some type of apocalypse event. I guess Christian indoctrination can make for a horror universe.

Lovecraft is the father of modern horror and many horror authors do use his themes. He was probably one of the most influential writers of the 20th century in many ways.

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Thank you for this HP Mageson

Yes I'm actually a fan of Lovecrafts work, it's just a shame how everything he wrote about conforms to Christian morality. He had quite advanced occult knowledge. One thing that still bothers me though is that your explanation doesn't cover the necronomicon. Lovecraft was ADAMANT that it was a work of his own fiction which leads me to believe he wasn't quite as ignorant as people think, and was perhaps intentionally misleading people? Since the necronomicon and it's history is fully real and a guide to opening the chakras.

I believe I wrote about this awhile ago. There was a letter from Lovecraft to one of his friends in the OTO who had a personal occult library in which he had a copy of the Necronomicon. That Lovecraft wanted to obtain and he did. He then wrote this into his own mythos in his own way.

HP Mageson666 said:

Lovecraft studied occult works of the time and he put them into his stories. Lovecraft could never overcome his intense protestant Christian upbringing and just projected the ideal that the "old Gods" were scary monsters from space and under the oceans and such instead of a nether realm of Christian supernatural scariness. Waiting to destroy mankind for its fallen state in some type of apocalypse event. I guess Christian indoctrination can make for a horror universe.

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Actually Lovecraft was a big pagan, since he said once the following:
“Olympian Gods! how can I let ye go
And pin my faith to this new Christian creed?
Can I resign the deities I know
For him who on a cross for man did bleed?

How in my weakness can my hopes depend
On one lone God, though mighty be his pow'r?
Why can Jove's host no more assistance lend,
To soothe my pains, and cheer my troubled hour?

Are there no Dryads on these wooded mounts
O'er which I oft in desolation roam?
Are there no Naiads in these crystal founts?
Nor Nereids upon the Ocean foam?

Fast spreads the new; the older faith declines.
The name of Christ resounds upon the air.
But my wrack'd soul in solitude repines
And gives the Gods their last-receivèd pray'r.”

Also, his father was a Freemason, this would explain how he obtained the Necronomicon.

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Maybe this is just me, but personally this sounds more like he is kissing ass to the xian "god". Talking about how "mighty" its power supposedly is and all.

He could never shake the protestant programming it was unconscious. People need to start understanding the human mind and the levels of the mind. Writing a poem does not undo a life time of programming that has formed the unconscious impressions in the mind and personality.

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Actually Lovecraft was a big pagan, since he said once the following:

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It looks like in his mind the Pagan spirit was clashing with the Jewish programming.

I'm curious if using the names of the deities in the Cthulhu Mythos as mantras would have any benefit

I'm sorry if i've defended Lovecraft in the past. I did because some "traditionalists" told me that the Gods were the real protagonists of his stories and because he initially supported NationalSocialism. His writings are indeed very blasphemous and they are influenced by Theosophy. The same goes for his friend Robert Erwin Howard (don't be deceived by the fact that Conan is "pagan", his Gods are the same of the Cthulhu mythos, therefore they are "monsters"). Both authors were also influenced by Lord Dunsany, who was also a Theosophist and portrayed the Gods in the same way as Lovecraft (tough not as "horror monsters").

i will say this again, their is articles in the jos library that say he bought books that had some of these names in it, he was quite interested in the pagan gods, who wasn't in those days an even to this day, but some of the names in the necronomicon are safe to use (an i did say some not all)