Necronomicon
edited by Simon
31st Anniversary Edition
In the 31 years between its initial publication and this special reissue, there had been a lot of ink — actual and virtual — spilled on the subject of the Necronomicon. Some derided it as a clumsy hoax, others have praised it as a powerful grimoire.
As the decades have passed, more information has come to light both on the book's origins and discovery, and on the information contained within its pages. The Necronomicon has been found to contain formulae for spiritual transformation, consistent with some of the most ancient mystical processes in the world, processes that were not public knowledge when the book was first published, processes that involve communion with the stars.
In spite of all the controversy, the first edition sold out before it was published, and it has never been out of print since then. For this 31st Anniversary Edition, the original designer of the 1977 edition and the original editor have joined forces to present a new, deluxe hardcover edition of the most feared, most reviled, and most desired occult book on the planet.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
INTRODUCTION
Introductory Essay
Prefatory Notes
Chart of Comparisons
Supplementary Material to 777
Notes on Pronunciation
The Spells (Translated)
Common Sumerian Words and Phrases in English
A Word Concerning the Original Manuscript
Banishings
Bibliography & Suggested Reading List
NECRONOMICON – THE TEXT
The Testimony of the Mad Arab
Of The Zonei and Their Attributes
The Book of Entrance, and Of the Walking
The Incantations of The Gates
The Conjuration of the Fire God
The Conjuration of the Watcher
The MAKLU Text
The Book of Calling
The Book of Fifty Names
The MAGAN Text
The URILLA Text
The Testimony of the Mad Arab, the Second Part
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Hardcover Edition
304 pages. Black cloth hardcover, sewn-bound, with debossing and silver foiling on front cover and spine. Black ribbon bookmark.
ISBN: 9780892541461
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About the Editor
Simon is a student of magic, occultism, and religion since the mid-1960s and the editor of the Necronomicon. Speaking on topics as diverse as religion and politics, occultism and fascism, ceremonial magic, demonolatry, the Tarot, the Qabala, and Asian occult systems, Simon was a frequent lecturer for the famed Warlock Shop in Brooklyn and the Magickal Childe Bookstore in Manhattan. The media events he organized in the 1970s and 1980s — with rock bands, ritual performances, and celebrity appearances — helped to promote the "occult renaissance" in New York City. For undisclosed reasons his whereabouts have been unknown since 1984.
