An old video c/o Styxhexenhammer666, in which he discusses the dread Necronomicon. Or rather Simon´s Necronomicon, which is apparently considered to be a deliberate prank. For the record, I never read it.
Styx points out that Simon´s work isn´t that different from other grimoires which occultists treat as "authentic", such as the Lesser Keys of Solomon or the Book of Abramelin the Mage. Both are Renaissance works but are supposedly based on much older sources. Which they may or may not be, the point being that they *work* (at least if you believe in the arcane arts of black magick). Styx never mentions the word, but I think it´s "egregore". The idea being that anything imbued with magical energy from a larger group of true believers "works" precisely for that reason. So why couldn´t the allegedely fake magical rituals described in Simon´s Necronomicon work, too?
Styx also says that he never seen any evidence that "Simon" was ironic when writing his work, and that it may contain real Sumerian lore, cuz why not? Personally, I wonder if there is a connection to the pseudo-Sumerian demon in "The Exorcist"! Why else make a connection to Sumeria rather than, say, Egypt or Atlantis? It must be a commercial ploy, at the very least.
Oh, and there´s a dread cat in the background in the YouTube video. Muh-hah-hah!
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