Saturday, January 9, 2010

Nyarlathotep Arises

. As you may have figured out, Cult of Nyarlathotep is the sister group to Call of Cthulhu. Where Call of Cthulhu is a a more fanciful and sometimes humorous approach, Cult of Nyarlathotep is in a more serious vein. In Call of Cthulhu, we talk about the game, and about the mythos in a more general way. In Cult of Nyarlathotep, we talk more about the religion, and the magick of the Lovecraftian mythos. You can see a difference between the two groups. Occult implies something of a religious nature. The Cult of the Nyarlathotep is more the temple of Nyarlathotep.

The fascination many Pagans have with the darker side of magick is enhanced in the Cult of Nyarlathotep. The Cult of Nyarlathotep has many followers, according to the Cthulhu mythos. One of the ways to find out more about the deities is to check out the book for the game Call of Cthulhu, because descriptions of the Old Ones are the first things you encounter. Googling the deities’ names may yield more information, and the Paganapedia of Mind-n-Magick could yield even more. Who is your favorite Cthulhu mythos deity? The way to start this is for Stephen and me to state our favorites. Stephen will go first. His favorite deity is Shiggurath, the she goat of a thousand young.. The reason he likes her is that there is a connection between her and the ancient Druids. As for me, I am torn between Shiggurath and Nyarlathotep. Is the name Nyarlathotep, by its spelling, linked to the Khemetic religion? In the Cult of Nyarlathotep scenario in the Call of Cthulhu game, the scenario spans the world. Would this imply that the Cult of Nyarlathotep is international? Stephen has a strange theory that SG-1, and all the other Stargate programs are linked to Call of Cthulhu because like the Old Ones, the Go’uld came from the stars.

The Go’uld were a parasitic race, bent on domination of the universe, like the Old Ones. If anyone knows of any other star races, please post here, either as a comment or as a full-fledged discussion. It reminds me of something else. Faeries can’t tolerate iron because it is a star-metal. The first most accessible sources of iron were meteorites. What if this is because like the Old Ones and the Go’uld the faeries are also a star race? I’m thinking that just as Superman is allergic to kryptonite since it came from his home planet, faeries are allergic to iron because like kryptonite and iron, they also came from the stars. Do check out Faery Wisdom and Dragons, Faeries and Unicorns Oh My! Soon they’ll be here as well. Now is a good time to mention the other Cthulhu groups on Facebook, Hi5, Google, Yahoo, and Paganspace.net. Please tell us the specific names of these groups so we can be a part of that.

One man who has done a lot to promulgate the universe of Lovecraft is Donald Tyson, who has written two books on the Necronomicon and created a deck. Secrets of the Necronomicon is the deck. The Necronomicon:the Wanderings of Alhazred and Alhazred are the title of the books. Lo Scarabeo, an imprint of Llewellyn, has a Lovecraftesque deck The Dark Grimoire. I have it. It suits my darker moods. Stephen thinks there’s a third book, but I don’t know what it is. Stephen has found that this working on Cthulhu groups affects his dreams a lot. Is anyone else out there affected by the Cthulhu mythos on a dream level? We want to hear from you!

You know, you too could write about the Cthulhu mythos, either prose or poetry. Try your hand at writing a Cthulhuesque story, and follow in Daddy Lovecraft’s footsteps. Use local color and signs of the time. Most of them took place in the mythical small town of Arkham in Massachusetts during the 1920s. You can have your story take place anywhere, and at any time, even at sometime in the near future, say the 2020s, and look back a century in time. I realize that they often make for clogs in the flow of the plot, and so a lot of editors think they make for bad writing, but I happen to like flashbacks. I guess it’s my fascination with history. I always like to look back and see how things got that way. Stephen likes them too because they’re educational and help the continuity of the story.

It’s a sad commentary on the human condition that evil people are more fascinating to study than good people. Even in good people, their dark side is often more interesting than their light side. Our concepts of good and evil just kind of fade away, and we embrace what we once thought was evil. Basically we’ve lost all concepts of good and evil, since they’re now obsolete, and will now have to invent these concepts again as the ancient philosophy goes. Stephen now confesses that he made the “ancient philosophy” up. Ah, der Teufel is at it again. But really, what is good, what is evil? For far too long we’ve had only the skewed view of the Christians foe guidance. We need to come up with new more universal concepts, concepts that Pagans and Thelemites, Buddhists, Jews, Taoists and animists will accept. We can forget about the Christians and Muslims because their day is about done. Let’s just hope they don’t destroy the rest of us and this planet when they destroy each other during their Armageddon. .

If you know anyone who wants a fairly cheap housing situation with two congenial Pagan magickal housemates in an ethnically mixed neighborhood in Sacramento, contact me at tezra.reitan@gmail.com or Stephen at abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or Stephen at his phone number 916-455-2267. Also, we desperately need donations to keep Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick afloat. You can send donations of any size to either Stephen’s Paypal account at abbottsinn@gmail.com or abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or my Paypal account at tezra.reitan@gmail.com. If it’s for at least $32, you’ll get either a reading or a class from our vast collections of divination decks/methods/tools or for the class, pick a topic from our vast repertoire in the field of magick. For $60, you can actually have both a reading and a class. I don’t have my webcam hooked up yet, or my mic, but with Stephen you can have sound and video on Yahoo IM, Windows Msgr or Skype. With me for a short while, it’ll be just phone or typing on Yahoo IM or Windows Msgr. Thank you for using and disseminating Stephen’s Zodiac referral number 1-800-280-8496. Stephen1580. It helps ever so much when you use it instead of the regular number because you don’t pay any more, but he makes three times as much. We’re both on SSI, thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger drastically cut both of our checks, and Keen isn’t coming up with the paying calls. I haven’t made one cent since signing on with Keen. My clients all demand free five minute readings, and refuse to go over that five minutes for a paid reading. In fact, it’s cost me money to bid so altogether, Keen has been pretty much of a total loss for me. If you need money, kids, mow lawns or babysit, don’t join a psychic reading service, because it’ll just suck in what little money you do have.

Do check out the PaganRadioNetwork.net It’s free, although they certainly do accept donations. Doesn’t everyone? Seems like everyone has his hat out nowadays, and we’re sorry to be part of that, but the situation is dirt. We almost lost our power yesterday. In these times of smaller SSI checks, a bankrupt state, and practically non-existent paying KEEN calls, the prices just seem to be rising all the time for less and less service or quality.

AT&T is offering a “free” cell phone deal. Don’t fall for it. It is a scam. You have to open up a new account for a friend or family member. This will end up costing you more than the phone is worth. So beware of any “deals” AT&T offers you.

In order to keep his computer alive, or perhaps get a new computer, Stephen needs a new battery and Windows 7, because Vista is just too unreliable. Vista is the worst operating system since 98. But first Stephen has to pay off his rent, and so do I. Don’t buy a Dell or do business with Wells Fargo. They’re both ripoffs.

If you’re ever in Sacramento, look up Walter Rhoads and Julie Maahs. Together they own Gallery 14 at 14th St. and 60th Avenue. We’re promoting them big time. Walter Rhoads has a very interesting and different approach to art. He compares himself to the late great Jackson Pollock but there are two main differences: Rhoads is still drawing breath with a healthy 98.6 degrees temperature (except when he’s sick, in which case it’s somewhat higher) and I think Jackson Pollock was gay, and Rhoads is, like us, hopelessly hetero.

We certainly hope you’ve enjoyed this post. Sorry about my negativity up there, but I’ve been very depressed by this economy lately, and wishing I were with Doc in the Summerland.
Tegwedd ShadowDancer
Stephen Abbott
Inky my BFF (BoyFriend Forever)
Little (Big)Boy
Oreo (the Mouser)
Bailee Beasley Beastly
Frikki & Frakki
Dr. Livingston I. Presume aka Prince Henry the Navigator









. As you may have figured out, Cult of Nyarlathotep is the sister group to Call of Cthulhu. Where Call of Cthulhu is a a more fanciful and sometimes humorous approach, Cult of Nyarlathotep is in a more serious vein. In Call of Cthulhu, we talk about the game, and about the mythos in a more general way. In Cult of Nyarlathotep, we talk more about the religion, and the magick of the Lovecraftian mythos. You can see a difference between the two groups. Occult implies something of a religious nature. The Cult of the Nyarlathotep is more the temple of Nyarlathotep.

The fascination many Pagans have with the darker side of magick is enhanced in the Cult of Nyarlathotep. The Cult of Nyarlathotep has many followers, according to the Cthulhu mythos. One of the ways to find out more about the deities is to check out the book for the game Call of Cthulhu, because descriptions of the Old Ones are the first things you encounter. Googling the deities’ names may yield more information, and the Paganapedia of Mind-n-Magick could yield even more. Who is your favorite Cthulhu mythos deity? The way to start this is for Stephen and me to state our favorites. Stephen will go first. His favorite deity is Shiggurath, the she goat of a thousand young.. The reason he likes her is that there is a connection between her and the ancient Druids. As for me, I am torn between Shiggurath and Nyarlathotep. Is the name Nyarlathotep, by its spelling, linked to the Khemetic religion? In the Cult of Nyarlathotep scenario in the Call of Cthulhu game, the scenario spans the world. Would this imply that the Cult of Nyarlathotep is international? Stephen has a strange theory that SG-1, and all the other Stargate programs are linked to Call of Cthulhu because like the Old Ones, the Go’uld came from the stars.

The Go’uld were a parasitic race, bent on domination of the universe, like the Old Ones. If anyone knows of any other star races, please post here, either as a comment or as a full-fledged discussion. It reminds me of something else. Faeries can’t tolerate iron because it is a star-metal. The first most accessible sources of iron were meteorites. What if this is because like the Old Ones and the Go’uld the faeries are also a star race? I’m thinking that just as Superman is allergic to kryptonite since it came from his home planet, faeries are allergic to iron because like kryptonite and iron, they also came from the stars. Do check out Faery Wisdom and Dragons, Faeries and Unicorns Oh My! Soon they’ll be here as well. Now is a good time to mention the other Cthulhu groups on Facebook, Hi5, Google, Yahoo, and Paganspace.net. Please tell us the specific names of these groups so we can be a part of that.

One man who has done a lot to promulgate the universe of Lovecraft is Donald Tyson, who has written two books on the Necronomicon and created a deck. Secrets of the Necronomicon is the deck. The Necronomicon:the Wanderings of Alhazred and Alhazred are the title of the books. Lo Scarabeo, an imprint of Llewellyn, has a Lovecraftesque deck The Dark Grimoire. I have it. It suits my darker moods. Stephen thinks there’s a third book, but I don’t know what it is. Stephen has found that this working on Cthulhu groups affects his dreams a lot. Is anyone else out there affected by the Cthulhu mythos on a dream level? We want to hear from you!

You know, you too could write about the Cthulhu mythos, either prose or poetry. Try your hand at writing a Cthulhuesque story, and follow in Daddy Lovecraft’s footsteps. Use local color and signs of the time. Most of them took place in the mythical small town of Arkham in Massachusetts during the 1920s. You can have your story take place anywhere, and at any time, even at sometime in the near future, say the 2020s, and look back a century in time. I realize that they often make for clogs in the flow of the plot, and so a lot of editors think they make for bad writing, but I happen to like flashbacks. I guess it’s my fascination with history. I always like to look back and see how things got that way. Stephen likes them too because they’re educational and help the continuity of the story.

It’s a sad commentary on the human condition that evil people are more fascinating to study than good people. Even in good people, their dark side is often more interesting than their light side. Our concepts of good and evil just kind of fade away, and we embrace what we once thought was evil. Basically we’ve lost all concepts of good and evil, since they’re now obsolete, and will now have to invent these concepts again as the ancient philosophy goes. Stephen now confesses that he made the “ancient philosophy” up. Ah, der Teufel is at it again. But really, what is good, what is evil? For far too long we’ve had only the skewed view of the Christians foe guidance. We need to come up with new more universal concepts, concepts that Pagans and Thelemites, Buddhists, Jews, Taoists and animists will accept. We can forget about the Christians and Muslims because their day is about done. Let’s just hope they don’t destroy the rest of us and this planet when they destroy each other during their Armageddon. .

If you know anyone who wants a fairly cheap housing situation with two congenial Pagan magickal housemates in an ethnically mixed neighborhood in Sacramento, contact me at tezra.reitan@gmail.com or Stephen at abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or Stephen at his phone number 916-455-2267. Also, we desperately need donations to keep Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick afloat. You can send donations of any size to either Stephen’s Paypal account at abbottsinn@gmail.com or abbottsinn_school@yahoo.com or my Paypal account at tezra.reitan@gmail.com. If it’s for at least $32, you’ll get either a reading or a class from our vast collections of divination decks/methods/tools or for the class, pick a topic from our vast repertoire in the field of magick. For $60, you can actually have both a reading and a class. I don’t have my webcam hooked up yet, or my mic, but with Stephen you can have sound and video on Yahoo IM, Windows Msgr or Skype. With me for a short while, it’ll be just phone or typing on Yahoo IM or Windows Msgr. Thank you for using and disseminating Stephen’s Zodiac referral number 1-800-280-8496. Stephen1580. It helps ever so much when you use it instead of the regular number because you don’t pay any more, but he makes three times as much. We’re both on SSI, thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger drastically cut both of our checks, and Keen isn’t coming up with the paying calls. I haven’t made one cent since signing on with Keen. My clients all demand free five minute readings, and refuse to go over that five minutes for a paid reading. In fact, it’s cost me money to bid so altogether, Keen has been pretty much of a total loss for me. If you need money, kids, mow lawns or babysit, don’t join a psychic reading service, because it’ll just suck in what little money you do have.

Do check out the PaganRadioNetwork.net It’s free, although they certainly do accept donations. Doesn’t everyone? Seems like everyone has his hat out nowadays, and we’re sorry to be part of that, but the situation is dirt. We almost lost our power yesterday. In these times of smaller SSI checks, a bankrupt state, and practically non-existent paying KEEN calls, the prices just seem to be rising all the time for less and less service or quality.

AT&T is offering a “free” cell phone deal. Don’t fall for it. It is a scam. You have to open up a new account for a friend or family member. This will end up costing you more than the phone is worth. So beware of any “deals” AT&T offers you.

In order to keep his computer alive, or perhaps get a new computer, Stephen needs a new battery and Windows 7, because Vista is just too unreliable. Vista is the worst operating system since 98. But first Stephen has to pay off his rent, and so do I. Don’t buy a Dell or do business with Wells Fargo. They’re both ripoffs.

If you’re ever in Sacramento, look up Walter Rhoads and Julie Maahs. Together they own Gallery 14 at 14th St. and 60th Avenue. We’re promoting them big time. Walter Rhoads has a very interesting and different approach to art. He compares himself to the late great Jackson Pollock but there are two main differences: Rhoads is still drawing breath with a healthy 98.6 degrees temperature (except when he’s sick, in which case it’s somewhat higher) and I think Jackson Pollock was gay, and Rhoads is, like us, hopelessly hetero.

We certainly hope you’ve enjoyed this post. Sorry about my negativity up there, but I’ve been very depressed by this economy lately, and wishing I were with Doc in the Summerland.
Tegwedd ShadowDancer
Stephen Abbott
Inky my BFF (BoyFriend Forever)
Little (Big)Boy
Oreo (the Mouser)
Bailee Beasley Beastly
Frikki & Frakki
Dr. Livingston I. Presume aka Prince Henry the Navigator

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