Necronomicon: The Wanderings of Alhazred Book

Table of Contents List of Illustrations .............. x Prefatory Note by Olaus Wormius .............. xi Concerning the Life of Abdul Alhazred by Theodorus Philetas .............. xv

Howlings in the Desert .......... 3
Rapture of the Empty Space .......... 7
Lustful Demons and Angry Demons .......... 13
The Eaters of the Dead .......... 17
Many-Towered Irem, Its Wonders and Pitfalls .......... 21
The Dweller in the Caverns .......... 25
The Lost City Beneath Irem .......... 29
The Starlit Chamber of Seven Gates .......... 33
The First Portal, Leading to the Plateau of Leng .......... 37
The Second Portal, Leading to the City of Heights .......... 41
The Third Portal, Leading to Sunken R'lyeh .......... 45
The Fourth Portal, Leading to Yuggoth .......... 49
The Fifth Portal, Leading to Atlantis .......... 55
The Sixth Portal, Leading to Kadath .......... 61
The Seventh Portal, Leading to the Temple of Albion .......... 65
What May Be Safely Written of the Old Ones .......... 71
Yig, Corresponding with the Sphere of Saturn .......... 75
Yog-Sothoth, Corresponding with the Sphere of Jupiter .......... 81
Cthulhu, Corresponding with the Sphere of Mars .......... 87
Azathoth, Corresponding with the Sphere of Sol .......... 93
Shub-Niggurath, Corresponding with the Sphere of Venus .......... 97
Nyarlathotep, Corresponding with the Sphere of Mercury .......... 103
Dagon, Corresponding with the Sphere of Luna .......... 109
The Great Seal of the Old Ones, Known As the Elder Seal .......... 115
The Underground River A'zani .......... 119
Memphis, City of Mummies .......... 123
Concerning the Tombs of Wizards .......... 127
The Uncanny Ways of Cats, and Their Cult .......... 131
The Riddle of the Sphinx Interpreted .......... 135
The Resurrectionists in the Storehouse of Kings .......... 139
The Essential Salts and Their Use .......... 143
The Valley of the Dead .......... 147
Walking Corpses Above the Second Cataract .......... 153
The Book Markets of Alexandria .......... 159
The Ziggurats and the Watchers of Time .......... 165
The Tower of Babel and the Fall of the Watchers .......... 171
The Ruins of Babylon .......... 175
U'mal Root and Its Manner of Harvest .......... 181
The Valley of Eden .......... 185
The Wisdom Seat .......... 189
The Monastery of the Magi .......... 193
Inner Grounds of the Sons of Sirius .......... 197
The Secret Purpose of the Magi .......... 201
Why the Stars Are Not Right .......... 205
The Thing Beneath the Library .......... 209
Why the Old Ones Do Not Die .......... 213
Concerning Shoggoths .......... 217
The Formula of Yug .......... 221
The Well of Life .......... 225
The Relic of the Hebrews .......... 229
Wanderers on the Road to Damascus .......... 233
The Rite of the Companion .......... 239
Terms of the Covenant with Shub-Niggurath .......... 245
Soul Bottles .......... 251
The Lane of Scholars .......... 255
The Secret of Damascus Steel .......... 259
The Burial Ground at Damascus .......... 263
The Conclusion to the Journey .......... 267

Illustrations

Map of the region .......... iii Alphabet of the inhabitants of the city beneath Irem .......... 31
Seal of the moon of Yuggoth .......... 52
Lunar hieroglyphs on the recumbent stone of the temple of Albion .......... 68
The seal of Yig .......... 77
The seal of Yog-Sothoth .......... 83
The seal of Cthulhu .......... 90
The seal of Azathoth .......... 95
The seal of Shub-Niggurath .......... 99
The seal of Nyarlathotep .......... 105
The seal of Dagon .......... 110
Hieroglyphs on the black pillar of Dagon .......... 112
The great seal of the Old Ones .......... 116
The seals of the ziggurats .......... 166
Signs of the seven lords of the Old Ones .......... 248