IamSquid
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posted on 5/9/2002 at 02:30 PM |
Okay okay, so I´m here to babble about some of my experiences (the majority
of which are 2nd-hand) dealing with people who actually worship
Lovecraftian dieties.
I recently went to Burning-Man where a tent called "Cthulhu Camp" was
set-up on the Esplanade. It was a teepee with 2 huge squid eyes (easiliy
attracting my attention) with a costume of Cthulhu standing beside it. I
met the people at the tent and was quite suprised. I was handed a sheet of
paper that was a parody of those evangelical Xian propaganda mini-comics
except that it was evangelizing Cthulhu.
The most vocal of the Cthulhu Campers proceeded to tell us a long story
about how he "found Cthulhu" and the wierd part was he was kinda joking but
then kinda not. He then invited us to a ritual after the burn in which we
would be participating in the laying of tenticles, graven images, and
speaking in beaks. I unfortunatly missed the ritual but don´t worry, I had
a very good excuse.
This was far from my first encounter with this sort of group but it stands
out most in my mind probably because I was invited to participate. My
first encounter with this sort of thing was as a teenager when my "friends"
sacrificed a litter of kittens to a paperback Necronomicon.
Next was a series of empty threats on-line from some moron who claimed to
represent the Esoteric Order of Dagon because I insisted that his paperback
Necronomicon was written in the 20th century for the sole purpose of
capitalizing the word Necronomicon (I was to find out later the EOD uses
some other book by the title Necronomicon).
Then of course there was my friend Pete (a member of the Church of Satan
and a Mason, hoodathunk´t?) He had a small circle that was experimenting
with rituals based on Lovecraft and managed to invoke something that
polluted the circles dreams with terror to the point that for a period,
they refused to go to sleep.
Then there´s assorted other hearsay. I´m interested in hearing other
people´s stories. ____________________
i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
die so i could watch, and then me die.
-ickgirl
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Dolorosa
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posted on 20/11/2002 at 01:59 PM |
I'm kinda' familiar with the mythos myself...I can even tag a few o the
outrigger guys...not just the big H.P. so I guess I'm a fan...tell you what
though, In the Mountains of Madness was the first Lovecraft story I ever
read, right along with err...something with a guy named Carter (No kidding
my tribe) in it...and those were the first two stories I had ever read that
actually freaking scared me...no wait, not scary...terrified. I freaked, it
was great!
I think he gave a face and form of sorts to something that defines us
inasmuch as we are unable to define it by it's very nature...on one hand,
it is a looming certainty that we are mere specky-specks of worthless
galactic gack...and that allows a palpable and loathesome dread nihilism to
sink in...yet in the same respect, in a sort of counterlight...the
brightness cast by the shadow of foul oblivion if you will, it allows us to
realize certain precious things, and how rare and priceless they actually
are. Without a fetid abyss to fear, we have nothing we may actually
consider good...no matter how insignifigant it is on a global, galactic or
cosmic scale...I guess thats kinda' aristotilan, at least I think thats the
term...I dunno'
And I think we hear his name every time the sweet little baby jesus
sneezes...
HASTUR HASTUR HASTUR!!! ____________________
In the valley of the Goats, the Goat Fucker is King
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KatB
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posted on 14/11/2002 at 04:06 PM |
WORSHIP THY MASTER!
http://www.logicalcreativity.com/jon/plush/01.html
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All stressed out and no one to choke...
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IamSquid
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posted on 15/10/2002 at 08:34 AM |
Trust mee, I probably come-off as sounding as though I know the Mythos alot
better than I actually do. I am going to need alot of help especially if
yoo have unique opinions/ingight/whatever. I also find it quite helpful to
dicuss the Mythos even if I don't learn anythin because dicscussion tends
to help mee get things straight in my head.
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Lenore
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posted on 15/10/2002 at 01:55 AM |
WOW! How can anyone refuse an offer like that! I am probably not half as
educated in the Mythos as you are, and my knowledges of Lovecraft himself
are humble. But I would love to learn more, and I'm certainly up for a
discussion or two  ____________________
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate its contents." - H.P.Lovecraft
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Ironboots
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posted on 11/10/2002 at 09:36 AM |
I don't know anything about Lovecraft, but I congratulate you on this large
uptaking.
I wish you luck! ____________________
Piggy's got the Conch!
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IamSquid
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posted on 9/10/2002 at 11:21 PM |
Interesting the timing of the resurfacing of this forum.
Before I get started:
DevilBunny: The Temple of Cthulhu I visisted performed the rituals called
the "Baptism by Ink," the "Laying-on of Tenticles," and the "Speaking in
Beaks."
Anyone who's Interested: I was in Madison when I started this thread, one
day on the UofW campus a Xian evangelist was on some kind of tyraid while a
guy in back of him was holding up a sign with a pic of Cthulhu on it (the
evangelist never realized it either).
Okay well, a chain of synchronicity has made mee realize I can make some
money and it would be really good exercisize to create a Lovecraft Tarot
deck (I'm in the right cities to get something like that published). I
recently found out there is already a Lovecraft Tarot but fortunatly it
sucks. Thus I have recently gotten involved with the Mythos.
It's pretty intensive study for what it is. I've been reading a ton of
Lovecraft; spending HOURS on the internet researching interpritations,
analysis, and little-known facts about Lovecraft (for example reading
letters he wrote discussing the dieties); working-out the Gematria and
other "mysteries" of the characters and dieties, plotting out Tarot
correspondences (this is going to be tricky to pull-off) and rough sketches
of what the cards will look like, and doing dream work (yoo know that's how
it usually begins in Lovecraft's stories).
Well the point is, I am very eager to speak with ANYONE who has read
Lovecraft and wishes to discuss it as it's own mythology or in the context
of the Western esoteric mysteries (for example comparing it to Crowley).
So if yoo have anything to say, I will listen.
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Xaoswolf
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posted on 9/10/2002 at 01:55 PM |
http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20021009.html
The Call of the Cthulhu??? ____________________
Sometimes I dream about dinosaurs shopping for cargo shorts at the Gap.
Does that make me a bad person?
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Lenore
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posted on 11/9/2002 at 02:04 AM |
"We came. We observed. We ran."
From the diary of a _former_ Cthulhu investigator. ____________________
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate its contents." - H.P.Lovecraft
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Xaoswolf
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posted on 10/9/2002 at 05:05 PM |
| Correction, the only game where when anything happens, the players run in
terror... ____________________
Sometimes I dream about dinosaurs shopping for cargo shorts at the Gap.
Does that make me a bad person?
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Comedian
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posted on 10/9/2002 at 04:27 PM |
| Cthulhu-- the only roleplaying game where players run in horror whenever
the GM tells them there´s a magic object they got from the monster. ____________________
Make way for the bad guy!
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Lenore
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posted on 10/9/2002 at 03:32 PM |
| Anyone here play the Cthulhu roleplaying game? If so, I would highly
recommend "The Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep", "The Orient Express" and
"Beyond the Mountains of Madness". These campaigns are very well written
and contain alot of usefull background material for the story. When I
played through them, we use about one year on each, having sessions once a
week. ____________________
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of
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human mind to correlate its contents." - H.P.Lovecraft
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IamSquid
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posted on 10/9/2002 at 02:22 PM |
Actually, Bunny, there is the EOD (Esoteric ORder of Dagon) out of
somewhere in New England (unfortunatly Arkham and Innsomouth are fictional,
but I believe it´s somewhere in Rhode Island).
The closest parallel I see to Crowley is the 10th Aethyr (from "The Vison
and the Voice" aka Liber 418) in which an evocation of the devil Choronzon
is performed. Because Choronzon is entirely abstract, evocation into
physical semblance was simply not possible so Crowley sat within the
triangle and INVOKED Choronzon (something no one in their right mind would
do but then, that´s Crowley for yoo). Donald Michael Kraig suggests that
Crowley never completely banished Choronzon (something I have never read or
heard of anywhere else) which is given as the reason for Crowley´s sinister
reputation (as afterwards many of the people closest to him met
tragedy).
Interestingly enough the name Choronzon seems to be an Enochian name
(originally "Coronzon," altered by Crowley for the purpose of numerology)
which appears breifly in "A True and Faithful Relation of what Passed for
Many Yeears Between Doctor John Dee and some Spirits." Here is the
connection to Dee just as the Necronomicon was supposed to have belonged.
(here´s an interesting article discussing Coronzon/Choronzon and other
Enochiana http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/gnosis/dee.html and anyone interested in the Enochian system feel free to contact mee at
any time)
I reccomend reading the 10th Aethyr (even if just for shits and giggles)
yoo can probably find it on equinox.com and look for either "Liber 418" or
"The Vision and the Voice" and go to the 10th Aethyr. ____________________
i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
die so i could watch, and then me die.
-ickgirl
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Shade
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posted on 10/9/2002 at 01:35 PM |
| You´d be surprised...and not a little horrified. ____________________
It is only through the lack of sex that humanity derives the need for an
all encompassing blind love. And in that moment of extreme horniness with
no relief in sight, in that moment can be found the birth of religion.
-Me
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DevilBunny
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posted on 10/9/2002 at 10:07 AM |
Hmmm... so theorticaly speaking we could start a "Church Of Cthulhu" (if it
already dosn´t exist...), like the one they had in "Shadow Over Innsmouth".
Ceremonys by the sea, invoking under the moonlight, knee deep in salty
water, those sort of things...
Just for the laughs, I´d like to see how many people would be actually
intersted in joining. :razz: ____________________
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Xaoswolf
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posted on 10/9/2002 at 06:13 AM |
Ack shit, rolled a 2
I´ve been lubed... :eek: ____________________
Sometimes I dream about dinosaurs shopping for cargo shorts at the Gap.
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Does that make me a bad person?
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Comedian
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posted on 9/9/2002 at 08:33 PM |
| Make a saving throw vs. oil change! ____________________
Make way for the bad guy!
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bettie_x
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posted on 9/9/2002 at 07:46 PM |
or the hands of the truly obsessed.
I´ve met as many crazies with classic cars as I have met crazy
roleplayers.
It´s truly frightening when you combine the two. ____________________
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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Comedian
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posted on 9/9/2002 at 05:24 PM |
| It´s funny that ina society with absence of the sacred we have people
splitting off to turn everyday things or fictional characters into objects
of worship. People who restore classic carsx, Elvis impersonators, people
who play Magic:The Gathering or Pokemon, almost anything becomes sacred in
the hands of the truly devoted. ____________________
Make way for the bad guy!
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KatB
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posted on 9/9/2002 at 02:23 PM |
The main thing they have in common would be the "unmentionable horror" of
Mr. C´s fiction - "Moonchild" is really not well written...
(Explanation: I seem to remember that "unmentionable horror" pops up quite
a lot in Lovecraft´s writings.) ____________________
All stressed out and no one to choke...
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