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Vampire, whole no. 8, December 1946
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eventually overwhelms him. Another myth concerning [title underlined] The Book of Thoth is that about Setna, son of Rameses the Great, spoken of as a great scribe, and well versed in ancient writings. During his antiquarian studies he finds references to the mysterious [title underlined] Book of Thoth, from which a man might learn how to enchant the heavens, the earth, the abyss, and the sea; wherein he would learn what language that birds of the sky and the crawling things speak; wherein he would find the world of ghosts, and see the sun shining in the same sky with the moon. The tale follows that he ventures upon the [underlined] Book in the necropolis of Memphis, where it was guarded by the spirits of Nanefer and Ahura; and he learns of the hideous doom that befalls all who obtain possession of it. (When you consider it, the tale has overtones of the Lovecraft touch. I would even say that very possibly Lovecraft read of this myth and actually employed its fundamental outline in tales of the Cthulhu type.) [title underlined] The Book of Enoch, another volume containing references to various occult subjects, was probably written about 110 B.C., though another authority attributes it to the year 130 B.C. (*) The first part gives an account of the fallen angels who begot a race of giants who in turn produced a generation of devils which now inhabit the earth. Also in the first part of the book Enoch communicates to the reader various mysteries previously hidden from the knowledge of men. The second portion of the book called "The Second History of Wisdom", in which the description of mysterious things on the earth and in the nether world, and in the highest heavens are revealed. The third portion, "The Revolution of the Lights of Heavens", is a primative [sic] account of both astrological and astronomical phenomena. Enoch is supposed to have retired from the world and dwelt in seclusion, only appearing at rare intervals when someone sought his advice. Much more modern, however, is the black book of Michael Zittle, a settler of South Mountain, Maryland, during the days of the Civil War. This volume that he possessed was a translation from the Spanish into German, according to its flyleaf, on which was also the title, "The Friend in Need; or Secret Science", and "Printed for the purchaser, 1826." There was no publisher's name or place of printing and no clue by which anyone could be amenable for violation of the law by publication of the blasphemous utterances it contained in some of its magical formulae. The book is undoubtedly authentic, as some of the formulae [line break] --------------------- (*) -- [title underlined] The Book of Enoch was actual. In [title underlined] The Bible there are references to it, and the [title underlined] Book of Jashar published by the Rosicrucians also speaks of it. My most dependable and extensive reference is a volume called [title underlined] Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets by Rev. S. Baring-Gould, M.A., published by Holt & Williams, New York, 1872. Another reference to [title underlined] The Book of Enoch is made by Lovecraft in his [title underlined] Supernatural Horror in Literature, chapter two, "Dawn of the Horror Tale", page 17. [centered] 24
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eventually overwhelms him. Another myth concerning [title underlined] The Book of Thoth is that about Setna, son of Rameses the Great, spoken of as a great scribe, and well versed in ancient writings. During his antiquarian studies he finds references to the mysterious [title underlined] Book of Thoth, from which a man might learn how to enchant the heavens, the earth, the abyss, and the sea; wherein he would learn what language that birds of the sky and the crawling things speak; wherein he would find the world of ghosts, and see the sun shining in the same sky with the moon. The tale follows that he ventures upon the [underlined] Book in the necropolis of Memphis, where it was guarded by the spirits of Nanefer and Ahura; and he learns of the hideous doom that befalls all who obtain possession of it. (When you consider it, the tale has overtones of the Lovecraft touch. I would even say that very possibly Lovecraft read of this myth and actually employed its fundamental outline in tales of the Cthulhu type.) [title underlined] The Book of Enoch, another volume containing references to various occult subjects, was probably written about 110 B.C., though another authority attributes it to the year 130 B.C. (*) The first part gives an account of the fallen angels who begot a race of giants who in turn produced a generation of devils which now inhabit the earth. Also in the first part of the book Enoch communicates to the reader various mysteries previously hidden from the knowledge of men. The second portion of the book called "The Second History of Wisdom", in which the description of mysterious things on the earth and in the nether world, and in the highest heavens are revealed. The third portion, "The Revolution of the Lights of Heavens", is a primative [sic] account of both astrological and astronomical phenomena. Enoch is supposed to have retired from the world and dwelt in seclusion, only appearing at rare intervals when someone sought his advice. Much more modern, however, is the black book of Michael Zittle, a settler of South Mountain, Maryland, during the days of the Civil War. This volume that he possessed was a translation from the Spanish into German, according to its flyleaf, on which was also the title, "The Friend in Need; or Secret Science", and "Printed for the purchaser, 1826." There was no publisher's name or place of printing and no clue by which anyone could be amenable for violation of the law by publication of the blasphemous utterances it contained in some of its magical formulae. The book is undoubtedly authentic, as some of the formulae [line break] --------------------- (*) -- [title underlined] The Book of Enoch was actual. In [title underlined] The Bible there are references to it, and the [title underlined] Book of Jashar published by the Rosicrucians also speaks of it. My most dependable and extensive reference is a volume called [title underlined] Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets by Rev. S. Baring-Gould, M.A., published by Holt & Williams, New York, 1872. Another reference to [title underlined] The Book of Enoch is made by Lovecraft in his [title underlined] Supernatural Horror in Literature, chapter two, "Dawn of the Horror Tale", page 17. [centered] 24
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