Description
Simon (Editor)
Ibis Press, Lake Worth, Florida, USA, 2011. Hardcover. 31st anniversary edition. Attractive large, 267 x 190mm, clothbound hardcover. As New/Fine.
Kenneth Grant explored the Necronomicon tradition in his books “The Nightside of Eden” and “Outer Gateways”. The Necronomicon, Grant maintained was originally known as AL AZIF, the most notorious of grimoires concerning traffic with the Outer Ones. The means to communication with these Ancient or Old Ones was he maintained concealed in grimoires such as the Necronomicon, the Book of the Law, and the Wisdom of S’lba.
In the past 31 years, there has been a lot of ink – actual and virtual – spilled on the subject of the Necronomicon. Some have derided it as a clumsy hoax; others have praised it as a powerful grimoire. As the decades have passed, more information has come to light both on the book’s origins and discovery, and on the information contained within its pages. The Necronomicon has been found to contain formula for spiritual trans-formation, consistent with some of the most ancient mystical processes in the world, processes that were not public knowledge when the book was first published, processes that involve communion with the stars.
In spite of all the controversy, the first edition sold out before it was published. And it has never been out of print since then. This year, the original designer of the 1977 edition and the original editor have joined forces to present a new, deluxe hardcover edition of the most feared, most reviled, and most desired occult book on the planet.
