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To: alt.magick,alt.necronomicon,alt.pagan.magick,alt.pagan From: vonjunzt@hotmail.com Subject: Re: alt.magick Necronomicon Quiz Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 16:43:36 GMT In article <39dca51b.2796632@news.earthlink.net>, Juliusgezzer@spoofcom.net (Julius Gezzer) wrote: > Following upon the remarkable success of our first quiz (thanks, > Starlancer) we thought it would be informative and useful to self-test > the general knowledge of that most misunderstood of all Black Books, > the "Necronomicon!" > (1) The Necronomicon was originally written by: a. H. P. Lovecraft, b. > Peter Levenda (aka "Simon"), c. Abdul Al-Hazred, d. Lin Carter, e. > Cathulu, f. All of the above. (A), though it should be phrased "written about by". > (2) The Necronomicon means: a. The Book of Dead Names, b. The Names > of Dead Books, c. Al Azif (the buzz), d. A yearly convention of > necrophiliacs (diddlers of the dead). (E) None of the above. "The Book of Dead Names" is not what we're looking for - something along the lines of "Book Concerning the Dead" is much more accurate. > (3) The Necronomicon is said to be the magical key to invoke: a. The > pre-human Elder Gods, b. the pre-adamite demonic forces, c. > pre-school retarded anti-intellectuals, d. eruptions of acne. (A) and (C) > (4) The L. Sprague deCamp Necronomicon (in Duriac) repeats itself > every: a Eight pages, b. thirteen pages, c. twenty-two pages. (A), unless you count beginning and ending characters, in which case it's (D) sixteen. > (5) The Barnes Graphics (Simon) Necronomicon links the writings of > the mad Arab Abdul Al Hazred to: a. The Black Book of the Yezzidis, b. > The Black-and- Blue Book of the Yazulis, c. Summerian-Akkakadian > demonology, e. The Phanphasims of Oz. (C) > (6) The best version of the Necronomicon--in the opinion of the > experts---is: a. Simon's, b. Robert Turner's, c. L. Sprague deCamp's, > d. Lin Carter's. Can't answer this. It doesn't say what the criteria for the "best" Necronomicon is. > (7) The Necronomicon is: a. A very dangerous book that only the most > advanced magicians should study and practice, b. A very dangerous book > that only the most uninformed and immature magicians should study and > practice, c. A very dangerous book that nobody should study and > practice, d. A hoax that couldn't possibly harm anyone. (E) All of the above. -- Yrs., Daniel Harms http://www.necfiles.com/ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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