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From: todd@reed.UUCP (Todd Ellner)
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Subject: Re: Satanism, witchcraft, paganism,etc.
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 05:55:26 EST
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> Sorry if I have misrepresented my point.  I'll try again:
> 
> SATANISM:
> 
> My impression of "Necronomicon" (which BTW is used as one of the source
> books in Satanism) was that there was no requirement to sacrifice human
> lives or commit  crimes as a part of rituals. (Richard Ramirez is a nut
> and is as typical of Satanists as Jim Jones is of Christians) 
> 
> 
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  I would be surprised if the Necronomicon were a source book for anything,
Satanism included.  While I have seen books purporting to be the real thing the
sad fact remains that the Mad Arab Abd Al Azred (Abdul Al Hazred to Lovecraft 
fans) and his eldritch tome were and are the creations of H.P. Lovecraft, August
Derleth, et alia.  That is, they exist only in the pages of the great pulp
stories of the '20's and '30's and in the minds of their readers. For more on
this see James Blish's story in Alchemy and Academe or L. (does anyone know
what the L is for?) Sprague de Camp's essay Lovecraft, the Books.

                                                 Iconoclastically yours,
                                                  Todd Ellner
               
Sorry I posted this one Ellen.  Cthulhu made me do it :-()