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A Meditation on the Simon Necronomicon - Part I |
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Articles -
Necronomicon
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Written by Andrew Pernick
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
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Page 4 of 5 A meditation upon this set of rituals would not be complete without also looking at the
invocations and conjurations themselves. Of note is the fact that, like the rest of the 'Simonomicon', they
rely on questionable language. According to several sources, the language is infamous in this book to the
point where the exorcism ritual is actually a ritual to invoke a demon to possess the practitioner rather
than to depart from the possessed person. Others translate that ritual as a transfer of the possessing
demon from the possessed person to the person doing the ritual. In either case, the title claims it to be an
exorcism when in fact it is an invitation for demonic possession. Thus, the language in the book entire is
of questionable merit. Also, the invocations and conjurations cross multiple pantheons which were
disparate in both time and geographic location; this is how the Conjuration of the Watcher has an
invocation to both Enki and to the Hebrew God YHVH.In other terms, Simon et al.'s Gate Rituals are little more than a series of metaphysical and
magickal traps designed to ensnare and injure those foolish enough to perform them. This is not
surprising, given that they arose out of the deep-seated anger of the inner sanctum of the Magickal
Chylde, but the extreme degree of risk associated with these rituals in particular does beg the question of
whether their purpose was truly to purge their anger or, instead, to create a Pandora's Box, knowing that
whomsoever was the last to leave, in this case Simon, although by necessity it need not have been, would
publish them, thus unleashing their creation upon the world.
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