Naren said:And, Ken, I thought a little bit more about what you said about Simon claiming that he translated the book from some old texts and never read Lovecraft. If so, then why are there so many characters from Lovecraft (and Clark Ashton Smith) stories present in his book? That alone disproves what he's saying. It just blows my mind how many people want to believe this is true.
I'll admit it sounds interesting, but it's no more than a fictional book, masquerading as being real. Many people lump it (well, "them" since there are like 10 or more fake necronomicons) together with authentic occultic books, not being able to distinguish the genuines from the works of fiction.
he goes into it a bit in the book, seriously dude, if you got a spare 7$ to blow, its an interesting read, even if you look at it from a point of being a straight fiction book. I'm still highly skeptical of the whole thing, but like i said, it was a fun read.
and as far as it being an occult book, certain groups that practice aspects of the occult called "Chaos Magick" claim to use it anyway.