tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post8071361363344240639..comments2024-02-20T09:54:37.105-06:00Comments on Talking About Ritual Magick: Best of Lovecraft and the Occult ExtravaganzaFrater.Barrabbashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11689013897789072360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-41476560929000297562010-10-08T16:08:52.870-05:002010-10-08T16:08:52.870-05:00Interesting post. Have you read David Geall's...Interesting post. Have you read David Geall's wonderful essay, - ‘A half-choked meep of cosmic fear: Is there esoteric symbolism in H.P.Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath?' in issue #3 of the Journal for the Academic Study of Magic?<br /><br />Geall makes a compelling argument that the story can be mapped near perfectly upon the tree of life and how each sequence of the story equates to paths between the sephirot. Intentional or not, it's absolutley fascinating.Kevin Nelsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-67407861739014440802010-08-25T05:28:41.853-05:002010-08-25T05:28:41.853-05:00Great post and very insightful regarding the use o...Great post and very insightful regarding the use of Lovecraft's mythos in occult circles. Your post has me wanting to read some Lovecraft, something I haven't done in a long, long time. Time to point my Internet Explorer to Amazon to see what I can find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-9545379143767715722010-08-23T14:22:23.151-05:002010-08-23T14:22:23.151-05:00The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath is one of my fav...<em>The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath</em> is one of my favourite Lovecraft stories as well. His breadth of imagination is astonishing. <br /><br />It's a shame he died thinking he was a failure, especially given the wide range of media that have been inspired by his creations in the years since his death.Psychehttp://www.plutonica.netnoreply@blogger.com