Cthulhu Cthursday: Lectures in Lovecraft

For the Lovecraftian looking for literary edudition, Yog-Sothoth.com offers a wide array of audio lectures on the Cthulhu Mythos. I haven’t actually had a chance to listen to them yet, but the descriptions look tantalizing. Here’s the description of the lecture on the Necronomicon: In part two of this series, Justin Woodman explores the history […]

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For the Lovecraftian looking for literary edudition, Yog-Sothoth.com offers a wide array of audio lectures on the Cthulhu Mythos.

I haven't actually had a chance to listen to them yet, but the descriptions look tantalizing. Here's the description of the lecture on the Necronomicon:

In part two of this series, Justin Woodman explores the history of the legendary Necronomicon in fact and fiction, and ponders its continuing relevance to contemporary occult cultures. Penned by the Yemeni poet and mystic Abdul Alhazred circa 700 AD, the dreaded Necronomicon is perhaps one of the most powerful and alluring of HP Lovecraft's creations: a grimoire able to rend apart the very fabric of reality and bring forth the Great Old Ones themselves. Although a work of fiction, the Necronomicon has achieved a social and physical reality with more than twenty versions having been published since the 1960s.

The lecturer, Justin Woodman, also has a fascinating looking Cthulhu blog at Whispers from the Ghooric Zone.

H.P. Lovecraft Lectures by Dr. Justin Woodman: The Recordings [Yog-Sothoth.com]