Why was the necronomicon written? What for? And what purpose

The modern text we call the Necronomicon is really just a syncretion of some smatterings of old Mesopotamian magick and... something else.
It's rather scant, but it has it's gems.

>>19492204
The necronomicon is fictional dickhead. Even if it weren't there's no way Miskatonic University would let a spastic phone poster like you near it.

>>19492231
Who knows mang, Miskatonic is a weird place.

Invented by HP Lovecraft and put together by dedicated fans. It's a neat little book.

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>>19492204
>Why was the necronomicon written?
Fanboys wanted to read the "real" Necronomicon, so some of them went and wrote their own versions of it.

>>19492204
I became more spiritual after reading it. Although I did become extremely paranoid.

>>19492204
the necronomicon is aggregated middle eastern pagan religious book. it takes a few different thinks and ties them all together where there was no previous connection and adds in some folklore stuff

ishtar, marduk, tiamat and others all put into one continuous story beyond their original roles. tiamat is destroyed and marduk makes the universe out of its body but there wasnt much more to the original story.

its kinda funny who little there was to many old religions and legends. couldnt even fill up a pamphlet worth of words with the original

the author assumed that everything that was believed in by any one was all real and fleshed it out with additional affiliations between the god guys and bad guys

>>19493350
This. Only autisits including a friend of mine believe that is a 'real' thing. The concept of it though is good inspiration for many people to hunt down real grimoirs though thats kind of cool.

>>19493505
they're just two different things that go by the same name

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>>19492204
>Why was the necronomicon written?
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Pretty simple really
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Think of it as a much easier read than it's denser name-sake.

>>19492204
This book does not exist.

>>19492231
>Miskatonic University

But is Miskatonic real, and if so, does it have a library?

>>19495804

this