The Pseudonomicon by Phil Hine

Author:Phil Hine [Hine, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Occult/Chaos Magick
Publisher: The Original Falcon Press
Published: 2012-07-31T21:00:00+00:00

The Great Old Ones

The Cthulhu Mythos displays a recurrent mythic theme; that the “titanic” forces of creation and destruction—the Great Old Ones—have been cast forth from the earth and “forgotten” by civilised humanity and its narrow, materialistic vision. However, whilst they may be forgotten, they are at the same time ever-present, lurking at the frontiers of order, in places where the wild power of nature can be felt. They are chaotic, in the same way that Nature is chaotic, and they retain their primal power since they cannot be “explained” (i.e. bound) or anthropomorphized. They exist outside linear, sequential time, at the border of “Newton’s sleep.”

In Prime Chaos I gave some cursory descriptions of the major entities of the group known collectively as the Great Old Ones. Separating the Old Ones into distinct entities can be of some use when working with them, particularly for the formation of distinct practices and cults. However, for this present work, I will consider Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth and Nyarlathotep as separate parameters of a single, conterminous entity. Indeed, the term “entity” is in itself misleading, in this respect.

The Great Old Ones, collectively, can best be described as a fractal surface that is continually seething and changing. If you look at a fractal form, you will discern clear patterns and shapes which arise from the surface. The relationship between the Old Ones as distinct entities and their overall existence, is similar to that of patterns in the fractal landscape. Their shapes, forms, and identities arise out of our interaction with them at any given point. We might well call this fractal surface “Nature’s Chaos” as it forever lurks on the borders of our artificial, linear experience of the world, and the Old Ones, as we know, have a direct link in the Mythos to storms, earthquakes, and other natural phenomena. In wild places, where nature’s chaos is more apparent than the rules of society, the presence of the Old Ones may be perceived. This was well-appreciated by the Ancient Greeks, for example, who designated such frontier places as sacred to the wild gods who might well visit terror or transfiguration upon those who strayed into them. Similarly, the presence of the Old Ones can be felt within, as one enters the appropriate states of consciousness for stepping through into their realm. Such forms of willed madness will be dealt with shortly. The reader will note that this section covers but a few of the aspects of the Great Old Ones—there are obviously others, but they await personal discovery and understanding.

YOG-SOTHOTH

Yog-Sothoth is best approached via a key passage in The Dunwich Horror which describes it thus:

Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future; all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where they shall break through again….”

We know, from the Mythos stories, that the Old Ones have a close relationship with wild places, particularly stone circles, and strange manifestations.

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