Minor point: M. Blavatsky founded the Theosophical Society, not the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (founded by three Freemasons: William Woodman, William Westcott, and Samual Mathers). E. Hoffmann Price's original version, titled "The Lord of Illusion", is available in the anthology "Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos" still in print from DelRay/Ballantine Books, edited by Robert M. Price (coincidentally, I just finished reading it a few months ago... now I'm on to Ramsey Campbell's "Visions from Brichester" anthology)
The Silver Key works more as a prologue than as a full story. "Beyond the gates" is truly amazing, imaginative, crazy, pulpy fun. I would love to see a visual adaptation of it one day!
I actually really liked the Take in the silver Key that goes smthn Like that "Even If nihilistic scientist Take the magic away from this world by proclaiming reality is only a series of funny Pictures in our Heads. This gives even more Power to the concepts of dreams, for how are they different from reality then?" Like it wasnt exactly worded Like this, but that pretty much was Lovecrafts point and I found that to be pretty cool. The Rest of the story was kinda meh tho indeed... Through the Gates of the Silver Key tho...goddam was a Lot of fun...
I really appreciate how well this video is made, spoken and presented for a nich audience. You did a wonderful job, this is my first time to see your content and im impressed 👍
6:22 sparks some curiosity on fictional spacecraft. What is the first fictional spaceship powered on its own? Lucian of Samosata used a sea-going ship to reach the moon. Wells had the Cavorite ship in "First Men in the Moon" and George Griffith had the Astronef in his "Honeymoon in Space". What was the first self-powered spacecraft?
I'm editing a novel (4th draft) that is a mixture of various mythologies (Lovecrafitian, Hyperborian, etc.etc.) Basically, it's a modern take on 70's sword and sandal with a steam-punk/ mutated world aesthetic. I'd love to send you a copy when it's published, since you were unknowingly a big help to me in my four year process of writing it.
I would be very interested to see a blend of a full treatment of Lovecraft Mythos cosmic lore and the Star Trek "genre. How would an initially optimistic and bright attempt to explore space degenerate and crumble in on itself upon contact with the ilk of Yaddithian survivors and the Bholes and Cthulian horrors.
Hey Sandy, do you Plan to talk about the "In the Walls of Eryx" story? I really like it. Its Not the most influencial one from H.P.L But its one of his Most entertaining ones in my opinion!
Thanks! It's made by the same company, and to the same materials & styles as a US Air Corps bomber jacket. The patches are all from my time at Ensemble Studios though.
My favorite part kf H.P. Lovecraft stuff is when Harry Potter fans think he whom shall not be named is in referring to their lore cause when something usually bad luck, snow, saying something nothing like that has happened yet, etc etc. I always shout he whom shall not be named.
I'm still going to call the magic in the Mythos magic. At the end of the day, the word magic is used to describe trickery or the unknown; the etymology of "magic" is interesting and "magi" just means "the one who knows." A better word would probably just be "power," or "ability." A bird has the power to bend twigs into a nest. Cthulhu has the power to bend minds into slaves. Besides the power levels involved, the only major difference is that Cthulhu's powers are more or less supernatural, or mankind's understanding of the vastness of nature is terribly limited. Everyone knows that old quote about technology and magic, but it gets even more interesting when you start to pick away at the fabric of the word "magic." For example, LoTR makes it abundantly clear that if you could use a magical mirror to forecast the future, it wouldn't be magical. It would just be a special mirror that has the power to do that, much like I possess a plastic lever which causes the bulbs on the ceiling to emit light and it's not magical. It's not a magic lightswitch, it's a device using the properties of the universe. Galadriel's mirror is a device that uses the properties of the LoTR universe. Mythos spells are devices that use the properties of the Mythos universe. Electricity is our world's magic system. What we're really seeking to describe when we use the word magic is the "supernatural" or "wonders." What's also interesting is that there's clearly some sort of supernatural element to the Mythos, since it appears that the souls of men last after death and blessing a Crucifix is enough to temporarily repel a witch (The Dreams in the Witch-House.) Souls are only really alluded to in a few places like the Dunwich Horror or MAYBE The Shunned House. Maybe they're souls, or maybe they're psychic imprints or whatever. Whatever the case, Lovecraft seems to loosely refer to an ambiguous sphere of spiritual or psychic existence that the human mind may or may not enter into upon death, but my guess is that Lovecraft never really bothered to write on it. Maybe he had his fill of ghost stories, or maybe he didn't think a Mythos ghost story would be worth his time. Where's the line between natural and supernatural in the Mythos? Perhaps that's part of the horror. What if anything does Cthulhu pray to, and how worried should we be?
It depends on how different their biology is from what's generally the norm on Earth; there're only so many ways for the building blocks of life to be constructed--not "arranged"--, and it's these building blocks that matter. It could go either way, but if terrestrial microbes managed to do anything bad at all they'd probably outright kill due to a lack of relevant antibodies. Until and unless we find alien life, we'll never know for sure which scenario is more plausible. The question is really whether the underlying physical principles are similar enough. Whether their genetics use the same substances to encode information or not would be one example of a factor to consider (though that factor in particular is more virus-related than bacteria).
Do what thou whilt shall be the whole of the law. Alister Crowley wasn't a satanist, that's just bullshit Catholic propaganda. Crowley started Thelema which is heavily based on the Hermetic kabbalah and yoga. Antoine LaVey was the one who started satanism. Love is the law, love under will. -an O.T.O. Minerval
Tank warfare and the devil was not a connection I would ever expect to see
it frightened me on some deep level.
Wait until you find out about Jack Parsons and the connection between Aleister Crowley and the US rocket program...
@@alankelly1001 And their mutual buddy L. Ron Hubbard who apparently drove Crowley up the wall.
@@alankelly1001 Jack Parsons was really something else.
Sympathy With The Devil starts playing.
Minor point: M. Blavatsky founded the Theosophical Society, not the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (founded by three Freemasons: William Woodman, William Westcott, and Samual Mathers).
E. Hoffmann Price's original version, titled "The Lord of Illusion", is available in the anthology "Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos" still in print from DelRay/Ballantine Books, edited by Robert M. Price (coincidentally, I just finished reading it a few months ago... now I'm on to Ramsey Campbell's "Visions from Brichester" anthology)
well yes, she was the Theosophists. True enough. But the Golden Dawn and her group were obviously associated.
@@SandyofCthulhu They were certainly all suckling at the same Eastern philosophical teat.
The Silver Key works more as a prologue than as a full story. "Beyond the gates" is truly amazing, imaginative, crazy, pulpy fun. I would love to see a visual adaptation of it one day!
A faithful adaptation of any of lovecrafts work would be incredible
I actually really liked the Take in the silver Key that goes smthn Like that "Even If nihilistic scientist Take the magic away from this world by proclaiming reality is only a series of funny Pictures in our Heads. This gives even more Power to the concepts of dreams, for how are they different from reality then?" Like it wasnt exactly worded Like this, but that pretty much was Lovecrafts point and I found that to be pretty cool.
The Rest of the story was kinda meh tho indeed...
Through the Gates of the Silver Key tho...goddam was a Lot of fun...
I really appreciate how well this video is made, spoken and presented for a nich audience.
You did a wonderful job, this is my first time to see your content and im impressed 👍
6:22 sparks some curiosity on fictional spacecraft. What is the first fictional spaceship powered on its own? Lucian of Samosata used a sea-going ship to reach the moon. Wells had the Cavorite ship in "First Men in the Moon" and George Griffith had the Astronef in his "Honeymoon in Space". What was the first self-powered spacecraft?
2:34 The outsider was actually my first lovecraft story!
E. Hoffman Price was my introduction to Chinese folklore in _The Devil Wives of Li Fong_ and _The Jade Enchantress_ .
I'm editing a novel (4th draft) that is a mixture of various mythologies (Lovecrafitian, Hyperborian, etc.etc.) Basically, it's a modern take on 70's sword and sandal with a steam-punk/ mutated world aesthetic. I'd love to send you a copy when it's published, since you were unknowingly a big help to me in my four year process of writing it.
That sounds like a great story! If I may ask, does your story have Yaddithians?
Looking forward to hearing more about Dholes
I would be very interested to see a blend of a full treatment of Lovecraft Mythos cosmic lore and the Star Trek "genre. How would an initially optimistic and bright attempt to explore space degenerate and crumble in on itself upon contact with the ilk of Yaddithian survivors and the Bholes and Cthulian horrors.
Hey Sandy, do you Plan to talk about the "In the Walls of Eryx" story? I really like it. Its Not the most influencial one from H.P.L
But its one of his Most entertaining ones in my opinion!
@Zanimations Kenneth Sterling, right? That guy apparently was important for the research of the thyroid hormone.
@@BNK2442 IRL?
Great video!
Cool jacket
Thanks! It's made by the same company, and to the same materials & styles as a US Air Corps bomber jacket. The patches are all from my time at Ensemble Studios though.
My favorite part kf H.P. Lovecraft stuff is when Harry Potter fans think he whom shall not be named is in referring to their lore cause when something usually bad luck, snow, saying something nothing like that has happened yet, etc etc. I always shout he whom shall not be named.
Any chance for Runequest/Glorantha retrospective video in the future?
So I was a nihilist in my younger years, but I can't anymore. I love these kind of tales all the same.
I'm still going to call the magic in the Mythos magic. At the end of the day, the word magic is used to describe trickery or the unknown; the etymology of "magic" is interesting and "magi" just means "the one who knows." A better word would probably just be "power," or "ability." A bird has the power to bend twigs into a nest. Cthulhu has the power to bend minds into slaves. Besides the power levels involved, the only major difference is that Cthulhu's powers are more or less supernatural, or mankind's understanding of the vastness of nature is terribly limited.
Everyone knows that old quote about technology and magic, but it gets even more interesting when you start to pick away at the fabric of the word "magic." For example, LoTR makes it abundantly clear that if you could use a magical mirror to forecast the future, it wouldn't be magical. It would just be a special mirror that has the power to do that, much like I possess a plastic lever which causes the bulbs on the ceiling to emit light and it's not magical. It's not a magic lightswitch, it's a device using the properties of the universe. Galadriel's mirror is a device that uses the properties of the LoTR universe. Mythos spells are devices that use the properties of the Mythos universe.
Electricity is our world's magic system. What we're really seeking to describe when we use the word magic is the "supernatural" or "wonders."
What's also interesting is that there's clearly some sort of supernatural element to the Mythos, since it appears that the souls of men last after death and blessing a Crucifix is enough to temporarily repel a witch (The Dreams in the Witch-House.) Souls are only really alluded to in a few places like the Dunwich Horror or MAYBE The Shunned House. Maybe they're souls, or maybe they're psychic imprints or whatever. Whatever the case, Lovecraft seems to loosely refer to an ambiguous sphere of spiritual or psychic existence that the human mind may or may not enter into upon death, but my guess is that Lovecraft never really bothered to write on it. Maybe he had his fill of ghost stories, or maybe he didn't think a Mythos ghost story would be worth his time. Where's the line between natural and supernatural in the Mythos? Perhaps that's part of the horror. What if anything does Cthulhu pray to, and how worried should we be?
Interesting stuff from a Lovecraft pro
Cool video!
The Sorcerers of Yiddish!
_Oy Vey!_
I liked Through the Gates of the Silver Key exactly because of the pseudo jungian esoteric elements. :-P I guess that our taste differs in points. :-P
HPL did Clarke's Law well before Clarke did
Who are the Yaddith...?.🎉 Science Fiction..
where do i get that little yaddithian figure
I Totally misred title as the sourcers of Yiddish lol
5:00 wouldn't the chance of earth bacteria being able to harm an alien organism be pretty much zero?
It depends on how different their biology is from what's generally the norm on Earth; there're only so many ways for the building blocks of life to be constructed--not "arranged"--, and it's these building blocks that matter. It could go either way, but if terrestrial microbes managed to do anything bad at all they'd probably outright kill due to a lack of relevant antibodies. Until and unless we find alien life, we'll never know for sure which scenario is more plausible.
The question is really whether the underlying physical principles are similar enough. Whether their genetics use the same substances to encode information or not would be one example of a factor to consider (though that factor in particular is more virus-related than bacteria).
Do what thou whilt shall be the whole of the law.
Alister Crowley wasn't a satanist, that's just bullshit Catholic propaganda. Crowley started Thelema which is heavily based on the Hermetic kabbalah and yoga. Antoine LaVey was the one who started satanism.
Love is the law, love under will.
-an O.T.O. Minerval