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Ancient Gods
2 documented theories filed under this subject.
- The Necronomicon "Real Book" TheoryThe Necronomicon "Real Book" theory holds that H.P. Lovecraft’s references to the Necronomicon and the entities surrounding it were not purely fictional inventions, but disguised disclosures of an actual occult text, hidden tradition, or ancient-gods network operating beneath modern society. The theory grew from the vivid pseudo-scholarly detail Lovecraft gave the book, the way later writers repeated and expanded its references, and the appearance of spurious printed "Necronomicons" that blurred the line between invention and artifact. In stronger versions, Lovecraft is treated as a fiction writer only on the surface, while in reality serving as a transmitter of forbidden information about an old order of cosmic powers and their surviving earthly custodians. This made the Necronomicon one of the most famous fictional books ever reclassified by believers as secret nonfiction.
- DemiurgeIn esoteric and conspiracy-oriented traditions, the Demiurge is described as the false creator of the material world: a lesser cosmic ruler who fashions physical reality, traps divine consciousness in matter, and obscures the existence of the true transcendent Source above him. In classical philosophy the Demiurge appears as a cosmic craftsman, but in Gnostic systems he becomes an ignorant, arrogant, or even oppressive architect of the visible world, often identified with Yaldabaoth, Samael, or Saklas and surrounded by archonic powers that maintain the prison of material existence.