Project Martense
I began Project Martense this week in earnest.
I’m still waiting for ideas and themes to come together, but so far I know it’s about H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, kaiju, the complete and utter destruction of New York City, and the apocalypse. Great fun!
During the weekend I’ve been researching how chaos magicians incorporate the Cthulhu Mythos into their rituals. First, who knew? Secondly, there are far more articles, essays and books out there about the topic than I expected (see below).
I’ve been test driving the Offprint app to convert the online articles I came across to ePub to read on my Kindle and so far it’s working like a charm. I use Instapaper to read articles on my Kobo but I’m durned if I can figure out how to get my highlights saved to my Obsidian notes, so using Offprint with my Kindle seemed like they way to go. Except I can’t save the highlights from the articles I read only Kindle to Obsidian, either. Curses! If you have advice on how to achieve this on either my Kindle or Kobo without a subscription I would really appreciate it.
Articles
- Calling Cthulhu: H. P. Lovecraft’s Magick Realism
Erik Davis explores how Lovecraft’s cosmic horror blends science and occultism, inspiring modern magical practices and chaos magicians. - Chaos and Beyond
Phil Hine recounts invoking a Great Old One and interprets Cthulhu as a symbol of nature’s terrifying, uncontrollable, chaotic forces. - From Chaos Magick to Tantra with Phil Hine
Phil Hine recalls his early Cthulhu Mythos magic, including Cthulhu pathworking, a midnight Yog-Sothoth summoning, and The Esoteric Order of Dagon. - Interview with Peter James Carroll, the Father of Chaos Magick
Peter J. Carroll invokes the Elder Gods of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos to inspire magical explorations of consciousness, space, time, and reality. - The EPOCH Approach to Cthulhu Mythos
Peter J. Carroll’s EPOCH system uses chaos magic, sigils, and rituals to contact Cthulhu Mythos entities for knowledge and transformation.
Books
- Epoch. The Esotericon & Portals of Chaos
Peter J. Carroll’s Epoch includes a Lovecraftian grimoire exploring Cthulhu Mythos entities through chaos magic and ritual practice. - Grimoire of the Necronomicon
Donald Tyson’s Grimoire of the Necronomicon adapts Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos into rituals invoking the Old Ones for magical transformation. - Necronomicon Gnosis: A Practical Introduction
Asenath Mason explores Cthulhu Mythos magic through dreamwork, invocations, and rituals to contact the Great Old Ones and transform consciousness. - The 13 Gates of the Necronomicon: A Workbook of Magic
Donald Tyson transforms Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos into a ritual magic system involving ancient gods, dreamwork, invocations, and astral projection. - The Dark Lord: H. P. Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, and the Typhonian Tradition in Magic
Peter Levenda examines how Kenneth Grant integrated Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and Necronomicon into Typhonian magic and occult practice. - The Pseudonomicon
The Pseudonomicon explores Cthulhu Mythos pathworking, invoking the Great Old Ones through dangerous rituals of madness and transformation. - When The Stars Are Right: Towards An Authentic R’lyehian Spirituality
Scott R. Jones transforms Cthulhu and the Great Old Ones into a spiritual philosophy exploring cosmic horror, altered consciousness, and Black Gnosis.
Essays
- Alien Selves: Modernity and the Social Diagnostics of the Demonic in “Lovecraftian Magick”
Dr. Justin Woodman examines how chaos magicians invoke Cthulhu Mythos entities to challenge reality, transform consciousness, and confront modernity. - Aspects of Evocation
Phil Hine explores evoking Yog-Sothoth through chaos magic, linking Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos to ritual, altered states, and earth lights. - “Cthulhu Gnosis”: Monstrosity, Selfhood, and Secular Re-Enchantment in Lovecraftian Occultural Practice
Dr. Justin Woodman examines how chaos magicians use Cthulhu Mythos entities to confront monstrous otherness, transform identity, and re-enchant modern life. - Fiction in the Desert of the Real: Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos
Professor Wouter Hanegraaff argues that Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos lets chaos magicians blur fiction and reality, seeking re-enchantment through cosmic horror.
