Nyarlathotep, known to many by his epithet The Crawling Chaos, is an Outer God and the spawn of Azathoth. Nyarlathotep differs from the other deities in the Mythos in a number of ways. Most of the Outer Gods are exiled to the stars, like Yog-Sothoth and Azathoth, and most of the Great Old Ones are …
Cthulhu is the most well-known of gods in the Mythos, evidenced by the fact that it bears his name. Like, Azathoth, Cthulhu is a slumbering god. Cthulhu, however, has been known to wake from time to time. As such he is venerated at the Spring Equinox, a time of balance between light and dark. The …
Known by many names around the world, the Midwinter celebration is perhaps one of the most ancient of all human observances. While the true origins of the festival have been lost to many through the long eons, all the celebrations can be traced back to the Outer Gods. Since the earliest of human cultures we …
Dagon, also known as Father Dagon, is a somewhat mysterious figure in the mythos. It is unclear if he is actually a Great Old One or simply a very ancient member of the Deep One species. In either case, he is worshiped by the Deep Ones as well as many humans who live and work …
The student of occultism usually is quite familiar with the crass individual who assumes the cheap skeptical attitude toward occult matters, which attitude he expresses in his would-be "smart" remark that he "believes only in what his senses perceive." He seems to think that his cheap wit has finally disposed of the matter, the implication …
Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the 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. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread …
The term "astral," so frequently employed by all occultists, is difficult to explain or define except to those who have pursued a regular course of study in occult science. For the purpose of the present consideration, it is enough to say that over and above the ordinary physical sense plane there is another and more …
Having partially discussed the subject of phantasms projected from the brain of the agent to that of the percipient, I must now briefly describe another group for which the evidence is very abundant—that of "veridical" dreams. This is a term used to describe apparitions coinciding with other events in such a manner as to suggest …
Although worshipped primarily in the southwest, and in Oklahoma in particular, cultists following Yig can be found throughout the Americas. Yig, being the father of serpents, is often described as having features that resemble those of both men and snakes. He is seen as the protector of snakes and the punisher of those who harm …
Azathoth is the ruler of the Outer Gods. He was described by the Prophet H.P. Lovecraft thus: “outside the ordered universe [is] that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, …
The Fane of Yog-Sothoth 