Prayer of Elathlak - A Fragment of The Necronomicon, Edited by Allen Mackey

PRAYER OF ELATHLAK -- A  FRAGMENT OF THE  NECRONOMICON   NECRONOMICON   by ALLEN MACKEY

This brief excerpt from the Necronomico the  Necronomicon n originates from an article  by Lee and Torrie, Hector ! Hoffmann, "ha#espeare and the $ld $nes% in Quandry Quandry Fanzine Fanzine,, &ecem &ecembe ber, r, '()* '()*!! The The editio edition n of the the  Necronomicon +oted by the -riting team.s so/called 0expert on the occlt0//M occlt0//Mr! r! Torrie//is Torrie//is nstated! nstated! 1ncidently 1ncidently,, the athors athors claim that Mr! Torrie had 0stdied nder 2on 3nt4 at the time of the -riting of  5nsssprelichen Klten!0 6sic 6sic77  At any rate, their pioneering -or# of Necronomic scholarship is a se+el of sorts to &! 8! mith.s 09hy Abdl Al Ha4red 9ent Mad0 :-hich is prported to be 0a correct ;ersion of the last chapter of the  Necronomicon0//again,  Necronomicon0//again, -ithot any information as to -hich edition it is fromlac# n!0 n!0 ?rom ?rom 0ha 0ha#e #esp spea eare re and and the the $ld $ld $nes $nes00 :ita :itali lici4 ci4ed ed by the the pres present ent editor<@ "In the chapter of the 'Hymn of The Days of The Black Sun' in the Necronomicon the Necronomicon the prayer of lathlak is !ien# '$h  %nd

mi!hty serpent of speckled forked ton!ues &hich cry to the

scales $nes

$h sharply spined sons of the foul unnamed  %nd ma!!ots that d&ell &ithin the hearts of thy follo&ers  I (e! ye not harm not the chosen chosen princess)'"  princess)'"  E;idently Elathla# is a 0mighty serpent of spec#led scales0//possibly  one of the spa-n of ?ather ?ather Yig! Aside from the the hints +oted abo;e -e are not gi;en any frther information as to the identity of Elathla#! Ho-e;er, -e do ha;e :from other areas of research< some cles cles as to the mystery of 0The >lac# n,0 -hich nfortnately extend beyond the grasp of the present -or#! 1 mst than# my fello- researcher into Alha4redic &aemonology, Lis ! Abbadie, for the tip that that led to this obscre gem! gem! ee the ?ebrary  'B, =*' post of his blog %rs blog  %rs Necronomica Necronomica,, -hich is entitled 0The &ho Chant!0 * *** * '

This -or# is reprinted in 8obert M! Drice.s Chaosim collection :first and and se seco cond nd edit editio ions ns<, <, The Necro Necronom nomico icon* n* Select Selected ed Storie Storiess and   ssays +oncernin! the Blasphemous Tome of the ,ad %ra()  As editor Drice states in his introdction to &! 8! mith.s tale :-hich is incl incld ded ed in the the 02er 02ersi sion onss of the the  Necronomicon0  Necronomicon0 sectio section<@ n<@ 0.9hy  0.9hy   Abdl Al Ha4red 9ent Mad. originally appeared in Manly >annister.s  beatiflly prodced small press maga4ine  Nekromantikon,  Nekromantikon, ;ol! one, no! three, Atmn '()*!0 =

The fragmentar fragmentary y chant consists consists of for -ords! -ords! The entire entire passage reads* reads* "In the Necronomicon there Necronomicon there is a chant '+thlolaham Sothan +ali(a +ali(an n %nath %natho)) o)))'" )'"  A possible connection to the ha#espeare character Caliban, from The Tempest , is implied!