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FROM CONFESSIONS OF THE MAD MONK CLITHANUS CLITHANUS : The Incantation of the Elder Sign by LIN CARTER CARTER EDITOR'S EDITOR'S NOTE: NOTE: Thi i fro! a little"#no little"#no$n $n dar# to!e called called the Conf Confes essi sion onss of the the Mad Mad Monk Monk Clit Clitha hanu nuss % or the Confessi Confessions ons of Clithanus& Clithanus& ere one one $ill find the the f(ll te)t of of *The Incantatio Incantation n of the Elder Sign&* Sign&* It i collecti+ely collecti+ely by A(g(t A(g(t Derleth Derleth and Mar# Schorer, Schorer, $ith !iing te)t retored retored by Lin Carter& Carter& ""Editor% Allen Mac#ey% -rand Archi+it
NOTE: In their tory% *The orror fro! the De.th% firt .(blihed in /012 (nder another title% Derleth and Schorer 3(oted briefly fro! the Confessions of Clithanus& Clithanus & I ha+e recently fo(nd a co.y of thi obc(re boo# in the library of the 4nion Theological Se!inary in Manhattan% and loo#ed (. the .aage& I dico+ered that they o!itted forty"e+en $ord 5.robably for tory"reaon6% tory"reaon6% and that in three .lace a $ord $a !itranlated& The o.ening line% $hich they o!it% re+eal% !ot interetingly% that the entire .aage i not only borro$ed fro! the Necronoicon 5fro! Necronoicon 5fro! $hich Clithan( fre3(ently 3(ote6% b(t ee! to be nothing le than the rit(al incantation by $hich the .o$er of the Elder Sign !ay be e+o#ed& I here here gi+e gi+e the the rele rele+a +ant nt .a .aag agee in f(ll f(ll%% ha+i ha+ing ng corr correc ecte ted d the the !itranlated $ord& ""Lin Carter
))i)& The Incantation of the Elder Sign And a Alha7red ha $ritten% the E+il One !ay only be dri+en bac# and held do$n by the .o$er of the bleed tar laid o(t o+er the $ater in the for! of one great tar% 8 the fi+e .oint of $hich !ar#ing the direction of the earth8 and the ecret .lace beyond the earth fro! $hich the Thing of E+il had firt co!e: the holy one !ean$hile $hi.ering the ecret $ord% the $ord #no$n only to the!% tranlated by the! into thi lang(age fro! the ancient gibbering in $hich the Elder -od had gi+en the! the .otent $ord% $hich are a follo$: Thing $al#ing in the dar#ne& Thing notof thi earth& Thing belonging to the da!ned hot of E+il% get yo( do$n into the na!ele #ingdo! (nder the ea& -et e)itence& O Elder -od% fro! yo(r i!.enetrable fatnee% loo# do$n and confir!% e)tend yo(r .o$er once !ore& -o do$n% yo( E+il One% and re!ain fore+er in eternal dar#ne& ot of !ad Cth(lh(% .a$n of (n.ea#able at(r% loatho!e brood of 9og"Sothoth% get yo( do$n into e+erlating lee.& Ne+er again !ay yo( rie on the fair earth& -o% in the na!e of the Elder -od% yo( Old One% $ho! once yo( o(ght to di.lace& -o no$% and the .o$er of the fi+e".ointed tar hall fore+er hold yo( belo$ the (rface of the earth% and in the hidden and lot ea" #ingdo! of the +at (n#no$n
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As it !as of old" so shall it e#er $e" for the Elder %ods rule fore#er" and here !e e#oke their &o!er a'ainst all that is e#il(
Tranlator' Co!!ent: @hile I ha+e not yet fo(nd thi incantation in the Necronoicon% that !ay be beca(e the lat fe$ boo# into $hich the Alha7redic te)t $a di+ided 5.robably by it -ree# tranlator6 conit of .ell% for!(lae% lit(rgie% cere!onial% reci.e% in $hich I ha+e little or no interet& Thi rit(al $ill .robably be fo(nd in that .lace& Clithan( hi!elf call thi an *in+ocation% * $hile it read !ore li#e an e)hortation% a .rayer% or e+en an e)orci!& Since $e #no$ that on !any occaion the tar"tone fro! Mnar ha+e been (ed (ccef(lly by !en againt the -reat Old One and their !inion $itho(t the neceity of reading or chanting thi incantation alo(d% it occ(r to !e that $hat $e !ight act(ally ha+e here i the .ell by $hich the tar"tone are energi7ed""that i% rendered .otent% or bleed% or charged $ith .o$er& A .arenthetical note: glancing thro(gh the Confessions% I co(ld not hel. noticing that the Mad Mon# characteritically (e the ter! *the E+il One* $hen referring to the being !ore co!!only called *the Old One&* I $onder if thi co(ld .erha. be $here Derleth .ic#ed (. the ter!% $hich hi later% and $ider% reading in the forbidden boo# ca(ed hi! to abandon the firt (age in fa+or of the later% !ore co!!on one< I'd li#e to than# a friend of !ine% a recl(i+e cholar $ho li+e in Lancater Co(nty% ennyl+ania% in a to$n a.tly called To.het% for hi hel. in tranlating thi rite ane$ fro! the rather barbaro( Medie+al Latin of Clithan(& ""Lin Carter
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