Re: NecronomiCON

[Daniel Harms <dmharms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:56 PM 2/27/2001 +0000, you wrote:

>Forgive me if you were just making a joke, and had 
>not really taken this work seriously, but I do find, as 
>I get older, that invented documents such as the 
>Necronomicon are becoming more and more 
>annoying to me, as they give a false context and 
>make it difficult for people who do not have a 
>sufficiently critical attitude, to see things clearly
>or read history correctly.  It is difficult enough 
>trying to grasp the context of a real manuscript
>such as the Voynich without having it distorted 
>through a prism of fabricated nonsense, written
>only to make money, and to play games with 
>people. Please don't let them play games with 
>your mind. Test, challenge, investigate in depth.

Amen.  Hopefully when my book THE NECRONOMICON FILES is
reprinted, it'll help the situation considerably...

As for the FAQ DarkMaP found - it's the work of one Colin Low, who
wanted to tweak off believers and skeptics alike.  From what he's said to
me, I think he's regretful he ever put out the damn thing - everyone takes
it seriously!

Yrs.,


Daniel Harms     dmharms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx