book of Azathoth

A book in which devotees sign their names in blood, to establish allegiance to the Black Man (Nyarlathotep) and Azathoth. Sometimes described as the Black Book.

Walter Gilman dreamed that Keziah Mason was urging him to go to the throne of Azathoth at the center of Ultimate Chaos, where he must sign his name in blood and take a new secret name. Later, Gilman dreamed that the Black Man pointed to the book, while Mason thrust a quill into Gilman's hand and Brown Jenkin bit him in the wrist to produce blood. Sometime later, Gilman wondered if he had signed the black man's book after all. [HPL WitchHouse (online text)]

Asaph Peabody dreamed that the black cat Balor led him to sign the Black Book. Later, Peabody's descendant dreamed that Asaph Peabody was instructing him to sign the Black Book, while the black cat Balor clawed his wrist to produce the blood to write with. [AWD Peabody]

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