The Hymn to Black Zathog by Allen Mackey

THE HYMN TO BLACK ZATHOG  by ALLEN MACKEY 

Note: This short short incantato incantatory ry poem is from the the firste! firste!ition ition of The Occult Foundation by Foundation  by "# Corne$i%s &asserman '()*+, The Ha%nte! -ist .ress/# .ress/# There is a tota$ of 0+ 'often 1$ancin1/ 1$ancin1/ referenc references es 2ithin that boo3 to the obsc%re Great O$! One 3no2n to Cth%$h% Mythos scho$ars as 4Zatho1#4 The fo$$o2in1 poem is a hymn %se! by some of the bra5er c%$tists to re5ere Zatho1, the B$ac3 Go! of Ma!ness# A$so, in the re5ise! secon! e!ition e!ition of The Occult Foundation, Foundation , 2hich came o%t in ()**, there 2as an i$$%stration an! some a!!itiona$ te6t restore! before the 4Hymn to B$ac3 Zatho14: 4The Hymn To B$ac3 Zatho14 78$$%stration: The 9ea$ of Zatho1 Zatho1 a Lo5ecraftian occ%$t si1i$ not 1i5en at the present time#; By this this 9i1n 9i1n,, 2hich 2hich is the  Seal of Zathog, Zathog, may one ma3e the first ten%o% ten%o%ss steps steps to2ar to2ar! ! estab$ estab$ish ishin1 in1 an intan1 intan1ib$ ib$ee contac contactt 2ith 2ith the .rima$ One 2ho is ca$$e! Zatho1, He 2ho !2e$$s in the An!rome!a Ga$a6y '2hich they ca$$ Xentilx  ca$$ Xentilx in in their o2n their o2n a$ien ton1%e/, 2here He r%$es bi$$ions of starsystems as He sits %pon a 5ast B$ac3 Throne# Ca$$ %pon %pon B$ac3 Zatho1 Zatho1 for %nsanction %nsanctione! e! acts of 5en1eance# 5en1eance# Easi$y  Easi$y  may Zatho1, the Master of the &in!s of Zarr, be con5ince! to t%rn the ti! ti!es of "%stic sticee to yo% yo%r fa5o a5or< Mere$ ere$y y pres presen entt Him 2it 2ith an appropriate Giftthe =e! Offerin12hich may be %tter$y !raine! of  sanity by the !an1ero%s b%siness of Ca$$in1 Zatho1 or any of the horri! Others of His Kin!# Those of yo% 2ho are bra5e of heart an! protecte! by the Barrier of 

NaachTith or the Circ$es of Thao$, may be bra5eor foo$isheno%1h to ma3e the attempt# >ra2 the 9ea$ of Zatho1 in b$ac3 can!$e2a6 %pon the earth, sit 2ithin the center, an! en5ision the 9ea$ of Zatho1 as it ma3es the transition from inanimate ob?ect into a sim%$ic%m $i3e %nto one of the 2ri11$in1 r%nes of Carcosaor $i3e one of the shimmerin1 .na3otic =%nes# 'One can, 2ith a $itt$e bit of st%!y, e5en ma3e the comparison  bet2een the 9ea$ of Zatho1 an! some of the more primiti5e !ia$ects of  the A3$o Letters#/ Me!itate for as $on1 as nee!e!, %nti$ comm%nication is estab$ishe!  bet2een the incomprehensib$e Min! of Zatho1 an! the ephemera$ an! p%ny brain of a h%man or 2hate5er it is that yo% 2ish, be so $on1 as the 1oa$ of the Great &or3 remains the samethe Great >yin1 of  the -a$se Go!s of Man an! the imminent =et%rn of the Ones $i3e Zatho1 an! His Brothers# Lo%!$y an! caref%$$y, say the 2or!s of the Hymn in or!er the estab$ish contact# O Black Zathog, from the World of the Blue Suns  Ruler of the Galaxy of the Zarr, hn!dromeda, Xentilx" Great #aster of a $illion stars %ho does &erily  Sit u'on the Billion Thrones" O Black Zathog!!  Bring forth the cleansing Winds of Zarr"  ( call to Black Zathog of Xentilx, Gh)raa n)$dnn" Commentary: Here 2e ha5e a short 2or3 in praise of B$ac3 Zatho1#  &or3s concernin1 that partic%$ar GOO are 3in! of rare8 ha5e on$y  fo%n! se5era$ of the !ar3 tomes that e5en mention Zatho1, s%ch as one of the "ohn >ee En1$ish trans$ations of the  *ecronomicon as  2e$$ as some of the o$!er portions of The Black Book of the Skull+ There are e5en a fe2 neb%$o%s references to Zatho1 in The Boo3 of  Eibon, an! se5era$ chapters concernin1 his in The Rituals of Glaa!

 ith+ 8t is a$so fair$y 2e$$3no2n 'in occ%$t circ$es, at $east/ that m%ch of  The Occult Foundation ha! simp$y been p$a1iari@e! from an o$!er tome,  -i$er amnatus amnationum, by "an%s A%atic%s an! p%b$ishe! in Lon!on in (+ CE# 'To be fair, &asserman himse$f has a!!resse! a fe2 of the c$aims of  his p$a1iari@ation of the ear$ier tome, sayin1 that, 4Thin1s are in!ee! not as they seem, for 8 am the reincarnationor reembo!imentof  that Me!ie5a$ sorcerer, "an%s A%atic%s# 8 ha5e mere$y %p!ate! my  o$! e!ition of the Great &or32hich the a2a3enin1 an! re$ease of  the Great O$! Ones<4/  &asserman c$aime! to retain memories of that simp$e $ife that 2as his in (+ Common Era, an! it is sai! that he has har!core, tan1ib$e proof of his c$aim to be the same in!i5i!%a$ as "an%s A%atic%s,  2hich he f$ato%t ref%ses to sho2 any of the Dninitiate!# "%st 2hat can &assermans 4proof4 beF 8 ha5e been en!ea5orin1 to fin! o%t for some timeperhaps sometime in the f%t%re 8 2i$$ ha5e the ans2ers 8 see3 an! then 8 2i$$ re$ay my fin!in1s, as %s%a$# 7By the 2ay, 8 am c%rrent$y searchin1 for a copy of the 1reat Lo5ecraftian poet an! 2riter, =ichar! L# Tierneys poem, 4.rayer To Zatho14c)mon" Can any of yo% o%t there he$p me o%tF That poem is pro5en a$most impossib$e to fin!#;