text: what is the necronomicon an is it real? h.p lovecraft is a source thoy.... its real enough.....eventhough there is heated controversy over whether hp lovecraft had a copy and incorporated it into his stories or someone came up with the idea of 'creating' the book based on lovecraft's writings is irrelevant.  the rituals and the magic work....that's all that matters. answer this: do you think that if tomorrow the christian bible was determined to be a complete fraud that christianity would cease to be?  not bloody likey!!!  why?  because it still works whether it's real or not..... get a copy for yourself (and i highly recommend the accompanying liturature as well- the necronomicon spellbook, the gates of the necronomion and the book of dead names: the dark history of the necronomicon) and you decide after some healthy experimentation. and to all you "nay-sayers" out there, i ask, if the book is a total fabrication, then why is there an entire committie in the pentagon dedicated to its study?