Oracle for the Cthulhu Mythos

silent octavius · Mar 12, 2014

I've been reading Lovecraft recently and decided to question the I Ching about the whole Cthulhu mythos. I got hexagram 14 with lines 2,4,5 changing into hexagram 37. I found the answer interesting. Hexagram 14 represents abundance and I must admit I find the whole mythos rich in subject matter to contemplate. Although I'm not quite sure how to interpret the changing lines and the resulting hexagram. I'm curious to see what you people might have to say on this.

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Trojina · Mar 12, 2014

I have no idea what the Cthulhu myths are or what you mean by 'Lovecraft' . Maybe you need to supply links ? is 'Lovecraft' the name of a book or the name of the author ? Sounds more like the name of a book

silent octavius · Mar 12, 2014

Cthulhu Mythos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulu_mythos

Howard Philips Lovecraft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hp_lovecraft

An ongoing theme in Lovecraft's work is the complete irrelevance of mankind in the face of the cosmic horrors that apparently exist in the universe. Lovecraft made frequent reference to the "Great Old Ones": a loose pantheon of ancient, powerful deities from space who once ruled the Earth and who have since fallen into a deathlike sleep.[6] This was first established in "The Call of Cthulhu", in which the minds of the human characters deteriorated when afforded a glimpse of what exists outside their perceived reality. Lovecraft emphasised the point by stating in the opening sentence of the story that "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents."[7]

Writer Dirk W. Mosig notes that Lovecraft was a "mechanistic materialist" who embraced the philosophy of cosmic indifferentism. Lovecraft believed in a purposeless, mechanical, and uncaring universe that human beings, with their limited faculties, could never fully understand, and the cognitive dissonance caused by this leads to insanity. Lovecraft's viewpoint made no allowance for religious belief which could not be supported scientifically, with the incomprehensible, cosmic forces of his tales having as little regard for humanity as humans have for insects.

Trojina · Mar 12, 2014

The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.

I guess you will need another reader of these stories to answer your question.

silent octavius · Mar 12, 2014

It's OK. I still appreciate your input.

moss elk · Mar 12, 2014

So what did you ask about those stories?

moss elk · Mar 12, 2014

For those who dont know,

Lovecrafts short stories written almost one hundred years ago can give people the major heebie jeebies!
Makes Edgar Allen Poe (one if his influences) seem like Mother Goose.

Where did i put my nightlight...

sooo · Mar 13, 2014

I'd roughly interpret the reading as saying, if the domain (family of great works) is fictional (which it admits to being), and the authorships are questionable, then it's a fully valid collection of stories and concepts.

I think the idea of an indifferent, impartial and cold universe poses a valid antithesis to the popular and commonly held beliefs in a compassionate god or gods. I also think the fact that it is presented as mythology rather than an anti-religious religion, such as atheism, lends credibility to the works, whether it's true or not, whether it's even knowable or not.

I think the keys to Yi's answer lie in lines 4 and 5, in that a) it is not ones own domain or belief system , and b) that its intent is commercialism.

I see 37 as being the strong cult following it's acquired.

...life can be translucent

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