The Necronomicon or Book of Dead Names.

There are a lot of scholarly web sites that offer up this volume's history. It would actually be an exercise in futility to even attempt to emulate them. Some are so concise that they cover even known detail regarding the volume, its history and its dark origins. The most important information to retain regarding this volume is that it is the key to summoning the Old Ones.

If you are a seeker of knowledge of the arcane secrets of the Necronomicon, first I suggest that you seek a prescription for prozac before you journey any further. For there are certain things that will unhinge you and have you gibbering sonnets to starlings if you do not have the proper chemical balance of mind to brace yourself against the horde you have opened your subconscious to. If you still are so inclined sojourner, then the path lays ahead.

Dan Clore's "Everything You Never Wanted To Know About The Necronomicon (Al Azif) Of The Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred But Weren't Afraid Enough To Know Better Than To Ask! " Necronomicon site.

The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ

Cthulhu Lives.org

Be sure to take the sanity test when you finish your journey. After all it might be essential to your prozac dosage!

And of course there is always why You Don't Want to Get Eaten Last!

Howard Phillips Lovecraft
20 August 1890–15 March 1937