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@edvfya9922

2 жыл бұрын

I love the Colour Out of Space personally, it sucked me in and creeped me tf out. This video is so well done, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Please, please do more videos on cosmic horror.

@Yakov_EPH-6.12

2 жыл бұрын

At the mountains of madness is my personal favourite. I think it develops its atmosphere and world convincingly by use of the technical language from the expedition crew, and the cold isolation and fantastic abnormality of the alien Antartic continent.

@Yakov_EPH-6.12

2 жыл бұрын

@@edvfya9922 the "body-horror" element of the story is gripping. The inescapable decay from within is certainly poignant in our times.

@TheAnadromist

2 жыл бұрын

The Call of Cthulhu (For its strange assemblage of revelations.), The Hound (Being a late period Decadent work of extremes.), At The Mountains Of Madness (For the mythology.).

@TheHammerofDissidence

2 жыл бұрын

Aside from all the major ones (Color, Innsmouth, Mountains, ect...), The Whisperer in Darkness is one of my favorites and is easily one of his most under appreciated works.

You know that you're in for a wild ride if the philosophy video has a viewer discretion warning.

@amp2193

5 ай бұрын

Nah that's just the nerfed world we live in now. The "new normal" some say.

@tjhenry4635

5 ай бұрын

KZread devs are pathetic worms

@raukoring

4 ай бұрын

It's just woke yt

@angeltzepesh1

4 ай бұрын

Nah, KZread is for kids these days, even if there is a completely different app for kids specifically.

@HeftyDan

2 ай бұрын

​@@raukoring damn woke KZread and their anti-lovecraftian propaganda

Lovecraft summed up basically says, "There's nothing 'out there' that loves you. If there IS something out there, it probably just wants to eat you." This was the underpinning of his writing, and I just love the way it translates to stories filled with such existential dread.

@MrPhife333

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosyclown Don't ask me, Maria. You need to ask H.P. Lovecraft those questions. I'm just summing up his personal beliefs which underpinned all of his writing and made it really creepy. I'm not commenting on alternative beliefs, or whether Lovecraft's beliefs were true or not.

@madmanvarietyshow9605

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot if it doesn't want to eat you, it doesn't care that you exist.

@plugshirt1762

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosyclown because if there were something out in the universe it would likely be so different from us that the language barrier would be uncrossable to have any communication. This also assumes we find intelligent life to our caliber or greater and not something like an alien slug which will have no way to express love. It’s also possible whatever alien we find even if it is intelligent and we can communicate with it that they think in different way possibly not experiencing love or various other things as on other planets their brains might have evolved in different ways

@RichSutherlandBB

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosyclown great love on earth? From any rational non human perspective earth is literally hell. For every human animal that exists, thousands of other animals are enslaved tortured and murdered for our sustenance. We are the most intelligent species on this planet and look what we do with the less intelligent species. Imagine what species outside of earth would do to us if it benefitted them.

@lokijordan

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the thing we call love is an essential conflict between wanting to have a thing and eat it, too?

"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind." This is my favorite quote of his and perfectly encapsulates how he, and I, feel about the world.

@guyguy7634

Жыл бұрын

What that were jokes? That seems just depressing

@rouk2621

Жыл бұрын

u so extra

@danieljohnson3320

Жыл бұрын

​@@guyguy7634the joke is no matter how far we advance there will always be things we can't comprehend because we only perceive in three dimensions. Also we are the butt of the joke so it isn't meant to be funny to us.

@herptek

Жыл бұрын

@@danieljohnson3320 The limits of human understanding are not so much the pun of the joke as far as I reckon, but instead the loss of sense of significance of human matters in the grand scheme of things that is caused by too complete an understanding of how the world works.

@danieljohnson3320

Жыл бұрын

@@herptek that's a good point I didn't consider the nihilistic aspects as well. Thank you for expounding.

A favorite Lovecraft story of mine is *Dreams in the Witch House* . It's about a student who studies modern physics in the day time, and is exposed to cosmic horrors every night. It's the perfect blend of Sci-Fi\Horror. Lovecraft is the undisputed master of this style.

@MikeJones-oe3do

9 ай бұрын

Yes it’s a Great story.

@jessicaclakley3691

3 ай бұрын

lol see what I love about Lovecraft is he was so genuinely morbidly fascinated by the cosmos, but not enough to actually understand any of it. He knew just enough to dangerous, radically rejecting actual science in favor of his wild fantasies. Glad his miserable life came to some benefit for horror buffs the world over

@aiofg7545

2 ай бұрын

​@@jessicaclakley3691 the more you know bout space more depressing it gets

@mpgodjr

Ай бұрын

​@jessicaclakley3691 isn't that another way to describe all of us? We barely know any more than he did, an entire century later. We are practically clueless about science and the cosmos.

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." ~~H. P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu [1928], ch. 1.

@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt

2 жыл бұрын

The mind tries to correlate all its contents, but cannot. That is the eternal horror, because eternal consciousness without identity unable to escape itself is the hell to be revealed. And the revealing will be endless.

@somersault1123

2 жыл бұрын

Most can barely see what's in front of them and are woefully unwilling to witness suggestion of what might be behind something.

@andresperez7582

2 жыл бұрын

@@somersault1123 that is one of the most well put statements I have read my friend. screenshotting

@LanieDeadrock

2 жыл бұрын

Great quote, but I love the full passage even more: "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.”

@bearman_1826

2 жыл бұрын

That's what the Total Perspective Vortex is for.

Lovecraft: "It was a terrible, indescribable thing..." And then he proceeds to describe it

@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts

2 жыл бұрын

"It was a colour like none seen by human eyes... kind of greenish."

@ianrocco8453

2 жыл бұрын

Been tired of people simping for Lovecraft. Thank you for this comment.

@eu29lex16

2 жыл бұрын

Ahaha

@eu29lex16

2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen anything similar, reminds me of a squid.

@NephilimFeathers

2 жыл бұрын

This made me laugh so hard, cause it's true But I'll always love his works and philosophies.

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C. Clarke That’s one of my favorite quotes, and it’s Lovecraftian as it gets

@niraxlevi9930

Жыл бұрын

Neither is terrifying to me ,i will die either way ,after death is what terrifying to me

@brandonmaddox4862

Жыл бұрын

@@niraxlevi9930 same, it’s all pretty scary

@thefool8059

Жыл бұрын

I don't see what could be so scary about not being alone. It's very likely that we're not and what's the worst that could be out there? That's kinda how I see it

@_lzd99

Жыл бұрын

@@thefool8059 A lot actually, I would rather be alone in the universe honestly.

@mosquitopyjamas9048

Жыл бұрын

Probably never meet another planet’s inhabitants anyway. There’s a whole theory around it called the fermi paradox on why we haven’t or can’t ever meet extraterrestrials

That ending quote for The Outsider is haunting looking back on how HP lived his life and how we lovingly embrace his works nearly a century later. He was the outsider in his time and life. And I feel truly sorry he never got the love he desperately needed

@Johnnyupside

Жыл бұрын

Didn't he have pretty good relationship with his wife even after divorce

@RetroSkreamerz101

8 ай бұрын

Wasn't he a racist xenophobe scared of the influx of immigrants moving to America at the time? I don't think was much of an outsider himself as much as he was worried of the outsiders coming in and what that would bring. I could be wrong though

@juliadwiggins-jo3fo

7 ай бұрын

​@@RetroSkreamerz101 u are. He hid inside his home and room most his life from crippling anxiety and panic attacks. Was pretty nuts but was a large outsider to society. Even hated his own wealthy aristocractic social circles he could've fit in with, more than most others actually.

@RetroSkreamerz101

7 ай бұрын

@@juliadwiggins-jo3fo i looked into him myself after posting this and from what I read, he was exceedingly racist. Even more so than others at the time. His anxiety is brought up too, but that isn't taking away from the fact that throughout his works, his racism and xenophobia are apparent. I can link you some articles if you like.

@tvmpixo1339

7 ай бұрын

@@RetroSkreamerz101 lol lets not forget his cats name too💀

I have loved Lovecraft for years but I only realized how impressive his writing was until I tried to write a Lovecraftian story for a creative writing class. Not going try that again, his tone is nearly impossible to capture without feeling life a poor imitation.

@Elmithian

2 жыл бұрын

I think some level of mental instability and experience fighting said instability is likely desired to be able to get into that mindset. I have tried as well with very limited success. It is a style unlike many others where you have to throw away your preconceived notions of logic and embrace the chaos of your own inner fears and what you lack.

@starrywisdom

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the stories he produced with other writers. "Horror in the Museum" is a collection of stories he helped other with. I had read his stories for many years, and had not read any of these.

@ED2THEMAX

2 жыл бұрын

@@starrywisdom Some of his collaborations were excellent, the Night Ocean and Imprisoned with the Pharos come to mind as the ones I enjoyed the most.

@wazzzup2579

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not a writer but I am incredibly impressed by those who can replicate or even further improve the Lovecraftian style of horror. It is a genuinely difficult and niche genre to write and rarely does it hit the mainstream.

@bigdadybojangls9219

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like you really need to be in a certain mental state to even think about things in the way that lovecraft did

I’ve been thinking about him on a daily basis since I found the call of Cthulhu when I was 12, now I’m a marine bio major on my way to go searching for what he wrote about

@edvfya9922

2 жыл бұрын

Have you been on a boat in the open ocean, all the while you have this underlying dread looking out at the seemingly endless ocean. If not you're missing out!

@TheHammerofDissidence

2 жыл бұрын

Keep your discoveries to yourself. I don't want to know if the Deep Ones are REAL.

@ozarkrenew1019

2 жыл бұрын

Have you met the giant squid?

@StarboyXL9

2 жыл бұрын

You don't need to go searching the depths for Cthulhu anymore. He has risen and walks amongst us up here. His return was in 2020 and he walks the Earth, spreading madness and chaos in his wake. That's why all of this crazy stuff is happening. Cthulhu is real, and he lives again.

@joeytosoung4840

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHammerofDissidence my sentiments exactly. I don't want to witness anything that will break my mind. I'm complicated enough

"Dagon" was the first Lovecraft story that I ever read and instantly got hooked onto his works. Not even 2 weeks go by after I read Dagon, I bought all of his public works compacted together into a series of 6 hardback cover books. And haven't put them down yet.

@ekaterinaignatova2386

2 жыл бұрын

You described my experience to the letter: I even had to do a double take to make sure I hadn’t blacked out at some point in the past and written this comment myself. Still waiting for my books, though. 😉 It inexplicably warms my heart to know that another person has also stumbled upon this story and felt the immediate and irresistible pull of the world lurking in its pages.

@oscurmyerotis8244

Жыл бұрын

Dagon was my first but in my opinion it’s far from the best. In fact it might be one of his worst. It’s kinda hard to be scared of a giant fish man but to each their own I guess. But what really got me hooked was The Namless City and The Nyarlathotept. Those really do capture cosmic horror very well.

@deadlyydude5522

Жыл бұрын

This comment made me realize why Dagon from jujutsu kaisen looks like he does lol. That’s why he looks like an octopus

@ayshell

Жыл бұрын

@@deadlyydude5522 Damn that makes so much sense lmao

@archangelgabriel5316

Жыл бұрын

Oh shit. Cthulu got him he can't put the words down.

How depressing that artists like Lovecraft die without receiving the recognition they deserved. It’s almost as if we have a sadistic tendency as humans to ignore those who we enlighten a part of our existence out of spite. The truth may be that these artists are ahead of their time and only future generations are able to appreciate them. Dying relatively impoverished and unrecognised may be the price of groundbreaking art.

@randyjones3050

Жыл бұрын

On the other hand, if they received praise and accolades from the world during their lives, it might have diminished the ability of their minds to truly explore the darkest parts of reality where normal people never go. Being beaten down during their own lifetimes almost certainly made their art better and more groundbreaking.

@miguelmackay4851

Жыл бұрын

I cant imagine how Lovecraft would react if he knew that his work is absolutely loved by the internet and inspired millions of people

@pious83

Жыл бұрын

That was the fate of many creatives, artists and authors, throughout history. Finding renown and wealth, posthumously.

@jettmthebluedragon

Жыл бұрын

Truth is they say you can’t die twice but truth is before this planet ever came to be you and me as well as like everyone else we are all ready dead 😑we have Ben dead even before this planet ever formed 😑we were most likely in a state of darkness 😑of peace until well here we are just to become nothing…again 😐

@michaelking9818

Жыл бұрын

No it isn’t what are you talking about

I started listening to H P Lovecraft audiobooks because of a channel called the Exploring series which usually tends to make videos on a universe called SCP which uses lovecraftian cosmic horror as a base and I absolutely love it.

@Yakov_EPH-6.12

2 жыл бұрын

Conrad Feininger has a great voice for reading H.P.L.

@SammyxSweetheart.02

2 жыл бұрын

If u like cosmic horror you should check out these books. They use speculative zoology as the base After Man (1981) by Dougal Dixon The New Dinosaurs (1988) by Dougal Dixon Man After Man (1990) by Dougal Dixon All Tomorrows (2006) by C.M. Kosemen

@edvfya9922

2 жыл бұрын

@@SammyxSweetheart.02 All Tomorrows is a great story, I gotta check out Dougal Dixon now, thank you. Also, Dougal, what on odd name lol.

@edvfya9922

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy that channel also, I just wish they started doing Lovecraft stories much earlier.

@TheDandyMann

2 жыл бұрын

@@edvfya9922 absolutely, my favorite had to be when he did at the mountains of madness.

During the uprising of modern science in the late 19th century, Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God and thereby the end of metaphysics as a means of orientation in the world. Lovecraft then manifested the pure horror of living in an endless, indifferent universe, which is way beyond human grasp.

@igormendoncacanga2569

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@StarboyXL9

2 жыл бұрын

I find it ironic that Lovecraft, despite being an athiest, proved why materialism is the most profound of all evils.

@JoeMartinez18

2 жыл бұрын

@@StarboyXL9 Nietzsche did too. It's fascinating to me that people gloss over the fact that the phrase"God is desde and we killed" is actually a tragedy and not a Victory as without God, we Lost our morals, a sense of of purpose and so much more. And looking now a days? Nietzsche has a point.

@StarboyXL9

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeMartinez18 Problem is he went the wrong way. Instead of seeking to bring God back to life, he said we needed to become our own gods. That is literally what led us to this point we are at right now as a culture. We tried to become our own gods and failed. We need a God to aspire towards or we lose our sense of moral direction and succumb to athiesm, Nihilism, and moral chaos.

@JoeMartinez18

2 жыл бұрын

@@StarboyXL9 true, but even he realized the importance of religion and their role in culture and morals, even if some would say "Religión isn't needed for morals" wich is odly enough hard to prove. Western culture's morals are based on religion. And every culture probably follows similar paterns.

I’m 53 now. Started reading Lovecraft when I was about 9 ( my English teacher got me to read some of his short stories). I had some freaky dreams when I was young!!!! 🤣 Just love the way he wrote.

@mb7127

Жыл бұрын

You are 53? Can i ask you about how you think of your life looking back?

I discovered his work in my 30s ,it's strange his stories make me feel at ease. Yes I am small and insignificant in this universe but I will face my Oblivion with open arms and a smile because I existed. I became conscious.

@KCCC326

Жыл бұрын

Gaaaaay

@ChrisVillagomez

11 ай бұрын

This is my outlook on life now. I'll live my life the best way possible and when I pass, even if nothing awaits (though I'd prefer the Undying Lands if I get to choose so you know🤞), I'll be at ease knowing that my life changed other people's lives before going

@kezicss

3 ай бұрын

​@@caitlyncarvalho7637Is laughter the best way to cope? Would the guardian of the Silver Key Gate be scared and confused if you laughed at him because he looked silly?

One of the first works I read from Lovecraft was "At the Mountains of Madness" when I was 20. I had nightmares. Not the regular ones people get after watching or reading a ghost story, but the ones about how small and insignificant we are as human beings in the vast universe.

@JohnSmith-mk1rj

2 жыл бұрын

That's a crazy story to start reading Lovecraft. He wrote that one for himself, and never intended it for publication. A friend of his read it and insisted that he publish it. Eventually he did. That story is just insane, and really long for a Lovecraft tale. And really, quite _different_ and trippy than any of his other published works.

@benmcreynolds8581

Жыл бұрын

The psychological horror It insights, It reminds me of the same thing you face when you take too much mushrooms and trip too hard and question everything about reality and feel so helpless against the battle of mortality, meaning, how is any of this here? Existence at all is mind boggling and you being to attempt to struggle with your own ego, while equally trying to keep yourself calm. and. If you can pass through that trail of fire. It is possible to come out the other end, learning how to use "contentment" as a sort of tool. Which can be used by being aware of your own ability to utilize perspective. Sometimes, in the hardest moments in Life, the best thing you can do for your own well-being, isn't to over think everything.. it's to learn to find peace in letting go in some form or another. I'm Not meaning "Don't care about anything" I mean, finding a way to sorta lean into the unknown and basically allow for yourself to do a mental trust fall with the Universe.. (if any of that makes sense? Sorry if it didn't come across well trying to explain it.)

@potatorekt7046

Жыл бұрын

Except you ARE the universe, it’s only small when you separate things by names

@Starr_Apathy

Жыл бұрын

@@benmcreynolds8581 I personally think you articulated that quite eloquently! Don't be so hard on Yourself! That was a splendid comment to read. Also, very refreshing. Although, I have contemplated such ponderings, feelings, and anxieties... basically all my life- then eventually I tripped and experienced a complete psychotic breakdown. This overwhelming thought that became an unshakeable "knowledge" that life merely being some form of a repetitive simulation for what feels like a ongoing experiment at our expense... Was beyond humbling...if not crippling. At one point.... I was not sure I could continue to participate in such a trivial facade. Then... That's when the total paralyzing existential fear creeped in. To this day I am forever changed. My perspective on life completely altered. In any event, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!

@AverageAlien

Жыл бұрын

size doesn't matter. We are extremely significant because we are the consciousness of the universe, and as far as we know, the only way the universe can experience itself

Considering that for most of human history involved humans thinking they were a special species located at the epicenter of the universe, the scientific revelations of the late 19th and early 20th must’ve blown a lot of people’s minds. In fact, many people still can’t handle it

@kamomilo3532

2 жыл бұрын

There is an underlying idea about how every human individual is a central nexus upon which the fate of the world hangs that comes from that which has influenced Western society. It's the reason why laws make the individual paramount rather than a group of people. I think a lot of dogmatic and literal interpretation of religion sort of dismisses these deeper ideas that are underneath, after all a lot of people believe in religion and I don't think the majority of humans are stupid sooooo ...

@simonelaird846

2 жыл бұрын

something can be special for many different reasons both good and bad. Thinking that a human is a special thing to be shouldn't be a belief you want to dissolve

@kamomilo3532

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonelaird846 I would agree with that, we try to treat people as if there is something inherently meaningful about them and its reflected in our laws and the way we socially behave. There is something oddly satisfying however with sitting down and just viewing yourself as nothing special perhaps in the grand scheme of human history. It feels almost like a relief of burden because you dont have to strive since the world will keep on going with or without you. But people ought to also know that they arent exactly expendable, they each have something special to offer the world and the loss of their "light" is both real and impactful

@1w598

Жыл бұрын

@@kamomilo3532 Yes, i find Cosmicism oddly comforting. Growing up, it was the only thing that brought me any sort of comfort or relief, yet i had no idea it was even a "thing", or that there was a term for it, until now. It's kinda validating, yet weird to know that most find it terrifying. Now i'm left feeling ignorant, validated, and weird, all at the same time.

@rodanthilyraki8412

Жыл бұрын

@@kamomilo3532 L

I think the color of outer space is one of my favorites because we get to watch how the 'average' might be struggling to grapple with how fast our scientific understanding of the universe is moving. Because what Lovecraft is talking about when he describes this "color" and how it affects people is essentially radiation poisoning, a discovery that would have been relatively recent at the time

@faded_ink3545

8 ай бұрын

It’s my favourite HPL story but I’ve never thought of the “Colour” as an analogy for radiation - very cool take on the story!

Contrary to his beliefs I like to think he is somewhere looking down on how his work came to be appreciated after his death. Imagine living such a tortured life and then living on the cusp of poverty before dying slowly and painfully thinking that your life’s work never really amounted to anything. He’s contributed so much to the horror genre in particular , thank you H.P.!

@chromebull884

5 ай бұрын

In the words of Norm McDonald "actually he is probably looking up at as getting raped by the devil"

Funny how Lovecraft's mother called him hideous when he looks more like her than his father. Terrible thing to do to a child! He really captures the atmosphere of New England which has an eeriness in the land.

@Moodboard39

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe she was a narcissist

@Moodboard39

2 жыл бұрын

Don't judge here

@duskdweeb1368

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moodboard39 possibly or that she's projecting her self-loathing onto her son

@doomguy9049

2 жыл бұрын

@@duskdweeb1368 seems like something a narcissist would do tbh

@lucascoval828

2 жыл бұрын

She did more than that.

Found Lovecraft in high school. I have returned to his stories time and again in the fifteen years since. Many of my best papers in college had him at their core. I am honored to be from his city. Returning there after decades and kneeling at his grave was a weird experience. I knew it would have meant little to him, but I still prayed for his soul. Love you, HPL.

@lastmatch1111

2 жыл бұрын

@Pete Testube From the same city

@michaelking9818

Жыл бұрын

You’re just weird

@BigBearAce

Жыл бұрын

Cringe

The part of Azathoth dreaming and thr universe being his dream and the idea of other deities playing instruments to keep him asleep...that's a direct reference to The Gods of Pēgana by Lord Dunsany, published when Lovecraft was 15 years old. I have no doubt he took a lot of inspiration from Dunsany, and you can see it if you read any of Dunsany's weird fiction

@Psilocybin77

3 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it’s from the bhagavad-vita.

@Jamb13

Ай бұрын

​@@Psilocybin77 I was into Lovecraft before I became spiritual and these parallels between Azathoth and certain esoteric teachings about the nature of reality blew my mind when I first became aware of them, very cool

Is it odd that I never considered Lovecraft's works as horror, per say? I always find myself fascinated by his descriptions, it's like sci-fi to me.

@robertemerson1087

11 ай бұрын

Depends on your view point, in Lovecrafts stories there are always those who fear to learn the cosmic truths that might be revealed, and others who go too far.

@valleydevv5593

10 ай бұрын

@@robertemerson1087 think it always gets sci-fi implications because in the original strange stories magazine the works released, the editor slowly transformed the work over time into a jetsons futuristic type story’s and eventually lead to the creation of the first concept of Scientology

@Universalknowledge13

10 ай бұрын

Horror is a broad umbrella.

@mustafa1name

5 ай бұрын

When he started, Lovecraft modeled his stories on Lord Dunsany, so you have Anglo-Irish myth and legend in the background mix, as well as fantasy and the supernatural. In Irish legend, fairies are not usually deliberately evil, but are often lacking empathy, uncaring and exploitative. They prey on humans, with perhaps the same attitude with which we prey on animals? Lovecraft's aliens seem to operate in a similar way, but he is innovative in conjuring horror by repetitively remarking on seemingly unimportant details - aromas, musical effects, architecture, handwriting - and imbuing them with a sinister unfamiliarity

an author can only hope their readers really "get" the whole thing, the deepest aspect of the work. This is so great, well done.

Oh hell YES, Insta-clicked and liked! I still don't think Lovecraftian horror gets the credit or coverage it deserves, thanks man I love this stuff.

@edvfya9922

2 жыл бұрын

@@victormanuelgarciazelaya9073 @Eternalised's video does such a great job of explaining things, I truly hope he does more like this based on the Cthulu Mythos.

@Moodboard39

2 жыл бұрын

@@victormanuelgarciazelaya9073 cuz not everyone is not a deep thinker. Maybe you should study psychology before you talk

@notthatjesus7443

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but what?? He's widely credited as a founding father of the modern horror genre

@eastofwarden

2 жыл бұрын

@Still Life or just philosophical entertainment..?

@JohnSmith-wt1lx

2 жыл бұрын

I am currently reading Thomas Ligotti’s book The Conspiracy Against the Human Race. He talks a lot about Lovecraft and other pessimists. The fact is that pessimists and pessimist philosophy will never be popular because it exposes us to true anxiety and fear that we work so hard to keep out.

“Knowledge is a self annihilating disease.” This can be true.

The fact that the plot twist is in the very last word of the story in so cool. The Outsider was an amazing piece for sure.

The Case of Charles Dexter-Ward is a favourite. The horror of something from your own bloodline reaching out of the past through the generations to possess body and mind.

@Original50

2 жыл бұрын

It's called epigenetics these days 👽

@thegreatburt9005

2 жыл бұрын

@@Original50 Thanks a quick Internet search reveals this to be a fascinating subject 😀

@gregbors8364

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Funny that Lovecraft himself didn’t like the story and it was only published after his death 🤷‍♂️

@jessicashackle595

2 жыл бұрын

I do love that one. And it reminded me of the movie The Haunted Palace with Vincent Price - and perhaps this story is what that movie is based on, alongside E.A. Poe's Fall of the House of Usher.

To anyone who enjoys Lovecraft's work at all I suggest looking up Gou Tanabe’s beautifully illustrated graphic novels. Hes adapted stories like "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Color out of Space", they are impressively, refreshingly loyal to the source material. That man deserves more eyes on his work, his art is amazing.

@sechernbiw3321

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation! Tanabe's graphic novels look great. I like his art style a lot. There is a wonderful sense of bleakness, simultaneous desolate emptiness and claustrophobia. The heroic image of the protagonists with their torches, vigor, well-proportioned masculine bodies and good looks also no doubt creates a wonderful intensification of the impact of the contrast and the horror as the story unfolds, and gives an interesting cast to the tone. It seems like Tanabe's adaptations are likely more directly subversive toward dubious forms of "Great Man" hero worship and naively optimistic jingoism than Lovecraft's originals, even if only due to the impact of their aesthetic, which is a fascinating theme to develop out of these stories. That alone would be worth checking out the adaptations for. You might like Junji Ito and Kazuo Umezu's works as well. Ito's work especially. I particularly recommend Uzumaki, although he has at least two other masterpieces, Hellstar Remina and Tomie, as well as many incredible short stories. Neither Ito or Umezu are adapting Lovecraft stories, but they are both creating great cosmicist graphic novels. Ito is directly inspired by Lovecraft as well, who is a central influence on him. Not sure about Umezu, but I would be amazed if he wasn't. The Drifting Classroom in particular is quite good. Both Ito and Umezu also have unique aspects to their work as well which imo *actually* complement the Lovecraftian themes instead of misunderstanding or botching them like a lot of recent attempts at cosmic horror (I'm looking at you, Matt Ruff). Umezu has an undercurrent of dark comedy in many of his works as well as an apparent preoccupation with exploring the cosmicist themes in experiences of childhood trauma and childhood perception of the irrationality and controlling or violent impulses of adults toward kids (comparable with Lovecraft undermining the rationality of his overconfidently scientistic protagonists). Ito's stories often have an element of dream logic and a preoccupation with various forms of obsession. Some of his work also is preoccupied with the cosmic horror surrounding society's relationship with beauty, celebrity and romantic and sexual attraction, and how the obsessions and paranoia surrounding them can become gateways for the impersonal wilderness of the Outside to seep into human society and cause it to enthusiastically and blindly eat itself alive. Good stuff ^_^

@DocBree13

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@edvfya9922

2 жыл бұрын

@@sechernbiw3321 If you're interested there is a channel called MSA Matthew that does motion comics of Lovecraft stories. Its a highly underrated channel imo

@cleidaeunice8661

Жыл бұрын

thank you for this!!

@edvfya9922

Жыл бұрын

@@cleidaeunice8661 Happy to help☺

Thank you for an intelligent overview of H.P. Lovecraft's work. I constantly re-read his stories and, even when well-aware of the what's to come, I still feel the hairs on my neck stand up. I have only ever seen one movie that is purely Lovecraftian and that is ''The Void''. I commend it to anyone who has an interest in Lovecraft.

@nerowolfe5175

Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, I once read the movie Ghostbusters described as "delightfully Lovecraftian," and by damn, the more you really think about it..

@williammatthews693

11 ай бұрын

That is a good one. I would love to see a really good film adaptation of "At the Mountains of Madness" but if I didn't walk out of the theater with that existential dread growing in the pit of my stomach, it would be a failure.

@williammatthews693

11 ай бұрын

@@nerowolfe5175 Yeah I've heard that too, and it is! Never thought cosmic horror could be so funny.

For some reason, seeing these themes in his work and adopting a form of existentialist philosophy was sort of helpful for my mental state. I had frequent existential crises throughout my young life where I would suddenly become hyper aware of the fact that I had free will and was me, for lack of a better way of explaining it. I would start questioning why I was who I was, why I existed, why I had a body instead of being like some sort of Sims style god looking down on everything around me. I do not know why this is where my mind kept going, but it's just always had this weird sense that I'm not supposed to be who I am. Religion never clicked with me, I never found myself fully buying into any of the teachings my mother tried to impart onto me. Then I read Lovecraft as a teen and something about it was just... weirdly comforting. This idea that "You do not actually matter that much, you are just a speck in an uncaring cosmos, you are not meant for anything special, you just exist" was really helpful in dealing with those existential moments. So I've adopted a philosophy that there is no meaning to life, we just exist until we stop existing, and we should just do our best to make the most of what we've got and find whatever meaning we want out of the life we're given. My mother found comfort in religion and the idea of an afterlife. I find comfort in the idea that I'm simply not supposed to know the answers to the big metaphysical questions of life and that whatever may exist beyond our comprehension shall forever be a mystery. I do not discount that there could be higher beings that could be called gods, but I also do not think, if any such things exist, that it is something that any living being could truly conceive of. I also just don't trust the words of man to accurately and truthfully portray the words of higher beings. The character in a book cannot truly understand the nature of their author, and in the same fashion we must not be able to truly understand the nature of our creator, assuming there is one. And that has been quite enough rambling from me!

A common cliché is that people fear what they don't understand, but I don't believe that is true. People are _curious_ about what they don't understand; That's one of our defining traits. What we fear is _uncertainty:_ Not the darkness itself, or even really what might be hiding in it, but the fact that we can't tell. I like to think that was what Lovecraft - a man obsessed with knowledge - meant by fearing the "unknown."

@Odd_Combo

Жыл бұрын

The word used in his famous quote is "fear of the unknown", which I feel is closer aligned to uncertainty rather than things we don't understand. To an extent, all could be said to be synonymous, but, each are also very specific when you consider how they relate to our real life experiences. I'm only saying this because just today, I was dealing with deep stress and fear, due to certain aspects of a personal situation were unknown, or, uncertain. With certain things we don't understand, we at least have the ability to indulge our curiosities. Many very deep and important aspects of life are beyond our grasp to understand within this reality. This idea is just fresh in my mind so I was inspired to lend my view/understanding of your comment. You do raise a great point though, but, the nuance of language can come in handy, IMO.

@LuisPerez-wr5lv

Жыл бұрын

Solid point. I always used to say that what lied in the dark was what scared me, but after reading your comment I came to a realization. What I truly fear is whether there actually is something in the dark. If I was certain that there was something in the dark, then it would not plague my mind.

@RelativelyBest

Жыл бұрын

@@LuisPerez-wr5lv Yeah, the human mind doesn't handle ambiguity well - it messes with our threat assessment instincts. Vsauce has a good video on this phenomenon, called Why Are Things Creepy. I recommend it.

@LuisPerez-wr5lv

Жыл бұрын

@@RelativelyBest Thanks you sir. I will take a look at it.

@ramon..

Жыл бұрын

i don’t think i’ve ever seen an italicized colon before

“The Haunter of the Dark” is a favorite of mine. I lived on both the East Side of Providence and Federal Hill - the latter before St John’s church was torn down. Definitely a creepy building.

@sub-jec-tiv

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly his best short story, though his descriptions of immigrant populations are definitely racist.

Video so based that youtube had a warning

It amazes me that so many people cant seem to accept that none of us are special, we all will die the universe doesn't care. Once you actually and truly accept theses facts you can relax and truly enjoy life knowing you have nothing to prove to anyone but yourself

@KrowleyPineapples777

2 ай бұрын

You said it. Cheers Bro 🍻 to our insignificant, yet fulfilling lives.

@bigjay875

2 ай бұрын

@@KrowleyPineapples777 live a happy life friend 👍

Lovecraft is most underrated master writer in our history Even if most of our modern movies, Internet and existentialist culture is influenced by his work we do not acknowledge it's existence

@orgywithpigs6

2 жыл бұрын

He’s almost like an open secret. His influence is vast, and those spreading it know it, he’s just not known by the mainstream. Appropriate that Lovecraft’s legacy is a cult following.

@robertbright947

2 жыл бұрын

Lovecraft got many of his ideas from others - that is clear from the Documentary about him some years ago - both his parents died of Syphilis - he lived with real fear - I still loved his writings in the ‘70s and ‘80s but I do not agree with his general principle that we must live with unfathomable fear.

@alinag7314

2 жыл бұрын

he was a racist peice of shit. stop putting him on a pedestal

@user-hdhdhhdhdhsnjdjdjdioowj

2 жыл бұрын

lovecraft is "underrated" in the way that Nikola Tesla is. While the effects of their work cas be felt to this day and their influence is unquestionable, at their time they weren't the icons they are today and they both died poor.

@TheJosep70

2 жыл бұрын

@@alinag7314 He feared anything he considered subhuman and foreign due to his upbringing. In one of his stories he states his fear and revulsion towards a poor white Southern man. I hope you hold the same hatred for all authors with even worse inclinations, like The Wizard of Oz's.

"In his home in Rylyeh Eternalised is making the best videos on KZread" - Lovecraft, H.P. 2022

Personally, I feel the concept of cosmicism is the most realistic world view a person can take. When you (or by extension, we) realize we are not the centre of the universe, we lose our egos and find ourselves pursuing things that matter most, instead of trying to keep ourselves on a golden pedestal. At least that’s how it’s worked out for me !

@oh_himark5342

Жыл бұрын

Your mindset could only work in a story that Lovecraft made, because the whole aspect of us not being alone or the center of the universe is fiction.

@Bigman-fh1fz

Жыл бұрын

@@oh_himark5342 but it’s also foolish to think out of billions of planets we are the center

@justwannabehappy6735

Жыл бұрын

@@Bigman-fh1fz we clearly aren't the center. Yet, up till now, there is no indication that there are intelligent lifeforms out there.

@didack1419

Жыл бұрын

@@oh_himark5342 That 'mindset' is a reflection of our modern understanding of the world.

@havendewart

Жыл бұрын

There are alot of philosophys like buddism that take that point of view but at least offer a more optimistic outlook on the void.

Well… I believe that dreams are often more real than we give them credit for. And I hadn’t realized he’d written everything from his dreams. That’s a terrifying thing to learn today.

4:48 His mother called him hideous. “Shows picture of Lovecraft with much less handsome friend”

Learned about Lovecraft when I was in 6th Grade.. I watched the Movie called Dagon. It was pretty intense to Watch for a kid like me back then. Then I read his Quote at the End of the movie and somehow Stuck with me until this day.. "We shall dive down through the great abysses, and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst Wonder and Glory forever..." -H.P Lovecraft

Cosmic horror is higher order of abstraction in the mind that begins with a sense of existential insignificance. It is born not from the knowledge there is an unknown, or unknown to be pointed at. Nor is it anxiety with respect to the uncertainty thereof. It is meta-awareness of the chasm between that which is possible to be known and that which we are aware may be beyond comprehension. It is a deeply cognitive response to this gulf, presenting as an uncontrolled descent towards oblivion of coherent self, with increasing awareness that within cannot possibly be reconciled with the scale of without. We are blown apart through meta-consciousness and assign prospective malevolence to the this boundless measurement, coupled with awe of the inexplicably sublime, because we can register no greater threat to our selfhood. That, is existential dread/horror.

Confronting cosmicism is a recurring theme throughout my own writing. It’s every man’s inner war, the struggle in every person that ever lived authentically or did anything new.

I’m glad you mentioned the outsider at the end. One of my favorite stories by him and one I feel goes overlooked in how terribly sad and scary it is

In the movie "Dark Tower" it also says that around the Earth outside the sky dome, there are terrible monsters and creatures that would like to eat us all, but we are protected. Sigourney Weaver in the movie "Cabin in the Woods" also said that the elite serve "the ancient ones" and have to do bad things to appease them. I wonder if those are truth drops. Creativity in art always gives us some truth drops, because creativity is connected to truth.

@davidortiz3094

2 жыл бұрын

People wouldn't be able to handle the truth.

@playstationarusu

2 жыл бұрын

Creativity is connected to truth in the sense that what we think we know is given new possibilities in imagination. Creativity is not tied to truth in the sense that it reveals anything that is actually true.

@PrinceIsot

Жыл бұрын

In the multiverse if you can think it it most likely exists in one of them 🤮🤮🤮

@Vaxxedhole

10 ай бұрын

God protects us, not imaginary space aliens/creatures.

@dollytanwar4918

7 ай бұрын

Most likely. I believe inspiration or creativity rises from the depths of collective unconscious, some can channel it better and manifest as art. But yes fiction is closer to reality.

I have heard of Lovecraft, but never much into novels, never really paid much attention. However, your excellent video has piqued my interest, and my students studying consciousness under me surely will be seeing your video, and, along with me, reading Lovecraft's works. THANKS for your excellent presentation and opening up a new world for me.

28:40 Through the reading of Lovecraft, the reader goes through their own anti-human becoming. A window into Otherness unveils the monster as none other than oneself, and the horror to change this is the only monster we are meant to conquer.

@_GOD_HAND_

2 жыл бұрын

This is an absolutely moronic take on Lovecraft

this makes me think that lovecraft was being consumed with fear and paranoia. while i find his work fascinating, i don't experience it as "horror" as most of the world seems to.

@mjolninja9358

2 жыл бұрын

Same, it took me deep contemplation in order to feel its depths. But one thing I’m sure of is that the Pandemic was the closest thing I’ve experienced to Lovecraftian

@meh.7640

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjolninja9358 i don't think i'm actually lacking in understanding the depths of "lovecraftian horror". it's more a case of acknowledging the implications as they reflect my own thoughts on, for example, the pointlessness of existence itself or the lack of actual knowledge about the universe we float in. i think a lot of the things we can't explain today could be caused by things going on in dimensions we will never be able to experience. i think there could be "higher beings" inhabiting those dimensions. i can imagine being a microbe on a petry dish for them. it doesn't make me feel afraid or anxious

@Huspree2011

2 жыл бұрын

Also keep in mind that this was horror for most of the past 100 years.

@mjolninja9358

2 жыл бұрын

@Cant Maybe I should’v typed it in a different way but I was only talking about how the pandemic was this invisible-spooky (unknown threat at that time) which basically is lovecraftian, that wouldn’t drove me mad tho? I even got better my life was more active ever since.

Say what you will about the dude as a person, Lovecraft had a hell of an imagination, and his work is unquestionably some of the most influential literature ever written. It's funny, because I sometimes find his stories dry and far too expository, and yet that pervading sense of incomprehensible dread keeps me reading. He really was a master.

@famousrapper8561

2 жыл бұрын

He's one of a kind. There are barely any writers that good.

@toneyfox6328

Жыл бұрын

It’s real, fallen angels, hybrids, etc

I've never seen comicism as an "existential crisis" at all. I think it's the exact opposite. The acceptance that the "role of mankind" in the cosmos, makes life more meaningful. Our insignificance makes our lives more beautiful. No matter what we do, we'll never exist forever. Embracing what we have and not continuously worrying about WHY and HOW we're here. We're not special. We don't NEED a role. That's beautiful.

@playstationarusu

2 жыл бұрын

You're not having an existential crisis because you're accepting ignorance. The idea is that when you pull back the curtain and turn the lights on trying to understand the hidden and unknowable like why and how, your only choice is madness trying to grasp it, or going back to the safety of ignorance.

@babayagaslobbedaknobba

2 жыл бұрын

@@playstationarusu, not knowing something isn't ignorance. Ignorance is knowing better, but doing anyway. And just because we ponder a thing and don't know the answers, doesn't mean we'll "descend into madness". Lol! My entire point wss it's not necessary to know.

@playstationarusu

2 жыл бұрын

@@babayagaslobbedaknobba Not knowing better is the definition of ignorance. And again its not the pondering of things we don't understand that would drive you mad it's learning all those unknown factors and being horrified by it, hence ignorance being the only safe option. That's what Lovecraft meant when he said not seeing the correlation of all things is a mercy. I don't even believe it would drive you mad I'm just clarifying the part you seemed to misinterpret.

@babayagaslobbedaknobba

2 жыл бұрын

@@playstationarusu, ignorance is defined as a lack of knowledge or information. It isn't "not knowing better".

@playstationarusu

2 жыл бұрын

@@babayagaslobbedaknobba To 'not know better' means to lack knowledge. This is pedantic

High quality as always :) Thanks for using some of my artworks

@Eternalised

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Love your art.

@edvfya9922

2 жыл бұрын

May I ask which pieces are yours?

@NihilisticRealism

2 жыл бұрын

@@edvfya9922 the ones listed as by 'nihle' in the pinned comment

I have a slightly different interpretation to cosmicism. Yes, there are things out there beyond our comprehension. We are tiny and insignificant in the universe. At any moment, the mysterious color could fall out of space and turn us into rainbow zombies. Doesn’t that sound bleak? I mean, it kind of does. But I take this as saying that whatever meaning there is to life, it’s not going to be something grand like perfect knowledge or a galactic civilization. No, it’s the small stuff. A hug from mom. The taste of an apple pie. The beauty of a sunset. We HAVE meaning, and love, and sunsets. And that should be enough for us, lest we forget how tiny and insignificant we are.

@PH0B0PH1L1A

2 жыл бұрын

agreed with this!

@artistrg3487

2 жыл бұрын

Unless you slowly lose your mind and individuality to mental illness.

@r.m.gagnon3707

2 жыл бұрын

Well said, thanks for the oxygen.

@CLSharpman5000

2 жыл бұрын

Things the Great Ones could never understand, sentiment and simple pleasures.

@Methus3lah

2 жыл бұрын

@@CLSharpman5000 The real cosmic horror was the friends we made along the way

You’re voice is so perfect for falling asleep but the content captures my attention so well that I can’t fall asleep. You beautiful man you!

“I have seen the dark universe yawning, Where the black planets roll without aim; Where they roll in their horror unheeded, without knowledge or lustre or name.” ~ Nemesis, H.P.Lovecraft

Thinking about it, it IS kind of schizophrenic to act as if there were multiple entities living inside oneself, but outside of one's control that alter the course of one's life, like the anima and the shadow. I guess the difference from a real full blown dellusional, hallucinatory, schizophrenic episode is that these entities appear and communicate with you while you're awake. It's also interesting that these entities will always appear to you if you're awake for long enough. Anyone can see them if they stay awake for 3 days. If you keep it going long enough, you'll eventually die of this madness. The only cure to madness is being unconscious.

What is maddening for me is that Cosmicism as a whole with all its meaning could be true...and that is what keeps me up at night.¨ That we could be just some pet project of some to us "god(s)" and could be easily destroyed or toyed with as they see fit.

This channel deserves way more views. Keep up the great videos.

So glad I randomly found this channel. Extremely well done my good sir, subscribed!

Another fantastic essay, thank you for all the good content you make on your channels !

“We are not the ants of the universe. Ants are great in number, industrious; ants are everywhere. We are less than ants. We are nothing in comparison with them.” - RT/Nylon Dogg

@driftingdruid

Жыл бұрын

we are microbes

This is one of the best video i ever seen on this platform. Thank you so much guys!

Really happy that I found this channel today. Quality philosophical content, mine favorite. Love from Poland!

Man you pick so many of my preferred authors it's insane. Also inspired me to read Jung, I've read 100 pages of the red book so far. Thanks for the content!

@Godzillarox233

2 жыл бұрын

where can i find the red book?👀

@deanasaurs

2 жыл бұрын

@@Godzillarox233 amazon

visual (graphics) elements of the video are astonishing. Thanks a lot for your work! Keep doin it, it`s great! This one is especially inspiring :)

found this video by sheer luck and chance and i love the video. will be definitely watching your previous works as your approach to these videos, morbid in nature is such a different one but i love it a lot. great analysis on the bringing up of Lovecraft as well as his works and it's impacts on modern day. it really showcases how an upbringing forms the way you view the world. although extremely bleak and morbid, there's no one else that does cosmicism better than Lovecraft himself. I wrote a script during my scriptwriting class last year based on Shadow over Innsmouth and it was nice to see how it was part of the Cthulhu Mythos and their significance compared to the other 3 ones. during the reading writing phrase, it's just incredible how detailed his works are, the words and the eventual reveal towards the end of the book... the man's a talented craftsmanship (hehe)

The thing i value about horror the most is that you can get away with doing the most random or weird things in an otherwise normal or realistic story and it will only add to the theme of the story. Such that scene were the kid was afraid of a monster under his bed and that dad sees that its really the kid under the bed hiding from the monster.

Always a pleasure watching your videos, your scripts are well written your intonations are great and I love all the work and research you put into your videos... I especially love all the surreal art

I listen to audiobooks at work. HP’s style opens an unknown emptiness in me that makes me wanna scream with madness out of terror. He really takes your mind on a trip.

Very comforting in a way, knowing that the obscure nightmares, anxiety and existentialism that I've felt since I was 8 isn't something I've felt alone. Which is ironic since the experience definitely forces you to feel alone.

Thank you for this video and the effort you put into it.

"Lovecraft shifted the source of horror from the traditional belief in vampires..." Crazy when you consider that Bram Stoker's Dracula came out when HP was 7...

Some two cents here I think plenty of lovecrafts ideas all circle around this one concept: what is reality? Anger,madness, Demi-gods and elder things are all concepts. The defining characteristic of human suffering I think is the tension between our abstractions and what is. Our abstractions are like a campfire, they reveal the surrounding area by a certain degree, but always also reveal the larger and ever growing sphere of ignorance that surrounds our knowledge and attempts to catch hold of what is. Lovecraft plays on these themes on an unrivaled level imo. But something interesting to note is, and is necessary to balance this viewpoint, is that the anthropocentric standpoint is incredibly important and profound! I mean, without human imagination, we’d not be here discussing cosmic fates and destinies, entities and gods. So there seems to be a kind of mutual arising that I see in the cosmic drama and these lowly human beings. It is so interesting how these eldritch beings are made to seem so indifferent to us, yet are always in some ways making deals, haunting or maddening us, finding the women and daughters of man fair in some cases, at some point it would seem that without humans they’d be pretty bored. If these great cosmic gods are manifestations of universal and multidimensional processes or qualities of reality, it seems to me that whatever they do outside the realm of fiddling with human lives, is second nature to them, the norm in sole sense. But humans are the place where they find some elements of surprise or enjoyment, or some degree of alien satisfaction, at least enough to not just up and disappear into the infinite. Anyways long rant, please disagree or agree and comment why or extrapolate yourself, I love discussions of these sorts 😤☺️.

@thinkforyourself101

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@gabrieldilworth8114

Жыл бұрын

I definitely agree. Abstract thought is where all knowledge is discovered. I believe that Platos Theory of Forms describes this process of tapping into spiritual truths that have always existed outside time and space. Most people only use concrete thought and memory and formulate their own opinions and beliefs based off of what they read by experts In a particular field of knowledge, without questioning the integrity of the author. Abstract thinkers depend on their own logic and reasoning skills to question the "why" in everything that is widely accepted as true. I'm a musician, artist and writer and have been using abstract thought since I was a child. I was horrible in school and hated curriculums but scored highest in aptitude tests and perfect in logic and reason tests. The whole faculty had me in a room where I was basically interrogated and thought I either cheated or was a freak of nature. I've been studying esoteric subjects since I was a child and would connect dots from unassociated subjects and look for patterns to validate everything I studied. This may not make sense to most people but sometimes I would understand concepts and ideas that I didn't even know already existed as practical knowledge. My esoteric studies eventually lead me to occult, mainly astrology, sacred geometry and Kabballah. When I started incorporating these concepts into my music, writing and art, I started creating things beyond my own abilities. I never questioned why because of ego. I wrote a dozen songs with titles like "Cosmosis, Chrysalis, Solstice, Sophia, Harmony of the Spheres", etc. I also wrote a dozen short stories I entitled "Metaphysical Mechanics". All of these songs and stories seemed to write themselves by connecting dots from mythology, jungian philosophy, dreams, experiences, fibonacci sequence, golden spiral,, etc.There was a perfection to them that I had never achieved before and the ideas and concepts just came to me virtually effortlessly. I was also sketching illustrations the same way. I've been miserably ill for the last 20 months from doing this and wish I would have questioned why I was able to create beyond my own abilities and imagination. I believe that when using abstract thought to tap into the spiritual realm and the eternal Forms, you can open doors to dark spiritual entities who can hijack your imagination and give glimpses of dark spiritual realities. I was writing things that I later read in the book of Revelation and science fiction that I recently found out were new scientific discoveries. I believe Lovecraft was doing the same. His story "At The Mountains Of Madness" is one example. I was watching a video about the hollow earth theory which describes what Lovecraft and other fictional writers have written about. Many people who believe the same as myself, commented that these demons are described in the Bible and are chained in darkness beneath Antarctica until released to cause chaos on earth. I've been dealing with something beyond human comprehension for 20 months now. I literally haven't slept AT ALL, loud noise in my head, eyes feel like they're filled with fiberglass, teeth rotting, my whole body from head to toe is in anguishing pain, hallucinations of demons, incest, homosexuality, murder, dead family and friends, paralysis. All of this and much more for 20 months. I cry everyday and if it wasn't for my family, I would have ended it a long time ago. I believe Chris Cornell from the band Soundgarden hung himself because of his dabbling in automatic writing. The same with Neil Peart from the band Rush, a man known for his imagination and esoteric writing spent 3 years fighting brain cancer until he died. Between all of my research, observations and experiences, I can only conclude that the wisdom of man is foolishness to God and imagination is very dangerous and can lead to sickness, untimely death and may cost your soul. I could go on about the delusions in society and the global eltes/ Illuminati being empowered by dark entities but that's another rabbit hole. I've been consumed with all of this and all I can tell anybody is repent and trust Jesus before its too late.

Anthropocentrism is something I've been exploring personally over the last few years and I'm glad I ended up exploring Lovecraft because he takes it to an extreme. The cosmos and Terra have existed for billions of years but somehow humans think that we have a bigger impact than we really do; 65 MYA a single celestial body nearly extinct all life on earth. Humans couldn't do that even if we tried.

@russiansoul6919

2 жыл бұрын

If Universes existed before us or they exist right now or maybe concepts of time , laws and etc are unique only to *this* universe. I love Lovecraft's take on the strange position human mind finds itself in.

@TeikonGom

10 ай бұрын

Why does it matter? We are at the center of our own existence, isn't that enough?

@tacocatinahurricane9707

10 ай бұрын

We definitely could send all life on earth into extinction

@MerlinTheCommenter

8 ай бұрын

​@@TeikonGomit's New Age Nihilism. Bred from relativism from universities in the 60s. Polar opposite of Solipsism and just as toxic. Scifi flavor Crabs in a bucket.

@ricardomaza6172

5 ай бұрын

We ARE the 6th mass extinction in the planet, the Halocene/Antropocene extinction, and there are no doubts about if we are the cause or not...its not an opinion or debate...its in the name. The Antropocene Extinction. To think that your shit doesnt smell...how angelic some people think they are.

I'm glad this was recommended to me. Great channel!

Really nice vid, informative and thought provoking. Going to see other vids and appreciate them. Also I've always wondered how authors would react if they were told how popular they've became after their deaths or how big is their influence on people all around the world. Especially those authors who were unsure of their success while living or couldn't sell any if their works...

The artwork in this video is amazing. I'm a big fan of Edgar Allen Poe and Lovecraft.

I imagine myself as a high school kid back in the 20s, religiously picking up every issue of certain “weird fiction” or horror publications when they came out…being completely spellbound by the works of people like Lovecraft and his contemporaries. There were probably hundreds, thousands of those kids wondering why these brilliant authors weren’t more well-known. To a certain extent, that’s what makes these types of things special in their time. They exist amidst a small community of goofballs who fanatically absorb every word. It makes you wonder how many great authors fell into obscurity over the years because they didn’t have champions the way that Lovecraft (deservingly) did.

Only in the womb of the bleakest mind, could Lovecraft’s works be born, his genius was conceived from every shade of suffering that he endured, nobody sane, nobody comforted could ever be responsible for these works.

I have loved this man since I was a child. One of my very first books was a collection of his stories beginning with the lurking fear. I was far too young to understand at the time. But as I grew so did my relationship with lovecraft

Brilliant video! Also the art pieces that accompanies the video enmeshed well with the theme and amazing narration ad always. Also, appreciate you brought Deleuze in the end. I think you'd really dig Deleuze, he is also a Nietzschean and a Spinozist.

I feel like he didn't push fear far enough. It can get much more frightening.

Absolutely amazing video. Thank you for covering that topic, it’s fascinating.

The fact that Lovecraft seems to be the pioneer of other timelines, universe's and other worlds/dimensions. Is incredibe and makes me wonder how he came up with them, other than in his dreams.

This is an awesome documentary... Nice work.🔥🔥

Just what i needed for my dissertation, thanks King

¡Excelente video! Muchas gracias por añadir el apartado de substítulos en español.

This was a excellent watch !i so enjoyed it ,I watched it twice , and plan to watch it again. It was great! I love the way it was put together

I have a hardcover of his complete works, the giant tome on my bookshelf. Some of most crazy and interesting stories you'll ever read.

Thanks for having me want to start reading Lovecraft once and for all :) Great video.

Azathoth is such a good description of an intuition I've felt about reality but have been unable to analogize to explain. I think many of us feel the nature of life that Lovecraft has been able to distill so concisely.

maybe the best philosophy video ive ever came across, thank you a ton

I was swimming in the sea when I was a kid. All of a sudden I started thinking about what could be underneath me that I couldn't see. I was filled with dread and had to get out. I have never been as scared since.

Excellent presentation. This video has many interesting ideas, the music is a nice touch and the visuals are intense - bravo 👏

Your Hardwork & dedicated style of writing for this video is phenomenal. Bless you, I didn't know much of Lovecraft till this video. Thank you!

Thank you for making and sharing. I learned a wealth of knowledge from your video ❤.

That lovecraft quote where he mentions the piecing together of dissociated knowledge, and our frightful position therein; resonates with me.

I loved all of the art that HP Lovecraft has inspired, and more so his words, but my favorite interpretation of his works is the game Eternal Darkness.

I love this channel. I haven't seen content like this in a while. Please continue, this is why the internet is made for, IMO.