Peter (Simon) Levenda
<p>Wasserman left Weiser in 1977 to found Studio 31, where he produced the
Simon Necronomicon, a volume purporting to be the mythological Necronomicon
made famous by H.P. Lovecraft. The reputed author of the Necronomicon, who
assumed the pen name Simon, is reputed to have been Peter Levenda, best known
for his book Unholy Alliance, about Esoteric Hitlerism and Nazi occultism, and his
Sinister Forces trilogy. Among his numerous bizarre associations, Levanda confesses
to have been involved with ASPR (American Society for Psychical Research), to
have “gate-crashed” St. Patrick’s Cathedral during the RFK funeral in 1968; to
have been involved as a teenager with the American Orthodox Catholic Church
that numbered David Ferrie; to have worked with one of the CIA agents who was
part of E. Howard Hunt’s front operation, the Mullen Corporation; and for Bendix
when they were training troops in Saudi Arabia, and later for a major Israeli bank
sending coded traffic to Tel Aviv via telex. During the period 1968-1980, he claims
to have met with members of the PLO, the IRA, the Weathermen, the Panthers,
NORAID, the National Renaissance Party, the Klan, and so on.2
Simon describes himself in the preface to the second edition of the Necronomicon
as, “attired in a beret, a suit of some dark fibrous material, and an attaché case which
contained—besides correspondence from various Balkan embassies and a photograph
of the F-104 fighter being crafted for shipment to Luxembourg—additional material
on the Necronomicon which provided his bona fides.” Referring to Simon, Wasserman
explained, “we’ve known each other for decades and I could not create a better
description of this unique individual—seemingly equally at home in the worlds of
clandestine intelligence agencies, corporate boardrooms, and candlelit temples.”3
David Livingston - Transhumanism, pg. 295ff.
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