Al Azif

ALAZIF (also KITAB AL-AZIF). Original Arabic title for Alhazred's Necronomicon. Al-Azif supposedly refers to the sounds made by insects at night, which the people of Alhazred's time took to be the calls of djinn. The occultist Kenneth Grant has noted the buzzing noises heard during magical rituals and flying saucers encounters as a possible explanation for the title. Others, though, have given alternate meanings for A1 Azif, such as "to soar or fly". [Lovecraft took this name from a footnote in Beckford's Vathek.] See Alhazred, Abdul; Necronomicon (appendices); Philetas, Theodorus; Sadowsky, Phileus P. (Outside the Circles of Time, Grant; "History of the Necronomicon", Lovecraft; "The Last Test", Lovecraft and de Castro (O); Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley.)

Al Azif, Necronomicon, Terrestrial, original author Abd.Al'Hazred, ca 730 AD

An extremely dangerous article - original format is not known, but three originals said to have circulated in Arabica and have wandered into western Europea and the Dreamlands. As early as the 12th century all copies were alleged losts but "functional" parts have emerged in the Dreamlands, so it should be around there somewhere. It is an incredibly dense and detailed compendium that touches on major foundational aspects of the Primordial, and a capable contextualizer containing objective star maps. The article contains several dozens of spells.