Novem Portis | The Truth About the Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, et al

[nabu]

First released as the unpublished “fourth volume” in an otherwise Mardukite Necronomicon trilogy cycle, Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows (Liber 9), sought to draw in a theme to the “Necronomicon” series by completing the original tablet pursuits of the first active year of the Mardukite Chamberlains. The material also provided a launch point for the second active year which was mainly concerned with the proverbial Gates: those which are guarded by what the ancients called: the Anunnaki. Others who have since encountered these energies do so perhaps by other semantic guises and titles – but the truth remains!

The original “amethyst” and “parchment” handcrafted editions of the Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows were released in late 2009 privately to a select group of the Mardukite Chamberlains and was limited to 33 copies. Several months later a more publicly accessible second edition was released on the Mardukite NecroGate limited to 60 copies. At the time, the book still only contained the “Liber 9″ materials, but was quickly sought after nonetheless. Now, at the spring of a new third active year of the Mardukite Chamberlains, a new revised and expanded third edition of the Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows is available once again, edited by Joshua Free for the Mardukite Truth Seeker Press, and now including an abridged version of our highly relevant and related materials: Necronomicon Revelations. This edition of the book will be strictly limited to 99 copies.

The following is an excerpt from the Novem Portis section of the Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows (edited by Joshua Free) concerning the background of the “Ninth Gate” mythos and an introduction to how it applies to our current cycle of materials.

Quote:After the rise of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the late 1800′s (and perhaps also such groups as the Theosophical Society) the metaphysical world of the mystics would seem to have begin appearing in the public spotlight, or at the very least carry an illusion of being maintained in public view. With this followed the widespread use of medieval grimoires – many of them somehow involved with figures like MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley. Organizations relating to these individuals, such as the GD, O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis) and the lesser known A.A. (Argentium Astrum) begin to influence mystical practices and underground traditions among the multitudes on the surface world.

While we are naturally concerned with the subject of the Mardukite (Egypto-Babylonian and Sumerian) Necronomicon and its relationship to the Great Mysteries, the association of modern pseudoepigrapha (literally “artifical writings”) is not limited to even a book called the “Necronomicon” – for such is just a name, as is “Al Azif” – or anything else we want to definitively give a solid form too – that which cannot be solidified – that which has not meant to be solidified.

“El Club Dumas” was released in Spain in 1993. The American English-speaking audience would have to wait three years to find “The Club Dumas” on their shelves. Arturo Perez-Reverte’s masterpiece doomed to be lost amidst the mysteries of Agatha Christie and Sue Grafton. The main character of the novel, set in a dusty environment of Antiquarian book-selling, is on a quest to uncover the truth of a lost fragment or chapter of the serial by Alexander Dumas, the famous “Three Musketeers”. While doing so, Corso is culled into a different kind of quest… and there are surprisingly more people aware of this influence of this modern tale then you might originally suspect – as it is also known by another name. The name: Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.

Curiously, the work has thus far escaped the inevitability of occult pseudoepigrapha – from its Spanish edition we deduce “Nine Doors to the Kingdom of Darkness,” though the American audience prefers the semantics of “Gates” to “portals” and thus too, the “Shadows” to the “Darkness”. The American audiences are also more receptive to video media then literary and thus was probably the inclination Roman Polanski carried with him in filming “The Ninth Gate” with Johnny Depp [Relesed via LionsGate in 1999 and now Artisan DVD and Blu-ray]. Depp’s performance is astounding as always – and the woodcarved engravings shown so often in the film are actually taken from those found in Reverte’s novel.

It would surprise many occultists to note that the vein of pseudoepigrapha runs deep within the mystic stream – reaching all too familiar works as the “Keys of Solomon” or even the “Book of Abramelin” – it comes by no surprise that we should see the rise within this age of more tales of such “books within books” – “fantasies about fantasies” – for we have undoubtedly reached our ends in the world of Light and must by necessity reach out to the Shadows.

[lil gremlin]

i like how the book doesn't pretend to "be" the Nine Gates, but is a beautiful rendition of what one would look like and gives real information rather than something trying to be something else, if you know what i mean. putting the original liber 9 and some of the revelations materials (though i dont know which parts) is awesome for those who are seeking something more than what is already or more openly out there. thanks again.

[nabu]

Yeah, I don't play "pretend." The work is incredible enough in self-honesty without having to resort to gimicks and falsehoods on the presentation.

[nabu]

|UPDATE|
Incidentally the numbered editions (purple cover) of Nine Gates - Necronomicon Revelations (Third Edition) are now out of print and the new unlimited edition (black cover) matches the format of the other current unlimited releases in the "e-series" of paperbacks: Necronomicon - Anunnaki Bible, Gates of the Necronomicon, Sumerian Religion, Book of Elven-Faerie and, of course, Nine Gates - Necronomicon Revelations. - Druids of the Necronomicon is still available in hardcover, but for paperback materials, it is only in print as Book of Elven-Faerie. - Gates of the Necronomicon and Sumerian Religion both still carry synonymous content (and will remain in print without the foreword found in the first edition). The only numbered paperbacks still being currently carried at this time are the Magick & Mysticism volumes.

Nine Gates - Necronomicon Revelations