Cthulhu !

"Cthulhu !" is a name that has been whispered in obscure and suppressed chronicles, revered by bloody and secret cults, repeated by rare and terrified initiates, screamed by condemned and terrified witnesses. Cthulhu is a terrifying demon god, the high priest of restoring an ancient order of the world, a monstrous titan from elsewhere, an absolute invader who insinuates himself even into dreams. By his brief and terrible emergence in 1925, Cthulhu marks a date in mankind's awareness of its fragility in the universe, of its vulnerability on a planet it imagined itself as the master.

Whether by chance or necessity, Cthulhu, by bringing to light a danger that belonged only to legend, becomes the herald of a general and radical upheaval of mentalities, of the passage from myths to reality, from superstition to scientific thinking, from Newton's world to Einstein's universe, from assured and globalizing thought to the doubt of relativity. After an analysis of the 1925 event and its immediate consequences, based on the essential work of Professor Angell, supported by the examination of contemporary elements for a more comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon, this book deals with the gradual discovery by humanity of beings fundamentally other, of the awareness of the scientific community, in particular that pioneering of Miskatonic University, in Arkham (Massachusetts), seen through H. It explains why reading the Necronomicon drives one mad, how "magic" operates, why witches fear the Cross, how our planet was colonized, why universal geniuses are disappearing, and many other questions that have remained unanswered to this day.