"Brian Lumley - Titus Crow 1 - The Burrowers Beneath" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lumley Brian)

simply the size of the concept! I know that there are extramundane
occurrences, and I've had my share of experiences that can only be described
as "supernatural", but they have always been the exception. You are asking me
to believe that the Cthulhu Cycle of myth is nothing less than prehistoric
fact -which means in effect that the very foundation of our entire sphere of
existence is built on alien magic! If such is the case then "occult" is normal
and Good grew out of Evil, as opposed to the doctrines of the Christian
mythos!'
'I refuse to be drawn into a theological argument, Henri,' he answered. 'But
that is my basic concept of things, yes. However, let's get one or two points
quite clear, my friend. In the first place, for "Magic" read "Science".!
'I don't follow.'
'Brainwashing, Henri! The Elder Gods knew that they could never hope to
imprison beings as powerful as the deities of the Cthulhu Cycle behind merely
physical bars. They made their prisons the minds of the Great Old Ones
themselves - perhaps even their bodies! They implanted mental and genetic
blocks into the psyches and beings of the forces of evil and all their
minions, that at the sight of - or upon sensing the presence of - certain
symbols, or upon hearing those symbols reproduced as sound, those forces of
evil are held back, impotent! This explains why comparatively simple devices
such as the Mnaran star-stones are effective, and why, in the event of such
stones being removed from their prisoning locations, certain chants or written
symbols may still cause the escaped powers to retreat.'
For a moment this explanation mazed me even more than before, but then I
suspiciously asked: 'Titus, did you
know all of this earlier, or is it just something you've freshly dreamed up?'
'The theory has been my own personal opinion for quite a long while, Henri,
and it explains so many hitherto "inexplicable" things. I believe, too, that
it is alluded to in a certain somewhat less than cryptic passage in the Cthaat
Aquadingen. As you know, the book has a short chapter dedicated to "Contacting
Cthulhu in Dreams"! Mercifully the actual devices required to perform this
monstrously dangerous feat are given only in code - in practically impossible
ciphers - and concern themselves in some unknown way with Nyarlathotep. Still,
in the same chapter, the author makes a statement very relevant towards
proving my own beliefs regarding the Elder Gods as scientists. I have a note
here somewhere that I copied for easy reference.' He searched atop his
littered desk.
'Ah! Here it is. It has quite definite parallels with much that's rather
better known in the Cthulhu Cycle, and certainly seems to lend itself well to
the most recent Christian mythos. Anyway, listen:
"Ye Science as practised by a Majority of ye Prime Ones was & is & always
will be that of ye Path of Light, infinitely recognized throughout Time, Space
& all ye Angels as beneficent to ye Great All's Continuation. Certain of ye
Gods, however, of a rebellious Nature, chose to disregard ye Dictums of ye
Majority, & in ye constant Gloom of ye Dark Path renounced their immortal
Freedom in Infinity & were banished to suitable Places in Space & Time. But
even in Banishment ye Dark Gods railed against ye Prime Ones, so that those
Followers of ye Light Path must needs shut them Outside of all Knowledge,
imposing upon their Minds certain Strictures & ye Fear of ye Light Path's
Ways, & impressing into their Bodies a Stigma defying Generation; that ye Sins