Yog-Sothoth

The All in One and One in All

Lovecraftian Lore

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos_deities

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Cthulhu Mythos deities are a group of fictional deities created by American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), and later expanded by others in the fictional universe known as the Cthulhu mythos.

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These entities are usually depicted as immensely powerful and utterly indifferent to humans. Humans can barely begin to comprehend them; however, some entities are worshipped by humans. These deities include the "Great Old Ones" and extraterrestrials, such as the "Elder Things", with sporadic references to other miscellaneous deities (e.g. Nodens). The "Elder Gods" are a later creation of other prolific writers who expanded on Lovecraft's concepts, such as August Derleth, who was credited with formalizing the Cthulhu Mythos.

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Outer Gods

As it is known in the Mythos, the Outer Gods are ruled by Azathoth, the "Blind Idiot God", who holds court at the center of infinity. A group of Outer Gods dance rhythmically around Azathoth, in cadence to the piping of a demonic flute.

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Among the Outer Gods present at Azathoth's court are the entities called "Ultimate Gods" in The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (called "Lesser Outer Gods" in the Call of Cthulhu RPG), and possibly Shub-Niggurath, the "Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young".

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Yog-Sothoth, the "All-in-One and One-in-All", co-rules with Azathoth and exists as the incarnation of time in the cosmos, yet is somehow locked outside the mundane universe.

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Nyarlathotep, the "Crawling Chaos", is the avatar of the Outer Gods, existing as the incarnation of space and functions as an intermediary between the deities of the pantheon and their cults. The only Outer God to have a true personality, Nyarlathotep possesses a malign intellect and reveals a mocking contempt for his masters. Lovecraft himself never made reference to them as the Outer Gods, instead calling them the Other Gods or the gods of the outer hells, as noted in his short story "The Other Gods".

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Aletheia

Aletheia (The End of the Darkness) is a god-like entity symbolizing or incarnating the truth. Named after the Greek goddess of truth, it manifests as a vast spiral of manifold titanic hands with a single cycloptic eye in each palm as in the Hamsa, and kilometric wire-like protrusions able to ensnare living beings, replacing their spinal bone in puppet-like fashion.

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Introduced in Dylan Dog issue 374, In the plot, the entity has clear features of an Outer God rather than a Great Old One as well as an appearance vaguely resembling that of Yog-Sothoth, and is invoked by a deranged prophet with words in Naacal or R'lyehan language almost coinciding with those featured in Cthulhu's invocation, with R'lyeh replaced with Z'lyeh.

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Mh'ithrha

An invisible wolf-like fiend similar to Fenrir of Norse mythology (if not coincident). Mh'ithrha (Arch-Lord of Tindalos) is the lord of the Hounds of Tindalos, and the most powerful. Although not an actual Outer God as such, its form and astounding powers defy standard classification. Mh'ithra's eternal battle with Yog-Sothoth is said to be legendary.

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Yog-Sothoth

The cosmic entity Yog-Sothoth was first mentioned in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (written 1927, first published 1941). The being is said to take the form of a conglomeration of glowing spheres. It is an all-knowing deity, which means it knows the past, present, and future, and its nature is different from any other class of Cthulhu Mythos deities. Yog-Sothoth is coterminous with all time and space, yet is supposedly locked outside of the universe we inhabit. Its cosmic nature is hinted at in this passage from "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (1934) by Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price:

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It was an All-in-One and One-in-All of limitless being and self—not merely a thing of one Space-Time continuum, but allied to the ultimate animating essence of existence's whole unbounded sweep—the last, utter sweep which has no confines and which outreaches fancy and mathematics alike. It was perhaps that which certain secret cults of earth have whispered of as YOG-SOTHOTH, and which has been a deity under other names; that which the crustaceans of Yuggoth worship as the Beyond-One, and which the vaporous brains of the spiral nebulae know by an untranslatable Sign...

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Yog-Sothoth sees all and knows all. To "please" this deity could bring knowledge of many things. However, like most beings in the mythos, to see it or learn too much about it is to court disaster. Some authors state that the favor of the god requires a human sacrifice or eternal servitude.

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According to the genealogy H. P. Lovecraft devised for his characters (later published as "Letter 617" in Selected Letters), Yog-Sothoth is the offspring of the Nameless Mists, which were born of the deity Azathoth. Yog-Sothoth mated with Shub-Niggurath to produce the twin deities Nug and Yeb, while Nug sired Cthulhu through parthenogenesis.

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In Lovecraft's short story "The Dunwich Horror", Yog-Sothoth impregnates a mortal woman, Lavinia Whateley, who then gives birth to twin sons: the humanoid Wilbur Whateley and his more monstrous unnamed brother.

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In Anders Fager's short story "Grandmother's Journey", a tribe of dog or wolf-like humans (analog to the "ghouls" of the Lovecraftian mythos) is said to have sacrificed to Yog-Sothoth to become "different". In Fager's "Herr Goering's Artifact", Yog-Sothoth is invoked to protect a couple of witches from Father Dagon.

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Yog-Sothoth has some connection to the mysterious Old Ones mentioned in "The Dunwich Horror" (1929), but their nature, their number, and their connection to Yog-Sothoth are unknown. Nonetheless, they are probably allied to him in some way, since Wilbur Whateley, the half-human son of Yog-Sothoth, tried to summon them so that they could control Wilbur's more tainted twin and make it reproduce.

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At the end of Lovecraft's last story, "The Haunter of the Dark", the protagonist Robert Blake calls on Yog-Sothoth to save him from the eponymous malign entity that he has let loose.

LOGIC OF DENIAL 'Euphoric Abhorrent Synthesis' lyric video

Lyrics

Reviving from suffering, nourished from hate. He consumes the light of existence. Lost in oblivion, the human knowledge dies, facing the strength of the eternity, hating his own life. Listen to the rhythm of the waves, listen to the Lord of Destruction. Trace of a shade, disowned martyr. He lives, he will die, he will leave, he will come again. Purify my soul, embrace my empty life, make your thruth my faith. Turn your hell in my heaven and save me. Yog Sothoth knows the gate.Yog Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and the guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. Lost in oblivion, the human knowledge dies, facing the strength of the eternity, hating his own life. Listen to the rhythm of the waves, listen to the Lord of Destruction. Purify my soul, embrace my empty life, make your thruth my faith. Turn your hell in my heaven and save me. Reviving from suffering, nourished from hate. He consumes the light of existence.

Kenneth Grant suggested Lovecraft's description of Yog-Sothoth as a conglomeration of "malignant globes" may have been inspired by the qlippoth.

Yog-Sothoth The All in One and One in All Lovecraftian Lore

Yogth Sothoth - Triumph Of The Ancient Ones

Lyrics

And a thousand moons have passed

The wolves scream my cursed name

I can feel the power that comes from the abyss

The horror that lurks creeps out of the Dark Lord.

From the dead world they crawl

Black, Horned and slender.

Commanding grimly cryptic winds

They come in chaotic black clouds

Full of impure tenebrous legions.

Mission is complete, the infernal gates have been opened

TRIUMPH OF THE ANCIENT ONES

Demons arise upon the altar of madness

TRIUMPH OF THE ANCIENT ONES

Evil spirits spit flames and roar like thunder

TRIUMPH OF THE ANCIENT ONES

They come from chaos, I summoned my first ancestors

TRIUMPH OF THE ANCIENT ONES

LAMMASHTA opened his terrible jaws

The hosts of ERESKIGAL sort of sacrifice rituals

AZAG-THOTH laughs wildly on HIS throne

CTHULHU raises its head and seen through the veils of the abyss.

The gods do not grant us death!!

Pictures Videos Music and Additional Reading

The fourth Lovecraft collaboration Yog-Sothoth was written by 20 ambient artists.

Yog-Sothoth is a cosmic entity and Outer God of the Cthulhu Mythos and the Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft. Born of the Nameless Mist, he is the progenitor of Cthulhu, Hastur the Unspeakable and the ancestor of the Voormi.

Yog-Sothoth is omniscient, and is locked outside the universe, meaning he knows and can see all of space-time all at once, that there is no secret hidden from Yog-Sothoth.

So is this a compilation?

No, this is a collaboration and huge undertaking. 20 artists linked studios and sound for over a year so that they could work with each other. This led to a deep exploration of the Mythos and Yog-Sothoth

Yog-Sothoth - Through the Gates of the Silver Key (Full EP)

Track 1: The Awakening of Yog-Sothoth (Intro)

Instrumental

Track 2: The Curse of Innsmouth

Lyrics

In shadows deep, where secrets sleep, the coastal town awaits,

A cursed place, with sullen face, beneath the starless gates.

Through ancient streets, where silence greets, the whispers of the damned,

The ocean's call, consuming all, by Obed Marsh’s hand.

"As the moonlit tide whispers secrets of abyssal realms, the doomed forsake their humanity, merging with the abyss to serve the Deep Ones eternally."

Beneath the waves, in secret caves, the ancient horrors lie,

With eyes aglow, from depths below, they pierce the midnight sky.

The hybrid kin, with ghastly grin, walk in the twilight's blight,

Their fates entwined, by pact signed, in moonless, restless night.

Transformation

Degeneration

The curse consumes them all!

Desperation

Obliteration

They heed the ocean's call!

"Behold the cursed shores of Innsmouth,

Where the sea breathes whispers of madness,

Ancient pact with the deep ones,

Their eyes ablaze with unearthly light,

We are vessels of doom,

Lost in the abyss of our own making,

Innsmouth's curse, our eternal burden."

Zadok’s tale, a chilling wail, of gods beneath the sea,

The lurking dread, of things unsaid, and monstrous progeny.

Olmstead's flight, through darkened night, the truth too vile to bear,

A family line, in brine entwined, his blood a living snare.

Transformation

Degeneration

The curse consumes them all!

Desperation

Obliteration

They heed the ocean's call!

Yog-Sothoth - Through the Gates of the Silver Key (Full EP)

Track 3: Through the Gates of the Silver Key

Lyrics

In the night, those who for knowledge long

Chanting rites in a forgotten tongue

To explore a world beyond our world

And to face the might of realms unknown

Secret path to seek ancient visions

An insanity beyond reason

For no human should look at things so profound

Incomprehensible for mortal mind

"And so the ritual was complete, and the Silver Key revealed the boundless realms of existence, where time and space intertwined in a tapestry of infinite possibilities"

Into the non-euclidean realm

In the abyss they dwell

Hyperspacial world of despair

Under an agonising spell

Absolute madness from hell

Stories that the lunatics tell

Whispers of the gods calling those who want to see

Through the gates of the silver key

"In the wake of the Silver Key's unveiling, they gazed into realms where time and space entwine in madness. Amid whispers of gods and the agony of non-Euclidean despair, they ventured into the abyss, where sanity fades and truth becomes terror"

Through dimensions where reality bends,

Where cosmic horrors meet their wretched ends.

Behold the void, where nothingness reigns,

And the echoes of existence are all that remains.

Whispers from beyond the cosmic veil,

Of ancient beings whose powers prevail.

A symphony of chaos, a dance of fate,

As mortal minds succumb to a maddening state.

Yog-Sothoth - Through the Gates of the Silver Key (Full EP)

Track 4: Madness from the Stars

Lyrics

When stars align

Fulfillment of the prophecy

In skies the sign

The ancient monsters from the sea

Beneath the waves

In shadows deep their whispers sing

They rise again

The end of days, eternal king

Madness from the stars

Ancient evil will arise

Into the void we stare

Silent fields of despair

"In the shadows of forgotten eons, they stir. The stars have aligned, the gates of reality shudder. From the depths of R'lyeh, the Great Old Ones rise. Hear the whispers of Cthulhu, the harbinger of madness."

Worlds will fall

And crumble down

Before your eyes

The final ritual

The cruel monsters

From realms of chaos

Roaming around

So deadly, killing

Madness from the stars

Ancient evil will arise

Into the void we stare

Silent fields of despair

"Run, you fools!"