Sufism and Could Creatures Like Lovecraft's Elder Gods Exist #hplovecraft #sufi

#CosmicHorror #sufism #Lovecraft

Is Lovecraftian Horror a form of Inverted Islamic Sufism? And how many of the creatures seen in his mythos can be found in Abrahamic faiths, Middle Eastern folklore and real life.

Partially based on Middle Eastern and North African folklore, as well as a twisted view of Islamic eschatology and Sufism, Lovecraft essentially popularized the notion of cosmic horror, a form of science fiction that states that our world is just one thin veil away from another world filled with unspeakable monsters and horrors waiting to enter ours. #lovecraftian

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[lordsakai]

In one of lovecraft's autobiography, he says that during his childhood, he was absolutely in love with Arabian Nights. Some of the buildings he describes in the Dreamlands also seem to have an arabian architecture. His inspirations are clear. ^^

[thethreeedgedsword]

“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age.” -lovecraft

[elijahherstal]

Wait: Who counted this thing's eyes, mouths, tongues, and legs? Get that man a monument.

[aurorascybermediaarchives]

It's about time someone made a channel about mid east folklore

[benjaminbrown]

Five year-old H. P. Lovecraft's favorite book was One Thousand and One Nights. He had his mother take him to all his local "curio shops" which culminated in him building what he called an "Arabian corner" in his bedroom. When he played as a child he would paint a beard on his face, wear a turban and call himself "Abdul Alhazred". All of that is from his own letters. You'd literally have to be crazy to not think that Islam and Middle Eastern folklore had no influence on his artistic pursuits, but some people seem very eager to die on that hill.

That aside, this vid was awesome, thank you!

[fuku]

I need to thank this man for explaining the myths and beliefs behind the Arab/Persian people. We're not all terrorists folks

[richardbillingsley]

I love this series. I love the music. I love the subjects.

[abanustrickland]

I am on acid and I approve of this video!

[mauricio-wqlu]

It has become far to obvious that Lovecraft knew of ancient mythology from the Middle East. Just as Jules Verne studied the science of his day an Mary Shelly knew of the German scientist that tried to a find a way immortality. Question is who inspired those who inspired them?

[NodDisciple]

This makes sense as Lovecraft's writings were VERY heavily influenced by his grandfather's collection of tomes about the Middle East.

[NasreenUS]

As a Sufi and Yemeni decedent, this video was very interesting and enjoyed it very much. Thank you 😊

[scottiecopasetic]

@Mysterious Middle East - I just wanted to commend you & thank you for creating such an amazing channel. You're excellent story tellers with suberb narrative skills. I personally love learning about the mysterious lore & culture of the Middle East. I give all your vids a thumbs up & wish for your channel to get more widespread exposure & subscribers (in hopes that your team will be able make more videos more frequently). It's deplorable how YT uses its algorithms & censorship. You're channel is way too underrated & the middle east has so much to offer with its deep history & ancient magical nature. I rarely leave comments as I'm typically streaming via Roku but I wanted to express my appreciation & let you know your efforts aren't going unnoticed. Love the graphics/ sound/music. You deserve way more subs. Peace & bliss to everyone on your production team & fellow subscribers.

[sahlibrahimi]

this is some high quality documentary
thanks for all of this 🙏

[srsucioguapodelsur]

4:59 “In Soviet Russia, rumors of strange creatures discover you!”

[reubenseldo]

Wow... Stumbled upon this channel totally by chance, and it's quickly becoming a favourite. Middle-eastern mysticism has always fascinated me and of course, Lovecraft's stories. Keep up the good work!

[MysteriousMiddleEast]

Hello. This video is essentially in two parts. Part 1 is about the Lovecraftian type monsters that exist within the Abrahamic and Middle Eastern pagan traditions, part 2 at 10:31 is about Sufism and how Lovecraft was influenced by it. However I would suggest watching the whole thing of course, at least for context. 

[saltymedic]

Work has been crazy since February (I'm a paramedic). Been barely able to find time to sleep, let alone watch YouTube. Finally caught up and still have yet to be disappointed by one of your videos. Love it! Can't wait for the next one

[timothywilliams]

I love these videos so much. My Dad and I watch them as soon as we can. We are both Christian and one of the things that struck both of us is how respectful you are of the three religions you deal with. It's just very refreshing to get that on the internet, and with folklore and Lovecraft? Well I'm just continually impressed with the videos you put out.

That said I'd love to see the videos you say will be patreon only but can't really afford a new monthly bill. Any chance of putting them somewhere where we could rent them one at a time as we are able?

[Karuisdead]

I just want to state a disclaimer: while most of those myths did actually exist in the middle-east and arabian countries, they were not mentioned in the Islamic religion itself, but actually the Islamic religion told the people to not believe in such myths and believe only in what the Quran and the Prophet says, so if you (as a viewer) really want to know if such things were mentioned in the Quran or Prophetic Hadiths you will need to go back to them and check them out, in case of the Prophetic Hadiths you will need to check the hadiths that are stated as True Prophetic Hadiths, which were unanimously agreed to be true with no lies or manipulation in it.
Other than that everyone is free to believe whatever they want to believe.

[gxtmfa]

As someone who studied Sufism academically, I thought you were insane when I first saw the name of the video. But your Arabic pronunciations were so good I kept watching.