The Dho Formula from Al Azif

A while ago I described my findings concerning the missing Dho Chant in the Dho Formula, as variously presented in such diverse texts as the dubious Liber Logaeth and Delomelanicon. Now, a final piece has been added to the puzzle, and I offer you what I believe is a full reconstruction of said chapter of the Necronomicon, as given by Abdul Alhazred.

Let us first trace the development of said formula.

The Dho-Hna Formula, by Mr. Zarono

The text of the oldest Book of the Dead Names (sometimes known as “TheTrue Necronomicon”) is believed to be 4,000 years old and to have originated in Mesopotamia, where its original title would be rendered Imsarra Girza Ush. This text contains a section labeled “Of the City Situated Between the Magnetic Poles and of the Dho Formula to Be Able to Gaze Upon It”, which describes the Dho Formula as basically a meditative procedure. According to various Necronomicon researchers, this text was kept, and translated, in the Library of Alexandria.

The next version of the Formula is found in the pages of Delomelanicon–as rendered unto Greek c.200 b.E. from a purported Egyptian original, clearly adapted from Imsarra Girza Ush- (which I am referring to through the more faithful Latin version De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis, MDCXCII) where we find small variants added to the original simple method.

Then, we reach the book universally known as Necronomicon, authored by Abdul Alhazred c. 735 a.E. and granted its Greek title by Theodorus Philetas in the year 950. This book presents a further expanded version of this chapter. There is no way to know which of these additions were added by Abdul Alhazred in his Kitab Al-Azif, or by later copyists, or even by his Greek or Latin translators. To further complicate matters, as is well known, the various surviving copies of the book are incomplete, and vary sometimes considerably due to the appalling lack of faithfulness of some transcribers, editors and translators. The great number of apocryphal Necronomicon editions only add to the difficulty.

However, while we have what appears to be the closest possible recreation of the original Mesopotamian source, as published by Frank G. Ripel, it’s Alhazred’s greater compilation Kitab Al Azif or Necronomicon that is the standard central interest for us, in order to understand the use of these formulae in the development of Necronomicon magick.

I had long sustained that the formulae found in the Imsarra Girza Ush –the Dho and Dho-Nha formulae- were part of a progression, completed by the Dho-Hna Formula and the Rite of Transfiguration given –quite incomplete and distorted- in Dr. John Dee’s Liber Logaeth. My later, though brief, consultation of a full copy of the Book back in 2010 –as told in my book El Código Secreto del Necronomicón- gave me the opportunity of confirming this, even though I did not have time to check the form given therein of the Dho Chant, which I believe to be a later development by Alhazred. The copy of said chant I previously presented in this blog was admittedly a second-hand reference, and although I held no doubt as to its authenticity, I did have reservations about its faithfulness.

I owe Darby Crash Cordero the opportunity of further completion of this task. Delving into the impressive amount of Russian pseudobiblia and Necronomicon research, he found a compilation titled 11 главый змей (The 11 Heads of the Serpent; published 2011) and shared it with the Necronomicon Mystery Skool. This work collects a series of essays from various authors belonging to the Abdullah Al-Hazred Library, and to the El Sosh Var or E.S.V. collective of Necronomicon Magickians. While I differ from some of the interpretations presented in these pieces, I applaud the effort of these Russian fellow researchers, a finely organized version of our Necronomicon Mystery Skool. One essay explores variant versions of Gatewalking / Zonei correspondences (which convinced me to soon share my own take on this, which I’ve been working on for a long time now); other ones list and compare various versions of the Elder Sign and of the sigil of Yog-Sothoth.

Chapter II, part IV of 11 главый змей quotes from Древней мифологии Хаоса, which further details the use of the Dho Formula, and gives a further version of the Dho Chant! Analysis of the R’lyehian verses shows that it in no way contradicts the version of the Chant I had previously found, but in fact complements it, in a more focused and concrete way; this, I believe, was yet another missing part of the Formula, and I have restituted it accordingly, reworking the various fragments and sources to reconstruct as closely as possible the Dho Formula as presented in Alhazred’s Necronomicon.

Before leaving you to this recovered chapter from Alhazred’s Necronomicon, I must commend the introductory message in the book, very much in the spirit of our Skool, and expressing a sentiment I truly hope some fellow necronomers will take into consideration:

“Several magickians who published their articles on different sites, came to the conclusion that their creations, being brought together, form a single whole. Not all these mages were in agreement with each other, their goals were different. But they were united by Those about whom they wrote. Therefore this book appeared.

“They who want secrets - will receive secrets. They who desire truth already found truth. Truth without secrets. Truth, indifferently becoming a secret for those who desire secrets - according to their will... This is what this book is about”.

Fhtagn to that.

-Luis G. Abbadie

Montecruz, Jalisco

Mexico

Jun. 17, 2019

Of the City Situated Between the Magnetic Poles and of the Dho Formula to Be Able to Gaze Upon It

There doth exist upon Earth a City which is invisible and intangible for common mortals.

It was the birthplace of the Ancient Ones.

Upon the disappearance of the Old Ones, the fabulous City vanished from the sight of men. This occurred in order to prevent the desecration of such mystical place. It abides still, and there are formulæ which doth allow thee to see it, and to explore it.

The first method is the formula called Dho, and here I shall discuss it.

The second is the formula called Dho-Nha, and with thou shalt have access unto the City of the Ancient Ones.

The third is the formula called Dho-Hna, with which thou mayest enter with thy material body into the very City.

The fourth is the formula of Transfiguration, which may allow thee, if thou art prepared, to go further still, but of this I shall speak in another place. 

‘Tis redundant to warn the unwary that the use of these formulas is meant for those favoured by the Gods alone, or otherwise, for the Old Ones themselves. However, each hath their veneer of free will, and may they do as they will, the punishment shall come to him who hath done wrong.

I shall reveal to thee, herein, the formula called Dho, and through it thou mayest gaze upon the fabulous City of the Old Ones.

The Dho Formula allows thee to see the inner city at the magnetic poles, where the servants of the Old Ones hope to dwell when the Earth is cleared. And this spell should be sung.

Repeated repetitions of the Dho Formula will enable the Inner Eye to penetrate the distant kingdoms adjacent to the terrestrial spheres, as well as to the shores of the bottomless Deep.

It will also allow the Sorcerer to direct his inner vision to comprehend the distant and incredible spheres beyond the worlds and stars known to us.

In this instance, fear not to attract the Hounds of Tindalos.

This Formula may also be used for reaching unto dimensions where the Great Old Ones are imprisoned.

Undergoing a trance with this formula shall take thee Outside.

Thou need’st not to be afraid of the Hounds because thou shalt encounter them only if thou dost go unto the Veil gradually, and the Formula herein sends thee immediately through the Veil. And beyond the Veil there are no Hounds.

The Dho Formula is actually very simple.

The Dho Formula

The Formula of Dho allows to behold the hidden City at the internal degrees between the poles of the Earth, which await the arrival of the Ministers of the Old Ones, when the Earth shall be cleared.

Sit back, relax thy body and thy mind.

Set the Incense of Dho, that the Gods hath given to me and I have set down in my Book of Preparations, upon coals and begin to lose thyself in its coiling spirals.

Now thou must focus thy thoughts on the City and look fixedly unto the Sigil thou hast prepared for this purpose. Sense in thyself the energy which doth emanate from it.

Speak the Dho Chant:

 ‘Umr at-Tawil f'thagn!

Ng’ag n’gat  htagn ‘hf!

Uf’hfuh lhuf ngn!

Hfh lu hu fufh gha gn’gath fuh’luht!

Iä! Thusa!

Iä! Okkokoku!

Iä! Aulaniis!

El' Dho ah t’eir

dim b'yert to Dho

imr'yest nium eyh

Dho haust il'yeh hey!

Thou Secret, Black, and Midnight Mothers!

Thy hands do weave a deed without a name.

I conjure Thine Arte which binds and smothers,

Heed my call along thy strands and answer me!

Thou that doth release Ithaqua’s winds that they may rage

Against the spires of mosques; Thou that stir the tides

that Dagon may lead a ship to harbor or sink it on a wage;

Thou that bless the hills and burn down forests at their sides;

Warders of Nitokris’ Pyramid and Koth’s great tower;

Witnesses to the Shining Lady’s rise from Shadows’ Kingdom,

And Who causeth the graves of Sk’tai and Astir to fill with flowers,

Mothers of the Web of Fate and the Tapestry of Wisdom,

Mother of Tears, Thusa ever young, clear my sight!

Mother of Sighs, pale Okkokoku, breathe in mine eyes!

Mother of Darkness, pale Aulaniis, dispel Thy shadows!

Three Mothers, send Thy blessing high and send it low;

That visions of the worlds Between to my sight be shown!

‘Umr at-Tawil f'thagn!

Ng’ag n’gat  htagn ‘hf!

Uf’hfuh lhuf ngn!

Hfh lu hu fufh gha gn’gath fuh’luht!

Iä! Thusa!

Iä! Okkokoku!

Iä! Aulaniis!

Now speak repeatedly the words of the Dho Formula as given in the Book of the Great Exile:

El' Dho ah t’eir

dim b'yert to Dho

imr'yest nium eyh

Dho haust il'yeh hey!

The Sigil

Look now upon thy Speculum; discern, in the mist, the Earth. Discern thee, now, the tall, golden spires, the abodes of the Ancient Gods. Perceive the cupolas that greet the dawn. Look upon the lifeless streets. Beware! Someone watches still, let not them not see thee, hide.

Observe with care the mighty and shadowy temples where Æons ago the Old Ones did chant Their Dark Vital Ceremonies.

Observe everything carefully, because soon thy being shall be overwhelmed by such ageless majesty. And then thou shalt need to divert thy eyes from the ancient Divine Habitations and thou shalt fall prostrate and weakened, but rich from the experience given by the vision. Put it to good use!

And then thou mayest follow with the Dho-Nha Formula.