Why is Cthulhu on this 1700 Gravestone?
Photo by The Archivist Reverend Ichabod Wiswall, Duxbury MA. Pilgrim emissary to the court of King & Queen William and Mary. Friend to convicted witch Captain John Alden (Son of the more famous John Alden).
Photo by The Archivist Reverend Ichabod Wiswall, Duxbury MA. Pilgrim emissary to the court of King & Queen William and Mary. Friend to convicted witch Captain John Alden (Son of the more famous John Alden).
Perhaps even HP Lovecraft. This article is worthy of a complete read. No summary will suffice.
Was writing invented for accounting and administration or did it evolve from religious movements, sorcery and dreams? The administrative hypothesis is that great states developed writing to better account and control people and armies. And yet “For one thing, in…