H. P. Lovecraft and the Black Magickal TraditionModern, practising occultists have argued that renowned horror writer, H. P. Lovecraft, was in possession of in depth knowledge of black magick. Literary scholars claim that he was a master of his genre and craft and his findings are purely psychological, nothing more. Was Lovecraft a practitioner of the dark arts himself? Was he privileged to knowledge that cannot be otherwise explained? Weaving the life story of Lovecraft in and out of an analysis