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THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK 1935 Literature

THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK
De Vermis Mysteriis
A hellish book found with other forbidden texts in the Starry Wisdom Church in Providence, Rhode Island.

THE SHAMBLER FROM THE STARS 1935 Literature

THE SHAMBLER FROM THE STARS
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book containing spells and enchantments, particularly those that can summon strange entities.

THE FACELESS GOD 1936 Literature

THE FACELESS GOD
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book in which Ludwig Prinn awesomely implies his knowledge of Nyarlathotep, the oldest god of all Egypt.

THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME 1936 Literature

THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME
De Vermis Mysteriis
Wingate Peaslee reads and makes marginal notes in a copy of the book possessed by the Miskatonic University library.

THE BROOD OF BUBASTIS 1937 Literature

THE BROOD OF BUBASTIS
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book by Ludwig Prinn containing a chapter called Saracenic Rituals, which is said to have "revealed the lore of the efreet and the djinn, the secrets of the Assassin sects, the myths of Arabian ghoul-tales, the hidden practices of dervish cults" and "the legends of Inner Egypt".

FANE OF THE BLACK PHARAOH 1937 Literature

FANE OF THE BLACK PHARAOH
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book by Ludwig Prinn containing a chapter called Saracenic Rituals, which is said to have "revealed the lore of the efreet and the djinn, the secrets of the Assassin sects, the myths of Arabian ghoul-tales, the hidden practices of dervish cults" and "the legends of Inner Egypt".

THE SECRET OF SEBEK 1937 Literature

THE SECRET OF SEBEK
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book by Ludwig Prinn containing a chapter called Saracenic Rituals, which is said to have "revealed the lore of the efreet and the djinn, the secrets of the Assassin sects, the myths of Arabian ghoul-tales, the hidden practices of dervish cults" and "the legends of Inner Egypt".

THE DIARY OF ALONZO TYPER 1938 Literature

THE DIARY OF ALONZO TYPER
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells, originally from Robert Bloch's 1935 short story The Shambler from the Stars. Alonzo Typer explores the attic of the van der Heyl mansion, finding a carved, crumbling chest full of blasphemous books and papers, including a Greek Necronomicon, a Norman-French Livre d'Eibon, and a first edition of old Ludvig Prinn's De Vermis Mysteriis.

THE INVADERS 1939 Literature

THE INVADERS
De Vermis Mysteriis
Disregard of the book's precautions brings forth the dwellers in the Hidden World.

THE SORCERER'S JEWEL 1939 Literature

THE SORCERER'S JEWEL
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book by Ludwig Prinn containing a chapter on divination, as a potential source for information on The Star of Sechmet, a mysterious crystal.

BLACK BARGAIN 1942 Literature

BLACK BARGAIN
De Vermis Mysteriis
Something that told you how you could compound aconite and belladonna and draw circles of phosphorescent fire on the floor when the stars were right. Something that spoke of melting tallow candles and blending them with corpse-fat, whispered of the uses to which animal sacrifices might be put.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX SILVER SPIDERS 1950 Literature

THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX SILVER SPIDERS
De Vermis Mysteriis
One of the books discovered in a book catalog by the detective Solar Pons.

THE MAN WHO COLLECTED POE 1951 Literature

THE MAN WHO COLLECTED POE
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells.

PHILTRE TIP 1961 Literature

PHILTRE TIP
De Vermis Mysteriis
Referred to as Ludvig Prinn's Grimoire, in the English edition.

THE ILLUMINATUS! TRILOGY 1975 Literature

THE ILLUMINATUS! TRILOGY
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells by Ludwig Prinn that's connected to the Illuminati.

SALEM'S LOT 1975 Literature

SALEM'S LOT
De Vermis Mysteriis
Latin book of spells that Mark finds in the Marsten House.

NIGHT SHIFT 1978 Literature

NIGHT SHIFT
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells that Charles uses to release a gigantic white worm that was worshiped by the town's previous inhabitants. Also known as The Mysteries of the Worm.

THE KEEP 1981 Literature

THE KEEP
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells.

LORD OF THE WORMS 1987 Literature

LORD OF THE WORMS
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells by Ludwig Prinn.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 1987 Comic Books

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells.

ALONE IN THE DARK 1992 Video Games

ALONE IN THE DARK
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells that, if read without standing on a pentagram tile, will result in instant death.

WHITE DARKNESS 1993 Literature

WHITE DARKNESS
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells.

DEMONBANE 2003 Video Games

DEMONBANE
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells owned by sorcerer Tiberius.

HELLBOY 2004 Film

HELLBOY
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells that first appeared in Robert Bloch's 1935 short story The Shambler from the Stars. The Hellboy movie begins with a quote from page 87: "In the coldest regions of space, the monstrous entities Ogdru Jahad - the Seven Gods of Chaos - slumber in their crystal prison, waiting to reclaim Earth... and burn the heavens."

RABBIT JUNK 2004 Music

RABBIT JUNK
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells that Julian Modely uses to seek his revenge, summoning an abomination.

DRACULA 3: THE PATH OF THE DRAGON 2008 Video Games

DRACULA 3: THE PATH OF THE DRAGON
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells that can be found in the library in Irina Boczow's office in Budapest.

REVIVAL 2014 Literature

REVIVAL
De Vermis Mysteriis
Book of spells that the minister Charles Jacobs uses to heal people.

SHAVI RECHIKADZI 2015 Literature