The amount of Outer Gods?

[Jockey-1337]

"The Ultimate Gods (often referred to as the "Lesser Outer Gods" by later writers) are the infinite number of boundless, all-powerful beings"

> infinite number


May someone give me a quote about "infinite" amount of them?

 

[Matthew_Schroeder]

You can probably find it in Azathoth's Blog Post.

 

[Azathoth_the_Abyssal_Idiot]

It's under the Yog-Sothoth section, but to try and put it simply;

• there are an infinite number of finite dimensions.

• infinite realities can reside within any of these finite dimensions.

• all lineages of beings from finite dimensions have their own archetype from the ultimate void

• all these lineages are merely projections of the beings of the ultimate void in ways reflected by dimensioned space, just as all of them are cut from Yog-Sothoth. This is why Carter's sense of self was shattered.

• For instance, Carter and all his ancestors are are just projections of one of the inhabitants of the ultimate void, who are beyond the totality of things such as time and change, just as every other person and their lineage is, and as every other being in every other reality on every other dimensional plane is, even the trans-dimensional avatars of these gods. This is even true for points in time. For instance, Carter sitting in his home and Carter in the ultimate void are two different projections of one archetype.
• Even if we assume each archetype is projected differently based on the dimensional level the beings it spawns are cut from, there would still be an endless number of them. Infinite dimensions containing infinite realities with an infinite number of possible lineages and beings that are projections of an archetype = infinite archetypes.

 

[TheOmnipotens]

In which book do you cite that you have an infinite number of outer gods?

 

[The_Omnipotente]

Bump

 

[Azathoth_the_Abyssal_Idiot]

''Through the Gates of the Silver Key''.

 

[The_Omnipotente]

What's the quote? Sorry for asking

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

What does Archetype mean in this case?

 

[Azathoth_the_Abyssal_Idiot]

@Monarch

The Outer Gods.

They are the originals. Everything else in existence on every level is but a pale imitation of a facet of them from a lesser perspective. Hence, they are the archetypes of everything, which is why they are referred to as such within the story.

@Kami

All relevant quotes in this section.

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

So Carter is the pale imitation of Yog Sothoth?

 

[Azathoth_the_Abyssal_Idiot]

Carter, all of Carter's lineage, and all great thinkers are pale shadows of a facet of Yog-Sothoth.

"The glutless zeal of Carter and all his forbears for forbidden cosmic secrets was a natural result of derivation from the SUPREME ARCHETYPE. On every world all great wizards, all great thinkers, all great artists, are facets of IT."