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The Cthulhu cult

The Cthulhu cult is the secret religious tradition investigated through several separate records in The Call of Cthulhu. Its members await the return of Cthulhu and the Great Old Ones, preserve images and ritual language, and claim continuity with humanity’s earliest dream-contact with older beings. Most of its doctrine reaches the reader through prisoners’ testimony, especially the account of Castro, while its wider organization remains only partly visible.

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