The Elder Gods and other nameless menaces are portrayed as unphysical quasi-extra-dimensional beings from elsewhere; as such, death does not apply to them. Astronomical/universal conditions merely allow or disallow their projects.
Strange eons are many and long aeons; HPL thinks in a steady state cosmos where the universe is indefinitely old. Death will die in the Christian phrasing—the non-human menaces grow more powerful over time and their ‘sleep’ periods will shrink.
Definitely cryonics. I never really understood why this phrasing applies to Cthulhu, although I haven’t read very much of Lovecraft.
The Elder Gods and other nameless menaces are portrayed as unphysical quasi-extra-dimensional beings from elsewhere; as such, death does not apply to them. Astronomical/universal conditions merely allow or disallow their projects.
But what are strange aeons? Why will Death die?
Reading Lovecraft: You’re doing it wrong.
Strange eons are many and long aeons; HPL thinks in a steady state cosmos where the universe is indefinitely old. Death will die in the Christian phrasing—the non-human menaces grow more powerful over time and their ‘sleep’ periods will shrink.