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The summon spell  Pharaonic Egregor is presented in Major Arcana p11. The element is that of the Egregor’s Arcanum, listed in the Exaltation table on p9. The table lists elements, planets and zodiac months. These are copied almost verbatim from the astrological correspondences  proposed by the Golden Dawn  ( cheat sheet here ,  color coded here , secondary correspondences here ). I've reproduced and merged both tables below: ARCANUM EXALTATION EGREGOR DYNASTY 0 Fool Air Unknown I Magician Mercury Djoser (Zoser) III II High Priestess Moon Khafre (Chephren) IV III Empress Venus Netaqerti (Nitocris) VI IV Emperor Aries Narmer (Menes) I V Hierophant Taurus Unas V VI Lovers Gemini Yaqub-Har XVI VII Chariot Cancer Sheshi XV ...

While transcribing and translating the French third edition, I came across mention that Atlantis left a horrific scar on the human psyche. Within the Anti-Lands (lower planes of nightmares) is a "chthonic Atlantis," depicting a horrific tableau where countless innocent human beings are tortured and killed by nightmarish creatures resembling Nephilim with elemental metamorphoses (akin to the elementalism Khaiba transformation, basically animated material of that element).  Although the French version doesn't really dwell on it, the Nephilim are actually fairly monstrous even long after Orichalka. Hence why the US version's fandom (even the writers themselves!) didn't like the body snatcher angle. I also found some unsubstantiated mention that one of the freelancers had created house rules where he equated the Kaïm with the Great Old Ones, but I have been unable to confirm that actually happened. Now I cannot get the idea out of my head: were the Kaïm the Old One...

Ian Young's " A History of the Selenim " fails to account for the Unnamed Arcanum, as he admits. I present here a companion piece to his history, exploring the Unnamed Arcanum's perspective and exploits. This account is incomplete and will be revised as I continue my work on rules for Selenim. After the fall of Tarshish, the Selenim appeared for the first time within the living memory of the Nephilim. Everything before then is the subject of myth and rumor, such as the mythical Selenim Wars. During these wars, the Selenim led by a figure known only as the Devouring Messiah were supposedly responsible for the Toba catastrophe  (74,000 years ago!) before the Nephilim rescued humanity. However, no surviving Nephilim nor Selenim reliably bore witness to these events and their veracity is questionable. While the Cult of Lilith rose from the shadows to patronize nomadic conquerors and sacrificial cults across the Occident (i.e. Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, North A...

When Chaosium adapted Nephilim for the US market, they saw fit to add small references here and there to their flagship game Call of Cthulhu . The list of grimoires includes Al-Azif (see rulebook p136) and the list of Pharaonic Egregors (see Major Arcana p10) includes the names Nitocris and Nephren-Ka! Even the fans got in on it occasionally. The article “ Black Moon Rising ” explaining how to handle crossovers was published in the Chaosium Digest , while  an entire adventure  designed to get  Call of Cthulhu  players into Nephilim was shared on the mailing list, and some lists of  grimoires ,  past lives  and  sorcery spells  included connections to the mythos. In the future I’d like to make more connections myself…