The Necronomicon by Ed Begley

The book is the necronomicon. It is this tome of ancient evil that is stored in a glass case in the miscatonic library, plain sight of everybody. The armitage character doesn't necessarily believe that the like spells in the book would actually work. I was a little unclear on that. But he seems to have some kind of a cautious respect for this book and and its power,. Even if he doesn't fully buy into magic or any such nonsense.