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Lucifuge Rofocale

The Prime Minister and the Price

A negotiation begins long before you accept its conditions.

Read Lucifuge Rofocale through the Grand Grimoire, its editions and reception. Examine titles, pacts and conditions before exploring sixteen contemporary operations that keep their provenance visible.

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  • The name, editions and witnesses of the Grand Grimoire.
  • Hierarchies, wealth, refusal and negotiation in their documentary context.
  • Images and signs with their provenance identified.
  • Sixteen contemporary operations with preparation, sequence, words and closing.
  • Reading cases, practice records and an annotated bibliography.

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  1. Before Calling the Prime Ministerp. 6
  2. What You Are Willing to Negotiatep. 7
  3. Three Ways to Read a Ceremonyp. 8
  4. The Name and Its Witnessesp. 9
  5. The Age of a Wordp. 10
  6. An Anagram with a Letter Left Overp. 11
  7. Dates and the Book's Authorityp. 12
  8. A Title Page and a Cataloguep. 13
  9. The Bibliographical Disagreementp. 14
  10. Witnesses and Datesp. 15
  11. A Map Is Not a Tree of Copiesp. 16
  12. Authority and the Book's Titlesp. 17
  13. The Half-title's False Friendp. 18
  14. A Narrated Chain of Authorityp. 19
  15. The Red Dragon and the Black Henp. 20
  16. The Dragon Does Not Bear the Minister's Namep. 21
  17. A Title Page Dated 1521p. 22
  18. Printed Number and Digital Positionp. 23
  19. The Court, the Office and Wealthp. 24
  20. Emperor and Prime Ministerp. 25
  21. The Title That Changes within the Bookp. 26
  22. Subordinates and Richesp. 27
  23. Delegating without Importing Another Cataloguep. 28
  24. A Material Treasure and a Symbolic Readingp. 29
  25. Lucifuge among the Six Officersp. 30
  26. A Character within a Tablep. 31
  27. Two Pact Proceduresp. 32
  28. Two Terms within One Witnessp. 33
  29. Comparing the Two Pactsp. 34
  30. Comparing through the Same Questionp. 35
  31. The Demand for Fifty Yearsp. 36
  32. A Demand Studied as a Documentp. 37
  33. The Demand for Twenty Yearsp. 38
  34. Retaining the Second Sequencep. 39
  35. Demand, Refusal, Term and Pricep. 40
  36. A Requested Form Is Not an Anatomyp. 41
  37. Keeping the Rejected Offerp. 42
  38. The Deferred Cost and the Coinp. 43
  39. The Cost That Seems Distantp. 44
  40. The Coin as a Measurep. 45
  41. Secrecy, Charity, Book and Signaturep. 46
  42. Privacy without Isolationp. 47
  43. Printed Approval and Attributed Signaturep. 48
  44. Book, Conditions and Attributed Signaturep. 49
  45. The Margin Also Informsp. 50
  46. The Treasure, the Return and the Renvoip. 51
  47. The Return Forms Part of the Narrativep. 52
  48. Farewell and Cancellation Are Different Decisionsp. 53
  49. Triangle des pactesp. 54
  50. A Diagram with a Visible Lossp. 55
  51. The Return and the Beginning of the Renvoip. 56
  52. A Formula That Continuesp. 57
  53. Readers and the Cyprianic Accountp. 58
  54. Two Authors Transmitting Related Materialsp. 59
  55. Waite and the Cyprianic Accountp. 60
  56. Reading a Translation with Its Commentaryp. 61
  57. An Account Is Not the Manuscriptp. 62
  58. Signs, Objects and Preparationp. 63
  59. Every Object Has a Functionp. 64
  60. Expectations and Sequencep. 65
  61. A Criterion before the Resultp. 66
  62. Greeting the Prime Ministerp. 67
  63. Operation 01 · Words and Closingp. 68
  64. A Greeting That Does Not Open an Accountp. 69
  65. The Triple Chamber · Baël, Agares and Marbasp. 70
  66. Operation 02 · Words and Closingp. 71
  67. The Responsibility That Is Not Delegatedp. 72
  68. Rofocale · The Word of the Bookp. 73
  69. Operation 03 · Words and Closingp. 74
  70. The Page Chosen in Advancep. 75
  71. In Human Formp. 76
  72. Operation 04 · Words and Closingp. 77
  73. A Chair and a Constructed Voicep. 78
  74. The Great Call to Lucifugep. 79
  75. Operation 05 · Words and Closingp. 80
  76. A Call with a Precise Placep. 81
  77. The Demand for Treasurep. 82
  78. Operation 06 · Words and Closingp. 83
  79. What Enough Meansp. 84
  80. The First Refusalp. 85
  81. Operation 07 · Words and Closingp. 86
  82. A Refusal That Changes the Demandp. 87
  83. The Prime Minister's Counterofferp. 88
  84. Operation 08 · Words and Closingp. 89
  85. The Third Sheet Is Not a Formalityp. 90
  86. The Balance of the Two Pactsp. 91
  87. Operation 09 · Words and Closingp. 92
  88. Comparing Terms without Adopting Themp. 93
  89. The Coin of the Pricep. 94
  90. Operation 10 · Words and Closingp. 95
  91. The Session's Real Pricep. 96
  92. Secrecy, Charity and Conditionp. 97
  93. Operation 11 · Words and Closingp. 98
  94. A Responsible Action You Can Fulfilp. 99
  95. The Nearest Treasurep. 100
  96. Operation 12 · Words and Closingp. 101
  97. A Nearby Resource That Already Existsp. 102
  98. Route T · Going Out and Returningp. 103
  99. Operation 13 · Words and Closingp. 104
  100. Going Out and Returning without Leaving the Placep. 105
  101. Pact of Dedication with Lucifugep. 106
  102. Operation 14 · Words and Closingp. 107
  103. A Dedication Another Person Can Readp. 108
  104. Lucifuge's Renvoip. 109
  105. Operation 15 · Words and Closingp. 110
  106. The Renvoi without a Second Callp. 111
  107. Closing the Accountp. 112
  108. Operation 16 · Words and Closingp. 113
  109. Closing the Account with Mixed Datap. 114
  110. Model Demandp. 115
  111. A Demand Open to Reviewp. 116
  112. Model Counterofferp. 117
  113. Rejecting a Clause while Retaining the Wholep. 118
  114. Contemporary Dedicationp. 119
  115. A Modification Does Not Erase the Earlier Promisep. 120
  116. Account Recordp. 121
  117. Fact, Interpretation and Expectationp. 122
  118. Terms for Reading the Grimoirep. 123
  119. A Glossary That Returns to the Documentp. 124
  120. The Starting Point of Each Operationp. 125
  121. Provenance of the Operations · 2p. 126
  122. Following the Motif to Its Sourcep. 127
  123. Bibliography · 1p. 128
  124. Bibliography · 2p. 129
  125. Image creditsp. 130
  126. Image creditsp. 131

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