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Astaroth

Memory and the Secret

Knowing something and claiming to know it are not the same thing.

Compare names, catalogues, images and manuscripts without merging their differences. A journey through Astaroth combining documentary reading, workshops and twelve contemporary ceremonies on study, memory and knowledge.

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  • Similar names and witnesses allowing comparison without merging them.
  • Demonological descriptions, hierarchies and the physical media that carry them.
  • Images, characters and manuscripts with references establishing their provenance.
  • Twelve contemporary operations on study, memory, archives and review.
  • Reading workshops, records and sources consulted.

You can follow the historical journey without doing the practices. If you choose to explore them, you will find contemporary compositions clearly identified as such, with preparation, practice and closure.

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  1. Read the source. Recognise the creation.p. 6
  2. Memory and the Secretp. 7
  3. A name across witnessesp. 8
  4. Similar Names, Different Historiesp. 9
  5. An Identity Established Too Quicklyp. 10
  6. A Biblical Mention Is Not a Genealogyp. 11
  7. The Judging Voicep. 12
  8. Gender Changes with the Witnessp. 13
  9. An Image Does Not Decide a Genderp. 14
  10. The Duke Who Answersp. 15
  11. Twenty-eight and Twenty-ninep. 16
  12. How the Goetic Entry Is Constructedp. 17
  13. Five Parts of a Descriptionp. 18
  14. The Ring and the Distancep. 19
  15. The Object Changes Functionp. 20
  16. A Word about the Fallp. 21
  17. An Implicated Informantp. 22
  18. The Answer and Its Authorityp. 23
  19. Three Repetitions, a Single Sourcep. 24
  20. Astaroth Changes Hierarchyp. 25
  21. A Title within a Systemp. 26
  22. The Manuscript Shows Another Hierarchyp. 27
  23. Read before Croppingp. 28
  24. The Date a Book Claims to Havep. 29
  25. Three Different Datesp. 30
  26. The Sign and Its Supportp. 31
  27. Copying an Irregularityp. 32
  28. Two Characters on the Same Pagep. 33
  29. Two Signs Are Not Two Functionsp. 34
  30. The Arts Are Learnt through Workp. 35
  31. Explaining without Repeatingp. 36
  32. The Secret Changes According to Who Keeps Itp. 37
  33. A Confidence That Does Not Belong to Youp. 38
  34. The Engraving and the Dictionary's Voicep. 39
  35. The Page Has Neighboursp. 40
  36. Correction Is Part of the Commitmentp. 41
  37. Correcting without Erasing the Pathp. 42
  38. Knowledge with Provenancep. 43
  39. A Record Another Reader Can Followp. 44
  40. The Duke in the Dictionaryp. 45
  41. What a Reproduction Retainsp. 46
  42. The Name Delimits the Signp. 47
  43. Relationships on a Pagep. 48
  44. Another Transmission of the Characterp. 49
  45. The Number Accompanies the Characterp. 50
  46. The Copy's Material Identityp. 51
  47. Emperor, Prince and Countp. 52
  48. A Written Rank, a Reading Still Pendingp. 53
  49. Labels That Prevent Confusionp. 54
  50. A List within Another Hierarchyp. 55
  51. A List Is Not a Biographyp. 56
  52. Symbols with provenancep. 57
  53. Preparing the tablep. 58
  54. A Question the Text Can Addressp. 59
  55. The form of the ceremonyp. 60
  56. An Impression Retains Its Statusp. 61
  57. Twelve ceremoniesp. 62
  58. 01 · OPENING THE BOOKp. 63
  59. 01 · Sequence and closingp. 64
  60. 01 · Reading and recordp. 65
  61. A Three-sentence Answerp. 66
  62. 02 · THE THREE TIMESp. 67
  63. 02 · Sequence and closingp. 68
  64. 02 · Reading and recordp. 69
  65. Past, Present and Possibilityp. 70
  66. 03 · THE CIRCLE OF DISTANCEp. 71
  67. 03 · Sequence and closingp. 72
  68. 03 · Reading and recordp. 73
  69. The Question inside the Ringp. 74
  70. 04 · THE DEDICATION OF THE ARTSp. 75
  71. 04 · Sequence and closingp. 76
  72. 04 · Reading and recordp. 77
  73. The Error Points to a Taskp. 78
  74. 05 · THE WITNESS OF MEMORYp. 79
  75. 05 · Sequence and closingp. 80
  76. 05 · Reading and recordp. 81
  77. The Memory after the Documentp. 82
  78. 06 · READING THE CHARACTERp. 83
  79. 06 · Sequence and closingp. 84
  80. 06 · Reading and recordp. 85
  81. A Copy with Uncertaintiesp. 86
  82. 07 · THE ARCHIVE OF VOICESp. 87
  83. 07 · Sequence and closingp. 88
  84. 07 · Reading and recordp. 89
  85. The Voice of a Marginal Notep. 90
  86. 08 · THE WORD THAT CAN BE SUSTAINEDp. 91
  87. 08 · Sequence and closingp. 92
  88. 08 · Reading and recordp. 93
  89. A Smaller Claimp. 94
  90. 09 · THE ENVELOPE OF ONE'S OWN SECRETp. 95
  91. 09 · Sequence and closingp. 96
  92. 09 · Reading and recordp. 97
  93. The Envelope Needs a Datep. 98
  94. 10 · THE SCALE OF RANKSp. 99
  95. 10 · Sequence and closingp. 100
  96. 10 · Reading and recordp. 101
  97. Two Cards, No Ladderp. 102
  98. 11 · THE CEREMONY OF CORRECTIONp. 103
  99. 11 · Sequence and closingp. 104
  100. 11 · Reading and recordp. 105
  101. Correcting the Wrong Referencep. 106
  102. 12 · THE WITNESS'S COMMITMENTp. 107
  103. 12 · Sequence and closingp. 108
  104. 12 · Reading and recordp. 109
  105. A Commitment That Fits into a Weekp. 110
  106. How to keep a recordp. 111
  107. A Record Still Useful in a Monthp. 112
  108. Record of a sessionp. 113
  109. Motif and composition · 1p. 114
  110. Motif and composition · 2p. 115
  111. Words for reading · 1p. 116
  112. Words for reading · 2p. 117
  113. Sources consulted · 1p. 118
  114. Sources consulted · 2p. 119
  115. Images and rights · 1p. 120
  116. Images and rights · 2p. 121
  117. Returning to the bookp. 122
  118. Choosing a Second Readingp. 123

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