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Leviathan

The Abyss and Sovereignty

The sea creature, the limits of power and a word that can bring things to a close.

Follow Leviathan’s transformations through texts, images and modern receptions. Compare his names, work with his sources and explore fourteen contemporary operations with preparation, closing and recording.

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  • The name and differences between biblical and Ugaritic witnesses.
  • Historical plates, later receptions and the provenance of images.
  • Preparation of the space, water and personal record.
  • Fourteen contemporary operations, with words, closing and review.
  • Workshops, notebook and bibliography for returning to the sources.

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. Sources and scopep. 6
  2. Before descendingp. 7
  3. Leviathan: name and limitsp. 8
  4. A profile with too many namesp. 9
  5. The name written and the name readp. 10
  6. Litan: two movements and seven headsp. 11
  7. Seven heads and a pluralp. 12
  8. From epithet to movementp. 13
  9. One name, several timesp. 14
  10. Three dates for the same objectp. 15
  11. Job: an impossible nightp. 16
  12. Looking before interpretingp. 17
  13. From lament to the untameablep. 18
  14. The reference that seems wrongp. 19
  15. Will it make a pact with you?p. 20
  16. A question turned into a promisep. 21
  17. The defeated heads and the living seap. 22
  18. Two psalms in a single profilep. 23
  19. The destruction of Leviathanp. 24
  20. An engraving does not date a beliefp. 25
  21. The serpent of the futurep. 26
  22. Verb tense and scenep. 27
  23. Five passages, five functionsp. 28
  24. Comparing without adding up attributesp. 29
  25. Two bodies, two domainsp. 30
  26. The plate and the neighbouring textp. 31
  27. 1 Enoch: the separation of the monstersp. 32
  28. Two domains without a personal obligationp. 33
  29. The Leviathans of Bava Batrap. 34
  30. A pair invented by the summaryp. 35
  31. Serpens de aquisp. 36
  32. A historical gloss is not a modern dictionaryp. 37
  33. The enemy and pridep. 38
  34. From commentary to a system of correspondencesp. 39
  35. The grand admiral of hellp. 40
  36. Citing the person who citesp. 41
  37. Abramelin: prince and squarep. 42
  38. A sign outside its systemp. 43
  39. The LEVIATAN Squarep. 44
  40. An incorrect letterp. 45
  41. A note that does not resolve the objectp. 46
  42. Two pentagrams of 1897p. 47
  43. Reading a pair of imagesp. 48
  44. Three signs, three provenancesp. 49
  45. Three objects under one labelp. 50
  46. Water, West and devotionp. 51
  47. A chosen directionp. 52
  48. The Dragon of the Voidp. 53
  49. A modern title in a profile of an ancient figurep. 54
  50. Oraculum Leviathan and your own consultationp. 55
  51. Consulting an author's presentationp. 56
  52. The space and the waterp. 57
  53. An overcrowded tablep. 58
  54. Choosing the direction and opening the sessionp. 59
  55. Opening an activity already chosenp. 60
  56. Notebook of the Depthsp. 61
  57. The note that changes the following dayp. 62
  58. Record of an operationp. 63
  59. A complete record in a few linesp. 64
  60. Opening the Seap. 65
  61. Operation 01 · Words and closingp. 66
  62. An opening that grows longerp. 67
  63. Invocation of the Namep. 68
  64. Operation 02 · Words and closingp. 69
  65. Listening without manufacturing a responsep. 70
  66. The Fleeing Serpentp. 71
  67. Operation 03 · Words and closingp. 72
  68. Moving away or repeatingp. 73
  69. Before the Untameablep. 74
  70. Operation 04 · Words and closingp. 75
  71. A limit that allows actionp. 76
  72. The Play of the Seap. 77
  73. Operation 05 · Words and closingp. 78
  74. An observance without petitionp. 79
  75. The West of the Watersp. 80
  76. Operation 06 · Words and closingp. 81
  77. Orientation and outcomep. 82
  78. The Cup of the Depthsp. 83
  79. Operation 07 · Words and closingp. 84
  80. A dedication with an endp. 85
  81. Leviathan and Behemothp. 86
  82. Operation 08 · Words and closingp. 87
  83. Sea and land before a decisionp. 88
  84. Oracle of the Depthsp. 89
  85. Operation 09 · Words and closingp. 90
  86. Four positions, four kinds of sentencep. 91
  87. Serpens de Aquis · Serpent of the watersp. 92
  88. Operation 10 · Words and closingp. 93
  89. Two readings of the same imagep. 94
  90. The LEVIATAN Squarep. 95
  91. Operation 11 · Words and closingp. 96
  92. Checking before contemplatingp. 97
  93. The Dragon of the Voidp. 98
  94. Operation 12 · Words and closingp. 99
  95. A journey without clear imagesp. 100
  96. Pact of the Depthsp. 101
  97. Operation 13 · Words and closingp. 102
  98. A promise that fits the calendarp. 103
  99. Closing the Spiralp. 104
  100. Operation 14 · Words and closingp. 105
  101. Closing without requesting another confirmationp. 106
  102. Your word has a time limitp. 107
  103. Petition and reciprocal offeringp. 108
  104. Pact of the Depthsp. 109
  105. Reading the document before signingp. 110
  106. Reviewing, renewing or concludingp. 111
  107. An assessment without turning everything into successp. 112
  108. Provenance of the fourteen operationsp. 113
  109. Words worth distinguishingp. 115
  110. Bibliography · 1p. 116
  111. Bibliography · 2p. 117
  112. Bibliography · 3p. 118
  113. Bibliography · 4p. 119
  114. Image creditsp. 120
  115. Credits and reading the inscriptionsp. 121

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