Six theses on 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖

: THAT IS MY EIDOLON

𝕋ℍ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕐 𝕊𝕆ℕ𝔾𝕊 𝕀𝕊 ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝕐 𝕊𝕆ℕ𝔾𝕊 — ᴡᴀʟᴛ ᴡʜɪᴛᴍᴀɴ

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René Magritte, The spot on the map (1955)

SIX DEFINITIONS

1. Drag, v. t. [Sax. dragon] To draw along in contempt.

2. Slag, n. The scoria of a volcano.

3. Creature, n. A human being, in contempt; as an idle creature; that which is produced, formed or imagined.

4. Possession, n. The state of being under the power of demons or invisible beings; madness; lunacy; as demoniacal possession.

5. Curse, n. Malediction; the expression of a wish of evil.

6. Impregnated, v. t. To Infuse particles of one thing into another.

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SIX THESES

1. Art is where Flesh and the World meld into indistinction: sᴏʀʀᴏᴡ and ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ.

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2. Time cannot be made (as in πρᾶξις [praxis]) but only created (as in ποίησις [poiesis]); Time is of the ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ and not the object.

   1. The former has elsewhere been called 𝔷𝔲𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔫 (𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛) and the latter 𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔫 (𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑) —but this suggests symmetry.

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3. Reading is the only ᴘᴏssᴇssɪᴏɴ and can never be exorcized, being the only food of the δαίμων (Demon).

   1. “‘Demon means here the necessary and limited individuality expressed at birth … the innate force and [quality] that more than anything else rules over the destiny of mankind.’”

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   2. “Bringing together the demon and chance in a personal destiny, Goethe¹ gave expression to his most secret belief.”²

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   3. “It is thanks to this pact [with the Demon] that Goethe could fashion his life as if the most insignificant episode or the most casual maxim showed the demonic signature that sanctioned its inevitable outcome[.]³

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4. God⁴ has no grammar but only designations (ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ) and ᴄᴜʀsᴇs.

   1. The curse is also the mark of ʟᴜᴄᴋ.

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5. Concepts may not be approached without dishonor or shame. They must be courted like Angels.

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6. The Subject is the Night ɪᴍᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ by Life.⁵ Day is the womb of Death, the sepulcher and realm of the object.

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1. As the sun was placed greeting the planets
the day that lent you to the world,
you began to grow and thrive
according to the law which made you appear.
That way you must be, you cannot escape yourself,
Sibyls and Prophets revealed it long ago.
No power and no time is able to destroy
such imprinted form, which develops while living.

– Goethe, The Metamorphosis of Plants

2. Ibid., 9–10.

3. Ibid., 14. Anglicization changed from “Daimon.”

4. “—”.

5. ғʟᴇsʜ and ғʟᴀsʜ.