The Sacred Conspiracy: The Internal Papers of the Secret Society of Acéphale and Lectures to the College of Sociology

Preface by Marina Galletti and Alastair Brotchie
The Secret Society of Acéphale: "A Community of the Heart" by Marina Galletti
	THE REDISCOVERY OF ACÉPHALE
	THE ORIGINS OF ACÉPHALE
	FORMATION OF THE SECRET SOCIETY
	A BICEPHALOUS COMMUNITY, RELIGION AND POLITICS
	JOY IN THE FACE OF DEATH
Marly, Montjoie and the Oak Tree Struck by Lightning by Alastair Brotchie
The College of Sociology: A Paradoxical Institution by Alastair Brotchie
	DURKHEIM AND HIS VOCABULARY
	FRAZER AND THE DEATH OF GOD
	SACRIFICE AND EXPENDITURE
	SACRED SOCIOLOGY
	FORMATION OF THE COLLEGE
	OPERATION OF THE COLLEGE
THE SACRED CONSPIRACY I: (1924), 1929 - MARCH 1936
	Chronology
		1924
		1929
		1930
		1931
		1932
		1933
		1934
		1935
		1936
THE SACRED CONSPIRACY II: APRIL 1936 - JANUARY 1937
	Contents
	Chronology
		1936
	Commentaries
		Acéphale by Marina Galletti
	Texts: April 1936 - January 1937
		ACÉPHALE 1
			The Sacred Conspiracy by George Bataille
			The Monster by Pierre Klossowski
			Acéphale by George Bataille
		ACÉPHALE 2
			The Realisation of Man by Jean Rollin
			Heraclitus by Friedrich Nietzsche
		THE SECRET SOCIETY OF ACÉPHALE
			Programme by George Bataille
			To my eyes, my own personal existence by Georges Bataille
			Moriar, ergo sum by Pierre Andler
			Anonymous Invitation to a Totemic Dinner
			Re Totemic Dinner by Georges Bataille
			The Constitution of the Self is Highly Paradoxical by Georges Ambrosino
			Letter to Georges Bataille by Jean Dautry
THE SACRED CONSPIRACY III: FEBRUARY 1937 - AUGUST 1937
	Contents
	Chronology
		1937
	Commentaries
		Acéphale by Marina Galletti
		The College of Sociology by Alastair Brotchie
	Texts: February 1937 - August 1937
		THE SECRET SOCIETY OF ACÉPHALE
			What I have to say by Georges Bataille
			Creation of the 'Internal Journal' by Georges Bataille
			Principles by Henri Dubief
			Memento by Georges Bataille
			Prohibitions Regarding the Forest of Acéphale by Georges Bataille
			Instructions for the 'Encounter' in the Forest by Georges Bataille
			On an area of marshy ground by Georges Bataille
			For the second time today by Georges Bataille
			If we are truly united by Georges Bataille
			Fragment on Nietzsche by Pierre Klossowski
			On Nietzsche and the Moment by Pierre Klossowski
			On the Master and the Slave by Pierre Klossowski
			On Authority by Jacques Chavy
		ACÉPHALE 3/4
			Dionysus (extracts) by Walter Otto
			Dionysian Virtues by Roger Caillois
		THE COLLEGE OF SOCIOLOGY
			What we undertook a few months ago by Georges Bataille
			The Winter Wind by Roger Caillois
				I. THE FATE OF INDIVIDUALISM
				II. THE FOUNDATION OF COLLECTIVE EFFORT
				III. MORALITY OF THE CLOSED COMMUNITY
			Note on the Foundation of a College of Sociology by Roger Caillois
THE SACRED CONSPIRACY IV: SEPTEMBER 1937 - DECEMBER 1937
	Contents
	Chronology
		1937
	Commentaries
		Acéphale by Marina Galletti
		The College of Sociology by Alastair Brotchie
	Texts: September 1937 - December 1937
		THE SECRET SOCIETY OF ACÉPHALE
			To Pierre Andler, Interview by Georges Ambrosino and Georges Bataille
			The Crucified Christ by Georges Bataille
			The Useless Death of the Crucified Christ by Pierre Andler
			Meditation by Georges Bataille
			The Way of Necessary Harshness by Pierre Andler
			An Order by Henri Dussat
			Rules as of 24 September 1937 by Georges Bataille
			Rules as of 24 September 1937 by Georges Bataille
			Concerning the first encounter we attempted by Georges Bataille
			Statement of Commitment of 1 October 1937 by The Members of Acéphale
			The Ruins of Montjoie by Georges Bataille
			Meditation before the Cross by Henri Dussat
			To Pierre Andler, Interview by Georges Ambrosino and Georges Bataille
			Rules as of 28 December 1937 by Georges Bataille
			Statement to the Sessional Meeting of December 1937 by Imre Kelemen
THE SACRED CONSPIRACY V: JANUARY 1938 - AUGUST 1938
	Contents
	Chronology
		1938
	Commentaries
		Acéphale by Marina Galletti
		The College of Sociology by Alastair Brotchie
	Texts: January 1938 - August 1938
		THE SECRET SOCIETY OF ACÉPHALE
			Meditation in the Forest by Henri Dussat
			List of Names by Georges Bataille
			The Labyrinth by Henri Dussat
			It was about resisting boredom by Pierre Andler
			Statement to the Sessional Meeting of 25 July 1938 by Georges Bataille
			Sessional Meeting of 25 July 1938 by Georges Bataille
			Decisions by The Members of Acéphale
			The Types of My Disciples by Georges Bataille
			The Acéphale by Henri Dussat
			To Jean Rollin by The Members of Acéphale
			To Pierre Andler by Georges Ambrosino and Georges Bataille
			The Image of Death by Patrick Waldberg
		THE COLLEGE OF SOCIOLOGY
			Introduction by Roger Caillois
			The Sacred in Everyday Life by Michel Leiris
			The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Georges Bataille
				I. ABSENCE OF NEED MORE REGRETABLE THAN ABSENCE OF SATISFACTION
				II. MAN DEPRIVED OF THE NEED TO BE MAN
				III. THE MAN OF SCIENCE
				IV. THE MAN OF FICTION
				V. FICTION IN SERVICE TO ACTION
				VI. THE MAN OF ACTION
				VII. POWERLESS TO CHANGE THE WORLD. ACTION IS CHANGED BY IT
				VIII. DISSOCIATED EXISTENCE
				IX. FULL EXISTENCE AND THE IMAGE OF THE BELOVED
				X. ILLUSORY CHARACTER OF THE BELOVED
				XI. THE TRUE WORLD OF LOVERS
				XII. AGGREGATIONS OF CHANGE
				XIII. DESTINY AND MYTH
				XIV. THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
THE SACRED CONSPIRACY VI: SEPTEMBER 1938 - OCTOBER 1938
	Contents
	Chronology
		1938
	Commentaries
		Acéphale by Marina Galletti
		The College of Sociology by Alastair Brotchie
	Texts: September 1938 - October 1938
		THE SECRET SOCIETY OF ACÉPHALE
			The War by Pierre Andler
			Procedure for Patrick Waldberg's Adeption by Georges Bataille
			To Pierre Andler, Interview by Georges Bataille and Georges Ambrosino
			Propositions on the Death of God by Georges Bataille
			Degrees by Georges Bataille
			Encounter of 28 September 1938 by Georges Bataille
			Extract from Acéphalogram (1) by Patrick Waldberg
			Sessional Meeting of 29 September 1938 by Georges Bataille
			Message by Georges Bataille
			Note to the Members of Acéphale by Georges Bataille
			Instructions Concerning the Encounter of 10 October 1938 by Georges Bataille
			To Ambrosino and Kelemen, Interview by Pierre Andler
			Certain lapses of taste by Pierre Andler
		THE COLLEGE OF SOCIOLOGY
			Declaration on the International Crisis by The College of Sociology (George Bataille, Roger Caillois, Michel Leiris)
THE SACRED CONSPIRACY VII: OCTOBER 1938 - MAY 1939
	Contents
	Chronology
		1938
		1939
	Commentaries
		Acéphale by Marina Galletti
		The College of Sociology by Alastair Brotchie
	Texts: October 1938 - May 1939
		THE SECRET SOCIETY OF ACÉPHALE
			Questionnaire B by Georges Bataille
			Meditation on Joy in the Face of Death by Pierre Andler
			On Bataille's Questionnaire and Note by Pierre Andler
			To Imre Kelemen by Georges Bataille
			The Tricephalous Monster by Georges Bataille
			To Georges Bataille by Jean Rollin
			The Acéphale by Jean Rollin
			We live on the surface of the Earth... by Imre Kelemen
			Personal Commitment of 26 January 1939 by Pierre Andler
			Propositions by Georges Bataille
			In Search of Joy in the Face of Death by Georges Bataille
			To Louis Couturier by Georges Bataille
			Les Portes dauphines (extract) by Michel Carrouges
			With Georges Duthuit (extract) by Patrick Waldberg
			To the Members of Acéphale by Georges Bataille
		THE COLLEGE OF SOCIOLOGY
			Theory of the Festival by Roger Caillois
				I. THE FESTIVAL, RESORT TO THE SACRED
					Advent of the Sacred
					Excess, Remedy for Attrition
					The Primordial Chaos
					Creation of the Cosmos
					Chaos and the Golden Age
				II. THE RE-CREATION OF THE WORLD
					Incarnation of the Ancestor-Creators
					Fertility and Initiation Rites
					Suspension of the Recording of Time
					The Presence of Ghosts
				III. THE FUNCTION OF DEBAUCHERY
					Social Sacrileges upon a King's Death
					Dietary and Sexual Sacrilege
					Myth and Incest
					The Value of Sexual Licence
					Excesses in Fertility Rites
					Parody of Power and Sanctity
					Regulations and Infractions
					Expenditures and Paroxysms
THE SACRED CONSPIRACY VIII: JUNE 1939 - OCTOBER 1939
	Contents
	Chronology
		1939
	Commentaries
		The College of Sociology by Alastair Brotchie
		Acéphale by Marina Galletti
	Texts: June 1939 - October 1939
		ACÉPHALE 5
			The Madness of Nietzsche by Georges Bataille
			The Threat of War by Georges Bataille
			The Practice of Joy in the Face of Death by Georges Bataille
		THE COLLEGE OF SOCIOLOGY
			Joy in the Face of Death by Georges Bataille
			The College of Sociology by Georges Bataille
		THE SECRET SOCIETY OF ACÉPHALE
			The Star Alcohol by Georges Bataille
			Joy in the Face of Death (Meditation Text) by Georges Bataille
			Heraclitean Meditation by Georges Bataille
			To Saint-Paul by Georges Bataille
			Extract from Acéphalogram (2) by Patrick Waldberg
			To Patrick Waldberg by Georges Bataille
			To the Members of Acéphale by Georges Bataille
			To the Members of Acéphale by Georges Bataille
Notes
	Preface
	The Secret Society of Acéphale: "A Community of the Heart"
	Marly, Montjoie and the Oak Tree Struck by Lightning
	The College of Sociology: A Paradoxical Institution
	Chronology I
	Chronology II
	Commentaries II
	Acéphale 1: "The Monster"
	Acéphale 2 : "Heraclitus"
	The Secret Society of Acéphale, 6-12
	Chronology III
	Commentaries III
	The Secret Society of Acéphale, 13-26
	Acéphale 3/4: "Dionysian Virtues"
	The College of Sociology: "What we undertook a few months ago..."
	The College of Sociology: "The Winter Wind"
	Chronology IV
	Commentaries IV
	The Secret Society of Acéphale, 32-46
	Chronology V
	Commentaries V
	The Secret Society of Acéphale, 47-58
	The College of Socology: "The Sacred in Everyday Life"
	The College of Socology: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
	Chronology VI
	Commentaries VI
	The Secret Society of Acéphale, 62-74
	Chronology VII
	Commentaries VII
	The Secret Society of Acéphale, 76-90
	Chronology VIII
	Commentaries VIII
	Acéphale 5
	The College of Sociology: "The College of Sociology"
	The Secret Society of Acéphale, 97-104
Appendix I: Biographies by Marina Galletti
Appendix II: Bibliography