THE LAMENT CONFIGURATION
"The Box Of Sorrows"
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LeMarchand's first and
arguably most classic, puzzle construct.
Its complexity was
managed
by expanding on the design of a similar box
designed and constructed
by Albertus Magnus in the thirteenth century.
When operated properly,
a pleasing melody issues from within which
belies its true nature.
-
excerpted
from "Tucker's Encyclopedia of Mass Murderers" -
"The boxes, known in
some
circles as LeMarchand Boxes, were each one of a kind
creations which were
also puzzles, with the answer to one's ultimate hearts desire as
their solution."
- excerpted from
"Tucker's
Encyclopedia of Mass Murderers" -
."The box is
itself more than just a key to a doorway to hell; the box
is a masterfully
constructed puzzle box. It is the embodiment of
forbidden knowledge;
a secret that can only be solved
through obsession.
With it's secrets solved and it's pieces in final place the puzzle
reveals something that was not evident before - the reality
of hell."
- Isadore Klauski "Of
Hell" 1928, Leviathan Press
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The circular dial, described in
LeMarchand's notes as The Schetrum of the
Vamacharins is now
a moveable/wind up feature in Pyramid-Gallery's musical replica of
The Lament Configuration.
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"Each box is unique
for
each person, a different puzzle requiring a different solution,
a solution that is a
ritual.
It can never be easy to solve the box; it is something someone
has to work at, and
something
someone has to want."
- excerpted from "Bolinger's Encyclopedia of the Occult" -
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"It is believed that
LeMarchand
constructed more than 270 of his puzzle boxes before he vanished.
These
boxes change hands
rapidly,
as is expected, though there are a few collecters, who are interested
in
the boxes
as objects of admiration, and have no interest in working their
wonders."
-
excerpted
from "Tucker's Encyclopedia of Mass Murderers" -
"...By his 88th
year, Phillip LeMarchand had gone far beyond that first small puzzle.
He had become one of
hell's most prolific prodigies, eventually returning to his
architectural
education to design
entire
buildings that were puzzles in themselves."
- Valentina Sprague, Architect of the Damned. Pentacle, June 1967
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Philip LeMarchand
allegedly
murdered fourteen
persons in order
to construct his first box.
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