THE THRENODY CONFIGURATION

"Mock Of The Infidel"
 
 

  "Threnody Configuration" - photograph - Max Lichtor 2001
 

LeMarchand's second offering increased his popularity among
the Parisian elite, who purchased his boxes through private auctions.
 
 
 

Although not as complex as the Lament Configuration,
the Threnody Construct remains one of his most documented designs.
 
 
 

Threnody Configuration art by Dan McNeil 2002
 
 

References to its uniquely elegant configuration designs can be found in
Pepin's Guide to Signs and Siguls ( New-Dawn Publications, 1996 ),
Bolinger's Encyclopedia of the Occult ( Pinol Press, 1946 ),
and the news article Children of the Vortex ( Pentacle, 1971 ).
 
 

  "Threnody Configuration" - photograph - Max Lichtor 2001
 
 

"In the year of 1749, LeMarchand ( 32 years of age ) produced sixteen documented puzzle/music boxes.
These designs soon became the rage of Europe..."
 
 

"Threnody Configuration" - art rendering - Eric Gross 2006
 
 

"At the height of his career, Paris was besieged by scandalous multiple disappearances of
noteworthy individuals, a number of whom had purchased LeMarchand's puzzle boxes..."
 
 

"Threnody Movements" by Skin
 

"...Amidst this notoriety, LeMarchand fled Europe without selling his home.
Apparently certain that the authorities were closing in on him..."

 - excerpted from "Tucker's Encyclopedia of Mass Murderers" -

It is rumored that French author and philosopher Voltaire purchased the Threnody
Configuration at an auction held on his estate "Ferney" near the French-Swiss border.

The Configuration may have been stolen from his estate by a group of "Ultra-radicals"
shortly after his death in 1778.
 
   

 
  "Threnody Configuration" - photograph - Max Lichtor 2001
 

LeMarchand had murdered twenty-two
persons upon Threnody's completion.
 
 
 
 

"Chthonic Causalgia" by Skin