Tour

By Norman Finkelstein

Welcome to the Immanent Foundation.

Our headquarters are located in a large house

on a hill above the beach. Our headquarters

are located on a large estate in a forest of oak

and beech. This estate is called Arcady,

or the Memory Palace. After the house

burnt down, it reappeared in a grove

adjacent to the garden. This is the Reading Room.

Here we conduct the tests that measure

sensitivity to light, to time, to daemonization.

This is the Room of Lost Manuscripts

and this is the Room of Manuscripts Recovered.

After the notebooks were gathered and burnt,

they were found beneath the cherry trees by the gardener,

who then climbed into the sky and disappeared.

This is the Master Bedroom, where the Master

sleeps and speaks. This is the Ballroom,

which is adjacent to the Chapel, where we

celebrate the marriage of the sun and the moon.

The light from these globes has been captured

on nights when the moon is full, when she comes

to her husband. They converse and make love

all night long. At daybreak there is a procession,

there is a celebration, there is a moment

of utter stillness in which all evaporates.

Let us retrace our steps. That door leads

to the labyrinth, which is currently under repair.

The walls are painted with images from

the Psychomachia, but they have faded

and need to be restored. We are presently

seeking support, earnestly seeking, the scryer

peering into the stone even on moonless nights.

There are angels in the stone. All their names

begin with the letter A.