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Abyssus Daedalus - The labyrinth configuration

For Many years, The only proof of the existence of this elusive box was an ancient photograph (HERE> [link] ) and the stories amongst the knowledgeable few; due to the quality of the photograph some believed it to be nothing but a poor image of the 'box of sorrows', it was not until the finding of 'LeMarchands Dreams' [link] [link] - a book sold at auction after the death of its owner, Alistair Crowley, that contrary evidence was finally had.

Using the print of the configuration from the book to fill out the details, a new enhanced version of the photograph can now be seen - this is still the closest anyone has been to seeing the actual artifact for centuries.

The Labyrinth Configuration was Created as a commission in 1749 and last seen in the hand of Gabrielle Émilie, a woman of some note in Parisian society, when her body was discovered shortly after the birth of her child. It was commissioned in a jealous rage by her husband, the Marquis du Châtelet after he discovered she was pregnant by another man. Although she and a small group of her friends had gone to some lengths to convince him that the child was his, and evidently believed they had done so, the Marquis had cleary known otherwise and commissioned LeMarchand to create for him a box, with specific instructions on its design and intended results.
To quote LeMarchands journal:

"The Marquis du Châtelet wishes that the soul of his adulterous whore wander forever through laviathans realm, tortured by the sights around her and the knowledge of her eternal fate as she tries in vain to find an end to her torment, but he wishes her untouched by Leviathans servants; I think perhaps that he has feelings for his slut wife still, despite her lies and infidelity. I have told him this is possible, and will create for him a gateway to the darkest corner of hells maze, although I cannot guarantee that leviathans servants will not find her; a fact I will keep from him, I think."

6 days after his the death of his wife, the Marquis drunkenly smothered her child before dissapearing with the box. The last anyone saw of him was when he, arriving wracked with tears, disheveled and clutching a small item wrapped in one of Gabrielles' lace handkerchiefs, informed a close friend of his crime. He reportedly spoke of his love for his wife and his need to go to her and help her find her way before running from the building never to be seen again.

The photograph itself is thought to have been taken by Lemarchand himself (many years before the term photography was first used publicly in 1839) using techniques unwillingly taught to him my a man known as Tiphaigne de la Roche... de la Roche was told by leMarchand to keep the method a secret, but later wrote a 'fictional' book on the subject called "Giphantie"
In the story, people could fix perfectly the reflected images onto a canvas coated with a sticky substance. The canvas would not only represent the image, but after it dried the image would remain.

'LeMarchands Dreams' lists the primary construction materials as polished pewter and English oak stained a deep red.

references -

de la Roche -

[link] [link] [link]

Gabrielle Émilie
[link]
[link]
[link]

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Inspired By HELLRAISER and made entirely in photoshop.
other hellraiser inspired boxes -
Box of Gateways- [link]
Box of Pleasures - [link]
Box of Grief - [link]
Enigme - [link]
the Acerbus configuration - [link]
LeMarchands Ring - [link]

Description
Abyssus Daedalus - The labyrinth configuration

For Many years, The only proof of the existence of this elusive box was an ancient photograph (HERE> [link] ) and the stories amongst the knowledgeable few; due to the quality of the photograph some believed it to be nothing but a poor image of the 'box of sorrows', it was not until the finding of 'LeMarchands Dreams' [link] [link] - a book sold at auction after the death of its owner, Alistair Crowley, that contrary evidence was finally had.

Using the print of the configuration from the book to fill out the details, a new enhanced version of the photograph can now be seen - this is still the closest anyone has been to seeing the actual artifact for centuries.

The Labyrinth Configuration was Created as a commission in 1749 and last seen in the hand of Gabrielle Émilie, a woman of some note in Parisian society, when her body was discovered shortly after the birth of her child. It was commissioned in a jealous rage by her husband, the Marquis du Châtelet after he discovered she was pregnant by another man. Although she and a small group of her friends had gone to some lengths to convince him that the child was his, and evidently believed they had done so, the Marquis had cleary known otherwise and commissioned LeMarchand to create for him a box, with specific instructions on its design and intended results.
To quote LeMarchands journal:

"The Marquis du Châtelet wishes that the soul of his adulterous whore wander forever through laviathans realm, tortured by the sights around her and the knowledge of her eternal fate as she tries in vain to find an end to her torment, but he wishes her untouched by Leviathans servants; I think perhaps that he has feelings for his slut wife still, despite her lies and infidelity. I have told him this is possible, and will create for him a gateway to the darkest corner of hells maze, although I cannot guarantee that leviathans servants will not find her; a fact I will keep from him, I think."

6 days after his the death of his wife, the Marquis drunkenly smothered her child before dissapearing with the box. The last anyone saw of him was when he, arriving wracked with tears, disheveled and clutching a small item wrapped in one of Gabrielles' lace handkerchiefs, informed a close friend of his crime. He reportedly spoke of his love for his wife and his need to go to her and help her find her way before running from the building never to be seen again.

The photograph itself is thought to have been taken by Lemarchand himself (many years before the term photography was first used publicly in 1839) using techniques unwillingly taught to him my a man known as Tiphaigne de la Roche... de la Roche was told by leMarchand to keep the method a secret, but later wrote a 'fictional' book on the subject called "Giphantie"
In the story, people could fix perfectly the reflected images onto a canvas coated with a sticky substance. The canvas would not only represent the image, but after it dried the image would remain.

'LeMarchands Dreams' lists the primary construction materials as polished pewter and English oak stained a deep red.

references -

de la Roche -

[link] [link] [link]

Gabrielle Émilie
[link]
[link]
[link]

**********************

Inspired By HELLRAISER and made entirely in photoshop.
other hellraiser inspired boxes -
Box of Gateways- [link]
Box of Pleasures - [link]
Box of Grief - [link]
Enigme - [link]
the Acerbus configuration - [link]
LeMarchands Ring - [link]