TABLE OF CONTENTS

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i. PRETEXT

I. CONTEXT

I-1. THE ARCHETYPE

I-2. THE YARN

I-3. ART HISTORY

I-4. BIOGRAPHY

I-5. ART CRITICISM

I-6. THE PUBLIC RESPONSE

I-7. JEWEL, JOKE, AND JUGGERNAUT

I-8. THE PARIS FAIR

I-9. SCIENCE

I-10. THE NOISE

I-11. TITLES AND INJUNCTIONS

I-12. STARS AND GALAXIES

II. SIXES

II-1. A DIE

II-2. EXOTERIC 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACE

II-3. AS FAR AS CHINA

II-4. SIX YOGAS

II-5. DELPHIC DICE

II-6. PERFECTION

III. FIVES

III-1. ARCANUM NUMBER FIVE

III-2. SHAKESPEARE

III-3. THE INCH STANDARD

III-4. COUNTING FIVES

III-5. NEO-ALCHEMY

IV. FOURS

IV-1. THE REAL

IV-2. THE TRUE

IV-3. EXCURSIS: DEMONSTRATION AND PROOF

IV-4. THE GOOD: THE FOUR DUBLIN ETERNALS

IV-5. TOWARD THE BEAUTIFUL

IV-6. THINGS FOUR IN BALANCE

V. THREES

V-1. ARCHETYPES OF ORDER

V-2. ALPHABET OF DREAMS

V-3. MASS PRODUCTION

VI. TWOS

VI-1. ROOTS OF A DICHOTOMY

VI-2. SWEETNESS AND "DELAY"

VII. ONES

VII-1. BALLS OF TWINE

VII-2. TWINE AND TIME

VII-3. THE CLEW / CLUE

VII-4. PASIPHAE

VII-5. THE SOUTH PACIFIC

VII-6. HARMONY AND MELODIC LINE

VII-7. WOMAN

VII-8. HUMANITY

VII-9. AMANITA

VIII. ZEROES

VIII-1. THE ZERO SPACE

VIII-2. TWO ORDERS

VIII-3. TRINITY

VIII-4. SIBYLS

VIII-5. TAKING ACCOUNT

IX. IMAGINARY VALUES

IX-1. THE QUEST

IX-2. CONNECTING THREADS

IX-3. LONG AIONS

IX-4. MODEL-READING

IX-5. CORPORATE CONSCIENCE

IX-6. A CUBE OF SALT

IX-7. ICE CUBES

IX-8. THE CUBE AND ALCHEMY

IX-9. QUASI-SCIENCE

IX-10. ENDGAME