Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preamble ix
4. I. Memories of the Secret
5. Origins 1
6. In the Crypt 6
7. Etymology 8
8. When the Secret Appears 10
9. Occult Force 14
10. II. The Secret’s Passions
11. Lifting the Veil 19
12. The Unavowable 22
13. A Treasure, a Poison 25
14. Genesis 27
15. Storia I 29
16. III. Being or Having
17. The Last Secret 39
18. The Body au secret 41
19. Eroticism 44
20. Storia II 47
21. Storia III 53
22. IV. Transparency and Truth
23. Violations 59
24. Dissimulations 63
25. Surveillances 65
26. Adaptations 67
27. Mirages 69
28. Big Data, Hyperconnection, Speed: The Spiral 72
29. Archives 74
30. Secret Societies 77
31. The Unifying Secret 81
32. V. An Ethics of the Secret
33. Panopticum: Bentham, Kant, Constant 85
34. Inappropriable 88
35. Creative Power 90
36. The Secret of Dreams 92
37. Sex and Prayer 95
38. Secret Sideration 97
39. Jealousies 102
40. The Conspiracy Theory 105
41. VI. Toward Mystery
42. Secret Nature 109
43. Veils 111
44. Legacies 114
45. Aside 117
46. A Part of One’s Own 123
47. Secret of the Prophetic Voice 125
48. Sacrifice 129
49. Mystery’s Share 133
50. Notes 139
51. Bibliography 141