The processes of anathematization and problematization are synergistic. Many of the more dangerous ideas have been hidden in the apparatus, are hinted at in notes. In extreme cases, Batigne simply published a separate article as “cartae amici,” under another pseudonym, and cautiously referred the reader to these.
A treatment of cacodaemony follows by Cratinus, using a controlled vocabulary.
The work, which is known by its incipit, “Possibly by devouring,” is really a catalog of dangerous ideas. The catalog is carefully hidden in a narrative which borders on the psychotic, punctuated by long lists and monologues and tractatuses. There is a section on controlled vocabulary, another on pharyngeal jaws. There is an extended curse and an essay on battle cries.
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