The victimage mechanism as the basis of religion -- The development of culture and institutions -- The process of hominization -- Myth : the invisibility of the founding murder -- Texts of persecution -- Things hidden since the foundation of the world -- A non-sacrificial reading of the Gospel text -- The sacrificial reading and historical Christianity -- The Logos of Heraclitus and the Logos of John -- Mimetic desire -- Desire without object -- Mimesis and sexuality -- Psychoanalytic mythology -- Beyond scandal -- To conclude--