Introduction to the Grand Jeu

The Grand Jeu was both the name of a magazine and of the group of which it was the expression from 1927 to 1932.
Composed by followers such as René Daumal, Roger Vailland, Robert Meyrat, Roger Gilbert-Leconte, Joseph Sima, Pierre Audard, André Delons, Maurice Henry, Pierre Minet, the group founded on the revolt and associated to surrealism, didn't stop to continue his researches proving the existence of a knowledge based on mystic experience of all time and to fight against those who betrayed the revelation.

The "Grand Jeu" is irretrievable; it only plays once. We want to play it every moment of our life (...) the Grand Jeu is an chance game, that is to say dexterity, or even  grace: the grace of God, and the grace of gestures" wrote Roger Gilbert-Lecomte in 1928.
What were the objectives of the magazine? What were the relations of René Daumal and Roger Gilbert-Lecomte with André Breton? What were the stakes of the famous group of research? Marc Thivolet's answer  in a talk led by Fabrice Pascaud..