Lament Configuration

The Lament Configuration is a lock puzzle or puzzle box appearing in horror stories by Clive Barker, or in works based on his original stories. This box is a mystical/mechanical device that acts as a door — or a key to a door — to another dimension or plane of existence. The solution of the puzzle creates a bridge through which beings may travel in either direction across this "Schism". The inhabitants of these other realms may seem demonic to humans. We are unsure if the realm accessed by the Lament Configuration is intended to be the Christian version of Hell, or some other dimension of endless pain and suffering.