House of the Presence

Join
the circle

You will be asked to be exactly
what you already are.

0.— no entry fee, ever

A few evenings a year: cultivated, at ease, attentive to whoever stands outside the circle. That is all that is asked, and it is a great deal.

The circle recruits before opening, on interview, and it will not number more than a hundred people in French-speaking Switzerland.

What is
never asked

Entry feeThe filter is effort, not money. We do not ask you for a franc to come in.0.—

Commission taken by the houseOn entry, during, ever after. Nothing passes through us, and we keep no record of it.0.—

What we promise youNot an income, not a rhythm, not an evening. What we guarantee is of another kind : a verified setting, an identified client, and the right to say no.0.—

We do not live off you. We live off the occasion.

It is not
a trade

Twelve months. Two or three occasions — for the rest of the year, your life does not change.

You may refuse an occasion without justifying yourself. You may leave the circle at any time, without notice and without explanation.

Nothing is asked of you between two evenings: no availability, no reply, no presence.

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What
is asked

An interviewOne to one.

A questionnaireWritten, in your own time.

An evening with eightEight candidates, one table.

Five to six hours in all. It is the only price of entry, and it is not paid in money.

Languages verified, never declared.We test them, because a table is judged on that.
A veto that is not discussed.We refuse on both sides, and we do not give reasons for a refusal.

During
an occasion

A number answers — not a form: a number, and someone at the end of it, within three minutes.

You are never alone in an evening we have arranged. That is the counterpart of the veto: we choose on both sides, so we answer on both sides.

The setting

The accompaniment is social and strictly platonic. No intimate service, in any form, at any price.

It is not a clause: it is the definition of the service. Breaching it is the one failure that brings immediate exclusion, on both sides.

Presenting yourself

These questions are the first filter

We do not ask you for a franc to come in, and we take nothing, ever. What we ask for is time — give it the time you would give a letter.

First name and surname

City

Your email

Telephone — optional

What you do in life Your languages, and your real level in each The circles where you are genuinely at ease In a few lines: an evening where you felt exactly in your place

We listen for one thing, and one only: the room you leave the other person in the telling.

Who, among the people around you, could vouch for you? I understand that the accompaniment is strictly platonic, that no intimate service is possible in any form, and that this breach is the only one that means immediate exclusion.

No entry fee is ever asked of you. Your data serves only to come back to you about L’Entregent. It is passed to no one, and you may ask for it to be erased at any time.

Jointhe circle

What isnever asked

It is nota trade