Acéphale is both a public review created by Georges Bataille (which numbered five issues, from 1936 to 1939) and a secret and esoteric society formed by Bataille and some other members who had sworn to keep silence.
Acéphale

Acéphale is both a public review created by Georges Bataille (which numbered five issues, from 1936 to 1939) and a secret and esoteric society formed by Bataille and some other members who had sworn to keep silence.