The Dictionnaire Infernal: A dictionary most diabolical | Odd Salon Occult 3/7
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 23/10/2017

In 1818, the occultist Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy produced an extraordinary work:
“Infernal Dictionary, or, a Universal Library on the beings, characters, books, deeds, and causes which pertain to the manifestations and magic of trafficking with Hell; divinations, occult sciences, grimoires, marvels, errors, prejudices, traditions, folktales, the various superstitions, and generally all manner of marvellous, surprising, mysterious, and supernatural beliefs.”
This biographical dictionary of demons became infamous, at least in part for the wonderful illustrations added in later additions, but also for de Plancy’s unusual progression from free-thinking non-believer, to devout Catholic, somewhat altering the implied meaning of his written works over his lifetime.

The Dictionnaire Infernal: A dictionary most diabolical.

Odd Salon OCCULT: Stories of cunning charlatans & mischievous mountebanks, fakes, frauds & great pretenders. 
Recorded live 10/17/2017 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Annetta Black
Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams
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