Adam (Abbé)

For other uses, see Adam (disambiguation).
Adam was an abbé of the Abbey of Vaux-de-Gernay in Paris.de Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.6
== History ==
Adam was said to be paranoid that the devil was watching him, and that he claimed the devil had appeared to him in a multitude of forms. 
In a story recorded by Robert Gaugin, one day after visiting one of his farms in the Vaux de CernaySpence, L. (1920). An Encyclopædia of Occultism. 2 ed. pg. 3, accompanied by a servant, Adam was harassed by the devil on his way home, with the devil taking the following forms:
* A moving white tree covered in frost that smelt of sulphur that rushed towards him. Adam caused it to disappear by making the sign of the cross.
* A black knight who left after being chastised by Adam.
* A tall, poor man with a long, thin penis or neck who Adam punched.
* A small monk with concealed ring mail or a sword, who was repelled with the sign of the cross.
* A pig.
* A donkey who replaced his ears with horns after Adam marked the ground with the sign of the cross to keep him away.
* A barrel rolling through the countryside.
* The wheel of a cartde Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.7 which rolled over Adam.
It is thought that these forms he claims the devil took were actually just people and other things he encountered on his journey that he mistook for the devil.
== See Also ==
* Hallucinations
== Further Reading ==
* Regne de Philippe le Bel, by Robert Gaugin
* Histoire de la Magie en France, by Jules Gerinet
== References ==
Category:Dictionnaire Infernal
Category:An Encyclopædia of Occultism