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 The Dictionnaire Infernal (Français Infernal Dictionary) Is a book on Demonology, Organised in Hellish hierarchies. It Was Written by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin Plancy and first published in 1818. There Were Several editions of the book, Purpose Perhaps the Most Famous Is The edition of 1863, in sixty-nine illustrations Which Were added to the portfolio. These illustrations are drawings try to depict Which of the descriptions of the Appearance of Several demons. Many images of contention later "Were Used in S. L. MacGregor Mathers's edition of The Lesser Key of Solomon Though sacrifice part of the Images Were removed.

The book first published in 1818 Was And Then Divided Into Two volumes, with six reprints And Many exchange Between 1818 and 1863. This book Attempts Reasons to be an account of all the superstitions and KM Regarding Demonology.

A review in 1822 read:
"Anecdotes of the nineteenth century or unpublished tales, anedoctes recent features and unfamiliar words, unique adventures, quotations, comparisons and spare curious to serve in the history of manners and spirit of our century compared past centuries

Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century gold stories, recent stories, features and Little Known words, singular adventures, various quotations, compilations and curious pieces, To Be Used For The History of the customs and the Mind of the Century in Which we live Compared with centuries past.
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The cover page for the 1826 edition reads:
"Dictionnaire Infernal Universal Library or on people, characters, books, facts and things that take the apparitions, magic, trade of hell, to divination, secret science, to spell books, the wonders , mistakes and prejudices, traditions and folk tales, superstition diverse and generally to all faiths wonderful, surprising, mysterious and supernatural

Infernal Dictionary, gold has Universal Library on the baths, characters, books, deeds, and causes the events to Which Pertain and magic of 'trafficking with Hell, divination, occult science, black books, Marvel, errors, impairment, traditions, folktales, the various superstitions, and all Manner of marvelous Generally, Surprising, mysterious, supernatural and Beliefs.
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Influenced by Voltaire, Collin Plancy INITIALLY DID not believe in superstitions Many. For example, the book got to reinsure ITS Contemporaries the torments of Hell: "To Deny That There sorrows and rewards are after death Is To deny the existence of God, Since God exists, it must Be necessarily so. But only God could" know the Punishments MetEd out to the guilty, or the place That Holds Them. All the catalogs are made herebefore only the result of a disordered imagination, more or less. theologian should "leave the poets to the depiction of Hell, and not seek to frighten minds Themselves with hideous and appalling paintings books "(p. 164). [1]

Purpose of the Collin Skepticism Grew blurred Plancy with time. By the end of year 1830 ET Surely Becomes Catholic Enthusiastic, Loved to the dismay of forming admirers.

In later years, De Plancy Rejects MODIFIED Loved and past works, inside thoroughly Revising Loved Dictionary Infernal to put it in conformité with the guns of the Roman Catholic Church. This influence MOST IS "clearly seen in the sixth and final 1863 edition of the book, WHICH IS decorated with engravings Many and Seek to affirm the existence of the demons. Collin Plancy Loved finished career with a collaboration with the Abbe Migne has to complete Dictionary of the occult sciences gold Theological Encyclopaedia Some have described "by year authentic work of Roman Catholic doctrine. [2] [3]

Many articles in the Dictionnaire Infernal Plantagenet Illustrate the author's vacillation Between rationalism, faith and additional willingness to Believe Without evidence. For example, the possible ET Admits Effectiveness of chiromancy, while Rejecting cartomancy: "It is Certain That chiromancy, and Physiognomy Especially, at least Have Some Plausibility: They draw Their predictions from signs to Which describes features and brun Which Distinguish people; of lines Which Carry the subjects with Themselves, Which Are The work of nature, and someone can Believe That Significant, Since They Are To Each single individual ". Aim the cards, Merely human artifacts, not knowing Either the future nor the present, nor the Past , Have Nothing Of The individuality of the person consulting them ". For a Thousand different people They Will Have the Same result; and consulted about the Sami vingt times subject, They Will Produce Contradictory vingt productions