DICTIONARY OF WITCHCRAFT

Dictionary of Witchcraft is a musthave resource for anyone interested in witchcraft pagan religions and the occult This historical dictionary was the first reference work to seriously document superstitions manifestations magic and superstitions The author’s interest was to compile a vast amount of matter that would interest entertain and instruct others This dictionary was consulted by some of the greatest Romantic writers notably by Hugo Collin de Plancy followed the tradition of many previous demonologists of cataloguing demons by name and title of nobility as it happened with grimoires like Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and The Lesser Key of Solomon among others It is considered a major work documenting 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 marvelous surprising mysterious and supernatural beliefs This edition was translated and introduced by occultist Wade Baskin Collin de Plancy 1794–1881 was a French occultist demonologist author and translator His bestknown work Dictionary of Witchcraft Dictionnaire Infernal was published in 1818 but didn’t receive wide acclaim until 1863 when a set of 69 illustrations by Louis Breton were added Later in life de Plancy converted to Catholicism and focused his studies on Catholic histories and mysticisms