V1 Ch. 8: New miracles

Chapter 8 New miracles For an entire day, I basked in this new happiness. I went to bed with confidence replacing my fear, soothing myself with beautiful fancies. I’d thought all day on what I had seen, replacing the self-destructive thoughts of the previous day. My...

V1 Ch. 7: Various other events, the apparition of Jesus Christ

Chapter 7 Various other events which will amaze the reader; the apparition of Jesus Christ I can’t ignore the many things that happened to me during this time, though I can at least summarize them.  A card-reader came to Avignon one pleasant day, to warn me about the...

V1 Ch. 6: The extraordinary events that followed

Chapter 6 The extraordinary events that followed The night the two witches began their work, there was a storm unlike any other. I begged them to know what the cause of the tempest was. Apparently it was necessary for their dark working, of which was the focus. It...

V1 Ch. 5: Events occurring after tarot

Chapter 5 Events occuring after I was made to play Tarot, and the magic that followed I left my house, business as usual, and eventually retired to bed at half past ten, but found my three windows open. Over my head, inside the house, I heard the strangest sound, like...

V1 Ch. 4. My persecutions begin, a game of tarot

Chapter 4 My persecutions begin, and have still not ended. A game of Tarot. I left my native town of Carpentras in 1796 to come and settle in Avignon. I stayed there for a few years in a middle-class [1] town house. While I was there a girl came to stay as a servant....