V1 Ch. 2: Infernal Court

Chapter 2 Of the Infernal court, and of that which represents it on the earth I may have brought guilt into my life when I opened the Dictionary Infernal, but we are told by God that to avoid evil, we will at times need to know evil. So I turned in the dictionary to...

V0. Berbs in Dic Inf

“Berbiguier,” Dictionnaire Infernal, 1825 edition BERBIGUIER. – Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbi-guier of Terre-Neuve du Thym, born in Carpentras, is a living writer who published in 1821 a work with the following title: Les Farfadets, or All the demons...

V1 Ch. 1: Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction I have suffered every possible tribulation for a long time. And I still am suffering.  For twenty-three years, demons, sorcerers, and goblins have pursued me without ceasing. I have been in pain as long as I can remember, and it’s some comfort...

V1 Preamble (1)

 As nice as it would be to write about my pleasures, this is a history of my misfortunes, the tragic path that leads to my higher goal. I have little to be jealous of, and only seek sympathy, but I have everything to fear from my persecutors, who have never ceased...

V1 Preamble (3)

[Continuing on Page lx of vol. 1] More of this sort of thing can be found in the Enchiridion of Pope Leo X, the grimoire of Pope Honorius, father Don Calmet’s work on sorcerers, and many others. This preamble is already on the large side, and these books are easy to...

V1 Preamble (2)

[Picking up from page xxx of Vol. 1, M.B. has established his thesis: that there is a powerful spirit of good, and one of evil, and the latter causes or encourages much of the suffering in the world, though the genius of good keeps him on a leash; further, every...