Jacques Collin de Plancy | |
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 Illustration from Diable peint par lui-même (1825) depicting Collin de Plancy, reclining on his bed, having a discussion with the devil | |
| Born | 28 January 1793 Plancy-l'Abbaye, France |
| Died | 1881 (aged 87-88) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Occultist, author, demonologist |
| Nationality | French |
| Genre | Occultism, Demonology |
| Literary movement | Occultism, Fantastique |
Jacques Albin Simon Collin de Plancy (28 January 1793 in Plancy-l'Abbaye – 1881 in Paris) was a French occultist, demonologist and writer. He published several works on occultism and demonology.[1]
- ^ J Stouff, Les Mille et un jours (2010) biblioweb.hypotheses.org "C'est sans doute la raison pour laquelle, il fut demandé à Jacques Collin de Plancy (1793-1881) qui ne connaissait par l'Orient, mais était expert en esprits et démons de toute sorte, d'en rédiger une introduction."
- Françoise Lavocat, Pierre Kapitaniak, and Marianne Closson, eds. "Fictions du diable: Littérature et démonologie de saint Augustin à Léo Taxil". Françoise Lavocat, H Kallendorf - Renaissance Quarterly, 2008 - JSTOR "... Finally, Jean Céard examines the lingering hold that the demonology of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries exerted upon the imaginations of the later Romantics, as exemplified by authors such as Jacques Collin de Plancy, who "rediscovered" earlier demonologists. ..."