But 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 example, he admits the possible effectiveness of chiromancy, while rejecting cartomancy: "It is certain that chiromancy, and especially physiognomy, have at least some plausibility: they draw their predictions from signs which relate to features which distinguish and characterize people of lines which the subjects carry with themselves, which are the work of nature, and that someone can believe significant, since they are unique to each individual. Many articles written in the Dictionnaire Infernal illustrate the author's vacillation between rationalism, faith, and willingness to believe without evidence. de Plancy collaborated with Jacques Paul Migne, a French priest, to complete a Dictionary of the occult sciences or theological Encyclopaedia, which is described as an authentic Roman Catholic work. This influence is most clearly seen in the sixth and final 1863 edition of the book, which is decorated with many engravings and seeks to affirm the existence of the demons. In later years, De Plancy rejected and modified his past works, thoroughly revising his Dictionnaire Infernal to conform with Roman Catholic theology. By the end of 1830 he was an enthusiastic Roman Catholic, to the consternation of his former admirers. The skepticism of Collin de Plancy increasingly subsided over time. Theologians should leave to the poets the depiction of Hell, and not themselves seek to frighten minds with hideous paintings and appalling books". All the catalogues made herebefore are only the fruit of a more or less disordered imagination. But only God could know the punishments meted out to the guilty, or the place that holds them.
For example, the book reassures its contemporaries as to the torments of Hell: "To deny that there are sorrows and rewards after death is to deny the existence of God since God exists, it must be necessarily so. Influenced by Voltaire, Collin de Plancy initially did not believe in superstition. It's lists several demons, deities and spirits from different cultures. Dictionnaire Infernal ("Infernal Dictionary") is a book on demonology, written by Jacques Collin de Plancy and illustrated by Louis Le Breton.
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