Joseph Glanvill - in Literature

In Literature

Edgar Allan Poe's short stories Ligeia and A Descent into the Maelström contain epigraphs ascribed to Glanvill.

Aleister Crowley's book "Diary of a Drug Fiend" opens with a direct quotation from Glanvill.

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