The Devil's Atlas: An Explorer's Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds

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Clarksdale, Mississippi has a history inextricably intertwined with blues music with a number of famed musicians hailing from the Southern city, but its best known claim to fame is likely the crossroads where the famous legend of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil in exchange for musical talent is said to have taken place. At the modern intersection of US Highways 61 and 49, there is a pole marking the exact spot where the deal is said to have gone down. These “devil’s bridges” were not at all uncommon in medieval times, and like most this has a story of soul-selling and outwitting Satan.

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By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. However, the massive bridge took 70 years to complete from 1308 to 1378 and never saw combat, although its arduous construction lead to a legend of a deal with the devil. Supposedly the builder found that he was woefully behind building the bridge (hopefully not the same man who had been slaving on it for seven decades), and made a pact with the devil to trade his soul for the bridge’s completion. That’s because, as Calvin Alexander, another scientist working on the project, explains, “The plunge pool below the kettle is an unbelievably powerful system of recirculating currents, capable of disintegrating material and holding it under water until it resurfaces at some point downstream.But he is saved by none other than The Devil who swoops down and lifts him up back to the top effortlessly. It is this story that was relayed to architect Paul Gout when he was doing his 19th century restoration to explain why there was a stone missing. Whether the story is to be believed assumedly depends largely on one’s belief in the devil or his bizarre obsession with creating legendary musicians, but the real Robert Johnson is remembered as one of the finest bluesmen of all time.

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His The Phantom Atlas describes places which appear on maps but do not exist: the Times reviewer says that it "shows how places that aren’t there can endure, sometimes for centuries, once a map-maker has inked them in". Like the encyclopedias appropriated by magical realists, the atlas is now the domain of the armchair browser, offering the chance to go to places that never existed.By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.