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mpchev · 6 months ago

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You like reading fanfics? How about reading about fanfics? 😏

Here’s what I've read so far (or am currently getting through) for my dissertation on fanfiction bookbinding! I'll be updating it as I go until the end of July. If you have any recs to add to the towering pile or any questions/opinions about something on there, I’m all ears!

on fan studies & ficbinding ✔

Alexander, Julia, ‘Making fanfiction beautiful enough for a bookshelf’, The Verge, 9 March 2021 <https://www.theverge.com/22311788/fanfiction-bookbinding-tiktok-diy-star-wars-harry-potter-twitter-fandom> [accessed 12 June 2024]

Buchsbaum, Shira Belén, ‘Binding fan fiction and reexamining book production models’, Transformative Works and Cultures, 37 (2022)

Dym, Brianna, and Casey Fiesler, ‘Ethical and privacy considerations for research using online fandom data’, Transformative Works and Cultures, 33 (2020)

Jenkins, Henry, Textual Pochers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture (New York: Routeledge, 1992)

Jenkins, Henry, ‘Transmedia Storytelling 101’, Pop Junctions, 21 March 2007 <http://henryjenkins.org/2007/03/transmedia_storytelling_101.html#sthash.gSETwxQX.dpuf> [accessed 12 June 2024]

Hellekson, Karen, ‘Making Use Of: The Gift, Commerce, and Fans’, Cinema Journal, 54, no. 3 (2015), 125–131

Kennedy, Kimberly, ‘Fan binding as a method of fan work preservation’, Transformative Works and Cultures, 37 (2022)

Minkel, Elizabeth, ‘Before “Fans,” There Were “Kranks,” “Longhairs,” and “Lions”: How Do Fandom Gain Their Names?’, Atlas Obscura, 30 May 2024 <https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fandom-names> [accessed 12 June 2024]

Penley, Constance, Nasa / Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America (London: Verso, 1997)

Price, Ludi, ‘Fanfiction, Self-Publishing, and the Materiality of the Book: A Fan Writer’s Autoethnography’, Humanities, 11, no. 100 (2022), 1–20

Schiller, Melanie, ‘Transmedia Storytelling: New Practices and Audiences’, in Stories: Screen Narrative in the Digital Era, ed. by Ian Christie and Annie van den Oever (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018), 99–107

on folklore, the internet, other background reading ✔

Barthes, Roland, ‘La mort de l’auteur’ in Le Bruissement de la langue: Essais critiques IV (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1984)

Blank, Trevor J., Folklore and the Internet: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2009)

Mauss, Marcel, ‘Essai sur le don. Forme et raison de l’échange dans les sociétés archaïques.’, L’année sociologique, 1923–1924; digital edition by Jean-Marie Tremblay, Les classiques des sciences sociales, 17 February 2002, <http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/mauss_marcel/socio_et_anthropo/2_essai_sur_le_don/essai_sur_le_don.html> [accessed 10 June 2024]

McCulloch, Gretchen, Because Internet: Understanding How Language is Changing (Random House, 2019)

Niles, John D., Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature (University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, 1999)

hopefully coming up next (haven't started yet)

A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies, ed. by Paul Booth (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018)

A Fan Studies Primer: Method, Research, Ethics, ed. by Paul Booth and Rebecca Williams (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2021)

Dietz, Laura, ‘Showing the scars: A short case study of de-enhancement of hypertext works for circulation via fan binding or Kindle Direct Publishing’, 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT ‘23), September 4–8, 2023, Rome Italy (ACM: New York, 2023)

Fathallah, Judith May, Fanfiction and the Author: How Fanfic Changes Popular Cultural Texts (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017)

Finn, Kavita Mudan, and Jessica McCall, ‘Exit, pursued by a fan: Shakespeare, Fandom, and the Lure of the Alternate Universe’, Critical Survey, 28, no. 2 (2016), 27–38

Hjorth, Larissa et al., eds. The Routledge Companion to Digital Ethnography (New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)

Jacobs, Naomi, and JSA Lowe, ‘The Design of Printed Fanfiction: A Case Study of Down to Agincourt Fanbinding’, Proceedings from the Document Academy, 9, issue 1, article 5

Jenkins, Henry, Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (New York: New York University Press, 2006)

Jenkins, Henry, Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning In A Networked Culture (New York: New York University Press, 2013)

Kennedy, Kimberly, and Shira Buchsbaum, ‘Reframing Monetization: Compensatory Practices and Generating a Hybrid Economy in Fanbinding Commissions’, Humanities, 11, no. 67 (2022), 1–18

Kirby, Abby, ‘Examining Collaborative Fanfiction: New Practices in Hyperdiegesis and Poaching’, Humanities, 11, no. 87 (2002), 1–9

Kustritz, Anne, Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction (New Work: Routeledge, 2024)

Lamerichs, Nicolle, Productive Fandom: Intermediality and Affecive Reception in Fan Cultures, (Amsterdam: Amsterdam Universtiy Press, 2018)

Popova, Milena, ‘Follow the trope: A digital (auto)ethnography for fan studies’, Transformative Works and Cultures, 33 (2020)

Rosenblatt, Betsy, and Rebecca Tushnet, ‘Transformative Works: Young Women’s Voices on Fandom and Fair Use’, in eGirls, eCitizens: Putting Technology, Theory and Policy into Dialogue with Girls’ and Young Women’s Voices, ed. by Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves

Soller, Bettina, ‘Filing off the Serial Numbers: Fanfiction and its Adaptation to the Book Market’, in Adaptation in the Age of Media Convergence, ed. by Johannes Fehrle, Werner Schäfke-Zell (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019), 58–85

#fanbinding dissertation #fanbinding lit #bibliography #dissertation #reading list #gradblr #study blog #research #fanfiction #bookbinding #fanbinding #ficbinding #fanfic #ethnology #folklore #currently reading

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sunbookie · 2 years ago

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“We need the historian and philosopher to give us with trenchant pen, the story of our forefathers, and let our soul and body, with phosphorescent light, brighten the chasm that separates us. We should cling to them just as blood is thicker than water. American Negro must remake his past in order to make his future.”

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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, collector, archivist, writer, activist, and important figure of the Harlem Renaissance was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on January 24, 1874. His mother was a black woman originally from St. Croix, Danish Virgin Islands (now the U.S. Virgin Islands), and his father was a Puerto Rican of German ancestry.

Seventeen-year-old Schomburg migrated to New York City in 1891. Very active in the liberation movements of Puerto Rico and Cuba, he founded, in 1892, Las dos Antillas, a cultural and political group that worked for the islands’ independence from Spain. After the collapse of the Cuban revolutionary struggle, and the cession of Puerto Rico to the United States, Schomburg, disillusioned, turned his attention to the history and culture of Africa and what we know today as the African Diaspora.

In 1911, as its Master, he renamed El Sol de Cuba #38, a lodge of Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants, as Prince Hall Lodge in honor of the first African American freemason. The same year, he founded, with journalist John Edward Bruce, the Negro Society for Historical Research which gathered African, Caribbean, and African American scholars. In 1922 he was elected president of the American Negro Academy.

Schomburg firmly believed that “The American Negro must remake his past in order to make his future.” The first part of this process was to reclaim history by evidencing Black people’s contributions to history and culture. Working as a mailroom supervisor at a Brooklyn bank, Schomburg spent his free time and resources, and his retirement after 1930, collecting materials on Africa and its Diaspora. He traveled through the United States, Europe, and Latin America, amassing over 10,000 books, manuscripts, sheet music, photographs, newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets, and artwork.

The second phase of Schomburg’s project was to bring this knowledge to the public. He lent numerous items to schools, libraries, and conferences and organized exhibitions. He wrote articles for a diversity of publications: Marcus Garvey’s Negro World; the NAACP’s The Crisis edited by W. E. B. Du Bois; The Messenger, founded by Socialists A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen; the organ of the National Urban League, Opportunity; and Harlem’s newspaper, The Amsterdam News.

In 1926 the Carnegie Corporation bought Schomburg’s collection for $10,000 (about $125,000 today) on behalf of The New York Public Library. The collection was added to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints of the Harlem branch on 135th Street.

From 1929 to 1932 Schomburg worked as a curator at Fisk University’s library and was instrumental in expanding its collection from 100 to 4,600 items. Back in New York, he was appointed curator of The New York Public Library’s Harlem Division. He held the position until his death on June 10, 1938 in Brooklyn. He was 64. In his honor, the Division was renamed the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature, History and Prints in 1940. Arturo Schomburg’s enduring legacy was further acknowledged when the Collection became the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library in 1972. With over 11 million items, it is one of the world’s foremost research centers on Africa and the African Diaspora.

Legendary.

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fashionbooksmilano · 11 months ago

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Valparaiso

Photographies Serge Larrain, Texte Pablo Neruda

conception de l'ouvrage Agnès Sire avec la participation de Xavier Barral

Éditions Hazan, Paris 1991, 58 pages, 38 photographies noir & blanc pleine page dont certaines en double page , broché, couv. à rabat sur papier recyclé, 16,5x23,5cm, ISBN 2 850 25 2581

euro 800,00

email if you want to buy [email protected]

Le fotografie realizzate da Sergio Larrain nel porto cileno di Valparaiso tra gli anni 50 e gli anni 60 e pubblicate in questo ricercatissimo e prezioso documento solo nel 1991. Accompagnato da un testo di Pablo Neruda

Valparaiso, published by Editions Hazan in 1991 is another of the major works that is nearly impossible to find. This beautifully produced title contains most of the photographs of his home country that we may be familiar with. Started in 1957 while traveling with Pablo Neruda for Du Magazine (published in 1965), it was a project that Larrain would work on for several years. As reflected in the earlier vagabond street children series he originally established his voice with, Larrain challenges the edges of his frames creating new and dynamic compositions. Often choosing vantage points that mimic the viewpoints of the stray dogs that appear in the photos, Larrain wanders and observes the life of this port city. Things get interesting at night when the bars are full of sailors, dancers and desire. Ref in Martin Parr & Gerry Badger, The Photobook, vol. II, p.102

05/01/24

#Valparaiso #Serge Larrain #Pablo Neruda #very rare books #photography books #fashionbooksmilano

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the-girl-who-didnt-smile · 1 month ago

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DID BETSY TOLEDANO WORSHIP HEVIOSO?

Représentation du Hèviosso au Musée Honmè

When the priestess Betsy Toledano was arrested in 1850, the police discovered stones (described as “flintstones” and “pebbles”) that were said to control lightning.

“...They found in one of the rooms a kind of chapel fitted up, the walls hung round with colored prints of the saints, etc., and a number of bowls upon the altar, containing stones varying from the size of gravel to the largest “pavers.” Goblets and vases filled with unknown liquids had also their place. A number of colored women were present, who escaped. Betsy Toledano, the chief priestess of the heathen temple, stoutly defended the ceremonies from any wrong construction; said that its signs and symbols were derived from the mother-land, and that the incantations were harmless; that the rocks in question were intended to protect the building from lightning, and that by placing them in water during a storm they acted as non-conductors for the dangerous element. The woman also exhibited a very curiously wrought necklace of shells which had been brought from the western coast of Africa by her grandmother, and which could influence the clerk of the weather to such an extent that he could not resist her application for rain when she insisted upon a genial shower…”

SOURCE: “The Rites of Voudou” The Daily Crescent. (New Orleans, LA) 31 Jul. 1850, p. 3. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015378/1850-07-31/ed-1/?sp=3

"...Betsy then went on to explain cases of sundry ominous looking vessels containing pebbles, flintstones, shells, horse-hair, curious aprons, colors, banners, &c., &c. Besides these, there were vases filled with a liquid, neither palatable nor of the odor of sanctity. And then Betsy had a necklace of strange shells and rainbow-tinted beads, which was not without its use in the craft of Voudouism. The necklace was all-potent in calling rain down on the parched earth, in seasons of drought, and the flint and pebble-stones, were for taming and turning aside the fiery shafts of "Heaven's artillery."…”

SOURCE: “Voudouism Unveiled” The Daily Delta New Orleans, Louisiana • Wed, Jul 31, 1850 Page 2. Retrieved from: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-delta-voudouism-unveiled/40979649/

The flintstones seem similar to sokpe - stones or flint implements associated with the lightning vodún Hevioso (Khebioso):

“On the Slave Coast, as is generally the case elsewhere, flint implements of the Stone Age are believed to be thunderbolts, and are consequently called so-kpe, (kpe = stone) . After a building has been struck by lightning, the priests of Khebioso, who at once run to the spot to demand that the inmates should make amends for the evident offence they have given their god, almost invariably produce a flint arrowhead, or axe, which they of course bring with them, but pretend to have found in or near the building. As Dr. Tylor says, the fact that siliceous stones actually produce a flash when struck, gives a key to the widespread belief that flint implements are thunderbolts.”

SOURCE: Ellis, Alfred Burdon. The Eʻwe-speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Languages, &c. United Kingdom, Chapman and Hall, limited, 1890. pp. 37-38. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_E%CA%BBwe_speaking_Peoples_of_the_Slave/ll-BAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

The “pebbles” may or may not have also been sokpe.

MUCH doubt exists as to the origin and use of the curious circular stones with holes bored through them which are well known to people living in the southern districts of the Gold Coast and Togoland. Geologically, they may be described as consisting of quartzite – usually an altered sandstone which is very common throughout the districts mentioned. That the hole found running through the two flat sides of each stone has been artificially made is obvious, but the precise manner in which this has been effected is as puzzle. As the holes are circular some form of boring has, apparently, been employed – each hole having been commenced from either side, and usually in the centre of the slightly flattened stone, and rapidly narrowing down the further the stone is penetrated until, in some cases, it is so small at the point where it meets the hole bored from the opposite side that a pin-head could not pass through it.

An examination of over 300 such stones shows that the average diameter is about 1 ⅗ inches, while that of the largest stone was found to be 2 ⅓ inches and of the smallest 1 ½ inches. Some of these stones have 3, 4, 5, or even 6-cornered edges but, in general, they are slightly flattened with smooth sides and a rounded edge. When two such stones are struck together they give a dull glow at the point of impact, but no sparks are emitted as in the case with flint….

East of the Volta River the stone is connected with one fetish only, viz., the So (or Hebieso, or Hevieso), the god of thunderstorms. Here the stone is called “Sokpe,” lit. stone of the god So– “kpe” meaning “stone” in the Eve language. This fetish is one of the four which, together, constitute the Yeve or Vodu cult which has spread to the Addah and Ouittah districts of the Gold Coast, and to southern Togoland from its original home in Dahomey. The uses to which the peoples of these countries now put the stones are as follows: –

They are used medicinally for the cure of any illness. The stone is put into water and the patient may then, at once, wash therewith. This he must do on seven consecutive days, after which a cure should be effected. In the case of religious ceremonies connected with the Yeve cult a candidate for admission to the secrets of the faith is shown a pot of consecrated water, and then a number of articles of symbolic import to the members of the sect, including a “sokpe.” These articles are placed in the water and the “sokpe” is then taken out by a Yeve priest who addresses the candidate, explaining his obligations to the fetish, and after drawing the “sokpe” up the candidates back to the crown of his head, concludes by saying, “If you become faithless to Yeve, or betray his secrets to someone who is not a servant of Yeve, then Yeve will kill you in this manner”; the meaning intended to be conveyed being that Yeve will appear in the course of a thunderstorm and hurl a thunderbolt as his faithless protege, splitting him asunder.

SOURCE: Newlands, H. S. "An archaeological puzzle from West Africa." Journal of the Royal African Society (1919): 40-43. Retrieved from:

As the vodún Gu is derived from the orisa Ogun, the vodún Hevioso is derived from the orisa Shango.

In Haiti, Hevioso became the lwa Kebyesou Danle, part of Rit DANWONMEN.

SEE: Hebblethwaite, Benjamin. A transatlantic history of Haitian Vodou: rasin figuier, rasin Bwa Kayiman, and the Rada and Gede Rites. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2021.

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andoqin · 1 year ago

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List of dramas that I am watching or want to watch, just for personal record reasons:

Cdramas:

The ingenious one (36/36): this drama has blown me away so far with its incredibly nuanced and sharp writing, its love stories between all the major couples and the absolutely magnificent cinematography. FINISHED verdict: HIGHLIGHT drama of the year for me so far. Smart, engaging, complicated, peak romance of all sorts, just what the doctor ordered tbh (overly long review can be found in my tags). 9.5

Chang Feng Du (40/40): I did not realise how close to the end I was. This drama is very pleasant and I adore our mains, but sadly except for a few highlights (the early beating gjs put on himself, the destruction of the gu family and the aftermath, the battle for wangdu) the writing hasn’t been able to keep the narrative tension up which is sad. FINSHED verdict: Very pretty and engaging in the beginning kinda loses me in the second half and then fizzles out emotionally, doesn't crash and burn but doesn't exactly stick the landing either 6.5

Gone with the rain (10/30): adore the gremlin4gremlin couple and from the spoilers I’ve seen not gonna adore much else

An ancient love song (1/16): incredible first episode and with only 30 min per ep and 16 eps in total this is gonna be a short fun ride I hope ( with lots of angst and tears naturally).

Here we meet again (18/32): started this for Wu Qian playing to type and Zhang BinBin being pretty but oh boy I’m struggling I just don’t care about the conflicts and in s surprising twist, I like the flashbacks to high school much much more, which is very funny if you think about the fact that the reason I started liking wu qian in the first place was because of her show stealing performance in the flashbacks of My Sunshine. I’ve been promised kisses in the near future so I’m gonna hold out till then but this might end up another drop.

Hidden Love (5/25): this one promises to be v sweet and kinda short but oh my god I have so many dramas on my plate rn so this might end up the first drop.

Till the end of the moon (22/40): I think I watched ep 1 when it started but then I got busy and now I am just staring at gifsets and crying, it’s definitely on the list to watch tho.

Heroes (6?/38): I started this a while ago, was really into it and then got busy… dammit. I might just rewatch the beginning so I can remember most of the set up for sure but man the visuals on this were so good, aaaa liu yuning.

Blood of youth (0/40): the last 12 months really have spoiled us with interesting looking wuxia dramas and this one is definitely on the list, I have been gifbaited once again.

Ray of light (0/30): usually hs dramas are something I avoid, but because I will not be watching the longest promise, for reasons, and bc @storge is a gifmaking temptress, this has made it on the list.

The legend of anle (0/39): Lmao trust YOUKU to screw up the release with bad subs only 1 ep even for vips and no released schedule… but at least I can put this on the backburner for now. Lmao should have known not to trust a youku dilreba drama, the tl has soundingly spoken and I'm gonna avoid this.

Ancient Detective (0/24): I was recced this by a friend when I mentioned my love for wuxia dramas, and since it’s almost shockingly short for a cdrama it’s on the list. EDIT: this got @purplehanfus seal of approval so it is def going up the list and since it's complete I'll probably at least watch it before the ongoing ones.

Butterflied love (0/22): see I barely made this post and already forgot about the screencap that got me started on writing it, the screencapa look great, but the drama is on mango, so who knows when I’ll truly be able to watch this

When I fly towards you (0/24): Well, I wasn't interested bc modern youth drama, but then I heard it described as "updated It Started with a Kiss" and... I'm weak? ISWAK was pretty much my crack gateway into asian dramas and while IDK if i could rewatch it today, something in me will always love this kind of story. Maybe it's like a quick palate cleanser in between since apparently eps are only about 30 mins.

Mysterious Lotus Casebook(0/40): CHENG YIIIII, in a possibly bromantic role? Or maybe het romance, I'll take it all. Plus I've already seen he's bleeding copious amounts as per his contract, so that's most of the checklist done.

Lost You Forever (0/??): because nature abhors a vacuum I apparently must have?? A minimum to watch pile and this actually and genuinely looks good??? A Yang Zi drama in 2023??? The mind boggles. Anyway I've been reading the recaps with delight, and am def going to watch this when part two airs in a couple of months but until then I have a thankful reprieve...

Kdramas:

See you in my 19th life (4/12): since kdramas release so slowly this is on the backburner but it does have some great gifsets that keep enticing meee

King the land (2/16): I am watching this for junho but it is kinda hard bc I have so much else on my plate and while I don’t mind a classic romcom type story I feel I need a bit more of an emotional hook

Story of the nine-tailed 1938 (0/16): so so many gorgeous and hilarious gifsets so little time. I loved season one so so much and the fact that this focuses on the brotherly relationship?? Extremely smart writing decisions were made!

The red sleeve (0/16): I blame @dangermousie for this she keeps reblogging angsts junho on my dash and I am but god’s weakest warrior.

Love tractor (0/8): gay himbo farmboy falls in love?? You bet this is on the list

Lady durian (0/?): ok this is only on the list for crack reasons but, daughter in law is in love with mother in law and both women are like 40+ truly kdramas have entered a new era and I kinda wanna be here for that

EDIT: Revenant (0/12): Kim Tae Ri in a spooky drama? POSSIBLY POSSESSED KIM TAE RI??? how could i forget to put her on this list, plus it was written by the Kingdom writer and I adore that drama plus it's only 12 eps which is smart in this case so... let's hope i get to it at some point D:

My dearest (2/20): I checked this out because it's got pretty much everything going for it from a production standpoint and boy did the first two eps deliver. This has got 2 seasons though so I'll probably wait until the second season is airing, since it won't be too long till season 2 or so the internet tells me.

My lovely liar (0/16): minhyun learned to act and I wanna see it happen!!

Jdramas:

Our dining table (2/10): ok this category is gonna be a bit shorter bc I haven’t watched too much drama recently but omg the gifs for this I am just crying thinking about it they look so cute??

Jack o‘frost (0/6): people have recced it and it’s short so here it is.

Utsukushii kare s2 (0/4): Season 1 was an unexpected delight so I hope s2 works just as well.

She loves to cook and she loves to eat (0/10): the manga for this is amazing (and hungry making) so I hope this adaptation holds up.

Ok this list is in no way exhaustive (well except for me being exhausted just trying toward this down) and probably subject to change ( I haven’t even looked at thaidramas or twdramas I gotta stop for now) but hopefully this will keep me on the ball and maybe I can add to it whenever a new tempting gifset crosses my dash…

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roundtabletea · 1 year ago

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Day in the Life of Launcelot

Similar to Guenevere’s day in the life post, we are again going to ask you to imagine a character as a modern day influencer--but this time it’s her lover, Launcelot Du Lake!

Hey guys… Launcelot here. Guenevere told me to get on here and give you a narration of a day in my life. So let’s look at the clips. Oh! Here I am after I’ve awoken in the morning, attending mass in the chapel like the great knight I am. I go here before I even eat breakfast.

Let's move onto the next clip... Here I am dropping Guenevere off with King Arthur after mass. Guys, I'm only doing this because she's my patron, not because I love her or anything. Stop saying I do, guys.

Ok... anyways... This is me in the middle of a tournament. This was our midday break because at this point we had been fighting for hours. Obviously I'm the guy in the blue, as I never go to a tournament undisguised. It takes the drama out of it. And as an influencer I can't live without the drama.

Speaking of disguises. Here’s a picture of me dressed up as a pilgrim to scare Guenevere. No other reason. Why would there be another reason?

And finally… Here I am at the end of the day taking a nap under a tree. For some reason some queens stumbled upon me and seemed super interested. But, of course I ignored them as I’m loyal to Guenevere. Wait, what was that. My bad....

Image sources:

First painting: Launcelot at the Chapel, 1902 CE Book of Romance, Published by Amy G, 2019

Second painting: Launcelot brings Guenevere to Arthur, E1902 CE Book of Romance, Published by Amy G, 2019

Third painting: Illustration p.38 of the Boys King Arthur, Sir Thomas Mallory and edited by Sidney Lanier, 1922

Fourth painting: Illustration from Skylocks version of Merchant of Venice Act II Scene 5, Shakespeare and edited by Peter Simon and Robert Smirke, 1795

Fifth painting: How Four Queens Found Launcelot Sleeping, Aubrey Beardsley, 2014

#king arthur #arthur pendragon #guenevere #gawain #lancelot #lancelot du lac #round table #medieval literature #day in the life #influencers #queen #books and reading #books #books & libraries #bookstagram #reading #currently reading #booklr #bookworm

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demi-shoggoth · 1 year ago

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2023 Reading Log, pt 8

36. Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask, Revised and Expanded Edition by Anton Truer. This book is written by an Ojibwe professor (as in, both that he’s Ojibwe and teaches Ojibwe language), and is aimed primarily at a novice, non-Native audience. Truer’s whole career is based on expanding education of Native languages, preserving endangered languages, and revitalizing tribal culture while simultaneously building bridges with mainstream American culture. It does a very good job of summarizing issues about land rights, sovereignty, history and civil rights about Native Americans. It’s written in an engaging style, and is doing good anti-racism work, I think. But it has issues, and the big one is the Culture chapter. The Culture chapter is written basically assuming that all Indian Country (his words) works the way that Ojibwe tribes and their neighbors do, with minor variations. Obviously, this is both an introductory book and one that needs to summarize an immensely diverse group of people, but I think the author does himself no favors by saying things like all Native American religions are monotheistic. So definitely take the cultural material with a grain of salt.

37. Hyena by Mikita Brottman. This book is part of the Animal series by Reaktion Books, little chapbook sized books about the natural and cultural history of some particular animal. This book focuses much more on the cultural than natural history, talking about how hyenas have been reviled by many cultures (including modern pop culture) and consistently confused with each other by early scientists. That bit, about the entangling of different hyenas, is the part that was the most novel and interesting to me, as I quite like the history of science. The book is well illustrated, with a variety of woodcuts and illustrations from vintage European books, as well as artifacts from people who live among hyenas, and photos of hyenas wild, in zoos and tamed by people. I did find it a weird oversight that, in a chapter that includes Magic the Gathering cards of hyenas and hyenas in World of Warcraft, that it didn’t talk about gnolls or anthropomorphic hyenas in fantasy fiction.

38. The Monster Overhaul by Skerples. This book is a monster book for fantasy RPGs, written for a generic OSR style game. It’s different in that it focuses on a relatively small number of monsters for its size, instead doubling down on plot hooks, descriptions and ways to otherwise bring creatures to life at the table. The gimmick? Random tables for everything, even the table of contents. The organization is somewhat intentionally bizarre, but the book is well indexed. It’s also highly readable for a book that is comprised mainly of tables. The Monster Overhaul is thoughtful about its uses for monsters, has clever takes on some D&D staples (like how manticores are all male and are the embodiment of male entitlement and bitterness, or how “brain eaters” are literally addicted to humanoid brains), and is very funny to boot. Highly recommended for anyone interested in fantasy RPGs, regardless of system.

39. Healing with Poisons by Yan Liu. This is an academic text discussing the development of Chinese medicine in the 3rd through 10th centuries. The focus is on du, roughly translated as “potency”, a force ascribed to medicinal ingredients that were generally toxic. The book talks about the philosophy of medicine in medieval China and how that philosophy changed between authors, how the government got more involved in standardizing medical texts, and how regional differences between practices and ingredients influenced that standardization. It also goes into a lot of detail about how various toxic minerals, particularly arsenates and mercury, were used to make “elixirs of life”, and how the fact that these often very clearly killed people was rationalized away for centuries before “internal alchemy” became more popular than “external alchemy”. There’s also a discussion of a royal scandal involving the court during the Sui dynasty being plagued by a cat demon!

40. Geopedia by Marcia Bjornerud. This is the best of the –pedia series I’ve read (sorry, Darren Naish!). It covers bits of geology, with a focus on explaining major earth formations and covering the history of science. As such, there’s a lot that I didn’t know that I learned from this book, especially about some of the also-ran hypotheses that were rejected when plate tectonics was understood to be the driving force behind most earth processes. It’s highly readable and does a very good job of drawing connections between bits of seemingly disparate information to explain how the Earth works. This book is a very good resource for people who know a bit about geology and want to learn more.

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With the UR-102 “Reloaded” Urwerk revisits its first watch, launched at Baselworld 1997! The model, which retains the famous wandering hours indication, has had its diameter increased from 38 to 41 mm and now has an integrated crown at the 4 o'clock position. The UR-102 “Reloaded” is presented in a special box containing a natural titanium version and a black PVD titanium version, in a limited edition of only 25 sets. 💰 56,000 Swiss Francs . Com o UR-102 “Reloaded” a Urwerk revisita seu primeiro relógio, lançado na Baselworld 1997! O modelo, que mantém a famosa indicação de horas errantes, teve seu diâmetro ampliado de 38 para 41 mm e agora tem uma coroa integrada na posição das 4 horas. O UR-102 “Reloaded” é apresentado em um estojo especial contendo uma versão em titânio natural e uma em titânio PVD negro, em uma edição limitada de apenas 25 conjuntos. 💰 56.000 Francos Suíços 📷 @urwerkgeneve • • #urwerk #urwerkur102 #ur102 #ur102reloaded #wanderinghours #independentwatchmaking #finewatchmaking #hautehorlogerie #relogioserelogios (em Place du Bourg-de-Four) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGXumAO94u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Flames’n’Roses 38: Ein ungebetener Gast

Wollen wir Wetten abschließen, ob der "ungebetene Gast" Vivi oder Reth ist?

Anyway. Sie tanzen. Dann machen sie ein Foto. Lend küsst Evie dabei voll auf den Mund, weswegen sie hinterher natürlich auf die Toilette muss, um ihren rosa Glitzerlippenstift aufzufrischen. Alleine.

…es passiert nichts, aber als sie sich hinterher beim Tanzen kurz voneinander trennen, taucht Reth auf und entführt Evie. Weil sie nämlich keine Handtasche und daher auch keine Feenabwehrmöglichkeiten dabeihat. Der Lippenstift hat gerade so in den BH gepasst.

Reth bringt sie auf eine Wiese, die aussieht wie ein AI-generiertes Kitschgemälde.

Also:

Er hat Vivi nur auf die IBKP losgelassen, damit Evie irgendwann in eine Zwangssituation kommen würde, in der sie Reth von seinem Namen und den Befehlen der IBKP befreien musste. Nett.

Reth bzw. sein Hof haben Evie erschaffen. Was seine pseudoromantischen Annäherungsversuche noch ein gutes Stück fragwürdiger macht, weil das dann irgendwie…Inzest ist, oder? Pygmalion-Effekt? Objektophilie? Monsterfucking, Feen-Frankenstein-Edition?

Evie denkt, Reth sei Unseelie, weil sie ihn für böse hält. In einem überraschenden Anfall von Subversion ist er aber gar kein Unseelie.

Dann will er, dass Evie ihm die Hand gibt, aber sie denkt gar nicht daran. Stattdessen ruft sie nach Fehl und verlangt, dass die sie zu Lend nach Hause…ja, super, Schwester, und im letzten Kapitel hast du dir noch Sorgen gemacht, ob die Feen dich wohl finden können. 🙄 Dafür, dass sie so leuchtet, ist Evie echt nicht die Hellste.

Anyway. Fehl bringt sie in die Küche, wo Vivi schon auf der Arbeitsplatte sitzt und Fehl nach einem Dank prompt mit einer eisernen Bratpfanne ausknockt. Evie dämmert, dass, wenn Reth Seelie ist, Fehl wohl Unseelie und damit auf Vivis Seite sein muss.

#irgendwie erinnert mich das an den fluch von scarborough fair hier #nicht die hellste kerze im kronleuchter #flames'n'roses lebe lieber übersinnlich

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Antenne Vorarlberg Chillout Lounge (August 10, 2023)

23:57 Jako Diaz & Margret - Mirror 23:54 The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card 23:50 Morcheeba - Slow Down 23:46 Daniel Portman - Sensual Desires 23:41 Rìfìs Du Sol - Alive (Anyma Remix) 23:37 Bob Marley - Sun Is Shining 23:33 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Josha Daniel - Oscillations 23:27 Mm Project - Sand 23:24 Blank & Jones Feat. Kyle Pearce - All Of Me 23:21 The Hitmen - Turn Off The Lights 23:16 Boozoo Bajou - Lava 23:09 Valeron - Jamal 23:03 Shakedown - At Night (Afterlife Remix) 22:57 Jens Gad - El Momento 22:54 Möwe - Bad Intentions 22:52 Vinai - Hide Away 22:48 Groove Da Praia - Is This Love 22:46 Felix Jaehn, Cheat Codes Feat. Bow Anderson - I Just Wanna 22:38 Doyeq & Jay Medvedeva - Break Into My Walls (Armen Miran & Hraach Remix) 22:34 Los Alamos Country Club - Children (Ambient Remix) 22:27 Worakls - By The Brook 22:22 Blank & Jones - Give It To Me 22:19 Felix Jaehn Feat. Zoe Wees - Do It Better 22:16 Junge, Junge Feat. Jamie Hartma - Wicked Hearts 22:13 Sam Feldt Feat. Deepend & Teemu - Runaways 22:09 Daniel Portman - Vulnerable 22:06 Edx & Amba Shepherd - Off The Grid 22:03 Mark Brown - The Journey Continues (Acoustic Version) 22:00 Lost Frequencies Feat. Love Harder - Beat Of My Heart 21:57 Parov Stelar - Fire 21:50 Tom Novy Feat. Amadeas - Dancing In The Sun Feat. Amadeas (Tapesh & Dayne S Remix) 21:46 Sound Nomaden - The Morning After 21:44 Agatino Romero - I'm Feeling For You 21:39 Minus Blue - You're Not Alone 21:33 Joachim Pastor & Signum - Something You Need (Extended Mix) 21:29 Jasmon - Bamboo Queen 21:26 Armin Van Buuren & Garibay - Phone Down 21:21 Fous De La Mer - Luces 21:16 Yonderboi - Sinking Slowly 21:09 John Kah - Carina (Enui Remix) 21:06 Dimitri Vegas - Pull Me Closer 21:03 Mike Perry Feat. Casso - Inside The Lines 20:59 Sum Wave - Goodbye Earth 20:54 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - La Serenissima 20:49 Melounge - Too Much Sugar 20:45 Above & Beyond Feat. Justine Suissa - Little Something 20:42 Elderbrook - I Need You 20:38 Avec - Under Water (Club Edit) 20:31 Blank & Jones - White Light 20:24 The Normalites - The Sun Rising (Shur-i-kan Vocal) 20:22 Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd - Moth To A Flame 20:19 Julian Wassermann - Painfully 20:13 Depeche Mode - Freelove 20:11 Minelli, Filatov & Karas Remi - Rampampam 20:05 Christopher Von Deylen - Euphoria 19:59 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (Kygo Remix) 19:57 Lunax & Zana - Gone Tomorrow 19:54 Sanah - Invisible Dress (Maro Music X Skytech Remix) 19:48 Esteban Garcia - Para Mi 19:42 Anrey - The Forgotten (Extended Mix) 19:35 Monolink & Zigan Aldi - Fidale (I Feel) Vocal Version 19:29 Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 19:23 Röyksopp & Jamie Irrepressible - The Next Day (Mind Against Remix) 19:17 Oliver Koletzki - A Tribe Called Kotori 19:14 Robin Schulz - Above The Clouds 19:07 Blond:ish Feat. Shawni - Wizard Of Love 19:04 Jones & Brock Feat. Anica - Join Me 19:02 Digital Camel - Shine Bright 18:58 Alex Breitling - Lilie 18:52 Spiller (Royksopp's Malselves Memorabililia Mix) - Cry Baby 18:49 Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Fantasy (Felix Jaehn Remix) 18:43 Röyksopp Feat. Susanne Sundfør - If You Want Me 18:38 Soulcraft - Beware Of My Love 18:36 Vize & Tom Gregory - Never Let Me Down 18:33 Melonia - Sweet Child O' Mine 18:29 Enya - Caribbean Blue (Remastered 2009) 18:26 Deeperlove & Marc Korn - Vertigo (R.i.o. Remix) 18:20 Velvet Lounge Project - Dimelo Tu (Mix And Magix Remix) 18:18 Colorblast - Message In A Bottle (Colorblast Version) 18:15 Meduza Feat. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart 18:12 Sam Feldt - Show Me Love (Original Mix) 18:07 Jens Buchert - Cocoon 18:03 Eli & Fur - Come Back Around 17:57 Maestro & Cabal - Clifton Bay 17:53 Milkwish - From The Earth To The Moon 17:49 Klangkarussel & Poppy Baskcomb - This Love 17:46 Burak Yeter Feat. Danelle Sandova - Tuesday 17:42 Kygo & Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 17:40 Bernward Koch - Flowing Colors 17:37 Dash Berlin Feat. Roxanne Emery - Shelter 17:32 Glide - Y Môr 17:26 Depeche Mode - When The Body Speaks 17:24 Trinix & Ian Urbina - Bad Things 17:21 Hugel - Can't Love Myself (Feat. Mishaal& Lpw) 17:14 Boral Kibil, Mahmut Orhan - Herneise (Original Mix) 17:11 Lizot - Daddy Cool 17:08 Morgan Page Feat. Lissie - Firewalk 17:05 Geeno Smith - Stand By Me (Radio Mix) 17:01 Schiller & Peter Heppner - Leben... I Feel You 16:55 Sirius & Nyla - Infinity (Remastered Remix) 16:49 Antennasia - First Flight (Lemongrass Remix) 16:42 Hraach Feat. Iveta Mukuchyan - Sarer Jan 16:39 Avian Grays & Azteck - Endlessly 16:34 Armin Van Buuren - Never Wanted This 16:31 Nora En Pure - Enchantment 16:27 Ashcome - Vitamin Sky (Original Mix) 16:22 Arden - Open 16:19 Dennis Kruissen Feat. Liza Flume - Another Soul 16:15 Jazzamor - Lovin' You 16:12 Kush Kush & Sickmellow Feat. Kazhi - Blacklight 16:09 Sans Souci - Nanda 16:03 Mathieu & Florzinho - Maha - Amba 15:58 Tebra - Suton 15:55 Valerie Dore - The Night (Zyx Edit Remastered 2021) 15:52 Lilly Wood & The Prick And Robin Schulz - Prayer In C 15:47 Mandala Dreams - Mirror Lake 15:44 Italobrothers - Stay 15:39 Ensaime - No Me Contesta 15:33 Anrey - We Are The Mirrors (Extended Mix) 15:26 George Holliday - Never Gonna Grow 15:18 Super Flu - Mygut (Solomun Remix) 15:15 Dante Klein & Jordiz Feat. Megan Brands - Life 15:12 Danny Avila - End Of The Night 15:06 Goa Foundation - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight 15:02 Scotty & Wilcox - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Wilcox Extended) 14:58 Emmit Fenn - Lost In Space 14:56 Viva La Panda, Finding Molly - Chances 14:52 Ck West & Sassi K - C Song 14:47 Evadez - Caught In The Crowd (Original Mix) 14:44 Loud Luxury And Frank Walker Feat. Stephen Puth - Like Gold 14:40 Monolink - Harlem River 14:36 Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Shine (Kygo Remix) 14:33 Gestört Aber Geil & Anna Grey - Thank You 14:31 Suduaya - Flow 14:25 Mr.da-nos - San Francisco 2k20 14:20 Rìfìs Du Sol - Next To Me 14:16 A-ha - Take On Me (Kygo Remix) 14:14 Iossa, Ken Holland - The Seed Feat. Iossa (Original Mix) 14:11 Avaion, Paulwetz, Nu Aspect Feat. Yuma - Sleepless 14:08 El Profesor - Bella Ciao (Hugel Remix) 14:03 Schiller Feat. Jael - Tired (Live) 13:56 Firtz Kalkbrenner - Golden (Fideles Remix) 13:51 Kölsch - Left Eye Left 13:49 Sum Wave - Passing Clouds 13:44 Thomas Lemmer & Andreas Bach - Embracing Love 13:39 Andy Caldwell - Quiet Nights 13:36 Blank & Jones - Swept Away 13:31 The Alan Parsons Project - Lucifer 13:29 Carstn & Ten Tonne Skeleton - Safety Dance 13:25 Nora Van Elken - Let It Go 13:21 Lelo - On Your Mind (Lemongrass India Mix) 13:18 Alok & Timmy Trumpet - Underwater Love (La Vision Remix) 13:13 Cecilia Krull - Agnus Dei (Benny Benassi & Bb Team Remix) 13:08 Rodg - Jacqueline (Chill Mix) 13:03 Tinlicker Feat. Nathan Nicholson - Always Will 13:00 Gamper & Dadoni Feat. Joe Jury - Satellites 12:55 Eelke Kleijn - The Big Chill (Original Mix) 12:52 Sans Souci - Fenton 12:50 Hbz, Anna Grey & Agent Zed - Aloha Hey 12:44 Max Denoise Feat Claire Willis - Bring To Me Life (Original Mix) 12:40 Chicane - Capricorn (Back Pedal Brakes Remix) 12:34 Hird - Getting Closer 12:31 Neptune & Moonnight - I Need A New Love (Original Mix) 12:26 Wave Wave Feat. Evie - Real 12:22 Ohm-g - Hulectric Soul 12:19 Vize & Alan Walker Feat. Leony, Edward Artemyev - Space Melody (Edward Artemyev) 12:15 Armin Van Buuren & Avira - Illusion (Mixed) 12:08 Hraach - Delirio 12:04 Ec Twins, Oda Loves You - Wonderful Life 12:01 Lost Frequencies & Elley Duhé - Back To You 11:53 David Broaders - Curracloe 11:50 L'imperatrice - Peur Des Filles (Montmartre Remix) 11:44 Consolidation Feat. Moguai - Ode To Joy 11:39 Phil Mison - Just Landed 11:34 Blank & Jones Feat. Zoe Durrant - One Evening (Lofi Selection) 11:28 Afterlife - Makes Me Feel 11:25 Nora En Pure - World Of Rules 11:21 Lucas Estrada & Henri Purnell & Neimy - In My Fantasy 11:15 Bent - I Love My Man 11:08 Julian Wassermann - People 11:05 Nora Van Elken - Okinawa 11:01 Gary B. - Lead Me Home 10:59 R3hab X Lukas Graham - Most People 10:55 Gardenstate & Bien - The Best Part 10:51 Peter Ries - Hold Me (The Force Radio Mix) 10:48 Lstn - Sïstër 10:44 Robin Schulz & Alle Farben & Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World 10:38 Parra For Cuva Feat. Anna Naklab - Wicked Games 10:36 Luca Schreiner Feat. Johnny Chicago - Its All Gonna Be Good (Junge Junge Edit) 10:32 Kygo Feat. Parson James - Stole The Show 10:29 Raffa Fi - Ritmo 10:25 Filatov & Karas - Au Au 10:18 Adana Twins - Strange 10:14 Kid Massive, Yuji Ono, Dtale - Pray (Wolf Krew Remix) 10:10 Sofi Tukker & John Summit - Sun Came Up (Radio) 10:05 Groovecatcher - Neonstrasse 10:03 Kygo, Paul Mccartney & Michael Jackson - Say Say Say 09:59 Chicane Feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up 09:55 Sean Bay, Mehdi Mouelhi Feat. Arabella - Maktoub 09:52 Dj Antoine & Dead-line - Shout 09:49 Backstreet Boys - Chances (Instrumental) 09:44 Federico Aubele - Postales 09:38 Nora En Pure - Thermal (Extended Mix) 09:31 Heather Nova - Aquamarine 09:28 Vize & Leony - Dolly Song (Devil's Cup) 09:16 Monkey Safari - Hi Life (Cheeky Bold Cover) 09:12 Beatkonexion - Heart 09:09 Kungs Feat. Jhart - Dopamine 09:06 Dj Antoine & Flip Capella Feat. Evelyn - Dark Love 09:03 Blank & Jones With Coralie Clement - Days Go By 08:57 Rodg - Heights 08:48 Boral Kibil - Never Again (Bobby Deep Mix) 08:44 In Credo - Siesta Del Sol 08:39 Two Lanes - Pièces Froides: Ii. Danses De Travers 08:36 Glockenbach Ft. Clockclock - Brooklyn 08:29 High Heels Breaker Feat. Sarah Palin - Come Easy (David August Remix) 08:27 Feder & Ofenbach Feat. Dawty Music - Call Me Papi 08:22 Sine - Smooth Relaxation 08:11 Cell - Above The Clouds (Live Version) 08:03 David Hohme - Fear Less (Hraach Remix) 07:59 Kygo Feat. Sandro Cavazza - Happy Now 07:57 Tiësto & Karol G - Don't Be Shy 07:51 Deep Dive Corp. & Setsuna - Transatlantic 07:47 Niles Cooper - Lamplight Rains 07:43 Elderbrook & Bob Moses - Inner Light 07:41 Sons Of Maria - A Kiss Like This 07:36 Dk Dent - A Walk In The Park 07:33 Brando - Don't Call Me (Galantis Remix) 07:30 Klingande, Wrabel - Big Love 07:27 Alle Farben Feat. Janieck - Little Hollywood 07:24 Sans Souci - Take My Breath Away (Original Mix) 07:20 Feder Feat. Emmi - Blind 07:17 Max Johann & Layrz - Tell It To My Heart 07:13 Nihoni - After Sun 07:07 Roger Shah, Feel, Zara Taylor - One Life (Pedro Del Mar & R.i.b Chillout Remix) 07:04 Topic Feat. Nico Santos) - Home (Alle Farben Remix) 07:01 Loud Luxury - Cold Feet 06:55 Joachim Pastor - Joda (Worakls Remix) 06:50 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Diana Miro - You (Frankey & Sandrino Remix) 06:47 Alle Farben & Fools Garden - Lemon Tree 06:40 Parra For Cuva - The Fifth Hand 06:37 Milk & Sugar Feat. John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air 06:33 Blank & Jones - Into The Sun 06:29 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle 06:26 Basixx - Stay In Your Sunlight 06:23 Sam Feldt X Lush & Simon Feat. Inna - Fade Away 06:20 Bernward Koch - Lonely Dream (Solo Piano) 06:15 Lstn - Sky & Sand 06:13 Sans Souci Feat. Pearl Andersson - Sweet Harmony 06:10 Ck West - Aldebaran 2021 06:03 Bay Area - Dolphin Rider (Pianodreamsession) 05:59 Schiller & Schwarz - Avalanche 05:57 George Geccoo Feat. Maik Pinto - Dolce Vita 05:52 Lyke - Stay With Me 05:45 A Sagittariun, Skip Mcdonald - Crystallization Feat. Skip Mcdonald (Original Mix) 05:41 Nora En Pure - Stop Wasting Time 05:38 Karsten Kiessling Feat. Helin - Fight Like A Lion 05:33 Perfect Silence - Di (Original Mix) 05:28 Anrey - Lost Lands (Extended Mix) 05:21 Jan Blomqvist - The Space In Between 05:16 Lamb - Wonder 05:11 Christopher Von Deylen - Heliotrope 05:05 Mr. Sam Feat. Kristy Hawkshaw - Split 04:58 True & Berger - Imprint Of Pleasure 04:55 Robin Schulz Feat. Alida - In Your Eyes 04:50 Ganga - The Wind 04:46 Dvine - Unknown Reality 04:44 Dj Antoine Feat. Ablai - My Corazon (Dj Antoine Vs Mad Mark 2k21 Mix) 04:37 Chris Zippel - Around, Arrived 04:31 Lstn - Times Of Sorrow 04:28 Hallmann - Always Be 04:24 Nora En Pure - Diving With Whales (Daniel Portman Radio Mix) 04:20 Jan Blomqvist & Bloom Twins - High On Beat (Sofi Tukker Remix) 04:17 Klangfeld Feat. Tillmann Uhrmacher - Free 2018 04:10 Monolink - Don't Hold Back 04:06 Zoe - C'est La Vie 04:02 Blank & Jones - Pura Vida (Original Mix) 03:58 Joachim Pastor Feat. Nathan Nicholson - Saint Louis 03:51 Beyhude - Akasha 03:47 The Dining Rooms - Existentialism (Milano Dub Mix) 03:44 Riva Starr Feat. Imaginary - Ride This Sound 03:40 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Daylight Is Falling 03:35 Sean Hayman - See Of Love (Whisper Mix) 03:33 Sam Feldt & Sam Fischer - Pick Me Up (Vavo Remix) 03:30 York - On The Beach (Kryder & Jenjammin Sax Edit) 03:23 Melih Aydogan - Between 03:19 Bronson Feat. Lau.ra - Heart Attack 03:15 Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona - Tagama 03:09 Exstra - Comet (Extended Mix) 03:05 Lstn, Arya Noble - Desert Walk 02:59 Nora En Pure - Tears In Your Eyes (Extended Mix) 02:52 Jean-michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Pt. 4 02:48 Tycho - Horizon 02:40 Burudu - Sun Theory (Original Mix) 02:33 Christopher Von Deylen - Opaque 02:31 The Holy Santa Barbara Feat. Madugo - The Sailor Song 02:27 Pang! - Walking In The Sun 02:22 Pete Tong & Tale Of Us Feat. Jules Buckley - Time 02:19 Schiller - Once Upon A Time (Cahill Remix) 02:14 Afterlife - Espalmador 02:11 Avaion X Vize X Leony - Pieces 02:05 Blank & Jones With Claudia Brücken - Unknown Treasure 02:02 Kygo & Sasha Sloan - I'll Wait 01:59 Atb & Topic - Your Love (9pm) 01:53 Lounge Generation & Namara - Inner Voice 01:50 Vamero & Lizot - Bleeding Love 01:47 Lost Frequencies & Mathieu Koss - Don't Leave Me 01:42 Bacaro - Under Presure 01:38 Jean-michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Pt. 5 01:35 Younotus Feat. Chris Gelbuda - When I Think About You 01:28 Max Melvin - Sometimes 01:23 Lstn - Floral Decor 01:20 Ac Venture - Rain In Spain (Roberto Sol Remix) 01:17 Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota - Fast Car 01:12 Schiller - White Nights (Don't Let Me Go) 01:07 Nikko Culture - Break My Heart 01:03 Edx - Vommuli 01:00 Twopilots - Take My Breath Away 00:55 Les Negresses Vertes - Face A La Mer 00:51 Above & Beyond - The Inconsistency Principle 00:45 Blank & Jones - Coh 00:39 Chris Zippel Feat. Tusnelda - Blade 00:35 Passenger 10 - Voices In Her Head 00:30 Claptone Feat. Dizzy - Queen Of Ice Queen Of Ice 00:26 The Chill Out Orchestra - Wish You Were Here 00:23 Together Alone - Let Go 00:20 Thrdl!fe & Sleepwalkrs - Outta My Head 00:17 Disciples - On My Mind 00:13 Thomas Gold Feat. Bright Sparks - Seventeen 00:10 Alphawezen - 4043 00:07 Dj Antoine Feat. Chanin & Jona Xx - Dancing In Tulum 00:04 Portishead - Revenge Of The Number

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sure thing. with occasional commentary

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - all the major Austens, though I still haven’t read Lady Susan

2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte - barely remember it, didn’t like it much

4 Harry Potter series

5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

6 The Bible - or at least a fair chunk of it. I decided at one point that I should to get context for classic western lit, which indeed is valid

7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell

9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman

10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens - after reading Two Cities in high school, taught by a teacher who clearly hated it, I’d decided Dickens was boring. Then in my twenties I saw, at a used bookstore, a full matched yard or two of Dickens all attractively bound in soft red leather and quite reasonably priced. Dickens, it turns out, is a snackable, bingeable kind of read and very funny, when not weighed down by indifferent teens and one adult who wants to go home.

11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott

12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy

13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller

14 Complete Works of Shakespeare

15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier

16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien

17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks - I REALLY liked this when I read it, and proceeded to read everything else of Faulks I could get my hands on.

18 Catcher in the Rye

19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger

20 Middlemarch – George Eliot - I have the fat Everyman’s Library edition sitting in a stack but have not yet read it

21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell

22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald - Fitzie was THE SHIT for me and my friends in high school. (We were also passing around The Surrealist Manifesto and Anaïs Nin.)

23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens

24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams - so many times. At one point I could quote pretty nearly the whole series.

26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh

27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck - for school. Yech.

29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens

33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis - never really liked it as much as Tolkien — or indeed any of the other fantasy I was reading at the time (childhood and early teens). There was something… overly precious about Lewis that I didn’t care for.

34 Emma – Jane Austen

35 Persuasion – Jane Austen

36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis

37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres

39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden - oh yeah, this orientalising thing.

40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne - the book that taught me to read. My father read it aloud to me, in voices — somewhere, in the family home, where nothing ever gets thrown out, there’s probably still the cassette my mother recorded of him.

41 Animal Farm – George Orwell - I liked 1984 better though. I started reading Down and Out last summer, after finding it in a little free library, and then put it down and lost track of it.

42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown - Ah yes. That magnificent classic.

43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving

45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins

46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery

47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy - half bold because, well, I tried.

48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding - The trauma of my schooldays.

50 Atonement – Ian McEwan

51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel

52 Dune – Frank Herbert - I read them ALL, and boy do the subsequent ones ever decline in quality, as I recall.

53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons

54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen

55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth

56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley - I got very into Huxley in my early twenties, but I can’t remember why, now.

59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon - didn’t particularly like it

60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck - let me tell you, your average grade nine class is not really prepared to deal with this book. No idea why it was on the curriculum at that point.

62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov - At twelve, on the one visit we made to my grandparents in Dublin - found it in their shelves. I remember being both fascinated and disturbed. I recently acquired a copy to read again, wondering what I might make of it at this remove, but haven’t yet addressed it.

63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt - I have a copy of this as well, but the more I read about it, the more I suspect it’ll just irritate me.

64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas

66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac - Just really cannot think of any reason I’d WANT to read this…

67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy

68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding - oh, ugh, yes, when everyone else was.

69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie

70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville - Again, half bold — I have TRIED, in this case multiple times, every time I see a particularly passionate paean to it on the socials in fact (tumblr is rife with Moby Dick fans) but it seems we are not for each other.

71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens

72 Dracula – Bram Stoker

73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson - maybe? I was once at someone’s place for a week and they had a whole shelf-ful that I went through, but they all run together in my memory.

75 Ulysses – James Joyce - I have, you guessed it, tried. Multiple times. It’s great. It’s so dense, so thick, so absolutely clotted with Language. I need breaks. And then I don’t go back.

76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath - I was so into Plath at sixteen. Don’t ask about my poetry at the time.

77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome

78 Germinal – Emile Zola

79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray - dragged myself through it, yeah.

80 Possession – AS Byatt - loved it.

81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell - rarely have I loathed a book with such passion. What an irritating read.

83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker

84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro - watched the film, wept. Read the book, wept some more.

85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert

86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry

87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White

88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom

89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - read it? Read it? Ha! Original-flavour Holmes was one of my first fandoms.

90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton - probably? I read a ton of Enid Blyton in early childhood, but they have not stamped themselves into my memory at all.

91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad. Yech. Yes. Three fucking times, for three fucking classes. I despise this fucking book.

92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks

94 Watership Down – Richard Adams

95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole

96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute - My mother had a little paperback copy, with a kind of windblown-looking mid-century-mod illustration of a woman on it. (I mean, it’s still there, in the back row about halfway up the right-hand bookcase in the study back home. My mother isn’t, though.)

97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas

98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare - excuse you, did you not ask about the Complete Works way back in the top 20? Hamlet’s extra credit, is he?

99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo - not yet, but I DID just acquire Wilbour’s translation. Only to discover I already had a (nicer) copy of Wilbour’s translation, in the shelf under the reading table. Sigh.

How many have you read?

The BBC estimates that most people will only read 6 books out of the 100 listed below. Reblog this and bold the titles you’ve read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkein 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare 15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks 18 Catcher in the Rye 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger 20 Middlemarch – George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy 25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens 33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis 34 Emma – Jane Austen 35 Persuasion – Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres 39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne 41 Animal Farm – George Orwell 42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving 45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins 46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery 47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy 48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding 50 Atonement – Ian McEwan

51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel 52 Dune – Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth 56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens 58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck 62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas 66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac 67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding 69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie 70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville 71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens 72 Dracula – Bram Stoker 73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson 75 Ulysses – James Joyce 76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78 Germinal – Emile Zola 79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray 80 Possession – AS Byatt 81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens 82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchel 83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker 84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton 91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad 92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks 94 Watership Down – Richard Adams 95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole 96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute 97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas 98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl 100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

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HISTORICAL PRECURSORS TO THE RADA AND PETWO RITES

In the historical record, there appear to be two prominent sects of colonial Voodoo: (1) snake worshippers (2) followers of Don Pedro. The snake worship sect appears to be the precursor to the Rada rite, while the Don Pedro sect appears to be the precursor to the Petwo rite.

Key historical documents pertaining to the snake worshippers include:

Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis Elie. Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint Domingue (etc.). Vol. 1. Moreau de Saint-Méry, 1797. p. 45-51 https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog00more/page/44/mode/2up

Malenfant, Colonel (1814) Des Colonies et Particulierement de Celle de Saint-Domingue: Memoire Historique et Politique. Paris: Audibert., p. 217-220 https://archive.org/details/descoloniesetpar00male/page/215/mode/1up?q=vaudou

Key historical documents pertaining to the Don Pedro sect include:

Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence, E 182, Ferrand de Beaudière to the Naval and Colonial Minister, translated in “Prophet or Cook? The Real Don Pedro” in Geggus, David. The Haitian Revolution: a documentary history. Hackett Publishing, 2014.

Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis Elie. Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint Domingue (etc.). Vol. 1. Moreau de Saint-Méry, 1797. p. 51 https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog00more/page/44/mode/2up

Descourtilz, Michel Etienne, and LECLERC, Charles Emmanuel. Voyages d'un naturaliste France, Dufart, pere, 1809. https://archive.org/details/voyagesdunnatura03desc/page/180/mode/2up https://www.google.com/books/edition/Voyages_d_un_naturaliste/wOzA6FsbqJAC?hl=en&gbpv=0

Drouin de Bercy, Léon. De Saint-Domingue: de ses guerres, de ses révolutions, de ses resources, et de moyens a prendre pour y rétabilir la paix et l'industrie. France, Chez Hocquet, 1814. p. 176 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FxYWAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=176#v=onepage&q&f=false

These documents are described in:

Chapter 2 “The Evolution of Colonial Voodoo” in Laguerre, Michel S. Voodoo and politics in Haiti. Springer, 2016. pp. 22-38

Hebblethwaite, Benjamin. A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou: Rasin Figuier, Rasin Bwa Kayiman, and the Rada and Gede Rites. United States, University Press of Mississippi, 2021.

Excerpts from these documents are included below, with commentary:

[RADA1] MOREAU DE SAINT-MERY’S (1797) DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPHIQUE, PP.45-51

In Description topographique, (1797) Moreau de Saint-Méry described two variants of Vodou (“Vaudoux”), which seem to be the precursors of the Rada and Petwo rites respectively.

The first variant of Vodou is described between pages 45 and 51, introduced like so:

“Selon les nègres Aradas, qui sont les véritables sectateurs du Vaudoux dans la Colonie, & qui en mantiennent les principes & les règles, Vaudoux signifie un être tout-puissant & surnaturel, dont dépendent tous les événemens qui se passent sur ce globe. Or, cet être, c'est le serpent non venimeux ou une espèce de couleuvre, et c'est sous ses auspices que se rassemblent tous ceux qui professent la même doctrine. Connaissance du passé, science du présent, prescience de l'avenir, tout appartient à cette couleuvre, qui ne consent néanmoins à communiquer son pouvoir, & à prescrire ses volontés, que par l'organe d'un grand-prêtre que les sectateurs choisissent, & plus encore par celui de la négresse que l'amour de ce dernier a élevée aurang de grande-prêtresse.”

TRANSLATION:

“According to the Aradas, who are the true devotees of Voodoo in the colony, and who maintain the principles and the rules, Voodoo signifies an all-powerful & supernatural being, on whom depends all events that happen in the world. Now, this being is the non-venomous serpent or a kind of grass snake, and it is under its auspices that all those who profess the same doctrine gather. Knowledge of the past, science of the present, prescience of the future, all belong to this grass snake, which nevertheless does not consent to communicate its power, and to prescribe its wishes, except through the organ of a high priest whom the sectarians choose, and even more through that of the negress whom the love of the latter has raised to the rank of high priestess.”

SOURCE: Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis Elie. Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint Domingue (etc.). Vol. 1. Moreau de Saint-Méry, 1797. p. 45-51 https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog00more/page/44/mode/2up

The ceremony resembles snake worship of Ouidah, where it centers around a snake god (couleuvre). It was presided over by two ministers, who were called “King” (Roi) & “Queen” (Reine), “master” (maître) & “Mistress” (maîtresse), or “Papa” (papa) & “Mama” (maman). With the snake secured inside a box, the ceremony begins with an adoration of the snake and an oath of secrecy. The congregation was then allowed to make appeals to the snake. Many of those present were slaves: “La plûpart lui demandent le talent de diriger l'esprit de leurs maîtres;” (p. 47)

This is followed by spirit possession by the snake god:

“A chacune de ses invocations, le roi Vaudoux se recueille; l'Esprit agit en lui. Tout-à-coup il prend la boîte où est la couleuvre, la place à terre et fait monter sur elle la Reine Vaudoux. Dès que l'asile sacré est sous ses pieds, nouvelle pythonisse, elle est pénétrée du dieu, elle s'agite, tout son corps est dans un état convulsif, & l'oracle parle par sa bouche.”

TRANSLATION:

“At each of his invocations, the Voodoo king collects himself; the Spirit acts on him. Suddenly he takes the bok where the snake is, places it on the ground and makes the Voodoo Queen climb on it. As soon as the sacred asylum is under her feet, a new pythoness, she is is penetrated by the god, she becomes agitated, her whole body is in a convulsive state, & the oracle speaks through her mouth.”

https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog00more/page/48/mode/2up

Offerings are then made to the snake god, and a second oath of secrecy is taken. This is followed by a sacred dance, where the song “Eh! eh! Bomba, hen! hen!” is sung, and the “mounting” of an initiate is described: “alors le récipiendaire se met à trembler et à danser; ce qui s'appelle monter Vaudoux” (p. 49)

This key historical document is worth reading in full. It pertains to the history of New Orleans Vooodo, as it was copied by the author of Souvenirs d’Amerique et de France par une créole (1883) in her description of Nouvelle-Orléans.

SEE: [Hélène d’Aquin Allain], Souvenirs d’Amérique et de France par une créole (Paris: Bourguet-Calas, 1883), 144. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1314161/f158.item.r=vaudoux

[RADA2] MALENFANT’S (1814) DES COLONIES ET PARTICULIEREMENT DE CELLE DE SAINT-DOMINGUE

Malenfant’s account is similar to Moreau de Saint-Méry’s (1797) Description topographique. Malenfant likened Vodou to Freemasonry, and there is no mention of “Don Pedro”.

Below is an excerpt:

Les voyageurs qui veulent parcourir l'Afrique devraient se faire initier à une secte connue sous le nom de Vaudou , secte très-sévèrement punie par les blancs, et aussi cruellement que les francs - maçons par les Espagnols et les Portugais.

Il y avait à Gouraud une grande prêtresse du Vaudou, et un noir, grand chef; je n'ai jamais voulu les dénoncer; ils eussent été pendus ou brûlés de suite. J'ai su ce fait par une négresse qui était initiée. Il y a un mot depasse, mais elle n'a jamais voulu me l'indiquer : elle disait que les femmes ne le connaissent pas. Elle m'a donné les signes pour la reconnaissance avec la main: c'est , à quelque chose près , celui des maçons. Très-peu de créoles sont initiés; il n'y a que les enfants des chefs du Vaudou. Elle me le dit sous le secret, en m’assurant que, malgré que les nègres m'aimassent beaucoup , je serais tué ou empoisonné si je cherchais à découvrir le grand mystère de la secte.

Il existe chez les prêtres du Vaudou, une grosse couleuvre privée, cachée sous terre, dans une grande caisse de bois, qu'on lève dans les cérémonies en forme d'autel. On fait des serments entre les mains de la grande prêtresse. Les danses conduisent à des convulsions, qui cessent lorsqu'on boit une espèce d'huile , qu'elle m'a dit être de serpent ; on en frotte aussi les tempes , les jarrets et les aisselles.

Le chef du Vaudou mourut lorsque j'étais à Gouraud. Il avait un grand ascendant sur tous les noirs ; ils lui ont fait des funérailles magnifiques ; on y a dansé le Vaudou. Je n'ai point voulu troubler leur fête : je lui ai donné au contraire vingt bouteilles de vin.

Cette secte me paraît tenir aux illuminés. Il n'y a que des fanatiques , des sots , ou des imbécilles, qui puissent s'inquiéter d'une secte, qui me paraît à peu près celle de la maçonnerie.

Il faut espérer que les philantropes qui ont établi sur la Sierra Léona une colonie libre , parviendront à trouver l'origine de cette institution, qui remonte peut-être aux temps les plus reculés. Les Arradas sont ceux qui m'ont paru y être le plus attachés…

MACHINE TRANSLATION:

Travelers who want to travel through Africa should be initiated into a sect known as Voodoo, a sect very severely punished by the whites, and as cruelly as the Freemasons by the Spaniards and the Portuguese.

There was in Gouraud a high priestess of Voodoo, and a black, a great chief; I never wanted to denounce them; they would have been hanged or burned immediately. I learned this fact from a negress who was initiated. There is a password, but she never wanted to tell me: she said that women do not know it. She gave me the signs for recognition with the hand: it is, more or less, that of the Masons. Very few Creoles are initiated; there are only the children of the Voodoo chiefs. She told me this in secret, assuring me that, although the Negroes loved me very much, I would be killed or poisoned if I tried to discover the great mystery of the sect.

Among the Voodoo priests, there is a large private snake, hidden underground, in a large wooden box, which is raised in ceremonies in the form of an altar. Oaths are taken in the hands of the high priestess. The dances lead to convulsions, which stop when one drinks a kind of oil, which she told me was made of snake oil; one also rubs the temples, hamstrings and armpits with it.

The Voodoo chief died when I was in Gouraud. He had great influence over all the blacks; they gave him a magnificent funeral; they danced Voodoo there. I did not want to disturb their celebration: on the contrary, I gave him twenty bottles of wine.

This sect seems to me to be related to the enlightened. There are only fanatics, fools, or imbeciles, who can worry about a sect, which seems to me to be more or less that of Masonry.

It is to be hoped that the philanthropists who have established a free colony on Sierra Leone, will succeed in finding the origin of this institution, which perhaps goes back to the most remote times. The Arradas are those who seemed to me to be most attached to it…

SOURCE: MALENFANT, COLONEL (1814) Des Colonies et Particulierement de Cellede Saint-Domingue: Memoire Historique et Politique. Paris: Audibert., p. 217-220 https://archive.org/details/descoloniesetpar00male/page/215/mode/1up?q=vaudou

[PETWO1] “PROPHET OR COOK? THE REAL DON PEDRO”

13) Prophet or Cook? The Real Don Pedro

These letters by the judge of Petit Goâve parish reveal that the original Don Pedro was not a freedman but probably a maroon slave, and that Moreau de Saint-Méry (doc. 11) was mistaken in thinking he was Spanish rather than African. Due to Portuguese influence in Africa, Pedro was quite a common name among Kongolese, both for African kings and Caribbean slaves. Significantly, the author uses the Portuguese “Dom” not the Spanish “Don.” Petit Goâve lies west of Port-au-Prince on Haiti’s southern peninsula.

(1 May 1769.) In June/July 1768 and on into 1769, [I] carried out the very extensive investigation for the criminal case against the infamous black slave Pierre, of the Congo nation, who called himself Dom Pedro, and his adherents and accomplices to the number of forty-two imprisoned Negroes, mulattoes, and Negresses. The Negro Dom Pedro was extremely dangerous. He went from plantation to plantation dominating the minds of the blacks by means of performing crude tricks. He informed them that they would soon be free, and he had the slave drivers of each plantation whipped, telling them that they could no longer flog the slaves in their charge and, moreover, that they would not be punished by their masters. He demanded tribute in either money or animals from initiated or compliant slaves, and he imposed it on those who did not remain loyal to him. This investigation involved some 300 documents, and it was brought to an end in February by order of the Council, because the Negro Dom Pedro had been killed in a hunt.

(15 October 1773.) [The jails of Petit Goâve were full of] the accomplices of a black slave calling himself Dompèdre who stirred up the workforces of the north and south coasts [of the southern peninsula] inciting them to rebellion and to be independent of their masters.

(Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence, E 182, Ferrand de Beaudière to the Naval and Colonial Minister)

SOURCE: Geggus, David. The Haitian Revolution: a documentary history. Hackett Publishing, 2014.

[PETWO2] MOREAU DE SAINT-MERY’S (1797) DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPHIQUE

In Description topographique, (1797) Moreau de Saint-Méry described two variants of Vodou (“Vaudoux”), which seem to be the precursors of the Rada and Petwo rites respectively.

Moreau de Saint-Méry describes the second variant of Vodou on page 51:

“...Qui croirait que le Vaudoux le cède encore à quelque chose, qu'on a aussi appelé du nom de danse ! En 1768 , un nègre du Petit-Goave , espagnol d'origine, abusant de la crédulité des nègres, par des pratiques superstitieuses , leur avait donné l'idée d'une danse analogue à celle du Vaudoux , mais où les mouvemens sont plus précipités. Pour lui faire produire encore plus d'effet, les nègres mettent dans le tafia qu'ils boivent en dansant , de la poudre à canon bien écrasée. On a vu cette danse appellée Danse à Dom Pèdre, ou simplement Don Pèdre, donner la mort à des nègres ; & les spectateurs euxmêmes, électrifés par le spectacle de cet exercice convulsis, partagent l'ivresse des acteurs, & accélèrent par leur chant & une mesure pressée , une crife qui leur est , en quelque sorte , commune. Il a sallu défendre de danser Don Pedre sous des peines graves , & quelquefois inefficaces.”

TRANSLATION (borrowed from Laguerre):

“Who will believe that Voodoo gives place to something further which also goes by the name of dance? In 1768, a slave of Petit-Goave, of Spanish origin, abusing the credulity of the blacks, by superstitious practices gave them an idea of a dance, analogous to that of the Voodoo, but where the movements are more hurried. To make it even more effective the slaves place in the rum, which they drink while dancing, weIl crushed gun-powder. One has seen this dance, called Dance to Don Pedro, or simply Don Pedro, induce death in the slaves; and the spectators themselves, electrified by the spectacle of this convulsive exercise, share the drunkenness of the actors, and hasten by their chant and a quickened measure, a crisis which is in some way common to them. It has been necessary to forbid them from dancing Don Pedro under grave penalty, but sometimes ineffectually.”

This second, more “fiery” variant of Vodou (“Don Pedro”) seems to be the precursor to the Petwo rite.

[PETWO3] DESCOURTILZ’ (1809) VOYAGES D’UN NATURALISTE ET SES OBSERVATIONS

Descourtilz mentions the precursor to the Petwo rite in Chapter 4, “Idée des Vaudoux”:

« Les vaudoux , me dit la véridique Finette (1) , sont de nations différentes ; ils tombent en crise par suite d’une sympathie imconcevable. Réunis sur le terrain qui doit être le théâtre de leurs grimaces convulsives, ils sourient en se rencontrant, se heurtent avec rudesse, et les voilà tous deux en crise ; les pieds en l'air, hurlant comme des bêtes féroces , et écumant comme elles.

» Je passois un jour , poursuivit-elle, auprès de deux de ces espèces de convulsionnaires, et soit que leurs prosélytes aient eu l’intenuon d’accréditer leur système, soit que par ces preuves irrécusables , ils aient voulu profiter de mon jeune àge pour m'initier dans leurs mystères , on m’introduisit dans le cercle, et il fut ordonné à l’un d’eux, par le chef de la horde, de prendre dans ses mains du charbon allumé qui lui fut présenté, et sembla ne point le brûler; à l’autre de se laisser enlever des lanières de chair avec des ongles de fer, ce qui fut ponctuellement exécuté, sans que je remarquasse le moindre signe de sensibilité.

» Dompète ( c’est le nom du chef tout-puissant de la horde fanatique ) a, disent-ils, le pouvoir de découvrir de ses yeux , et malgré tout obstacle matériel, tout ce qui se passe , n’importe à quelle distance ; propriété ficuve bien faite pour en imposer aux crédules, et tyranniser les incertains dont le défaut de confiance est puni par le poison qui leur est familier , et, dans les mains du Dompète, d'un usage journalier et impuni.

» Les acolytes de cette secte ont aussi entre eux des moyens magiques d’exercer leur vengeance. Un homme a-t-il essuyé les rigueurs d’une amante, ou l’infidélité d’une maîtresse habituée ? un piquant de raie jeté dans l’urine de la coupable, le venge de son outrage, en frappant soudain l’infidelle d’unemaladie de langueur, que le vaudoux fait cesser à volonté par une préparauon différente.

MACHINE TRANSLATION:

"The voodooists," the truthful Finette (1) told me, "are of different nations; they fall into crisis as a result of an inconceivable sympathy. Gathered on the ground which must be the scene of their convulsive grimaces, they smile when they meet, collide roughly, and there they are both in crisis; feet in the air, howling like wild beasts, and foaming like them.

"I was passing one day," she continued, "with two of these kinds of convulsionaries, and whether their proselytes had the intention of accrediting their system, or whether by these irrefutable proofs they wanted to take advantage of my young age to initiate me into their mysteries, I was introduced into the circle, and one of them was ordered by the leader of the horde to take in his hands some lighted coal which was presented to him, and seemed not to burn it; the other to let strips of flesh be removed from him with iron nails, which was punctually carried out, without my noticing the slightest sign of sensitivity.

"Dompète (this is the name of the all-powerful leader of the fanatic horde) has, they say, the power to discover with his eyes, and despite all material obstacles, everything that happens, no matter how far away; a fictive property well made to impose itself on the credulous, and to tyrannize the uncertain whose lack of confidence is punished by the poison which is familiar to them, and, in the hands of the Dompète, of daily and unpunished use.

"The acolytes of this sect also have among themselves magical means of exercising their vengeance. Has a man endured the rigors of a lover, or the infidelity of a regular mistress? A stingray prickle thrown into the urine of the guilty one, avenges his outrage, by suddenly striking the unfaithful woman with a disease of languor, which voodoo can stop at will by a different preparation.

SOURCE: Descourtilz, Michel Etienne, and LECLERC, Charles Emmanuel. Voyages d'un naturaliste: et ses observations ; faites sur les trois regnes de la nature, dans plusieurs ports de mer francʹais, en Espagne, au continent de l'Amerique septentrionale, a Saint-Yago de Cuba, et a St.-Domingue, ou l'Auteur devenu le prisonnier de 40,000 Noirs revoltes, et par suite mis en liberte par une colonne de l'armee francʹaise, donne des details circonstancies sur l'expedition du general Leclerc. France, Dufart, pere, 1809. https://archive.org/details/voyagesdunnatura03desc/page/180/mode/2up

[PETWO4] DROUIN DE BERCY’S (1814) DE SAINT-DOMINGUE

Drouin de Bercy describes the threat “Don Pedro” posed to the white colonists:

Le Don Pedro et le Vaudou sont une association d'autant plus terrible qu'elle a pour but la ruine et la destruction des blancs, et de persuader aux negres qu'ils ne seront jamais heureux, s'ils n'y sont pass associes. Pour etre Don Pedro, il faut etre bon filou, effronte, entet, endurci aux coups, et ne jamais reveler de ce qui s'est passe dans leurs rendez-vous.

TRANSLATION

Don Pedro and Voodoo are an association all the more terrible because their aim is the ruin and destruction of the whites, and to persuade the Negroes that they will never be happy if they are not associated with it. To be Don Pedro, one must be a good rogue, brazen, stubborn, hardened to blows, and never reveal what happened in their meetings.

SOURCE: Drouin de Bercy, Léon. De Saint-Domingue: de ses guerres, de ses révolutions, de ses resources, et de moyens a prendre pour y rétabilir la paix et l'industrie. France, Chez Hocquet, 1814. p. 176 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FxYWAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=176#v=onepage&q&f=false

#commentary #if anybody else has the same INSANE hyperfixation on the life's story of Robert D. Johnson... MIKEY WE EATIN GOOD TONIGHT!!#i swear this actually does pertain to the history of new orleans voodoo.

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