#Father Anselm

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[myurucrie]

rewatching the anniversary pv and I cant help but laugh about Alkaid photoshopping Cael off this picture

[soulreader05]

✩ ✨𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓊𝓂𝒶 𝒟𝓊𝓂𝓅 ✨✩ 𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖞 𝕭𝖔𝖜𝖑🍬

This is a crack fic, I did this for sh*t’s and giggles cause I’m bored.

All of these kids are Oscar Isaac Characters adopted children.

⚠️ Warning ⚠️ : these are kids who are trauma dumping, there some stuff that will be said that could probably triggering for some readers, so please read this at your own risk. Know that you’re loved and cared for.

Jamie Alvarez : “Hi, my name is Jamie, and one time my alcoholic mother told me I was born as a mistake and that I’m reason my brother unalived himself. I brought a pack of gushers.”

*Dumps the candy into the bowl, you can hear a voice in the background say ‘holy shit’ and someone letting out a snort.*

Ebele Tavarez : “Hello, my name is Ebele, I still haven’t figured out if my birth parents really loved me or not and I still keep thinking that the older girls in orphanage who bullied me were right about that nobody will ever really want me. I brought sour patch kids.”

*Ebele lets out sorrowful chuckle as they dump their candy into the ball while Jamie pats their back lightly for moral support.*

𝐇𝐢𝐛𝐚 & 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐛𝐚 : “We’re Hiba and Sheba and we spent most of our childhood as literal slaves to bunch of shitty men because that’s simply our curse as Djinns…oh and our mother is dead. We brought airhead bites.”

Antonio : *Can’t hold his laughter* “My name is…I’m sorry…Let me calm down. Okay. I’m Tony, and one time, when I was ten, my step-dad threatened to unalive me, saying that if I keep acting like a skippy queer, he’s gonna make sure I die like my mother…my mum died in a car accident…I was with her. I brought war heads.”

*You hear Jamie’s voice in the background whispering loudly ‘What the fxck’ and one of the other kids trying to hold back their laughter.*

Romeo Tell : “I’m Romeo…I get physically and sexually harassed every day at school…and not just by classmates. I brought jolly ranchers.”

*You could hear the twins wheezing in the background and Antonio saying ‘damn.’*

Yuka : “My name is Yuka…Growing up in a hidden base, raised to be a weapon, meant I had to go through heavy intense training, one of my trainers pushed me so hard that it triggered something in me..so I snapped his neck…I brought airheads.”

*Almost everyone in the room is quiet as Yuka dumps their candy into the trauma bowl.*

Bambi Jackson : “Hi, I’m Bambi, and before I met Jack, I was in a wilderness therapy camp and one of the camp counselor tried to molest me because they wanted to know if I was a real boy or not. I brought fruit roll-up’s.”

*You could hear Romeo and Antonio saying ‘Trans Solidarity, brother.’ in the background.*

Augustus : “My name is Gus…my mum is a crazy crocodile goddess that wanted to kill every human who could possibly be bad on earth…I brought oranges.”

*Every kid bursted out laughing and you can hear the twins in the background trying to explain to Gus that oranges aren’t candy.*

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I apologize to you all for what you will read but in my defense, I was bored and left unsupervised.

P.S. I couldn’t add Daisy in this because she would say something very explicit that would be very hard to explain to Gus, who’s only ten years old, it’s bad enough that Yuka was there, not say that Yuka is all bad, she’s just very blunt.

[portraitsofsaints]

St. Anselm of Canterbury  Doctor of the Church 1033-1109 Feast day: April 21

Saint Anselm is a Doctor of the church and called the “Father of Scholasticism”. His writings are comparable to St. Augustine’s. He became a monk at the Abbey of Bec and with patience, gentleness and superb teaching skills, he became prior in 1063. The Abbey became an influential monastic school of philosophy and theology. In 1093, he became the Archbishop of Canterbury where he struggled with Kings Rufus and Henry I over ecclesiastical rights and independence of the church. St. Anselm had many crosses to bear throughout his life, especially in the political realm. Though gentle and mild he wouldn’t back down when principles of faith were at stake.

Prints, plaques & holy cards are available for purchase here:{website}

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

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[meerawrites]

Character intro: Father Anselme

Inspired by: my own trauma with the Catholic institution. Father Anselme in the source material.

Character summary: he/him, white-French, queer clergy and silent about it. The period typical embodiment of all wrong with the 18th century Catholic Church and to an extent, even now. He enables Valmont’s bad behaviour and is catholic staunchly, but more devoted to the dogma and money, then “God” and any theoretical “good” the church could do to fix this mess.

Fun Fact: I didn’t notice him my first couple of reads of my source material, but now, I think it’s fascinating he was conceived as a character a decade before the French Revolution, and I think it’s time to update that commentary, that is definitely intentional.

As genre commentary: Audrey’s an atheist, and Camille is agnostic, I myself, am agnostic, culturally Hindu, and a witch. Despite all the sex, power dynamics, debauchery, and vampirism, in this WIP (and to an extent, the source material), this pretty explicit call out of the church institution might just be what gets this book to be uneasy reading for conservatives and uncritical media consumers.

[somewhere--in-between]

In prayer we are allowed to dive into the place of silence, where everything is already whole and complete, where we can sense a deep peace amid all insults and injuries.

From Heaven Begins Within You: Wisdom of the Desert Fathers by Anselm Gruen. Chapter: Contemplation as a Path of Healing (pg. 115)

[livingslime]

I think we all need to know.. Why Anselm is a yandere? He has a great reason for it, or is it because of his past or sth?

Hi hi! ♡＾▽＾♡

This is a very interesting question!

Anselm's obsessive tendencies are deeply rooted from the emotional scars of his childhood. His mother’s death at a young age shattered him, leaving him drowning in guilt, always wondering if he could’ve saved her. Sometimes, even blaming himself for her death.

But it was his father’s emotional abuse that twisted those feelings even further—cold, manipulative, and cruel, his father made their home a place of constant fear and tension. Anselm watched helplessly as his mother withered under the weight of that abuse, and when she died, he was left with a burning sense of failure and self hatred.

That trauma never left him.

So when he meets the MC, something snaps. The overwhelming need to protect the one he loves becomes all-consuming. Love, in his mind, becomes a dangerous obsession. He convinces himself that the only way to keep them safe is to control everything about their life—even if it means locking them away from the world, where no one—not even fate—can take them from him.

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[apenitentialprayer]

From that time on, Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day and be raised. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, "God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to You." He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an obstacle to Me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."

the Gospel According to Matthew (16:21-23)

God the Father did not treat that Man in the way you seem to think, nor did He hand over the innocent to death in place of the guilty. For God did not compel Him to die, or allow Him to be slain, against His will [...] God did not, therefore, compel Christ to die; but He suffered death of His own will, not yielding up His life as an act of obedience, but on account of His obedience in maintaining holiness; for He held out so firmly in this obedience that He met death on account of it.

Saint Anselm of Canterbury (Cur Deus Homo, Book I, Chapters VIII and IX)

Jesus suffered because he was being faithful to his vision of the Truth even as it collided with the powers of the time [...] Politically and historically it was the final step and consequence in a way of life, a life spent befriending those in need and resisting oppression and violence.

Terrence Rynne (Gandhi & Jesus: The Saving Power of Nonviolence, pages 125, 161)

"Issa and the Giant's Head" by Nicholas Roerich, 1932

[metalomagnetic]

In IRITB Sirius laments that only with Felix can he be himself and not be a Head of House/Husband/Father..

So! Are there any little Felix/Sirius Snippets or Deleted Scenes we could feast on? Anything in Felix’s POV? Thanks!

I do have a Felix POV!

Here is a little snippet:

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“Prepare yourself for Black,” his colleagues warn him, as they wait for the British delegation to arrive.

Felix missed the last one, a year prior; apparently young Black left quite the impression.

“He wasn’t even paying attention to what was discussed, yet he kept being contrary for the sake of it. I wanted to shove my quill right into his eye,” Carl mutters. “Only thing that stopped me is that he’d stab me right back.”

“But now we have you here,” Anselm says, patting Felix on the back. “You can deal with him.”

“I’ve dealt with worse,” Felix allows, quite bored.

He knows of Blacks, had met the previous Head of House, after all, but he’s not as impressed by them as other people seem to be.

He’ll show this boy what insufferable means.

Yet when the doors open and the British delegation makes its way inside, Felix’ plans derail quite fast.

All his colleagues yapped about Back for an hour, how horrible he is, how impossible to work with, how stubborn, yet no one thought to warn him Sirius Black is gorgeous?

Everyone stands, offering handshakes, making pleasant boring introductions, or polite small talk.

Black takes the opportunity to ignore everyone, heads for the chair at the head of the table, belonging to the Minister, and takes it for himself.

“See?” Anselm whispers, exasperated already.

Felix sees, alright. The tall body, the way his robe clings to it, the perfect cheekbones, the striking eyes, the grace oh his long fingers tapping on the table.

The Minister says nothing when he notices Black stole his chair; with a sigh, he picks another.

In return, once everyone is seated, Felix settles into bullying the British Minister. Child’s play, really; anyone can bully that small little toad.

There are rumours he was only made Minister to get Black out of Azkaban.

It’s a game; Felix does his best to terrorise the Brits, and Black rises to the challenge and lays into Felix’ colleagues.

At some point, Felix offers him a smile. Black doesn’t smile back, but there’s something in the way he looks at Felix, with those unique eyes of his bloodline.

“Oh, gods help us,” Anselm says, at his side, with a long-suffering sigh.

[my-secret-shame-but-fanfiction]

For Trine, what are Anselm and Reader giving Blue for a holiday present? Also, Blue doesn't talk about his past much; does he seem a little *cough* blue for this time of year? Does he have bad memories, or is he worried about what to gift Reader and Anselm?

Oh my gossh jaspoagjpsodg I am so emotional over this!! <3 Thank you so much for sending me these thoughts!

Trine [12]: Nice List

Anselm Vogelweide x Blue Jones x afab!Reader • Rating: 18+ pals Masterlist• ao3• want to be tagged? | request info • Trine Masterlist • ko-fi •

Warnings: sexy times mentions, Blue feeling a little blue, typos, not beta read, please let me know if I have missed a warning!

Word Count: 584

Anselm is upstairs wrapping ecstatically. He enjoyed being far too over the top about the matter and wrapping gifts himself for those he cared about deeply, often decorating the presents with things that properly weren’t best suited as gift toppers. But they were fantastic and oh so very Anselm nonetheless. 

It was however best to leave him to his own devices when he was wrapped, even if he wasn’t wrapping things you weren’t allowed to see. He’d had the ‘gift wrapping room’ rearranged long before you’d gotten married so that you could both have space without being able to see what the other was working on.

He’d commissioned a beautiful belt for Blue, the metal clasp engraved with mistletoe after Blue had held a bunch over his dick earlier in the month and asked Anselm for a kiss. 

You head downstairs, walking through the smaller, ‘private’ rooms that you prefer over the grandeur more traditionally mansion-looking cavernous spaces that are many there to entertain guests and intimate associations.  

Blue is staring out of one of the large windows in the living room, his head slightly slumped to the side. The weak, gloomy light catches him at a sweet angle, almost making him look like a statue for a moment. Something a skilled artisan had spent hours pouring over. 

He doesn’t notice you, too twisted up in his own thoughts until you place a hand on his arm. 

“Blue?” 

He blinks and turns, smiling and trying to shift the sombre look on his face. He manages it mostly, but the emotion still pales his eyes. 

“Are you okay?” You stroke his cheek and he nuzzles into your palm, placing his hand over yours and kissing your wrist. 

He nods. 

“It’s a good job you’re pretty.” You wait until he gives you a quizzical look before you continue, “Because you’re a terrible liar.”

He smiles, warmer this time. 

“Your emotions are always written all over your face.” You tap his nose playfully and he leans towards you to rub his forehead against yours, kissing down your cheek to your neck and wrapping his arms around you. 

“Are you worried about what Anselm said earlier?” You say playfully as you hug him back. 

“Hmm?”

“That he’s going to dress up as Krampus and ravage you?” 

Blue snorts, “If I recall correctly, you were also going to dress up as Father Christmas? Complete with the white beard?”

You grin, “We are going to fight over your immortal soul,” you mimic Anselm’s accident teasingly as you repeat his words from earlier and Blue giggles. “So have you been Naughty or Nice this year?” 

“Hmm… A tough choice.” 

“I think no matter what you say Anselm is going to shove something inside you.”

Blue laughs, smiling as you pull back so you can stroke his cheeks. 

“He wanted to make a dildo out of coal, but that is not practical.” You wiggle your eyebrows. 

“Maybe I can sit on your lap?” He presses his face into your touch, “Or lay on it? You can spank me with your belt for being a bad boy.”

“Hmm,” you pretend to think. “I don’t know, that sounds like a reward, not punishment.”

He pouts a little, trying to cover up his smile. “And how would you punish me?” 

“Well, I’d leave you alone for one.”

“Nooo,” his grip on you involuntarily tightens. 

“Well,” you lean closer and give him a light kiss. “It’s a good job you’re on the nice list, isn’t it?”

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[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Anselm Feuerbach (German, 1829-1880) The Mandolin Player, 1868

The young mother listens raptly to the father, enlarged in his mandolin playing in the shadows of an arbor. Her blue cloak and the green foliage surrounding her remind us of depictions of the Madonna in an enclosed garden (Hortus conclusus). But Anselm Feuerbach does not depict family bliss in this idyllic garden scene. Rather, here he has created a symbol of personal melancholy. The artist has portrayed himself as the mandolin player. The mother is Anna (Nanna) Risi, the wife of a shoemaker from Trastevere, whom Feuerbach viewed as the embodiment of the classic ideal of beauty. This was in keeping with his endeavor to produce a painting that is timeless. Nanna became Feuerbach's model and mistress in 1860, but left him in 1865 for an Englishman, plunging Feuerbach into a deep personal and artistic crisis. The two did not have a child together. His great love did not turn out to be eternal but, instead, as fleeting as the music.

[what-eats-owls]

hello :D

I love your books I was just wondering what profession Emeric's father had before he died

It's not a big deal but for some reason in my head he was a prefect but I know he probably isnt. (It might just be I think Emeric is some sort of nepo baby lmao)

Emeric's father Anselm worked as a bookbinder and also bookkeeper! The noodleboy comes by his nerdier tendencies honestly. If Anselm had been a prefect, he'd likely still be alive, or at least he wouldn't have been murdered by a small-town bailiff; we haven't really seen a prefect at their full power in this trilogy, and for hilarious reasons, we still won't in Holy Terrors.

One of the most critical aspects of Emeric's character is that he not only lost a loved one to violence at a young age, but the perpetrator was essentially a garden-variety cop who abused his position to defer justice. Not quite as critical, but still important, is that he was bullied fairly badly at the prefect training academy for not being a nepo baby, by peers who were supposed to be seeking to serve Justice.

All that to say, Emeric's iron politesse may sometimes read as sucking up, but it's a tactical mask over a healthy skepticism of (most) figures of authority/high status. We will meet an actual nepo baby in Holy Terrors (and if you're reading The Fallow Year, you probably know who.)

[soulreader05]

𝓔𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓮 & 𝓐𝓷𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓶 HeadCanons

Most people would suspect that Ebele would be terrified living in the same house with a dangerous mobster…to their surprise, this kid is the only person that can get away with being snarky with Anselm. Only them.

Ebele attends a prestigious school academy, and since word got out of them being adopted by Anselm, most of the rich kids in the school began to make fun of them because they assumed that Ebele was a charity case.

When Anselm heard of this, he was ready to unleash hell but he soon calmed down when Ebele told him what they said to those kids.

“I’m here because I’m on a scholarship. The school wanted me, y’all on the other hand had to use your mummies and daddies money to get in.” (Anselm has never been so proud before.)

Due to a concerning amount of disposing bodies, Ebele makes sure that Anselm murder streak isn’t always ongoing. So they try their best to intimidate guests to keep them alive…though the guests feel like they’re just being intimated by a kitten trying to roar at them so they laugh it off. (They soon regret it when they feel a certain someone glaring daggers at them.)

Anselm owns a theater room in his mansion, so sometimes when him and Ebele aren’t do anything, they’ll be binge watching old Victorian movies together while calling out some of the historical inaccuracies.

You know those videos of kittens/puppies struggling to stay awake…yeah that’s Ebele when they try to stay up watching a movie with Anselm late at night. They get super snuggly too.

It’s precious for Anselm to watch his little one try not to doze off, their eyes half-lidded and cheeks probably squished against his shoulder. They both sleep in the theater room for the night. (It’s a habit.)

Even after getting adopted, Ebele still kept their all of their old clothes, it didn’t matter how worn or torn they were or how many times that Anselm insisted to buy them new ones. Ebele declined his favors, if it was still wearable, they were keeping it.

Anselm doubles the maids payment for them to knit Ebele’s old worn out clothes with pretty star designs because he knows how much his kid hyper fixates on constellations.

Ebele has a large collection of old stuffed animals, pretty miscellaneous knick-knacks and charms that they hoard in their room.

Yes, they do have names for their stuffed animals. Anselm knows them all by their first and last names.

Anselm watches every fencing match that his kid attends in. He’s their loudest cheerleader. His security guards hold cheering posters for them in every match. Ebele tries not to get flustered easily and focus on their opponent. (They appreciate their papa’s support.)

These two try to the take time to learn each other’s native language. Ebele struggles with some words in German while Anselm struggles with rolling his r’s in Latin Spanish. It’s the thought that counts. (Ebele is mixed, they’re Nigerian/Ghanian & Dominican.)

Anselm mostly calls Ebele, ‘little one’, but his nicknames for them is baby bird, sweet one, Schatzi, dove, angel, his little Liebchen.

Ebele calls him, Vog, overlord, wheezy (their way to poke fun at him.), Apa, Pai, and Papa or Vati but only when they’re really tired.

Anselm adores Ebele with his entire body and soul, he doesn’t care if they are his blood or not. They’re his treasure.

[beloxiia]

Day 7 of caeltober‼️‼️ fairytale outfit!

Boy oh boy where do I even begin. Cael... honey, my pookie bear. I have loved you ever since I first laid eyes on you. The way you drive into the paint and strike fear into your enemies eyes. Your silky smooth touch around my rim, and that gorgeous luscious hair. I would do anything for you. I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you get Eosed. You had a rough childhood, but you never gave up hope. You are even amazing off the court, you're a great husband(mine btw) and father, sometimes I even call you dad. I forvever dread and weep, thinking of the day you will one day get eosed. I would sacrifice my own life it were the only thing that could put a smile on your beautiful face. You have given me so much joy, and heartbreak over the years. I remember when you first left st.shelter and its like my heart got broken into a million pieces. But a tear still fell from my right eye when I watched you return to godheim and back to st shelter, because deep down, my glorious king deserved it. I just wanted you to return home. Then allas, you did, my sweet baby boy came home and I rejoiced. 2020 was a hard year for us baby, but in 2024 you made history happen. You came back from as a love interest and I couldn't believe it. I was crying, bawling even, and I heard my glorious king exclaim these words," everytime we meet is love day" Not only have you changed the game and the world forever, but you've eternally changed my world. And now you're getting older(still 25), but still the goat, my goat. I love you pookie bear, my glorious king, Cael Anselm.☺️♥️🫶🏻

[lesorciercanadien]

French Canadian and Acadian culture resources, music, retailers and media

I want to share where I usually find resources regarding my culture, what I tend to trust, and what music, movies and literature informs my spiritual practice! Many of them are in French, with options to switch to English within the website parameters.

Cultural, historical societies and archive centres

Centre Marius Barbeau: The Center specializes in the area of immaterial culture. Its mission is to preserve, promote and encourage recognition, conservation, passing on and spreading of Quebec folk arts and traditions including those of the First Nations and the ethnic communities. The centre owns more than 10,000 documentary pieces of which a very large part is already catalogued and indexed! Costumes, songs, recordings, visual art, and so so much more! https://www.cdmb.ca

Centre de recherche Père Clarence d'Entremont, Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos, Société Historique Acadienne de Pubnico-Ouest: The Archives « Centre de recherche Père Clarence-J. d’Entremont» is located on the second floor of the Museum and Centre de recherche annex. The archives house many collections including the private collection of historian Father Clarence-J. d’Entremont. Amongst the collections found in the research center are over 5000 library books and periodicals (historical and genealogical), genealogies, land grants, deeds, microfilms, photos, maps, photographs, church records, etc. https://www.museeacadien.ca/research-center

Acadian Research Center of Prince Edward Island: Part of the Acadian Museum in PEI. They have more than 4,000 Acadian family records, including information on birth, marriage and death dates, as well as various censuses. This is in addition to the 30,000 genealogical records that their volunteers have transcribed over the years, as well as the 160 Acadian family files, binders and booklets given to them by independent researchers. They also have 340 thematic files covering various topics related to Acadian history and a library of more than 1,500 books on Acadian history as well as rare books. The Acadian Research Center of Prince Edward Island has more than 230 fonds in its collection, belonging to individuals or organizations.To view some archival fonds and photos, please visit: http://acadieipe.ca The Acadian Research Center follows the same opening hours as the Acadian Museum. To view the documents mentioned above or for more information, please contact the Acadian Museum at (902) 432-2880.

Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson, University of Moncton, New Brunswick: The Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson, established in 1968, collects and preserves all relevant documentary material concerning the Acadians and Acadian Society in various fields (history, genealogy, ethnology, sociology, archeology, folklore, demography, geography, economics, language) and offers inventories and tools to facilitate access to this material to interested researchers and members of the public. It has the largest collection of private and institutional records on Acadia in the world. It is located next to the Acadian Museum, which features a permanent exhibition and temporary exhibits, as well as guided tours and screenings of historical films and documentaries. https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/

Scholars and authors

Georges Arsenault (1952- still alive): historian and folklorist, born in Abram's Village, Prince Edward Island. He has published extensively on the folklore and history of the Acadians of his home island, many of these books I have in my collection for the traditions and holiday celebrations of my culture. Favorite book: Contes, légendes et chansons de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Grande Marée. 2018.

Père Anselme Chiasson (1911-2004): a Catholic priest, educator and writer, born in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. He has made significant contributions to the recording of Acadian history and folklore and folktales. He also published several volumes of Chansons d'Acadie, collections of Acadian songs. Favorite book: Chéticamp : Histoire et Traditions acadiennes. Préface de Luc Lacourcière. 3e édition. Moncton : Éditions des Aboiteaux, 1972.

Marius Barbeau (1883-1969): A monumental figure in folklore studies in Canada, he was born in Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, Quebec. Ethnographer, folklorist, a founder of Canadian anthropology. He is known for his early championing of Quebecois folk culture and his exhaustive cataloguing of the social organization, narrative and musical traditions and plastic arts of Quebecois and many First Nations oral traditions for a mass audience. He worked from 1916 to 1950 as editor on the Journal of American Folklore, in that time focusing a lot on Canadian folklore. TW: this researcher may present biases towards First Nations people and their cultures, using terms that are not considered okay today. So please, support more recent scholars and preferably First Nations authors to know more. Favorite book: Ceinture Flechée. Montréal: Paysana. 1945.

Pierre DesRuisseaux (1945-2016): Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he was a novelist, essayist, poet, and journalist. He wrote many works on the expressions, proverbs, sayings, and folkloric tales of Quebec. Favorite book: Croyances et pratiques populaires au Canada français, Montréal, Éditions du Jour, 1973.

Jean-Claude Dupont (1934-2016): Born in Saint-Antonin, Quebec, he was an ethnographer and researcher at University of Laval. His ethnological thesis, Héritage d'Acadie, documented the spiritual traditions of Acadians, and I use it heavily in my practice. He was a pioneer of material cultures research, using this in his ethnological research. Favorite book: Heritage d’Acadie. Collection Connaissance, éditions Lemeac. 1977. 

Carolyn Podruchny (still active in academia!): PhD, is a Professor of History at York University. Her research focuses on the relationships forged between Indigenous peoples and French colonists in northern North America. Her first monograph, Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade (2006), examines French Canadian voyageurs who worked in the North American fur trade based out of Montreal, and ranging to the Great Lakes, the Great Plains, northern woodlands, and the subarctic. She focuses a lot on Indigenous Peoples , History, The meeting of Europeans and Indigenous peoples in the North American fur trade. The cultural, social, gender, labour, and environmental questions, Early Canadian history, Metis history, fur trade history, colonialism. She is an amazing resource! Favorite book: Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press. 2006.

Benoît Lacroix (1915-2016): Born in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Quebec. A Quebec theologian, philosopher, Dominican priest, professor of medieval studies and historian of the Medieval period, and author of almost 50 works and a great number of articles. His collection is extensive in terms of religious life in Quebec, and a high recommendation for spiritual inspiration! Even just the list of publications on Wikipedia is a wealth of possibility, I recommend it! Favorite book: Folklore de la mer et religion. Editions Lemeac, 1980.

Antonine Maillet (1929- still alive): This lesbian queen of the letters in Acadie! She is an Acadian novelist, playwright and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. It's impossible to note down which of her books are the best, they're all such authentic works! For my favorite book, it's for my research into the folklore of course! I first read her for her novel, Pélagie-la-Charette, published in 1974. It's about an Acadian woman who guides her fellow Acadians out of Georgia back to their homeland, enmeshing folklore and history together in her narrative. Favorite book: Rabelais et les traditions populaires en Acadie. Les Archives de Folklore, 13. Les Presses de l’Université Laval, Québec, 1971.

Fred Pellerin (1976- still alive): a legend of traditional Quebec storytelling, Fred is from Saint-Élie-de-Caxton. He is a storyteller, author, and screenwriter. He's especially known for his double-entendre turns of phrases, clever verbal acrobatics, rhythm of speaking, and his amazing imagination of the Quebecois landscape and villages of the 19th century into the 20th. He has many books with accompanying CDs with his many stories of his village and the colourful characters inhabiting it. He also collaborated on the film adaptations of his folktales Babine (2008), Ésimésac (2012), and L'arracheuse de temps (2021). Favorite book: Dans mon village, il y a belle Lurette…, livre et CD, Planète rebelle, collection « Paroles », 2001, 142 p. (ISBN 2-9225-2855-3)

Musical heritage and modern bands

Le Vent du Nord: Favorite album: Territoires (2019) a mainstay in the Canadian folk landscape, Le Vent du Nord specializes in traditional French-Canadian folk music. Fiddle, mandolin, accordion, guitar, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, and rich vocal harmonies and podorythmie beats. Their Shrewsbury music festival shows on Youtube are absolutely riveting to watch! One of my all-time favorite bands for my magical musical needs! "La Turlutte a bassinette" is one of my main grounding songs.

Luc Arbogast: Favorite album: Oreflam (2014). This man. Where to begin with this amazing individual!? He's from Larochelle, France, and was a contestant on season 2 of the Voice. He is a troubadour who plays traditional instruments like the Irish bouzouki, lute, bells. He is known for his unique countertenor voice and medieval songs inspired by artists like Hildegard of Bingen, Walther von der Vogelweide, and Guillaume de Machaut. He sings in old dialects, French and English. If I ever cross his path on the streets of Strasbourg one day, I will fanboy scream.

Vishtèn: Favorite album: Terre Rouge (2015). They are a folk music group from Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands, whose style is rooted in Acadian music. They performed for the Library of Congress, available on Youtube "Vishtèn: Acadian music from Prince Edward Island". They fuse French, Acadian and Irish tunes. Quite beautiful harmonies too!

Les Tireux d'Roches: Favorite album: Tapiskwan sipi (2021). They're from St-Élie-de-Caxton, Mauricie, Quebec. They are considered storytellers-musicians-troubadours of Quebecois folklore and music. Using the cello, bouzouki, guitar, banjo, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, flute, harmonica. Folklorist and storyteller Fred Pellerin used to play with them!

La Bottine Souriante: favorite album: La mistrine (1994). From the Lanaudière region of Québec, La Bottine Souriante formed in 1976 during the Québec renaissance of traditional music. They use accordion, fiddle, guitar, piano, double-bass, which gives them a jazzier sound. They are known far and wide in Québec for their New Year's Eve anthems resounding in our homes, and they really go deep into the old tunes of the logging camps and voyageur trails, with some new compositions guaranteed for foot-tapping.

Les Charbonniers de L'enfer: Favorite album: La traverse miraculeuse (2008). Hailing from Quebec, they concentrate especially on vocal harmonies and acapellas, the jaw harp, and foot rhythm. They focus especially on traditional songs from the archival repertoire of French music imported with the settlers into New France, and voyageur call and response songs.

La Croisée d'Antan: Favorite album: L'antre Des Loups (2017). A trio of multi-talented musicians, La Croisée d'Antan features the violin, banjo, podorythmie, harmonica, accordion, guitar, and beautiful vocal harmonies. They have lots of traditional tunes, and new compositions with inspirations from yesteryear.

Le Diable a Cinq: favorite album: Sorti de l'enfer (2017). Five instrumentalists from the Ripon region of Outaouais, they aim to bring back the kitchen parties so fondly remembered in French Canadian households with their music. They're all from the same family: three brothers, one cousin and a friend. They use guitar, piano, vocal harmonies, accordion, podorythmie, violin, mandolin.

Movies (this list is always in progress as I discover more!)

Babine (2008): Adapted from Fred Pellerin's book Il faut prendre le taureau par les contes, the film stars Vincent-Guillaume Otis as Babine, the village idiot of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec. A lifelong outcast because his mother (Isabel Richer) was believed to be the town witch, he becomes the immediate suspect when the town's church catches fire, killing the parish priest (Julien Poulin). However, he will receive the support of the village's merchant, Toussaint Brodeur (Luc Picard), as he attempts to prove his innocence.

Ésimésac (2012): Although an unofficial sequel to the 2008 film Babine, unlike the earlier film Ésimésac was not directly based on Fred Pellerin's previously published stories; instead, the film's screenplay placed some of Pellerin's established characters in a new original story. The film stars Nicola-Frank Vachon as Ésimésac Gélinas, a young but physically strong man whose distinguishing trait is that he does not cast a shadow. He convinces the village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton to plant and maintain a community garden after an economic crisis has left many of the townspeople hungry, but finds himself in conflict with village blacksmith Riopel's (Gildor Roy) plan to focus on building tracks for a railroad.

L'arracheuse de Temps (2021): Based on the 2009 story by Fred Pellerin of the same name. It stars Jade Charbonneau, Marc Messier, Céline Bonnier, Guillaume Cyr, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Marie-Ève Beauregard, Pier-Luc Funk, Sonia Cordeau, and Geneviève Schmidt. An illness-worn grandmother tries to convince her 11-year-old grandson that death does not exist. She tells him about the adventures of her youth in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, in 1927, when she had tried to eliminate death in the village.

Visual Artists

Clarence Alphonse Gagnon (1881-1942): One of my all-time favourite artists, and a really distant relative of mine! He was born in Montréal, Quebec. a painter, draughtsman, engraver and illustrator. He is known for his landscape paintings of the Laurentians and the Charlevoix region of eastern Quebec, where my family lived. It enchants me to no end, seeing my familiar landscapes with his brushstrokes! Favorite painting: Dans la clairière, Charlevoix. Huile sur panneau de bois, 1915. 15.7 x 22.8cm. no. 1988.113. 

Claude Langevin (1942-2024): A quick painter of landscapes, self-taught! His use of the brush is reminiscent of the Impressionists. He wished to express his affection for his people and his land. His depiction of the Laurentian landscape allows the viewer to feel a strong unfailing connection between the artist and the region he calls home. His use of light in his works reminds me so much of how the sun illuminates the Saguenay region, much to my fond memories. Favorite painting: Au but de champs.

Tom Roberts (1909-1998): Born in Toronto Ontario. He drew inspiration from the Group of Seven and French Impressionism. His paintings, characterized by vivid colours and dynamic compositions, captured the diverse landscapes of Canada, from Northern Ontario to the Maritime provinces. His use of both watercolours and oils brings versatility and an array of variety! Favorite Painting: Quebec Landscape, 1950. Oil on masonite 24 x 30” in. 

Books and Witchy Tools and Where to Get Them

Most mainstream anglophone shops like Chapters Indigo don’t have much. There are other options within Québec and in local regions for our books, and some of them ship elsewhere!

Archambault: this retailer has a lot of Quebec authors, music. Many books in their collections have folklore, regional histories, folk tales and more! Simply type the region you want, for example, Charlevoix or Saguenay, with any key words like “contes” and “folklore” and you’re bound to find a few good reads. https://www.archambault.ca

Septentrion: a bookstore specializing in historical monographs and scholarly works, especially those of France, Québec and any other region where we settled. https://www.septentrion.qc.ca

Bookmark Halifax: https://halifax.bookmarkreads.ca/. A local independent bookshop in our maritime province specializing in local interest authors and titles. Many features books include local history, graveyards, notable people, local plants, and so much more!

Carrefour Atlantic Emporium and Puffin Gallery: https://www.carrefouratlanticemporium.com. An eclectic paradise of local handicrafts, books, art from all over the maritimes! There’s a location on 1869 Upper Water Street, Halifax. I go there for most of my witchy tools like hand-carved spoons, woven tapestries, jewelry, statuettes, and lots of books on Acadian and Scots plants, folklore, history and culture books, as well and Indigenous titles. Sadly I don't think they ship, but always worth asking!

Honorable mention to Jennifer's of Nova Scotia! They're a local shop in Downtown Halifax where a multitude of local craftspeople and artisans sell their works! I get my pottery, tea, candles, art, jewelry, and trinkets from them! They only deliver within 20km of the store.

For those who garden or who are interested in Quebec-grown plants and seeds to incorporate into your spiritual path, here's a website to have a list of all available growers and seed providers! https://notreheritage.ca/semences/semenciers/#:~:text=Situé%20sur%20la%20Rive%2DSud,plein%20potentiel%20de%20chaque%20cultivar.

There's also the Pépinière Ancestrale, based in Saint-Julien, QC. a regional nursery for fruit trees, shrubs and plants! They ship to Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes! https://www.pepiniereancestrale.com

That's all I can think of for now! There's certainly more, but here is plenty to get any of you started! Feel free to reach out and ask any questions!