Not all ways of dying are good. For the soul to rest in peace, the remains must be buried in the consecrated earth of the cemetery, etc.
Any violent death is problematic (suicides, accidents or children who died without baptism) and these souls who will not find peace (for not having had time to "prepare" to die) will join the great legion of ghosts.
In several regions of France, a stone is placed near the place where someone died violently, under penalty of following them within the year.
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Extracts translated and arranged by me from "Dictionary of Mysterious France", M.C Delmas + A. Le Braz "Tales of the Sun and the Moon" + P. Sebillot "The folklore of France".
A mostly oceanic isola consisting of a series of islands and archipelagoes [Le Caillou, Semenese Islands (Ile du Fantome), Ozonne, Laurentide, Face-a-la-Mer, North Arcade Islands.]
Population 850 million
Le Caillou
the largest island in the North-East
Capital: Revachol [80km radius]
Semenese Islands (Ile du Fantome)
Far to the south west
City: Olduvai
Ozonne
Cities: Fond de l'Air and Virmandeux
Laurentide
City: Deora of the Seven Seas
Archipelagos
Cities: Croyant-Morain, Villiers
OTHER ISOLAS (Azimuths)
Mundi - North
Graad - North East
Samara - East
Seol - West
NOTES: We love scale references! This doesn't add the most details like the number of islands or the orientation of all of them but we'll take what we can get. There may be more detail in Joyce's Reality Lowdown talk.
Map Wall - Several maps have been attached to a bulletin board hidden inside the alcove. They're held up by small pins. The board has come loose from one corner.
Map Wall - The maps look old and faded. Your eye catches a map of Insulinde, a map of Revachol, and a map of Martinaise.
You - Look at the map of Insulinde.
Map Wall - This large map displays archipelagos. You see a constellation of small dots on the light blue emptiness of the Insulindic ocean. The largest, in the northeast, is "Le Caillou" (you are here). Another, far away in the southwest -- "Semenese Islands (Ile du Fantôme)".
You - What else?
Map Wall - Ozonne, Laurentide, Face-a-la-Mer, Archipelagos, North Arcade Islands... all just specks of dust on the vastness of the Insulindic. On the edges of the map, the colour fades into a blur of dotted lines. Black and white.
Visual Calculus - Disintegrating into mathematics.
Inland Empire - In the northeast a dust mite stands on the north coast of Caillou. In a bookstore. It's you.
Shivers - Radiating outwards from you -- the Suzerain Revachol. With a radius of 80 kilometres. Still, the crown jewel of this isola would be barely visible.
You - Squint first -- can you see *cities* on the islands?
Map Wall - You can. On Caillou -- Revachol, a single black star; on Ozonne -- Fond de l'Air and Virmandeux; on Archipelagos -- Croyant-Morain, Villiers; on Semenine -- Olduvai. And on Laurentide -- Deora Of The Seven Seas...
Empathy - Lost little pearls of light. Tiny fires in the dark.
Encyclopedia - 850 million people live on these little dots. An oceanic world of culture and commerce, torn apart by history.
You - Look at the edges.
Map Wall - The ocean breaks apart into a tangle of cosines and azimuths, all pointing into pale nothingness. *Mundi* is the north azimuth; *Graad* is the northeast azimuth; *Samara* is the east azimuth; *Seol* is the west azimuth. *Isolas*, they're called.
Inland Empire - Connections to other worlds. Worlds past the Insulindian, unknown to you. You only know you've never been there.
Logic - 850 million people live on these tiny dots. An oceanic world of culture and commerce, torn apart by history.
Jazz [at] Botanic, du 19 au 22 septembre, Jardin botanique, Bordeaux-Bastide, festival gratuit pour les moins de 18 ans.
www.lecaillou-bordeaux.com
Le café-restaurant Le Caillou, enclavé dans le Jardin botanique, est devenu la nouvelle terre d’accueil de la musique jazz à Bordeaux. Les maîtres du lieu ne se contentent plus de programmer des concerts, mais créent cette année le festival Jazz [at] Botanic. Mêlant artistes locaux et musiciens de notoriété internationale, la manifestation s’étendra sur quatre jours, du jeudi 19 au dimanche 22 septembre. Au beau milieu de la nature, mais pourtant dans la ville, les oreilles curieuses ou expertes pourront goûter le charme rare des célèbres Pierre de Bethmann (piano) et David el-Malek (saxophone). Y joueront aussi les étoiles montantes du genre nommées Émile Parisien Quartet. Outre les grands noms, on pourra assister à des spectacles un peu barjes, comme celui du groupe De bric & de book, qui donne dans la culture jazz et gastronomie, animation musicale.
