+ATMOSPHERE FOR ALCHEMY+ >note: the greatest feat of alchemy in the history of new orleans had to be etienne debore's improved +SUGAR PROCESSING+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE+ volume viii +THE UNIVERSITY SECTION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is a companion volume to the vol vii "JEFFERSON CITY" >that i referenced yesterday and both have valuable information about our great >FOUCHER/BORE/GAYARRE/ DESTREHAN/MARIGNY LIVAUDAIS/ etc. etc. >creole plantation families in the area of what is now audubon park/tulane univ- loyola univ. that relate to our own +VERLOIN deGRUY ANCESTORS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MARY LOU CHRISTOVICH+ >was indeed an important persona in the organization of this architectural series +VERLOIN deGRUY COUSIN+ >and i had the pleasure to host her to lunch at the "napoleon house" last year and send her many of my +MIDNIGHT MUSINGS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RELATED PROFESSIONAL INTEREST+ >(i share many of these essays w/ a long list of correspondents related to our >manifold historical investigations) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAMUEL WILSON & BERNARD LEMANN+ >were two valued architectural history friends who wrote profound chapters for the n.o. architectural series. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TALENTED TULANE SCHOLAR+ >(bernard lemann, my colleague in the tulane architectural school in the +CAVAROC-REDON+ (alchemy/artistry) >1960s discovered a cavaroc link w/ the painter odilon redon) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JEAN ETIENNE deBORE+ >is the subject of much attention by sam wilson in vol. viii of n.o. architecture +THE UNIVERSITY SECTION+ >and his chapter about the uptown fauburgs history focuses on our ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FOUCHER-BORE PLANTATIONS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it is clear that in the summer of 1952 my daily schedule as a tulane architectural student took me from my boarding house at 2221 palmer avenue >synchronicitly< +(deBORE PLANTATION SITE)+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >to my classes in stanley thomas hall, the tulane school of architecture. >synchronicitly< +(FOUCHER PLANTATION SITE)+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LITTLE DID I REALISE THE INCREDIBLE+ (milieu of our ancestors) +HISTORICAL SYNCHRONICITY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TROPICAL CREOLE PARADISE+ >in may of 1803 laussat wrote his memoir of the de bore plantation that describes +A PLACE OF ARCADIAN BEAUTY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this corroborates the memoirs of +CHARLES GAYARRE+ >who grew up on that plantation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRENCH AESTHETIC VISION+ >and general victor collot who visited the plantation in the spring of 1796. very impressed w/ bore's talent. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GAYARRE'S ACCOUNT IS PUBLISHED+ >(plantation as a locus of french >intellectual/spiritual vision) +ON P. 26 OF "THE UNIV. SECTION"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ISLANDS OF RADIANCE+ >(my estimation is that the plantation (TEMPLAR SUGAR MILL) >of our verloin degruy was similar) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE DEGRUY PLANTATION CAN BE+ >(revealing buildings, gardens >roads for"you are there" >comprehensions) +ENLARGED ON THE ZIMPLE MAP.+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PORTRAIT OF A GENIUS+ >de bore's physiogamy as seen in the portrait now owned by tulane is that of a small, wizened leader... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NAPOLEON'S KIND OF MAN+ >indeed, napoleon's agent pierre laussat appointed etienne de bore in 1803 +AS MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >de bore was the leader of the creole +TRANSCENDENT WIZARD+ >french colonial city in every way. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FUTURE FRENCH KING LOUIS PHILIPPE+ >knew exactly where to go in 1798 +DUKE OF ORLEANS+ >when he and his two brothers >sought refuge in new orleans.< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HAVEN OF CREOLE VISION+ >in 1967 when i started my development >of transcendent radiant energy< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +M A N I F E S T A T I O N S+ (color-light-energy) ^^^^^^^^^^^ +"RADIANT ARCHITECTURE"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it was in the mies-en-scene of our< +FOUCHER-BORE ANCESTORS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >tulane university where this long >process took a quantum leap< +F O R W A R D+ ^^^^^^^^ >alchemy reference note< +SIR ISAAC NEWTON, ALCHEMIST+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >please read, "sir isaac newton, his life and work" to better understand the "ALCHEMY OF MY OEUVRE" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ROSICRUCIAN REFERENCES+ >the books of the rosicrucians and many alchemical texts were part of newtons >research library upon his death< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LAPLACE WAS A SCIENTIST+ >(in addition to a suburb of new orleans) >who like einstein possessed great +ADMIRATION FOR NEWTON+ >(the greatest of all mystics)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california