+FOR JOHN LAWRENCE AND+ (our nola-h.n.o.c. hosts) +DANIEL HAMMER+ ^^^^^^^^^^ +THESE CREOLE EXPERIENCES+ (the most creative period working in louisiana) +NOURISHED MY META-PSYCHE+ (radiant color-light-energy) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +APPLIED ROOTS-SYNTHESIS+ note: future researchers will be rewarded by the color slides i made at +MELROSE PLANTATION+ in the early 1960s of the magic world of +FRANCOIS MIGNON-ARTIST SUPREME+ >my greastest plantation memory< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MATRIX FOR CREOLE MAGIC+ >afro-french tropic syndrome< +RITUALS/HEAT/ORGANICS+ >transcendent manifestations< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MAGNOLIA PLANTATION GHOST+ (natchitoches region, louisiana) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ALONG THE CANE RIVER+ >did you see the ghost search on t.v. last night ? we couldn't believe the +SYNCHRONICITY+ ^^^^^^^^^^ >we were there a few days ago< +MEETING AUTHOR, HENLEY HUNTER,+ (more synchronicity) +BY SHEAR CHANCE @ MELROSE+ (fabulous cane river plantation) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >judge hunter introduced himself as we had a cool drink on the porch +OF THE MELROSE STORE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >a fount of regional knowledge, we purchased his book on his family +MAGNOLIA PLANTATION+ >the neighboring property that we drove over to see next. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >CAN YOU IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE when it showed up last night on +NATIONAL TELEVISION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GHOST SEARCH AT REMOTE+ (my title) +MAGNOLIA PLANTATION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(not to be confused w/ magnolia mound plantation near lsu which we had +BATON ROUGE+ >visited just a few days before.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +OVERVIEW+ >transcendent manifestations< search of +CLEMENTINE HUNTER MILIEU+ >this television program brought voudou >CANE RIVER MAGIC MATRIX< >french african magic into the scenario ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED THAT (nola via st. domingue) +FREEMASON & VOUDOU+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >ceremonies both had orientation to +JEAN-BAPTISTE CULT+ >yes, as in our very own pioneer< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANTOINE >JEAN BAPTISTE<+ +VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this jean baptiste-freemason link in +18TH CENTURY LOUISIANA+ >provides strength to evidence of the +VERLOIN deGRUY+ >orientation to freemason thinking as >they prepaired sugar mill plans< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FUTURE KING LOUIS PHILLIPE+ +FRENCH FREEMASON HEAD+ >visiting foucher/bore/marigny/degruy inter-related plantations providing +OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >in the very period of the construction of the round masonic sugar mill. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SKETCHED TWICE BY MASON+ +ARCHITECTS LATROBE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CANE RIVER OBSERVATIONS+ (time is taking its toll) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (melrose plantgation work) >WORLD CLASS "AFRICA HOUSE" IS (eaves are propped up) >IN VERY BAD NEED OF WORK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >1750 YUCCA HOUSE IS RECIEVING (older then the main house) >MUCH DESERVED RESTORATION (built by french african- +MARIE COIN-COIN+) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this is where francois mignon, lyle saxon and other great talents +LIVED AND WORKED+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(google : eugene ray/ degruy >melrose plantation) +NOTE : THE MAGIC OF MELROSE+ >was when francois mignon was >exercising his genius there<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >STATUE OF ST. MARTIN DE PORRES (french african saint) >IN THE CHAPEL OFF THE BACK (banana bunch ripening hung from rafters) >PORCH W/ STAINED GL. WINDOW ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(clementine hunter pictoral fabric collage hung on the +ADOBE & POSTS+ >back brick veranda wall< >punkah fan above< ^^^^^^^^^^^ >GOURDS GALORE HANGING FROM (french tropic syndrome) >CEILING OF THE FRONT VERANDA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >huge growths of banana, elephant ear, ginger lilly, rice paper +CAUSING SOULFUL SURROUND+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (sugar kettle pool mirrors) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(A FABULOUS ART INSTALLATION)< w/ paintings, drawings, photographs baskets, pottery, figurines etc. +CREATED A >MARVELOUS< INTERIOR+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PRUDHOMME/OAKLAND PLANTATION+ owned by the national park service >was lived in until just recently< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +IS THE MOST VIEWABLE AT+ +THE PRESENT MOMENT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to be continued... gene ray, san diego, california