-----Original Message----- From: Eugene Ray Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:56 AM To: braskewitz@yahoo.com Cc: eamcray@webtv.net Subject: MAGICAL SIDE of NEW ORLEANS this overview for john presco ties french burgundy roots w/ exotic NOLA TEMPLAR-MASON ROOTS merovingian blood shroud aura meets st. bernard golden mean/ DEGRUY DOMED SUGAR MILL & my radiant architecture synergy ROUGEMONT-BESENCON-GRUY la roche de ray/vergy/villersexel HUGO-FOUCHER-NODIER-SION +MAGICAL SIDE OF NEW ORLEANS+ (organic/secretive/exotic/vital) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE DEGRUY DOMED SUGAR MILL+ >published in paris< +WAS RATHER MIRACULOUS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >even the architects of the national (JEFFERSONS INFLUENCE) >capital made drawings of it and +LATROBE & SON+ >crowds came from all over<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +AFRO-FRENCH "EXOTIQUE"+ >there are several reasons that cause tropical new orleans to be called >AMERICAS MOST UNIQUE &< +INTERESTING CITY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^ +OUTLINE FOR JOHN PRESCO+, (rougemont/la roche cousin) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >our mutual besencon/rougemont/gruy/ la roche de ray heritage is an alchemy +PRIORY deSION HUGO-FOUCHER+ +NODIER ESOTERIC RESEARCH+ >that qualifies our french scholarship< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NEW ORLEANS FRENCH INFLUENCES+ (surrealism was a french invention) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >are strong and draw from esoteric occult orientations inherited via ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MASONIC & AFRICAN LIFE+ >secret rituals and< >manifestations< +AMONG NOLA CREOLES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(my french grandmothers were full of this creole mystical ambience) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRENCH TEMPLAR VISION+ >french prince louis philippe's visit to new orleans during the sad days of the revolution had +a powerful influence+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HE WAS HEAD OF FREEMASONS+ +OF PARIS AND BROUGHT THEIR+ >architectural concepts< >secret rituals< +IDEALS TO NEW ORLEANS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it is likely that he influenced the design of the domical degruy sugar mill which +WAS BUILT IN THAT PERIOD+ >a reminder of degruy templar roots< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MARQUIS de LAFAYETTE+ >as i have written acquired some of (JEFFERSON'S COLLEAGUE) >our old saulet new orleans land +LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT+ >and brought additional masonic >influence into new orleans<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAINT BERNARD of CLAIRVAUX+ >who was the verloin degruy spiritual (TEMPLAR-SION FRANCE) >leader among the orient park/lodge +SHROUD PRESERVATION FAMILIES+ >had a scholarly influence on the >design of cathedrals in france< (CHARTRES & NOTRE DAME) (masonic concepts) >standout among others< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TEMPLAR DESIGN THEORY+ >synchronistically notre dame was started in construction the very +YEAR THAT BERNARD DIED+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GENETIC MEMORY+ >my architectural oeuvre in louisiana >& california is filled w/ a passion for +DESIGNING ROUND STRUCTURES+ (a templar retro-vision perhaps) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE SILVER SHIP+ >plus a teenage years ufo sighting< (google my silver ship link) +A+U JOURNAL, TOKYO, 1985+ >four page color overview< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE HARVEST OF MY ROOTS+ >paris biennale/rudolph steiner/arch. assoc., london/frank lloyd wright & buckminster fuller exhibitions< +I HAD A MESSAGE+ >were some of my venues<... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+ >brazilia/milan/glasgow< >LECTURES IN 9 COUNTRIES< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANCIENT LA ROCHE deRAY CASTLE+ (see impressive internet photo) +FIRST HOLY SHROUD LOCUS+ >was originally the largest castle in all of burgundy and dominated by +SEVERAL ROUND TOWERS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the wood box that contained the holy shroud is still preserved >in one of those towers< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RAY/GRUY-BESENCON/ROUGEMONT+ >(apocalyptic burgundy alchemy)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this holy shroud & esoteric study history region must have had enormous impact +PRIORY DE SION MASTERS+ >on the hugo/foucher/nodier youth< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THEY WERE RAISED IN BESENCON+ +NODIER'S FATHER WAS MAYOR+. >and head of besencon masons< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NEW ORLEANS CONNECTION+ >hugo's huge literary influence and foucher link later brought his >esoteric views to nola< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >TEMPLAR-MASON-SHROUD+ >the french towns of rougemont and villersexel are only 45 kilometers +EAST OF THE deRAY CASTLE+ >30 kilometers north of besencon< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRANCE'S # 1 MODERN DESIGN+ >lecorbusier's magical ronchamp chapel is located only 25 kilometers north +OF OUR TOWN OF VILLERSEXEL+ (designed w/ golden mean) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(lecorbusier's nearby hometown of le chaux de fonds (swiss) was a hotbed of masonic theory) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >to be continued.... gene ^^^^^^^^^ >eugene ray, french government +NANCY UNIV. 1986+ international arch/energy comm.