+THE GONCOURT PRIZE-DINNER+ >is awarded each year to the >most promising literary< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PERSONA IN ALL OF PARIS+ (quite an honor to win) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MAGNY LITERARY DINNERS+ >last night marianne and i enjoyed a wine tasting dinner that was a +PARIS 1860S+ >reminder of the magny dinners< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE GONCOURT JOURNALS+ +1851-1870+ >(edmond & jules de goncourt)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the goncourt brothers founded with +CHARLES SAINTE-BEAUVE+ >(romantic paris literary giant and the lover of adele foucher) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THESE FAMOUS LITERARY DINNERS+ >at the magny restaurant in paris's +PLACE DAUPHINE+ >(near notre dame cathedral which was derelect then until victor +HUGO'S "HUNCHBACK" SAVED IT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANY LINK W/ MAGNY FOUCHARD+ +IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME+ but the locus is in the center >of the paris templar meetings< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +OUR PEOPLE'S MIES-EN-SCENE+ >the goncourt accounts of this literary milieu is a very revealing study of the thinking influential to our +NEW ORLEANS COLONIALS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LESEPPS-DUMAS-NODIER-HUGO+ ST. BEAUVE-FOUCHER-SAND etc >dined here w/ french prince +LOUIS PHILIPPE+ >whose wife was of the house of< +HABSBURG-LORRAINE+ >crucial to verloin degruy history< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >explaining his new orleans welcome< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PRINCE LOUIS PHILIPPE+ >(who become french king louis philippe) >it is well documented was the< >close personal friend of degruy related, +VICTOR HUGO-ADELE FOUCHER+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it is quite certain that our new orleans foucher related family attended these huge literary dinners especially +CHARLES GAYARRE+ >our most literary persona who spent eight years in paris libraries during >THOSE MID 19TH CENT. YEARS< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >his studious new orleans cousins +FRANCOIS VERLOIN DEGRUY+ (later to marry a foucher) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >plus perhaps< +FREDERICK FOUCHER de CIRCE+ >and maybe< +BERNARD de MARIGNY+ >were probably in attendance when not distracted by the follies bergere ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NORBERT RILLIEUX+ (great nola scholar-inventor) >would have been attracted by the< >great dumas (pere) and degas< (all w/ french african blood) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CHARLES NODIER+ >was victor hugo and adele foucher's older mentor and co-native of +BESENCON FRANCE+ >the hot bed of masonic-occult studies a stones throw from de ray castle +HOLY SHROUD VENUE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >and rougemont, france castle< >(ACQUIRED BY THE MONACO +VALENTINOIS PRINCE+) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >after cardinal mazarain/louis xiv< +APPROPRIATED ITS SECRETS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >nodier was the studious leader of the >french templar/masonic/occult< +ALCHEMISTS IN PARIS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +AND BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +A R S E N A L + L I B R A R Y+ >probably a major focus of< +PRIORY DE SION+ +r e s e a r c h+ ^^^^^^^^ +FRENCH MASONIC SECRETS+ >similar to the ancient templar< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california