+500 YEARS AGO IN 1509+ >count jean de gruyere was impressed with two transcendent events that +IMPACTED CIVILIZATION FOREVER+ one he participated in, the other was the talk of all regal persons +(nature's divine proportions)+ >LEONARDO DA VINCI WAS A MOST +ADMIRED UNIVERSAL VISIONARY+ >as i have written, he was admired widely not just for his painting (based on proportions) >BUT FOR HIS TECHNICAL AND EVEN MILITARY STRATEGY. >the very fierce prince, cesere borgia, >DUKE OF VALENTINOIS< >had him designing fortresses and military strategy even though he >HAD NEVER SEEN A BATTLE< +DIVINE PROPORTIONS OF NATURE+ +INCORPORATED INTO ART AND+ (paintings to buildings) +ARCHITECTURE WAS IMPORTANT+ +IN HIS IMPRESSIVE OEUVRE+ >in i509 leonardo's transcendent vision was expanded to a larger audience when the book of luca pacioli +"DIVINE PROPORTIONS"+ >was published in venice with >SIXTY OF LEONARDOS DRAWINGS especially of dodecahedrons (i.e. buckminster fuller) +SHOWING NATURES PERFECTIONS+ >ONE DRAWING SUMS IT UP< >this apocalyptic vision was best shown in the extremly influential leonardo +d r a w i n g+ +THE VITRUVIAN MAN+ +(man stretched out in a circle)+ >named after the great roman architect vitruvias but concieved and drawn by +LEONARDO DA VINCI+ >to express the pefections of nature< (circles and proportions) +CIRCULAR CHURCHES+ >divine proportions became important in the design of the circular buildings of the +K N I G H T S + T E M P L A R+ >including, quite likely, the degruy +ROUND SUGAR MILL+ >THE TEMPLARS WERE GREAT ARDENTS OF LEONARDO'S GENIUS SOME SAY he was grand master of the priory +D E + S I O N+ >but they also knew that the +GREAT TEMPLE OF SOLOMON+ +IN JERUSALEM+ (count de brienne/s"kingdom") >WON BY THE HOLY CRUSADERS AND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR was round and based on the +DIVINE PROPORTION+ +A P O C A L Y P S E+ >in the spring of 1509 the count's of brienne & gruyere gathered with the >DUKES OF SAVOY, BRESSE, ANJOU AND NAVARRE plus the >15 YEAR OLD FUTURE FRENCH KING +FRANCOIS de ANJOULEME+ >with his mother louise de savoy in the new st. chapelle, turin... >FOR THE CONSECRATION OF THE SHROUD OF LIREY / TURIN (flemish artistry) >IN ITS NEW SILVER CASKET +RADIANT w/LIGHT ENERGY+. +five hundred years later we are+ +still in awe of this sacred relic.+ +HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2009+ gene ray, san diego, california