NAPOLEAN HOUSE GIFT LUNCH- new orleans /my favorite venue- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 PHOTOS DOCUMENT HISTORY dozens of original drawings were given to >historic n.o. collection< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MY EARLY WORK DOCUMENTS= young architect's struggles for > CREATIVE - ARTFUL architecture

            +NEW ORLEANS GIFT LUNCH+
                  >napoleon house patio<
                       +OCT. 26TH, 2012+
                            ^^^^^^^^

                          +FIVE PHOTOS+
              >it was a beautiful day at our<
                            +PRECIOUS+
                    >old new orleans cafe<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^

                             +H.N.O.C+
              >scholars were out in radiant<
                    >and animated force<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
                   +JOHN H. LAWRENCE+
                     +ALFRED LEMMON+
                      +DANIEL HAMMER+
                            ^^^^^^^^^

                        +OLD FRIENDS+
    >present in addition to john lawrence<
          >was my special early classmate<
                       +SUMMER 1952+
               >from tulane architecture<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                     +PATRICK D. STAUB+
                           >radiant wife<
                         +BETTY STAUB+
                              ^^^^^^^
               >and my own radiant wife<
                      +MARIANNE RAY+
              >taking photos of the gift to<
                           +T.H.N.O.C.+
                                ^^^^^
  

                   +RUSSELL DESMOND+
               >arcadia bookshop owner<
                 >scholar of the 1st rank<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
       >came by to give me a special book<
          >on the famed louisiana pioneer<
                +DUMONT de MONTIGNY+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              ( >part of degruy history of<
              +CHOUACHAS CONCESSION+
                     >deep in the remote<
                            +JUNGLES<
                  >of plaquemin's parish<)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^

             +JOHN ALSO GIFTED ME WITH<
               +EARL BARRON'S BOOK ON+
                 +HIS N.O. WATERCOLORS+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^

              (>elsewhere i shall list all the<
                  >books given me in n.o.<)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #1)        +RADIANT MARIANNE+
            >photo on the morning of the<
                        +VIEUX CARRE+
                 >napoleon house lunch<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #2)               +EUGENE RAY+
          >enroute to the napoleon house<
            >louisiana law library & courts<
               >in the background milieu<
                            +JOHN RAY+
                  >of my grt grandfather<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^

      #3)              +GIFT MOMENT+
               >(john h, lawrence and me)<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           >many original drawings in the<
                     +DOUBLE CYLINDERS+
         >crafted  beautifully by dave fobes
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

      #4)           +SPECIAL FRIENDS+
            >on the napoleon house patio<
                >after the drawing's gift<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
                          >(left to right)<
                                ^^^^^^
                     +DANIEL HAMMER+
             >professor, tulane university<
                          +PROFOUND+
               >research specialist/thnoc<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                  +ME+ 
                        >(octogenerian)<
                              ^^^^^^^
                    +JOHN H. LAWRENCE+
          >scholar/photographer/curator<
                      +RADIANT FRIEND+
                        +NOLA EXPERT+
              >exhibitions director, thnoc<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                     +PATRICK D. STAUB+
          >architect, retired professor lsu,<
           >alumnus tulane architecture<
                 >my oldest arch. friend<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^   

  
           
      #5)            +PAT-ME-BETTY+
         >there are many memories i share<
            >with pat and betty at tulane<
                             +1950s+
             >JOHN'S FATHER WAS DEAN<  
                >university, (pat and betty<
                   >napoleon house fans)<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                              +1960s+
          >later in baton rouge pat and i<
             >taught in the architecture<
                        +DEPT OF LSU+
                             ^^^^^^

               +THIS WAS A VERY HAPPY+
                  +DAY FOR US AND MY+
                            >thankyou<
                       +HEART IS FULL+
                           ^^^^^^^^

                gene ray, lajolla, california

              >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeitus, sdsu<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Happy Birthday Gene!

I would not normally interject into Gene's blog, but I would like to take the opportunity to wish him a marvelous 80th birthday this day. Today, with the assistance of Robert Ray, special collections librarian at SDSU, I scanned thirty five of Gene's beautiful, visionary and poetic collage and photomontage studies. As he is spending this day in New Orleans, I will "curate" with an eye towards the Crescent City and to the work inspired by that place.
                                                                            David Fobes , SDSU Environmental Alum, 1978

 

 

Happy Birthday Gene,

your student and friend----------David Fobes

FLASH OF LIGHT in EVENING SKY four structures to remember me> sansouci/seligman/wilty/aubert> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ORIGINAL OEUVRE DRAWINGS > my gift to historic n.o. collection ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE DJED AWAITS YOUR EFFORT many thanks to dave, jim et all ! Inbox

                          +BON VOYAGE+
             >we leave for new orleans just<
              >after dawn in the morning<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                      +FOUR PROJECTS+
        >i leave with you to remember me<
                  +LOUISIANA HARVEST+
          >sansouci/seligman/wilty/aubert<
            >for the historic n.o. collection<
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                      +DAVE HAS BEEN+
                        +WONDERFUL+ !
                             ^^^^^^^
                >he deserves a good rest<
                      >but knowing him<
                           ^^^^^^^^^
                        +VERY UNLIKELY+
                 +THE DJED AWAITS ALL+
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                 >thanks for everything<
                        >dave and jim<
                              ^^^^^^
                 +AND EVERYONE ELSE+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^
                 gene ray, lajolla, california

               >eugene ray, mfa. architect<
                >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

LETTER TO JOHN LAWRENCE @ THE HISTORIC N.O. COLLECTION ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ dear john, 5 photos remind us of the amazing path life offered us> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NEW ORLEANS CREOLE VISION > GALVENISED THE >MANIFESTS< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ in honor of john w. lawrence and robert w. heck my gift to THNOC

          +LETTER TO JOHN H. LAWRENCE+
              >(and all our thnoc friends)<
            +PRISCILLA=ALFRED=DANIEL+
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              >on the eve of our journey<
                  +TO OUR NOLA ROOTS+
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^

        >dear john, priscilla, alfred & daniel< 
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                         +5 PHOTOS+
                              ^^^^^
      >illuminate the warmth of our vision<
           >as we prepare our journey to<
                       +NEW ORLEANS+
            >to be with our creole people<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                         +IN HONOR OF+
               >our professorial mentors<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   +JOHN W. LAWRENCE+
                                >and<
                      +ROBERT W. HECK+
                            ^^^^^^^^

     #1)           +DOMUS LETTER+
                         >milan, italy<
                             ^^^^^^
                     +SEPTEMBER 1981+     
         >from marianne lorenz editor of<
            >the most beautiful design of<
                      +ARCHITECTURE+
                >magazine in europe to<
                      +THIS VERY DAY+
                             ^^^^^^^

      #2)              +EXHIBITIONS+
          >toward the end of my teaching<
            >career exhibitions & lectures<
                        +10 COUNTRIES+
                >all over the world gave<
                  >a stage for the vision<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^

      #3)              +PLANTATION+
                               ^^^^^^        
                   +CREOLE NOLA ROOTS+
      >the plant kingdom is a magnificent<
          >base for a creative vision in old<
                        +NEW ORLEANS+
           >metaphysical graphics provide<
            >a rich expression opportunity<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

      #4)             +VIEUX CARRE+
          >early drawing by degruy & garic<
               >related pioneer surveyer<
                   +FRANCOIS SAUCIER+
          >when he was eighteen years old<
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              (>age of nodier when he was<
                  >made head of the paris<
                      +ARSENAL LIBRARY+)
                            ^^^^^^^^^
                         +DREUX BREZE+
            >mathurin de dreux de breze<
                 (>descendent of louis vi<)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
         (>wife was claude francoise hugo<
            >for fascinating synchronicity<( 
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
                        >please google<
                 +EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY+
                         +DREUX BREZE+
                                >also<
                             +BRESSE+
                                 ^^^^

                     +DREUX de BREZE+
         >also a degruy ancestor was a key<
             >pioneer new orleanian laying<
                 >out with francois saucier<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                          +VIEUX CARRE+
             >blocks after clearing a fertile<
                      +TROPICAL JUNGLE+
               >loaded w/ yellow fever and<
                     +GIANT ALLIGATORS+
                           ^^^^^^^^^^
               >with thousands of fabulous<
                     +CAROLINA PARROTS+
                                >and<
                       +RARE IVORY BILLS+
                 >inspiring and galvenising<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^                           

 
      #5)               +MARDI GRAS+   
               >a descendent of the french<
                        +FEAST OF FOOLS+
             >ignited radiant transcendent<
                             +CREATIVE+
                >expression in new orleans<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                           +VERNACULAR CREOLE HOUSING+
                 Synchronistically and appropiatlely my last design for
                       Poor people housing in new orleans was this
                         Concept for ninth ward housing that would
                                              +1967-1968+
                            >Have survived hurricane katrina as it<
                                >Was tilt up concrete construction<
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            +THE THREE PROJECTS I BUILT+
              +IN THE NOLA VIEUX CARRE+
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                 >expressed that historical<
                      +RADIANT HERITAGE+
                             ^^^^^^^^^
                        >all best regards<
                              ^^^^^^^^
              >gene (degruy/cavaroc) ray<
                        +NOLA CREOLE+
                    >your devoted friend<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^

COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS WAS the ULTIMATE LOUISIANA VIEW ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ seeing a ufo over baton rouge> gave my mature sansouci vision ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CREOLE JUNGLE ORGANIC VIEW was raised to 65 transcendence> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BIOMORPHIC DESIGN CONCEPT gave birth to a california vision ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 PHOTOS REVEAL A HISTORY > circle progendered final sphere/ CALIFORNIA RADIANT OEUVRE !

                        +PERSPECTIVE+
          >these final "midnight musings"<
           >before our louisiana journey<
                            +OFFER+
               >some perspective to the<
               >design oeuvre evolution<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

              +COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS+
                >caused by a ufo sighting<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      >raised my ultimate design vision in<
         >the sansouci forest/jungle locus<
             >of our ancestor's covington<
                         +1959-1969+
         >to a transcendental plateau via<
                +CIRCLE DESIGN FOCUS+
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                  +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
        >reveal the conceptual evolution<
          >to its final california maturity<
                         +1969-1996+
                              ^^^^^

      #1)        +SANSOUCI STUDIO+
              >(near covington louisiana)<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        >first design for the jungle studio<
            >residence was round and a<
                          +UNIVERSAL+
            >cosmic consciousness design<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                  +THIS WAS INVENTIVE+
                     +USING STRESSED+
                          >(box beam)<
                    +STRUCTURE DESIGN+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
         >the glazed pavilion i finally built<
               >was more affordable as it<
                      +13,500 DOLLARS+
                  >was built in 2 months<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
             (>design made in two weeks<
                  +POST AND BEAM W/+
                        +PREFAB ROOF+
               >of construction drawings<)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
                      +GLAZED WALLS+
                               >also<
       >brought the jungle into the house<
            >while providing a strong feel<
                     +NIGHT RADIANCE+
               >for cosmic consciousness<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

       #2)            +BIOMORPHIC+
       >design became my most advanced<
          >louisiana mode by mid-decade<
                              +1965+
           >with this concept for an office<
              >for landscape architects in<
                       +WEST VIRGINIA+
                             ^^^^^^^^
         >this coincided with an invitation<
             >to teach @ lsu architecture<
              >department by professors<
                      +ROBERT W. HECK+
                               >and<
                     +PATRICK D. STAUB+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
           >pat staub will attend the lunch<
               >in new orleans when i gift<
                    >my drawings to the<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
               +HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS+
                     +C O L L E C T I O N+
                           ^^^^^^^^^

     #3)#4)  +CALIFORNIA RADIANCE+
           >(mature radiant design mode)<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
       >is seen in these two designs made<
        >in california for an anthropoligy<
                          +TANZANIA+
          >field headquarters for africa<
                      +U.C.-BERKELEY+
                           ^^^^^^^^
       >and an art & architecture building<
        >for southeast louisiana university<
                  +COMPETITION ENTRY+
           >(designed in lajolla california)<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    #5)    +EXOTIC FACTORS & FORCES+
                           >(radiance)<
                   +PRIMARY LOUISIANA+
                      +A E S T H E T I C S+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
         >was a research paper i wrote at<
                   +TULANE UNIVERSITY+
           >to stress the value i felt by the<
                    +TROPIC SYNDROME+
               >in the new orleans of our<
                   >french creole people<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
         +JUNGLE ESSENCE OF THE WEST+
             +INDIES ALWAYS A STRONG+
                   +I N S P I R A T I O N+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
               (>this paper progendered<
                   >the bungalow paper<
                          +1974-1975+)
                              ^^^^^^

                  gene ray lajolla, california

                >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

FRENCH RADIANT ESOTERICS & CHARLES NODIER=priory de sion navigator/ARSENAL library head ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SCHOLARSHIP IN 18th. C FRANCE dedication : mary lynn hyde and tom davis DEVOTED SCHOLARS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fw: TRACY R. TWYMAN | Charles Nodier and the Occult Revival >( PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SECRET SOCIETIES IN FRANCE > rennes le chateau/templars w/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MEROVINGIAN BLOOD KINGS & COVENANT ARC-LECORBUSIER

Charles Nodier

       
    +ARCHITECTURAL SCHOLARSHIP+
             >is essential to a better earth<
              >it is the difference between<

                          +1969-1996+
                >sdsu environ design and<
                  >tradeschool programs<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                          +GRATITUDE+
       >dave fobes found a valuable video<
         >devoted to the mechanics of the<
                         +DJED DEVICE+
           >this should galvenise research<
               >while i am in new orleans<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

           +THANKS TO DAVE OUR BLOG+
                  (>gratitude to sherry<
                     >beaton for a kind<
                       >support email<)
            +IS DRAWING MORE VIEWERS+ !
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                         +GRATITUDE+
       >tom davis our devoted scholar and<
         >patent expert might tell us if the<
                         +DJED PILLAR+
          >or something like it is patented<
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                        +FASCINATING+
         >scholarship is tom's specialty and<
           >i thank him for his research on<
                     +CHARLES NODIER+
            >among many other scholars/<
             >wizards/seers/ & magicians<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

               +TONIGHT'S ATTACHMENT+
                          (>nodier at the<
                         >arsenal library<)
                    +IS IN TOM'S HONOR+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^

                           +GRATITUDE+
       >to mary lynn hyde for a very special<
         >email of her recent pilgrimage to<
                   +RENNES LE CHATEAU+
         >in the footsteps of charles nodier<
                      (+MEROVINGIANS+
                           +TEMPLARS+)
             >victor hugo and geomancy<
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                      +SYNCHRONICITY+
                >amazingly mary lynn is a<
                  >blood relative of alvin<

                    >bertel of covington<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
         +WHO I BOUGHT OUR SANSOUCI+
                >twelve hundred dollars<
          +FOREST PROPERTY FROM-1960+
              >(he was a man of the arts)<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                     +CHARLES NODIER+

                               >and<

                 +THE ARSENAL LIBRARY+

                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^

         >tonight's attachment focuses on<

           >the french devotion to secret<

                       +SCHOLARSHIP+

                            ^^^^^^^

         >the arsenal library is the official<

           >french government locus for<

              >books on esoteric issues<

                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

               +NODIER WAS HEAD OF+

                   +ARSENAL LIBRARY+

                        ^^^^^^^^^^

        >in the 19th century he and victor<

                       +DEGRUY LINK+

           >hugo, his best friend met w/<

                     +MANY SCHOLARS+

        >researching alchemy/architecture/<

          >templars/astrology/egyptology/<

              >and priory-de-sion matters<

                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Victor Hugo

              +NODIER WAS THE SOURCE+
                +OF HUGO'S INTEREST IN+
                         >(notre dame)<
                    +SACRED GEOMETRY+
                           ^^^^^^^^^
          >they are both said to have been<
               >head of the priory-de-sion<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
               +NOTE : THERE IS MORE TO+
                         (>secret society<
                            >obsfucation<)
                +THE PRIORY THEN IS ON+
                    +THE INTERNET WEB+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
      >besancon france, burgundy, was the<
        >home of nodier, hugo and adelle<
                 +ROUGEMONT CASTLE+
                        >gruy templars<
                    +NEAR RAY CASTLE+
        >foucher (degruy) where nodier's<
          >father was a freemason mayor<
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      +LECORBUSIER+
            >architecture relates to this<
                  +MASONIC HISTORY+
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^

             >please google.com (search)<
               +EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY+
                   +CHARLES NODIER+
                         ^^^^^^^^^
            >read noted researcher tracy<
              >twyman's nodier research<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                       +ATTACHEMENT+
                            ^^^^^^^^
            +HER KING/SAINT DAGOBERT+
              +MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS+
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   >link her interest to<
              +MARGUERITE DAGOBERT+
               >(degruy french history)<

                       ^^^^^^^^^^^
               +AMCIENT MEROVINGIAN+
                       >secrets links to<
                  +RENNES LE CHATEAU+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
          >emma calve at cabrieres castle<
           >root of the first merovingian<
                   >king and the famed<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
                +ARK OF THE COVENANT+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                 gene ray, lajolla, california

               >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Ray
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:00 PM
To: Eugene Ray
Subject: TRACY R. TWYMAN | Charles Nodier and the Occult Revival

http://quintessentialpublications.com/twyman/?page_id=23

APPLE RADIANT SOLAR RING is designed and ready to be built ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fw: Apple Campus will be Solar-powered - wordlessTech | wordlessTech (see attachment)

+PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT+
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    eugene ray


http://wordlesstech.com/2011/12/13/apple-campus-will-be-solar-powered/

ARCHITECT'S ORIGINAL GRAPHIC oeuvre saved in high risk zone !!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ HOW DID YOU SAVE ALL THESE ? david fobes questions eugene ray answer : it wasn't very easy dave- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ HURRICANES-MOVES-TERMITES >i have somehow saved most of the original graphics despite all ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ GIFT FOR THNOC NEW ORLEANS in honor of profs lawrence/heck

                        +FIVE PHOTOS+
        >four louisiana comissions reveal<
           >concerted effort for a special<
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
                  +TRANSCENDENTAL+
                    +MANIFESTATION+
                          ^^^^^^^^

       #1)      +STERN FOUNDATION+
               >offices in the vieux carre<
                       +NEW ORLEANS+
                            ^^^^^^^^
          >rooftop office retreat for the<
                        +ART PATRONS+
             >distinguished stern family<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

        #2)#3)     +PROFESSIONAL+
                             +CENTER+
            >covington center for doctors<
                            +1962-1963+
               >offices examinations and<
                            +DIAGNOSIS+
                                 ^^^^^^

        #3)     +AUBERT INSURANCE+
              >company offices covington<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
       >my first completed project on the<
                           +1959-1960+     
       >main street of covington louisiana<
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                 +NEW LIFE FOR A VERY+
                    +WORN OLD TOWN+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
                               +NOTE+
          >dean john w. lawrence saw this<
                        +APPARITION+
          >while driving through covington<
             >and it led to my tulane post<
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #5)        +EXHIBITION PAVILION+
           >design for the st. tamany parish<
                     +ART ASSOCIATION+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
              >sansouci forest, covington<
                      +LOUISIANA 1963+
                           ^^^^^^^^^

           +THE SANSOUCI FOREST WAS+
                 +HAVEN FOR THE ARTS+
                      +IN COVINGTON+
                           ^^^^^^^^

                           +GRATITUDE+
          >thanks to miriam barranger and<
              >c. alvin bertell the arts were<
                  +VITAL TO OUR PEOPLE+
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^
               >flash of light/evening sky<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
                    +ONE BRIEF MOMENT+
                          +C A M E L O T+
                               ^^^^^^^

                 gene ray, lajolla, california

               >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^