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SACRED COMPLEX DESIGN 1988- >for madre grande monastery< on a rugged site east of s. diego ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CHAPEL-OBSERVATORY-LIBRARY triple use prototype designed to hold a portion of theosophyical societies ancient esoteric books ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ PHOTOS REVIEW EARLY DESIGN for multiuse SPIRITUAL center

               +SACRED ARCHITECTURE+
                        >prototype for<
          +MADRE GRANDE MONASTERY+
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      +PUBLIC SERVICE+
      >it has been my honor and pleasure<
           >to provide designs for dozens<
            >of people through the years<
                       +GOOD CAUSES+
              >who came with good cause<
                  >but couldn't pay cash<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^

                       +MADRE GRANDE+
         >monastery in the mountains east<
            >of san diego was one of those<
               >good cause mise-en-scene<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

             +SAINT BERNARD CLAIRVAUX+
     >of my degruy(ere) ancestors history<
              +ORIENT FOREST FRANCE+
     >had to be looking over my shoulder<
            >as i designed this prototype<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                (>saint bernard built over<
                                +250+
                  >cistercian monasteries<)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^
        +SAINT BERNARD WAS THE BRAINS+
          +BEHIND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR+
                 >cathedrals/monasteries<
             +AND SACRED ARCHITECTURE+
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              >please google.com (search)<
                    >for my early essays<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
                  +EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY+
                       +SAINT BERNARD+
                            ^^^^^^^^^
     >also my degruy l-archives message of<
        >december 11, 2009 is valuable for<
                        +ROUGEMONT+
          >reference to rougemont abbey<
               >near gruyere and to the<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                         +BEAM SHIP+
       >ufos photographed in that region<
         >by billie meier a 1 armed farmer<
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                 +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
          >dedicated to john drais abbot<
           >of madre grande monastery<
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


       #1)         +CHAPEL / LIBRARY+
                        +OBSERVATORY+
                              ^^^^^^^
     >locus of a part of the famous library<
           >of the theosophical society of<
                  +BESANT-BLAVATSKY+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^
        >tripartal plan view of the complex<
            >for madre grande monastery<
                           +1984-1988+
              >east of san diego california<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


        #2)#3)        +PERSPECTIVE+
          >early computerised views of the<
            >monastery complex made by<
                           +WILL ACKEL+
          >former student and good friend<
                    +COMPUTER EXPERT+
            >(using an early ucsd computer)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                               +NOTE+
          >will has been involved in several<
              >valuable alternative design<
                >projects and can be seen<
                     +ON THE INTERNET+
                            ^^^^^^^^


      #4)              +ELEVATIONS+
     >illustrate the double translucent skin<
                 +ARMSTRONG TEFLON+
           >cover over the chapel that will<
                         +DOME-CONE+
              >glow radiently in the night<
                   (multi-biotronic energy)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^


      #5)       +SILVER SHIP STUDIO+
          >mise-en-scene of the design for<
                     +MADRE GRANDE+
            >in the mid nineteen eighties<
                >(many other prototypes)<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                         +POST SCRIPT+
       >sadly madre grande in the eighties<
          >did not have enough funds for<
                      +CONSTRUCTION+
              >later when they did my wife<
                            +MARIAN+
              >was critically ill and i could<
                    >not help them then<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
           +PERHAPS ONE OF OUR ALUMS+
                      >a very good cause<
            +COULD INHERIT THIS DESIGN+
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                 >see sacred architecture<
                        +ATTACHMENT+
                             ^^^^^^^

                 gene ray, lajolla, california

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

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