TROPIQUE MAGIQUE / homage to rene d'anjou artist-poet-scholar

+KING RENE de ANJOU+

>was a multi-talented artist-poet-scholar+

>who caused civilization to advance in<

+QUANTUM LEAPS+

>(responsible for the medici library)<

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+RENE RELATED TO GRUY+

>(gruy chateau w/ joan d'arc)<

+VIA THE ARAGON, BAR+

+AND ANJOU DUCHIES+

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>this was in a day when kings wore<

+GOLD CROWNS+

>that symbolized the radiant aura of<

>saints and seers as found in the<

+ANCIENT PAINTINGS+

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>the creole child is impressed by magic<
+CREOLE SECRETS+
>he finds in his home and backyard<
(>our yardman had amazing ability<)
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 >the creole child's mother and grandmother<
+CREOLE SECRETS+
>provide a key to organic radiant insights<
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+TEMPLAR-SION VISIONARIES+
>like king rene & jean cocteau opened up<
>the doors to transcendent manifestations<
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 >read henry lincoln plus picknett and prince<
+(EUGENE RAY ARCHITECT /+
+KING RENE de ANJOU)+
>on king rene d'anjou & jean cocteau<
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 >as i told my friend dr. tom cox retired head<
>of the SDSU french & italian studies dept<
+PRIORY de SION SECRETS+
+RENE d' ANJOU LEADER+

>leader listing is a stroke of french genius<

+PLANTARD=PLANCHARD+

+GRUY NOLA NEIGHBOR+

 >no matter who put the list together<
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 >we must understand that the priory de sion<
>was at the beginning forever linked to the<
+KNIGHTS TEMPLAR+

>and in particular the ancient and sacred<

+SOCIETY du ST. SACREMENT+
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>which links to st. bernard geomancy and<

+VALENTIN VERLOIN de GRUY+

>in the french champagne orient forest<

>(no one can destroy that history but<

+le RAY SHROUD CHAPEL+

>it took years of research to reveal it<)
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+MARIANNE AT PARIS+
+& VERSAILLES 1955+
+SYNCHRONICITY+
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>marianne in the ancient knights templar<
+(KING RENE-ST. BERNARD)+
>paris milieu during her 1955 pilgrimage<
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>notre dame was important to degruy relative<
+(ST. BERNARD CATHEDRAL)+
>victor hugo but it was at versailles (above)<

>that she walked in the de gruy footsteps<

+ANTOINE J.B. de GRUY+

+WAS BORN HERE+ 

>so close to our original french pioneer<
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>catholic chapel for the east louisiana state<
>hospital located at jackson louisiana and<
+ORIENT FOREST MEMORY+
+MY FIRST BUILDING 1953+
>published in the baton rouge state times<
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>in baton rouge & new orleans of that<

>period i was designing buildings that<

+HOUSING PROJECT FOR+

+CURTIS & DAVIS 1961+

>were published in the local papers<

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+CHATEAU LA TOUR+
>(templar archtype &<
>king rene d'anjou<)
+CAVAROC ELIXER+
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>the domed chateau la tour winery reminds<
+BORDEAUX-NOLA LINK+
+ON THE PLANTATIONS+
>of the degruy templar domed sugar mill<
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>our cavaroc ancestors imported and sold<
>many cases of chateau la tour wines in<
+CHARLES CAVAROC & SON+
>their 19th c. new orleans importation<
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+GOOD KING RENE (B. 1409)+
>was a devoted connoisseur of<
+CHATEAU LA TOUR (1331)+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu