deGRUY-BERNARD FOOTSTEPS / special for louisiana friends

+IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. BERNARD+

>(it is not accidental that joan of arc<

>king rene de anjou, & the shroud<

>of turin passed the gruy chateau)<

+IN PARIS AND THE ORIENT FOREST+

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+NEAL PENDLETON & ANNE MAURIN+

>just sent special emails and in neal's case a touching<

>memoir of his mother who died during his birth &<

+(MY DEEP GRATITUDE+

+for YOUR MESSAGES)+ !

>much of his life has been spent looking for her< !

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+DEDICATION LOUISIANA FRIENDS+
+/ BROTHER WALKER & DELLA etc+
>for you my brother walker, wife della and families<
>plus jack willoughby, tommy & chris macintosh,<
+(AM NOT FORGETTING ALL+
+MY CALIFORNIA FRIENDS)+
>kerry beckham, cousins gary & curtis clarke and<
>many louisiana friends under photos seen below<

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 >for my beloved wife marianne and our families<
+(RUE GRAND DEGRES CROSSES+
+RUE SAUTON IN LATIN PARIS)+
>this the ancient latin quarter of paris is where<
>st bernard and the templars met in latin paris<
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 >for my cousins neal pendleton and garlic barranger<
+(ORIENT FOREST CHATEAU=+
+/ GRAND ORIENT LODGE #1)+
>this chateau, near the degruy chateau is where the<
>luxe general montmorency founded the 1st lodge<
>(bonded w/ king francois 1& michael degruyere)<
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 >for my alumnus friends dave fobes & jim bourke<
+(ANCIENT FRENCH CRAFTSMEN+
+/ CREATED ORGANIC LIGHTS)+ !
>in our ancient cagne hotel the bronze sconces<
>had lighted the castle for many famed artists<
+(PROVENCE DUKE'S MILIEU)+
>(picasso, renoir, bonnard, matisse, chagall)<
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 >for my friends robin beeman & mary lynn hyde<
+"MARY" CREOLE WEST+
+INDIAN PLANTATION+
>this beloved place south of new orleans was<
>owned by degruy, delery pioneer cousins<
+LINK W/ ORIENT FOREST+
>(locus near degruy indian mound house)<
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>for my friends robert ray, john lawrence & dan hammer<
+(SCHOLAR OF ARCHITECTURE, ART<
>ALCHEMY & OCCULT SCIENCES)+
>fulcanelli is typical of scholars who met at the<
+(VICTOR HUGO-CHAS NODIER)+
>alchemy library, priory-de-sion gatherings<
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 >for my friends john & tania messina<
+(RADIANT INSTALLATION+
+in MY TULANE STUDIO 69)+
>john's infra-red photo in my tulane studio<
>reflects my deep templar genetic memory<
+(HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE)+
>(we were bonded for those nola years)<
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 >for my friends georgia chadwick & russell desmond<
+(ORIGINAL NEW ORLEANS+
+TEMPLAR MASON LODGE)+
>luis philippe, future king of france was head of the<
>french masons, stayed at gruy family plantations,<
+BERNARD MARIGNY RELATED+
>foucher-bore' plantation, now tulane university<
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 >for my friends tom davis and tom & chikako hart<
+(SAINT BERNARD CLAIVAUX+
+GENIUS OF FR. GEOMANCY)+
>reflects 12th century orient forest family's devotion<
>to the earliest western civilization use of geomancy<
+BRAINS OF CHARTRES CATHEDRAL+
>most respected, admired man of his time in france<
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 >for my friends ralph bowman & sherry beaton<
+(MY METAPHYSICAL MAIL ART+
+GRAPHICS HAD A MESSAGE)+
>all that i express in this nightly blog was seen<
>earlier in the hundreds of collage graphics i<
+(CREOLE DNA AS ESSENCE)+
>sent to many good friends in new orleans<
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 >for judge henley hunter & hugh & caroline youngblood<
+(OAKLAND PLANTATION+
+ON THE CANE RIVER)+
>relates to ray and de bresse history over at the<
>breston plantation of the youngblood family<
+OLMEC CULTURE LOCUS+
>(w/ its exciting poverty point-maya linkage)<
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 >for my friends henry & gail hood and anne maurin<
+(FRANCOIS MIGNON CREATED+
+GREAT ENVIRON ART HERE)+
>in about 1965 i jumped the fence here to discover<
>a greatest work of environ art in louisiana history<
+"GHANA" W/ COTTON MURAL+
>w/ incomparable collection of organic buildings<
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>for friends gene cizek and mary lou christovich<

+(GREAT STAR OF MELROSE+
+IS THE "AFRICAN HOUSE")+
>francois mignon had everything looking perfect<
>in those early days (read his"plantation memo"<
+MIGNON'S ORGANIC LOVE+
>collection of his weekly newspaper articles)<
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 >for friends tom cox, and kevin & jasmine brekke<
+(TEMPLAR ANCESTORS MET in+
+this PARIS LATIN QUARTER st)+
>rue huchette is even today a very vital, mysterious<
>street beloved by greeks, romans and templars w/<
+MILIEU OF ST BERNARD & GRUY+
>the largest collection of greek restaurants in paris<
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+NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL NEAR+

+HERE HUGO-NODIER AMBIENCE+

>(french government collection<

>of occult, metaphysical books)<

+LINK VIA ARSENAL LIBRARY+ !

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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu