CREOLE PLANTATION INSIGHT / victor hugo to count st. germain

+EGYPTOLOGY+

>was important on the new orleans plantations<

>& as a small boy in baton rouge my favorite<

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+>>/ EGYPTIAN MAGIC)+

>picture in our living room was an egyptian<

>desert camel scene inherited from cavarocs<

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+CAVAROC HERITAGE+

>from our grandmother's family was filled w/<

>cosmic consciousness & egyptology was a<

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+>/ KNIGHTS TEMPLAR)+

>powerful factor that links w/ templar vision<

>so important to our de gruy family history<

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 +THE JAZZ WORKSHOP+
>was my third and final project constructed<
>in our creole cavaroc & degruy families<
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+>> / JAZZ WORKSHOP)+
>vieux carre, (french quarter) reflecting<
>centuries of organic cosmic memory<
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 >the great steamboats transported my cavaroc<
>great grandfather's bordeaux wines up the<
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+>>>>> / JOHN RAY)+
>mississippi river…later he invested in<
>the railroads, as did rayville's john ray<
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 >charles cavaroc had a large collection of knives<
>and swords encrusted w/ jewels…when union<
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+> / CHARLES CAVAROC)+
>troops came during the civil war he hid them<
>in the wall of his "souvenirs" plantation house<
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 >a few blocks from the townhouses of charles<
>cavaroc and john ray in the winter of 1968<
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+SYNERGETIC ENVIRON)+
>i was able to construct the jazz workshop<
>the final gesture of my love for old nola<
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 >a hundred years earlier victor hugo married to<
>adelle foucher entertained foucher & de gruy<
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+/ ARSENAL LIBRARY)+
>relatives in his place de vosges home & also<
>shared templar secrets at the arsenal library<
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 >synchronicity was rampant when sdsu alum<
>philip matzigkeit found this rare aged book<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ FRENCH ALCHEMY)+
>about the great alchemist count st. germain<
>and generously gave it for my gruy research<
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 >the metaphysical secrets of the count de<
>st germain were important insights to the<
>foucher & de gruy visitors in hugo's paris<
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+/ ORGANIC DEVINATION)+
>especially charles gayarre and francois<
>verloin degruy (paris medical student)<
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 >the last time my brother walker, and i visited<
>the cavaroc plantation house, restoration had<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>/ WALKER RAY)+
>been completed by the american suger co &<
>they gave me this interesting memento<
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 >egyptian-et organic cosmic "magic" is in my<
>estimation the most fascinating discovery<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ DJED PILLAR DEVICE)+
>i have made in many years of research &<
>a key to the strength of  >sion templars<
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 >the great french metaphysical painter odilon redon<
>was a student of >transcendental egyptology< &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ ODILON REDON)+
also
+/ CHRISTOPHER DUNN)+
>shared his radiant insights w/ the cavarocs who<
>as tulane's dr. lemann found was a good friend<
>(chris dunn proves egyptian machining here)<
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 >one of my favorite prototype designs was this<
>concept for a modern plantation, programmed<
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+MODERN PLANTATION)+
>to accommodate three generations of a creole<
>family…thus keeping a nola family together<

 >the small house of marie laveau the famed voudou<
>queen was on st. anne st in the vieux carre, a few<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ GLAPION FAMILY)+
>blocks down from the gruy townhouse . reminding<
>us of her husbands de gruy plantation connection<
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 >william woodward's magnificent painting of<
>our favorite vieux carre "napoléon house"<
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+>/ NAPOLEON HOUSE)+
>oasis and all our treasured memories of<
>special moments w/ beloved people<
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 >these last three, (plus the first), images were<
>found in "missing new orleans" a wonderful<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ RUSSELL DESMOND)+
>book by philip collier (w/ support of thnoc)<
>given to me by our friend russell desmond<

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 +"A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE"=/+
+SEEN ON 1940S BOURBON STREET+
>(google : eugene ray<
>/ randolph j. ray jr.)<

+REMINDS OF BROTHER RANNY'S+

+40s HOUSE @ 1111 BOURBON ST+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu