RADIANT CASTLE ESSENCE / learning from our history

+LOUIS I. KAHN+

>one of my favorite american architects,<

>(designer of the salk institute which is<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>> / SALK INSTITUTE)+

>located near our home in lajolla) had<

>a passion for castles (as i do as well)<

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+SYNCHRONISTICALLY+

>i am reading franz kafka's "the castle"<

>as we speak & study castles intently<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+ / TEMPLAR CASTLES)+

>w/ much devotion (genetic memory)<

>castles have powerful beauty to me<

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+RENE de ANJOU+

>king, >architect, artist, poet, scholar was<

>one of my favorite historical frenchmen<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>>> / RENE de ANJOU)+

>because of his genius in cultural ability<

>in several vital ways which i document<

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 >rene de anjou's castle on the rhone river in<
>the south of france is very special in that<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / KING RENE de ANJOU)+
>this multitalented leader was the first in<
>france to introduce windows in castles<
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 >my love for castles is seen in the california<
>villas i designed w/ the medici castles of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / CALIFORNIA VILLAS)+
>tuscany important / rêne de anjou was<
>vital in tuscan arts cultural influence<
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 >this design for a large three generational sugar<
>plantation house for modern louisiana reflects<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+ / MODERN PLANTATION)+
>vital biotronic radiant conoid-spheroid energy<
>family unit enclosures w/ solar / wind energy<
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 >the most advanced of my residential concepts<
>for california placed the garden among kit of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+ / KIT-OF-PARTS HOUSE)+
>parts housing parts inside the domical design<
>spherical enclosure w/ ability to alter interior<
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 >this magnificent villa for "lorenzo magnifico"<
>in tuscany was the subject of my field work<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+ MEDICI VILLA TUSCANY)+
>in the 1980s / i rented a car to photograph it<
>& visited the berenson archive for research<
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 >the villas i designed for the roebling brothers<
>reflect this devotion for tuscan villas and one<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / ROEBLING VILLAS)+
>can empathize w/ the passion rene de anjou<
>and i have felt for >italian villas in tuscany<
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 >studying my design drawing of the silver ship<
>front elevation, published in "domus" one can<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+ / SILVER SHIP IN DOMUS)+
>see the inspiration i received from italian villa<
>design shared w/ a ufo cosmic consciousness<
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 >it is appropriate that the first to publish the<
>silver ship was the magnificent italian mag<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / da VINCI FORTRESS)+
>"domus" published in milan the location<
>of leonerdo da vinci's fortress designing<
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>vital early photograph of the castle of the<
>counts of provence at villeneuve loubet<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / VILLENEUVE LOUBET)+
>(cagne neighbor) / king francois I was<
+(MET the >POPE & H.R.E.+
+here / TREATY OF NICE)+
>count of provence here in the 16th C<
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+(IMPORTANT :> earliest degruy ancestors<
>to occupy the >gruy orient forest chateau of<
>"magny fouchard" was >villeneuve counts<
>who were the powerful rulers of provence)<
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 >this is the ancient castle of the bouligny<
>(bouillon) in luxemburg, ancestors of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ BOULIGNY CASTLE)+
>robin lobdell & the founders of priory<
>de sion & orvall abbey/ stenay forest<
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>this is the ancient castle of the berenger<
>count, romee, (arques) near rennes le<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / BERENGER CASTLE)+
>chateau w/ a provencal counts history<
>links to our villeneuve-voisin-savoy<
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 >(synchronistically, these 2 castles relate to<
>two of our louisiana french creole friends<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+KING DAGOBERT LINK+
+/ RENNES le CHATEAU)+
>and both play significant roles in degruy<
>history of a profound templar-sion type)<
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 >this is the most important knights templar<
>castle of my research & it gives me much<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / CABRIERES CASTLE+
>pleasure to share it / cabrieres is loaded w/<
>fantastic secret templar alchemical history<
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+EMMA CALVE+
>the talented sensuous opera singer and<
>rumered lover of the rev. sauniere of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / EMMA CALVE)+
>rennes le château bought this castle<
>to be close to  >rennes le chateau<
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>gruyere's castle, ancient stronghold of our<
>verloin de gruy(ere) ancestors of magny<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / GRUYERES CASTLE)+
>fouchard chateau in the orient forest has<
>provided much knights templar history<
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+KING THEODBERT OF CABRIERES+
+CASTLE MOVED TO THE STENAY+
>(google : eugene ray / theodbert /<
>1st king of austrasia (burgundy))<
+FOREST OF MEROVINGIAN LORE+
+ANCESTOR OF OUR DAGOBERT+
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>later our king dagobert ancestor became<
>the king of austrasia w/ orval monastery<
>in the stenay forest his special location<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / KING DAGOBERT w/+
+(BOULLION family LINK)+
>until he was murdered there & his son<
+TAKEN to RENNES le CHATEAU<
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu