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Saturday, June 6, 2015

FRENCH PILGRIMAGE / marianne & i on the trail of the shroud

+IN 2009 MARIANNE & I+
>flew to france and rented a car in search of my roots<
>that took us to carcassone, rennes le chateau, magny<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+EACH SEPERATE LOCUS)+
>fouchard, clairvaux, colombey, vendeuvre and leray<
>(plus other minor locus like langres & bar sur aube)<  
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE SHROUD OF TURIN+
>was an important factor in our journey considering<
>how this miraculous linen cloth contains an image<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ SHROUD OF TURIN)+
>of the historical jesus imprinted by a flash of light<
>that was at the center of our gruy families history<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+ART & LIFE BECOME >ONE+
>(at the highest level<
>one finds miracles)<
+IN A BURST OF RADIANCE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >carcasonne was our first >historical locus<
>enroute to our templar dagobert village of<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / CARCASONNE+
>rennes le château w/ its voisin fmly castle<
>and transcendent saunier / calvet hictory<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                
 >ancient louisiana >voisin neighbors of degruy<
>ancestors on the mississippi river in st. charles<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / VOISIN TEMPLARS)+
>parish were direct>descendants of the earliest<
>owners of this famed rennes-le-chateau castle<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >rennes le château voisin-blanchefort-hautepul<
>templar merovingian dagobert dna heritage is<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+SHEPHERDS OF ARCADIA)+
>astounding as chronicled by henry lincoln in<
>his epic "holy blood holy grail" best seller<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >thé famed rev. saunier in>rennes le chateau<
>apparently discovered a large horde of gold<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ REV. SAUNIER'S GOLD)+
>that enabled his construction of a group of<
>exotic buildings which we photographed<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >our dagobert heritage in the >orient forest links<
>to dagobert history in rennes-le-château village<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+ / KING DAGOBERT DNA+
>where the habsburgs w/ their vergy family link<
>& merovingian dna drew british secret agents<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >marianne and i stayed in the walled city of<
>langres france w/ its entry towers designed<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / LANGRES FRANCE)+
>by leonardo da vinci >enroute to the "orient<
>forest"of de gruy chateau >magny fouchard<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >ancient romanesque church of our verloin<
>degruy ancestors at magny fouchard with<
+12 CENTURY CHURCH /+
+@ MAGNY FOUCHARD+
>the photo of the degruy chateau hanging<
>on wall of the mayor's office next door<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >the chateau of the duke of luxemburg was<
>the next village from magny fouchard and<
>was the locus of famed gen montmorency<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+CHATEAU VENDEUVRE)+
>friend of michael de gruyere & francois I<
>french king / (grand orient lodge origins)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >marianne and i were filled w/ deep emotion<
>in the presence of st. bernard de clairvaux's<
+(CLAIRVAUX ABBEY OF+
+OUR SAINT BERNARD)+
>monastery only about 15 kilometers away<
>from the degruy chateau, magny fouchard<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >also 15 kilometers away from clairvaux abbey<
>of st bernard is the retirement home of general<
+(MARIANNE @ COLOMBEY /+
+HOME of GEN DE GAULLE)+
>de gaulle w/ the 40 ft high templar cross of<
>lorraine / >(he loved holy shroud history)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >near the village of bar-sur-aube where saint<
>joan de arc crossed the aube w/ king rene d'<
>anjou is a small church of the degruy where<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / GEN. MONTMORENCY)+
>on the wall i found a note of montmorency<
>general friend of count michael de gruyere<
>& king francois I >(ref chateau vendeuvre)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >the aube river near >bar-sur-aube & chateau<
>magny fouchard of the degruy is located the<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+CHATEAU BOSSANCOURT)+
>chateau of the bossancourt who lived in the<
>degruy chateau earlier >married to the gruy<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >the final historical holy shroud destination<
>of our pilgrimage to the orient forest was<
>the chapel called "lirey" >(derived from<
+(MARIANNE @ LE RAY+
+in the ORIENT FOREST)+
>le rey) where the charney-vergy knight<
>would hoist the >shroud high overhead<
>during the >climax of christmas mass<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+HOLY SHROUD+
>history in the orient forest created<
>a transcendental radiance quality<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ MAGNY FOUCHARD)+
>in this region attracting de gruy<
>ancestors for >many centuries<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+IT TOOK >TEN YEARS OF+
+de GRUY >RESEARCH TO+
>(find additional data<
>my Facebook page)<
+FIND THIS >HISTORY & I+
+THANK YOUR INTEREST+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu


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