LOUISIANA PILGRIMAGE / marianne and i visit breston plantation

+JEAN BAPTISTE BRESSE+

>built his cotton plantation house in north louisiana<

>near the ancient ruins of the "poverty point" city<

>and not far from >rayville louisiana founded by<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+

+JEAN BAPTISTE BRESSE)+

>our >pioneer great grandfather jonn ray< who<

>married jean baptiste bresse's radiant daughter<

>catherine bresse & inherited breston plantation<  

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+THE >RAY HERITAGE IS+

+FASCINATING BUT THE+

+>BRESSE HERITAGE IS+

>google :> eugene ray /<

>duke de bresse-savoy<

+>TRANSCENDENT< W/+

+ITS SHROUD HISTORY+

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>we must remember that the >duke de bresse de savoy<

>whose family acquired the shroud of turin by trading<

+(GOOGLE :>>>>> EUGENE RAY /+

+PHILIPPE de BRESSE de SAVOY)+

>2 castles for it was jean baptiste de bresse's ancestor<

>in villefranche-sur-mer and synchronistically whose<

>son in law was the >general montmorency of orient<

+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+

+GENERAL MONTMORENCY)+

>forest chateau vendeuvre >shroud of turin< fame &<

>linked at vendeuvre to the >"grand orient lodge"< !

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 >the bresse family in louisiana shortened the name<
>to bres and the daughters of jean baptist became<
>artists w/ catherine our great grandmother and<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ ANGELA GREGORY)+
>sister selena a talented nola painter & mother<
>of >angela gregory famous louisina sculptor<
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 >marianne and i visited breston plantation w/<
>judge henly hunter a couple of years ago &<
>met the current owners, >the youngbloods<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+BRESTON PLANTATION)+
>whose daughter caroline is a talented artist<
>and son breston is a talented plant expert<
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 >the transcendental manifestation moment for<
>me at >breston plantation was in the kitchen<
>where on a back wall i came face to face w/<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+SAVOY / HOLY SHROUD)+
>jean baptiste bresse, our great (2) grandfather<
>whose family had acquired the >holy shroud<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the great french "orient forest" around troyes"<
>had been the locus of trade fairs & st bernard<
+GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+SACRED ARCHITECTURE+
>set up his abbey near bar sur aube & the gruy<
>chateau, magny fouchard as a design center<
>for over 200 abbeys of >advanced thinking<
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 >in my research regarding st. bernard de clairvaux<
>it became clear why he was the most admired of<
>persona of his time / father of sacred architecture<
+(BERNARD de CLAIRVAUX+
+ORIENT FOREST GENIUS)+
>brains of the knights templar, leader of the troyes<
>fraternity families >(priory de sion-st. sacrement)<
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 >our father >randolph j. ray sr. was a direct<
>descendent of ray, bresse & gruy ancestors<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ TROYES FRATERNITY)+
>& carried "orient forest" >troyes fraternity<
>knights templar, priory-de-sion secrets dna<
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 >the new orleans plantation, troyes fraternity<
>descended families met weekly at foucher<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+FOUCHER PLANTATION)+
>de bore plantation that was louis philipe's<
>host during his stay during the revolution<
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 >the nola plantation owners were >very secretive<
>about their >templar & masonic connections but<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ KNIGHTS TEMPLAR)+
>during the civil war >plantations were saved by<
>secret signs shown that transcended formalities<
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 >the original french plan for the vieux carre<
>of new orleans reminds us it was an early<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / BOULIGNY-DREW)+
>bouligny-drew who was involved in the<
>layout of the plan of the french concept<
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 >palmetto jungles were >dense in the barataria<
>where jean baptiste de gruy struggled to clear<
>land for his indigo plantation / his aristocratic<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+INDIAN MOUND HOUSE)+
>bride montaut de monberaud had provided a<
>indian mound house of her deceased spouse<
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 >stonehenge as painted by the >great turner<
>suggests >cosmic consciousness the milieu<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS)+
>of the >"shroud of turin" and reminds that<
>only turner was capable of painting venice<
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 >our beloved grandmother lucy verloin degruy<
>wife of eugene ray (1st) brought the french<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+GRUYERE-VERGY DNA)+
>dna of the counts de gruyere / vergy that<
>had >merovingian links to charlemagne<
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 >it was the grandson of duke, admiral philippe<
>de bresse de savoy, >(french king francois I,)<
>who selected salamanders as a main emblam<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+FRENCH KING FRANCOIS 1)+
>michael de gruyere was raised w/ francois 1<
>whose savoy family married w/ gruy family<
>linked our >savoy, bresse & gruy ancestors<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE >SAVOY ACQUIRED THE SHROUD+
+OF TURIN IN 1464 & IN 1516 FRANCOIS 1+
>(the shroud of turin has been<
>precious to a savoy-gruyere<
>vergy intermarried families)<
+VENERATES THE SHROUD w/ MICHAEL+
+de GRUYERE AFTER >MARIGNAN WIN<+
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>the founding of the french "grand orient lodge"<

>in the orient forest where the >"priory de sion"<

+(GOODLE : EUGENE RAY /+

+GRAND ORIENT LODGE)+

>founded w/ the knights templar by st. bernard<

>grew out of "troyes fraternity families" linked<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+/ CROSS OF LORRAINE)+

>to the holy shroud is profound spiritual history<

>that attracted >general de gaulle to retire there<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+GENERAL de GAULLE WAS+

>(flew the >lorraine cross<

>flag during the 2nd wwz)<

+DEVOTED TO SION PRIORY+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu