PARIS SUPER REAL MEMORIES / surreal secrets of the left bank

 +ANTOINE PREDOC'S SKETCH+
>of notre dame cathedral on >Facebook this morn<
>reminds me of our >de gruy & cavaroc ancestors<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / NOTRE DAME)+
>families history in france & my own pilgrimages<
>there in search of >lost roots / radiant discoveries<
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+PARIS MEMORIES+
>are so vivid & vital for me and i have written<
>much about our times there / the museums &<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>> / ST. SULPICE)
>bookshops always the major orientation with<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> PARIS, FRANCE)+
>churches, libraries and galleries profound w/<
>restaurants & cafes not to be too overlooked<

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+SURREALITY WAS SPECIAL+

>the french invented the >"super real"< which<

>was like painting outdoors a >wonderful add<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>>>> / SURREALITY)+

>on to the dark studios of previous generations<

>being in france, to me was in itself, super real<

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 >as a boy our >garage was filled w/ the cavaroc<
>family trunks reflecting many summer journeys<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+ / CAVAROC PLANTATION)+
>back to paris & bordeaux shared w/ their friend<
>odilon redon, artist of a very vital french surreal<
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 >notice the towns of vinci (right) genes (center)<
>and turin (left) / all figure in the dramatic opera<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> /  GENOA, LIGURIA)+
>of our history in europe / google my name and<
>each of these towns. note"genes" means genoa<
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 >pierre plantard is the most maligned person<
>in my research >BUT< he deserves a better<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / PIERRE PLANTARD+
>treatment / >if he as some believe >invented<
>the "dossier secrets" he was a >super realist<
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 >victor hugo received the >largest funeral< in the<
>history of paris and deservedly so / he knew the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / VICTOR HUGO)+
>templar treasure secrets of rennes le chateau w/<
>much detail long before henry lincoln was born<
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 >our >de gruy new orleans ancestors possessed<
>powerful genetic memory of their french roots<
+(BARATARIA JUNGLE+
+GRUY >DOMED MILL)+
>and earlier swiss roots at gruyere castle as they<
>designed & constructed their >dome sugar mill<
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 >i thank georgia chadwick, head of the law<
>library of the state of louisiana for locating<
+(GRUY WERE DEVOTED+
+TO TEMPLAR HISTORY)+
>this 19th century >nola masonic /(templar)<
>lodge used by >verloin degruy< ancestors<
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 >rene de anjou's >castle on the rhone river< is<
>an important reminder of that >king's virtues<
>as >artist, poet, troubadour, musician & seer<
+(RENE D'ANJOU HAD+
+MEROVINGIAN DNA)+
>who employed nostradanus & led joan d'arc<
>across the aube river at magny fouchard cht.<
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 >little did i know the >amazing history in france<
>of our >de gruy ancestors & the shroud of turin<
+(AT TULANE MY VISION+
+WAS >GIVEN TO ME AS+
+IF I WAS IN A TRANCE)+
>when i designed & constructed installations like<
>this at tulane university in the final days of 1968<
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 >the de ray castle at >ray sur saone< france on<
>the saone river was the >site of the shroud of<
+(VERGY CASTLES LOCUS+
+WAS >NEAR TO DE RAY)+
>turin importation and just >recently became a<
>possession of the french regional government<
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+THE VERGY WERE GIVEN+
+THE >SHROUD< / THEN IT+
>(vergy daughter, related to<
>de ray wed de charney &<
>settled in the orient forest)<
+WAS TAKEN TO >LE RAY+
>(lerey misspelled lirey<
> / rey & ray are same)<
+IN THE >ORIENT FOREST+ !
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 >an amazing synchronicity is that the bouillon<
>(bouligny or boudousquie) castle, luxemburg<
+(BOULIGNY POSSESSED+
+MEROVINGIAN >DNA<)+
>was the source of the priory de sion land and<
>the dagobert (theodbert) >stenay-orval abbey<
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 >much research in paris bookshops looking<
>for degruy, savoy, bresse, ray, foucher and<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / TEMPLAR HISTORY)+
>related families history has provided a rich<
>tapestry of history to share w/ this ca blog<
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+"THE BOOKSHOP OF THE+
+MARVELOUS"was GONE /+
>(i visited all bookshops<
>on the >paris left bank)<
+PAPUS, >FULCANELLI<&+

+VICTOR HUGO"VANISH"+

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>it was at the bouquenistes<
>bookstalls on >seine river<
+(GOOGLE : E. RAY+
+/ BOUQUENISTES)+
>that i found real treasures<
>perhaps we shall visit '16<
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+MARIANNE'S B-DAY  /+
>(celebrated w/ sartre<
>eiffel, corbu, vinci)<
+"GARDEN OF LILACS"+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu