PARIS / R.L.C. / ORIENT FOREST / letter to francine du plessix gray

+LETTER TO FRANCINE du+

>(french expert / first class)< 

+PLESSIX GRAY, AUTHOR+

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+DEAR MRS GRAY+

>your book set largely, so far, in the south of<

>france (a milieu important to me) on the life<

>of the marquis de sade is beautifully written<

+(IMPRESSIVE RESEARCH+

+& >LOVE FOR FRANCE<)+

>and has ignited my hope you might take an<

+MAGNY FOUCHARD / +

+near TROYES, FRANCE+

>interest in our degruy chateau, orient forest<

>with dagobert, savoy, vergy, st. simon dna<

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+SYNCHRONICITY+

>the town of >gray france is on the saone river<

>downstream from >ray (sur saone) france and<

>amazingly the gruy and gray coat of arms are<

+(GRAY & GRUY BLAZONS+

+ / VIRTUALLY THE SAME)+

>almost identical (found in a french genealogy<

>research in switzerland near >gruyere< castle<

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+YOUR LOVE for >FRANCE<+

>(this interests me, not the<

>life lived by the marquis<

>/ milieu is magical to me<

>especially  >castle ruins)<

+SHOWS IN YOUR WRITING+

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 >paris near the knights templar commanderie<
>and in the old latin quarter where our degruy<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / KNIGHTS TEMPLARS)+
>people met w/ other templars in the rue de la<
>huchette has provided me many happy times<
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 >as you must realize >"genetic memory" toward<
>france is a powerful factor in my >life and work<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / CHATEAU CAVANAC)+
>and this blog at this life stage >(you & i are of a<
>same age) benefits greatly from this phenomena<
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 >in 2009 marianne and i >rented a car in carcasonne<
>staying at >chateau cavanac just to the south where<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / CARCASONNE)+
>the cuisine was fabulous and >drove 50 kil south to<
>the mysterious ancient hilltown of rennes le chateau<
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 >castle, chateau and plantation >ruins< are a<
>special interest in my >matrix< of deep felt<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+CASTLE, CHATEAU RUINS)+
>architectural research / >i once rented a car<
>in tuscany to seek the ancient medici villas<
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 >at rennes le château the ancient castle of the<
> de >haurpoule-blanchefort-voisin-dagobert<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / VOISIN-HAUTEPOULE)+
>won my heart w/ its crumbling visage linked<
>w/ our verloin degruy via merovingian blood<
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 >the sensational nature of the history of rennes<
>le château remind of cabriere castle & la coste<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / PRIORY de SION)+
>castle of the marquis de sade / knights templar<
>lore was >strong in all of these remote places<
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 >the history of cabriere castle of the great opera<
>singer emma calve is intensely linked to the rev<
+GOOGLE :>>>>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+CABRIERE & LE CAZE CASTLES)+
>sauniere, whose grave we see here / cabriere is<
+(SEE CABRIERE YOUTUBE)+
>near le caze castle (marianne & i recommend)<
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 >the amazing drama of reverend sauniere's<
>find of an ancient gold hoard which made<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+ / RENNES LE CHATEAU)+
>dan brown wealthy from his book is a tip<
>of a larger iceberg w/ degruy-dagobert tie<
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 >this tie takes us to the >orient forest<  >near<
>troyes focusing bar-sur-aube and nearby the<
>magny fouchard degruy chateau (destroyed)<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / CHARLES de GAULLE)+
>st bernard clairvaux abbey & gen degaulle's<
>retirement chateau, w/ its >50' lorraine cross<
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>montmorency was >top french general<
>under 3 french kings and owned more<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / MAGNY FOUCHARD)+
castles then anyone in france / close to<
>last count de gruyere & king francois<
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 >this impressive memorial plaque on the ancient<
>church at bar sur aube denotes the 1594 to1665<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+DUKE de MONTMORENCY)+
>tie of the daughter of king henri iv (son of gruy<
+(MONTMORENCY CLOSE+
+TO FRANCOIS I & GRUY)+
>cousin francois i) to >french gen. montmorency<
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 >the radiant drama of the orient forest has other<
>powerful chapters like joan de arc w/ king rene<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>>> / AUBE RIVER)+
>de anjou crossing the aube river on the ancient<
>stone bridge, possibly magny fouchard visiting<
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 >the "piece de resistance" of the orient forest<
>is the shroud of turin chapel at >le ray (lirey)<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / LE RAY CHAPEL)+
>just south of troyes / an original wood chapel<
>has been replaced / i have written much here<
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+THE ORIENT FOREST HISTORY+
>(it has everything a magical<
+WRITTEN WELL COULD EARN+
>history can >possibly have)<
+PROFOUND $$$$$$ REWARDS+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu