ALCHEMY OF LIFE / radiant matrix for transcendental manifestations

+REYNER BANHAM+

>was one of the best friends i could ever have<

>he was my link to english scholarship (most<

+(BANHAM WAS A STAR+

+OF >ENGLISH DESIGN)+

>books i owned were english) reyner was my<

>guest at SDSU / he liked my bioenergy work<

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+ARCHIGRAM WAS >CLOSE+

+FRIENDS TO REYNER AND+

>(mary came to both of<

>my lectures in london<

>after peter passed on)<

+HIS WIFE, MARY BANHAM+

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>reyner (peter) bantam >wrote the best<

>book about los angeles  : "los angeles<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>> / REYNER BANHAM)+

>the architecture of the four ecologies"<

>required reading in my "theory" class<

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+ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIP+
>each year i would invite the best lecturers<
>we could afford / >we packed montezuma<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>> / PETER COOK)+
>hall of the aztec center< for  >paolo soleri<
>bruce goff, ruiner banham & many others<
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+PROFESSOR REYNER BANHAM+
>in recent years a fascinating book by prof<
>j.k. birksted of reyner's old design school<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / BARTLETTS SCHOOL)+
>"lecorbusier & the occult" is close to my<
>interests / >wonder if he saw my lecture<
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 +PROFESSOR HIDEO TERADA+
>father of our >talented SDSU grad, chikako<
>terada hart visited marian & i in the "silver<
>ship" & made a fine guest in my classroom<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / HIDEO TERADA)+
>(japan's famed a+u design journal honored<
>my work in 1985 >same year as the french)<
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+EXTRATERRESTRIAL+
>as a person whose life was inspired<
>by a 1947 UFO sighting, >the study<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / EXTRATERRESTRIAL)+
>of extraterrestrial interface on earth<
>is important (and very widespread)<
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+COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS+

>is a >result of UFO experience in my<

>youth and has >inspired< my radiant<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>>> / CROP CIRCLES)+

>architecture / >linda molten howe has<

>documented much of the crop circles<

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 +FELICITY FOUCHER de GRUY+
>"genetic memory"< is in my view vital in<
>the study of >human creative work / >as i<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / de GRUY / FOUCHER)+
>study the life of my degruy ancestors the<
>history of their >architecture is important<
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 +VIEUX CARRE+
>as i >designed three projects in the new<
>orleans "french quarter"  >i was very in<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / VIEUX CARRE)+
>tune to the history of my ancestors lives<
>there  (i last saw my brother ranny here)<
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 +PLANTATION STORE+
>slavery was a >horrible part of our french<
>family >history in louisiana< & is a tragic<
>blight on my research / i have made many<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>>> / JOHN RAY)+
>efforts to make up for that / >john ray our<
>legislator ancestor  >worked for freedom<
>he almost lost his life />had to go to nola<
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+de GRUY TEMPLAR MILL+
>verloin degruy >templar dome sugar mill<
>(left of the pond) >in this barataria sugar<
+(GRUY PLANTATION+
+AT >NEW ORLEANS)+
>plantation plan< >also features horrors<
>of >cabins of plantation bond workers<
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 +CHARLEMAGNE+
>the great >holy roman emperor< was admired<
>by all & explains why ancestor count michael<
+(GRUY VERGY >DNA+
+LINK TO THE H.R.E.)+
>de gruyere was close to the french & h.r.e.<
>both at the same times, (moving between)<
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 +KING LOUIS XIV+
>(not my favorite king) but he brought vinci<
>to france & founded >french scientific inst<
+(FEARED POUSSIN PAINTING+
+"SHEPHERDS OF ARCADIA")+
>& national library / he was verloin degruy<
>commander at versailles & poussin patron<
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 +FRANCOIS VERLOIN de GRUY+
>our >great great grandfather has been a vital<
>inspiration to our genetic memory / >he was<
+(TEMPLAR DOME WAS+
+HIS >GRANDFATHERS)+
>educated in paris as a doctor & >acted as an<
>architect in louisiana / focus, brick construct<
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+LOUIS XIV GIFT+
>the diamond buttons on the shirt In<
>this vaudechamp portrait of francois<
>were given to the gruy by king louis<
+(FRANCOIS & 2 BROTHERS+
+ALL  MARRIED FOUCHERS+
+of >NEARBY PLANTATION)+
>xiv originally in a necklace form but<
>in time were taken apart for shirt use<
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+VICTOR HUGO >IN PARIS AT+
+ST SULPICE ALSO MARRIED+
+A FOUCHER / VITAL AS THE+
>(the nola foucher family<
>marquise de circe went<
>back  (paris for his title<
>never to return to nola)<
+PRIORY de SION TEMPLARS+
+TIE HAS >BEEN REVEALED+
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>their plantation in new orleans is<
>now audubon park & >where we<
>have lunch w/ mary lynn hyde &<
+MARIANNE LOVES+
+PARK'S OAK TREES+
>tommy mcintosh upon our arrival<
>(southwest airlines from s. diego)<
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+GRATITUDE TO MY CHILDREN+
>(osteria romantica in l.j. shores<
>the pasta there is to >"die for")<
+FOR A SPECIAL FATHERS DAY+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu