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0 The shipping department. The shipping department. The incense workshop. thirty thousand boxes of incense are produced there each year. Among the other outbuildings, a pleasant function room and kitchens allow the Grand Lodge to receive groups. The reception building where visitors are welcomed when they arrive at the château adds to this ensemble. This is also where all incoming telephone calls and the daily mail are first received and dealt with. The Rosicrucian Beacon -- September 2006 The printing house. The reception building. The function room. The Orangery One of the focal points of the Grand Lodge is of course the Grand Temple where the ritual of the Council of Solace is performed each day. It is located on the first floor of an ancient outbuilding called “the Orangery.” The ground floor of this former orangery was used in the past as a winter garden or a summer lounge. Period mirrors on the northern walls reflect the
The Orangery. light that filters through the many south wall windows. The paved floor and wood panelling are beautiful, and a huge oval table fills the centre of the room now used as a meeting room. The “Knight of the Rose” on watch at the entrance, symbolises the Guardian of the Grand Temple which occupies the pavilion attic. One enters the Temple by ascending a narrow wooden spiral staircase. The Knight of the Rose. The Rosicrucian Beacon -- September 2006 The meeting room. In the Garden Outside the Orangery, there is a formal Frenchstyle garden on the northern side of the château, a reduction of Le Nôtre’s creations at Versailles. It is surrounded by rosebushes and sided by two lime-tree groves which shelter the terracotta statues facing each other of Flora and Diana, incarnating the two polarities of nature. Looking back, one can have a glimpse of the château through a blue gate that opens to the chapel. The latter, which is enclosed in a small courtyard, was erected in the 9 th century. Mass was celebrated there for many years and a few people in the village still remember having officiated there as altar boys. It is still arranged as at that time and two small rooms open on the sides of the central choir, one serving as the Imperator’s sanctum, while the other is used by the French Grand Master. Back in the Château When leaving the chapel, one can enter the château by climbing a short flight of steps. On the ground floor, one is back into the old music room, now the Imperator’s office. Some other beautiful rooms are used as secretarial offices, but a part of
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The Orangery.<br />
light that filters through the many south wall<br />
windows. The paved floor and wood panelling<br />
are beautiful, and a huge oval table fills the<br />
centre of the room now used as a meeting<br />
room. The “Knight of the Rose” on watch at<br />
the entrance, symbolises the Guardian of the<br />
Grand Temple which occupies the pavilion<br />
attic. One enters the Temple by ascending a<br />
narrow wooden spiral staircase.<br />
The Knight of the Rose.<br />
The Rosicrucian Beacon -- September 2006<br />
The meeting room.<br />
In the Garden<br />
Outside the Orangery, there is a formal Frenchstyle<br />
garden on the northern side of the château,<br />
a reduction of Le Nôtre’s creations at Versailles.<br />
It is surrounded by rosebushes and sided by<br />
two lime-tree groves which shelter the terracotta<br />
statues facing each other of Flora and Diana,<br />
incarnating the two polarities of nature.<br />
Looking back, one can have a glimpse<br />
of the château through a blue gate that opens<br />
to the chapel. The latter, which is enclosed in a<br />
small courtyard, was erected in the 9 th century.<br />
Mass was celebrated there for many years and a<br />
few people in the village still remember having<br />
officiated there as altar boys. It is still arranged<br />
as at that time and two small rooms open on<br />
the sides of the central choir, one serving as the<br />
Imperator’s sanctum, while the other is used by<br />
the French Grand Master.<br />
Back in the Château<br />
When leaving the chapel, one can enter the<br />
château by climbing a short flight of steps. On the<br />
ground floor, one is back into the old music room,<br />
now the Imperator’s office. Some other beautiful<br />
rooms are used as secretarial offices, but a part of
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