It seemed an appropriate place to launch my translation of Saint-Martin’s “Of Errors & Truth”.

If truth be told, it wasn’t the most auspicious place! The city of Rochester didn’t exactly come up trumps for the event. Main Street, the focal point of all the activities, was little more than a ditch. The hotels didn’t have restaurants, and most people had trouble accessing their rooms, found people already in their rooms, and so forth. The escalators didn’t work in the Conference Center (great for the average age of attendee!), and the Marketplace was not exactly central.

Despite all these handicaps it was great to catch up with so many friends from 15 States.

I’ve attached some photos of my stall, and my friend Moises Gomez kindly presenting a copy of my book of a fellow New Jerseyite, Ill:. Dave Glattley, the new Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, since I had to leave early due to work commitments.

I was particularly delighted to meet the Sovereign Gran Commander of Haiti, who knows quite a lot about the contents of my book and its origins. I’ll leave it at that!

Still, a great event all round!

 

Piers Vaughan

Piers Vaughan was born in Brighton, England, and following sojourns in Germany and Switzerland, lives just outside New York City. He was educated at Brighton College, Oxford and Cranfield Universities, and holds M.A.s in Psychology and Divinity, and an M.B.A. He worked in banking for most of his life, as a Project Manager and Internal Consultant in IT and Operations, later acting as COO of a small training company based in New Jersey. He has been a Freemason most of his life, and is a member of St. John's Lodge No. 1 in New York, which was founded in 1757, and is the guardian of the George Washington Inaugural Bible. He is a 33rd Degree Mason in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and a Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter State of New York, Royal Arch Masons, which he currently serves as Grand Treasurer. He is also a long-standing member of a number of esoteric Orders, having helped to bring a number of these to the United States from England and France. He is also Primate of the Apostolic Church of the Golden & Rosy Cross, a descendent of the Pre-Nicene Church of Richard, Duc de Palatine. He has a particular interest in the Orders, Rituals and protagonists of 18th Century French Masonic and Esoteric Orders, and has built a reputation translating many source documents into English, and lecturing around the world on these topics.

2 Comments

  • Enrico P. Gamboa says:

    Greetings good Sir,

    I’m very interested on the esoteric side of Freemasonry, since I’m for the spiritual evolution of man. I am the Venerable Master of the Lakandola Lodge of Perfection, Valley of Paco, Orient of Manila, Philippines. How do I purchase a copy of your Book and have it shipped to me here in the Philippines? Thank you…..Bro. Enrico P. Gamboa, 32 Degree KCCH, Philippine Bodies A&ASR, (Southern Jurisdiction)

    • My Brother, the books are available on Amazon. I don’t known the nearest version to you, but I know they’re available on the Australia and other sites. I purchase quite a lot of books from the French and Canadian Amazon sites, while living in the USA, and the shipping costs aren’t too bad. Good luck!

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