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 […]
Very happy indeed to see my new baby out there at last! My translation of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s 1775 book “Of Errors & Truth” is now available in hardback and paperback versions on amazon.com, and already appearing on other websites and global Amazon sites. For a fleeting moment of fame it was listed on the […]
On Saturday I finally had an opportunity to visit the magnificent Salon de la Rose Croix exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum with a few like-minded friends. I was lucky, too, as the day was offering free entrance to those who could produce a Bank of America card! The Guggenheim is a very approachable Museum of […]
I know I haven’t posted since I returned from Australia, but I can assure you it wasn’t because I was in the doldrums following a wonderful vacation. Far from it! I have been writing a Foreword and Introduction to Saint-Martin’s book in preparation for its public début. Realizing not everyone will be familiar with the […]
BookCon ran June 3 – 4 in the Jacob Javits Center, NYC. As it was my first, I wondered whether to go on Day 1 or Day 2. The first would have more freebies, but more people. Less free stuff on Day 2 but the chance of books at very discounted prices (what publisher wants […]
I must admit to having a ‘thing’ about Royal Arch Chapter Rooms – especially if they have an Egyptian theme. Perhaps it comes from Golden Dawn influences, seeing the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum at an early age, the fact that my car license plate is ‘Thoth’ and my former boat was called ‘Horus’, […]
The building is in brutalist style, similar to that of the Grand Lodge of California, and has won awards for its modernist architectural style. On entering, one is immediately struck by two circular elevators, with a winding staircase wrapping itself around one of the shafts, reminding one of the architecture of King Solomon’s Temple. The […]
Last week I was amazed to receive a very thoughtful gift from my Masonic and ‘Off Broadway’ friends for my 60th Birthday. They had taken the time to find a copy of the first edition of the Thoth Tarot Deck published by Samuel Weiser in conjunction with Llewellyn in 1973. The back of the cards […]
Last Friday I officiated at the wedding of two friends. It is funny how sometimes just about everything seems to conspire to prevent a ritual of love and positivity from taking place. Just as humans often appears to prefer bad news over good, so it seems the very spirits conspire on occasions to throw every […]
