Book is a signed leather bound limited edition hardcover, published in 2011, 108pp. Book is in new unread condition

Published by Brazen Serpent Press

A Secret Meeting in Rome by Raymond Bernard.Here is a rare first edition of the Brazen Serpent Press printing of A Secret Meeting in Rome .Hand-bound by Buddhist monks in soft calf leather with gold gilt stamping. Book is signed by Timothy Hogan (author of the preface) and hand-numbered (this is No. 106 of 108 only copies). Other features include silk endpapers, hand-sewn silk marker, full-color illustrations, and raised ribbed leather spine.The French philosopher Raymond Bernard, who was Grand Master of the Knights Templar, takes you on a journey into some of the mysteries of his Templar initiation in 1955. In this book he hopes to make his initiation part of your initiation into the mysteries of the Templar Order today. This book, which is part historical, part allegorical, and part communication of the mysteries, is a personal account of essential truths related to the purpose and mission of the Knights Templar.