A Secret Gathering: A True Story of Synchronicity and Spiritual Awakening

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About the Author

Paul Royka has led a life as varied as it is fascinating—from working as a night auditor at one of America’s most haunted inns to sailing solo across the Gulf of Maine and appearing as an antique appraiser on national television. He holds a degree from Clark University and studied at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before earning his Master’s from Claremont Graduate University in California. An acclaimed author of several books on antiques, he has set world records at auction and helped museums acquire significant works of art. He also exhibits his photography and paintings as a Master Circle member of the Salem Arts Association. Deeply connected to Monhegan Island—where his parents first arrived in the 1960s aboard the Victory Chimes—Paul is also the author of Thoughts from a Driftwood Desk and Rise of the Munes, two books inspired by the island’s quiet power. A Secret Gathering is his most personal and mythic work to date.