About Paul

Paul Young was born in Melbourne, Australia, on the 17th March 1953. After leaving school he spent a couple of years in the opal fields of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, before moving his home base to Brisbane, Queensland.

His upbringing and education were along traditional Christian lines, yet from an early age he was drawn to mysticism and eastern religions. Initially this tendency manifested in his choice of reading materials, and the poetry he wrote himself; increasingly it has become a focal point in practical life. Paul belongs to the Rosicrucian Fraternity known as AMORC; he is a level III Reiki practitioner; he is actively involved with Christian groups, while maintaining a keen interest in Buddhism.

A career in international trade and shipping has given him the opportunity to travel to many places in the world, and he has spent some years living and working in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Paul's first book, The Sign of The Quatrefoil, was written without any formal training, but at the end of 2003 he obtained his diploma from The Writing School of Sydney, with the intention of producing further books and magazine articles.

These days he spends as much time as possible in Lismore and the surrounding districts of Northern New South Wales, and hopes to make this his new home as he loosens his ties with the corporate world, and concentrates on his esoteric writings.