I’ve blogged in the past about Lily Dale. Whenever I go there, I just soak up the peace and spirituality like a sponge and feel renewed. I try to go once a year. Here’s an article about the history of Lily Dale. It describes how some of the buildings came to be, which is interesting. I think you’ll like it.
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History of Lily Dale
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Mediumship within mediumship
Saturday, October 10th, 2009It’s pretty common for me to have dreams where I go places in the spirit worlds. The clarity is high enough that it’s often like waking experience. Tonight, I went to bed much earlier than usual. When I do this, I often wake up super early, but I was hoping that I’d sleep through it, as I sometimes do. No such luck.
I had a dream where I was in a sitting room. If you’ve been to the Lily Dale hotel, there’s a sitting room with a number of art works and tapestries in it. This room was similar to it, and had some of that old-fashioned, 1800’s-early 1900’s feel to it. I was standing in the room, and to my left, there were a number of people, most of which were seated. My Earth plane teachers Peggy and Paul Spencer, who are now in the spirit world, were amongst them. The room was busy with mediumistic activity, a combination of various things such as meditation, table tipping, seance with the lights on, etc. I got the word “Spiritualist” to go along with this. As I was standing there, I said that I could feel the presence of a lot of other spirits, and I mean LOTS. I could feel the energy from their presences very close around me, and I was telling the group to my left about it, almost like I was doing message work. Then I woke up.
I think you could say that being in the sitting room was a mediumistic thing, and then perceiving the spirits in the room was also a mediumistic thing. You might call it mediumship inside mediumship. Interesting concept.
Fun and games with names
Saturday, September 5th, 2009I got to tinkering with a name anagram site, specifically http://www.deanjackson.dj/nameanagram/index.php You can put in your name, and it will output words from the name, using every letter. Here are some interesting anagrams that are spiritual in nature.
Mediums of today:
John Edward’s anagram name is ODD WHEN JAR.
James Van Praagh’s anagram name is JAR VAMP SANE HAG.
Mediums of the past:
Helen Duncan’s anagram name is NUDE CHANNEL.
Margery Crandon’s anagram name is GRANDER ACRONYM.
D.D. Home’s anagram name is ODD HEM. Expanded to Daniel Douglas Home, his anagram name is ALIEN AGED HOODLUMS.
Famous Spiritualists:
Allen Kardec is known for Spiritism, and his anagram name is NAKED CELLAR.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s is not only the author of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories, but a famous Spiritualist. His anagram name is CARRY ON, HOUND TALE.
The Fox sisters, who were famous for communicating with deceased peddler Charles B. Rosna and founding Modern Spiritualism:
Kate Fox’s anagram name is FOX TAKE. When spelled “Katie Fox”, her anagram name is ATE OK FIX.
Margaretta Fox’s anagram name is FAT MARX TO RAGE.
Leah Fox’s anagram name is HOAX ELF.
Charles B. Rosna’s anagram name is NOBLER AS CRASH.
Skeptics and debunkers:
Joe Nickell is a skeptic, and his anagram name is JOKE IN CELL. Hmmm….. 
Harry Houdini, the famous magician, was also famous for debunking fraudulent mediums. His anagram name is OH! HID URINARY. His actual name was Erik Weisz, whose anagram name is WE IRK SIZE, or when spelled “Ehrich Weiss”, his anagram name is SHREWISH ICE.
Other spiritual things:
Near Death Experience’s anagram name is EXERT NEEDIER PANACHE.
Trance Mediumship’s anagram name is CRUMMIEST PINHEAD.
Full Trance Mediumship’s anagram name is MISPLACE MIRTHFUL NUDE.
Ouija Board’s anagram name is A BIJOU ROAD.
Spiritual Development’s anagram name is PRIMEVAL, INSULTED POET.
A few that make you think:
Spiritualism’s anagram name is I SIP ALTRUISM.
Spiritualist’s anagram name is IT IS ULTRA SIP.
Psychic’s anagram name is CHIC SPY.
Lily Dale’s anagram name is IDLE ALLY.
And last but not least, Mediumship is HIP DUMMIES. Hmmm…
Almost-Summerland opens for the summer
Saturday, June 20th, 2009Lily Dale is opening up for the summer season, which runs from June 26th to September 6th. The Spiritualist word for heaven is Summerland, and Lily Dale is about the closest you’ll get to it while you’re here on the Earth plane. It’s a very spiritual and relaxing place, set amongst the trees and on the shore of a lake. When I’m there, I can just feel my spirit absorbing the peace and serenity like a sponge. It’s a wonderful way to rejuvenate and recharge your spirit. I try to make it once a year.
Lily Dale is located in Western New York, United States, and is the world’s largest Spiritualist community. When you visit, you can go for services, messages, and readings, visit the museum, check out the bookstore and a couple of gift shops, and see their calendar of events. This year, a New York City production company is looking to do a documentary for HBO.
Mulling over the local geography
Saturday, February 21st, 2009As I mentioned in my previous post, Hydesville is Southeast of Rochester, NY (US). It’s the foundation point for Modern Spiritualism, and is where the Fox sisters heard raps from a deceased peddler. The town of Palmyra is nearby. It is the foundation point for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), (a.k.a. the Mormons), and is where Joseph Smith talked with the angel Moroni and discovered the plates, which became the book of Mormon.
Lily Dale is in Cassadaga, NY, which is about two hours drive from Rochester, and it is the capital of Spiritualism in the US.
The Genessee river runs through the middle of Rochester, and it flows from South to North, which is a rarity on our planet. (In addition to the Nile, there are other rivers that flow from South to North.)
Do these spiritual influences and the geography of the region somehow go together? I’m not sure, but I’d like to know.
Crossroads in Cassadaga
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008The flickr photo below was taken at the Spiritualist camp at Cassadaga Florida, uploaded by Willy Volk.
I agree with Iva that the namer of streets has taken it to another level. In comparison, Lily Dale is very classic – First Street, Second Street, etc…
