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Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp
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The founders of GHG Ghost Hunters traveled to Cassadaga to attend a workshop. The "Camp" and it's residents were most intriguing. This trip and this retreat was most enlightening. Historical Data Cassadaga was established for the purpose of being a haven
for Spiritualist to practice their religion while escaping the cold
winters up North. It has always been a place where mediums lived,
gave readings, demonstrated public message work, and taught classes.
Today, people come from all over the world to visit this quaint,
historical community. Cassadaga is listed on the National
Register of Historical Places, and is located between Orlando and
Daytona Beach, Florida. Cassadaga,
Florida exists as an entity unto itself located between Orlando and
Daytona Beach. George Colby, said to have been led through the wilderness by three spirit
guides, homesteaded land and in 1895 deeded over 35 acres to the
newly incorporated Cassadaga
Spiritualist Camp
Meeting Association. As a young man from New York, George
Colby was told during a séance that he would someday be instrumental in
founding a Spiritualist community in the South. That prophecy was
fulfilled in 1875, when Colby was led through the wilderness of Central
Florida by his spirit guide "Seneca" to an area surrounded by
uncommon hills. Colby is thought to have been suffering tuberculosis, an infectious
disease caused by bacteria, which affects the lungs when he arrived in the
area. In Colby's era TB was referred to as "Consumption" because
without effective treatment, these patients often would waste away. Legend
has it that a small spring located on the homestead provided the
elixir that healed him. His spirit guide, Seneca, instructed him to establish a Spiritualist community in the south. The location was chosen for its unique energy level. The word Cassadaga is a term used by the Seneca Indians meaning, “Rocks beneath the water.” Seneca led Colby, to what is now the site of the Cassadaga
Spiritualist Camp. On that site, the guides instructed him to organize
a psychic center, which was completed in 1898. It is a place like no
other, where mediums, psychics, astrologers and spiritualists can live in
peace without interference from the world outside their gates. Cassadaga received
its name from a town next to Lily Dale, NY where there is also a Spiritualist
camp. Through the years,
many psychics have enjoyed reading in Cassadaga due to the ethereal
vibrations with Spirit and clients with utmost clarity. These
special etheric vibrations emanate from the earth itself, sometimes called
Ley Lines or energy Hot Spots. Cassadaga was established with the intention of it being a haven for Spiritualists who wished to escape the cold of winter while practicing their religious beliefs. The first people who came to Cassadaga were well educated and financially affluent. They pitched tents or stayed in nearby hotels until cottages could be erected in which to reside. Over the years, the Association has become known
as "the Camp." Today there are no camping facilities; "Camp
Meeting" is an old term that was used to designate the annual
gathering of religious groups. Spiritualism’s main focus is to promote an individual to have a
personal experience with God. Spiritualism is a religion that is not based on a relationship with
a particular Savior, recognizing all prophets that came to mankind through
the ages; not setting one above the other. It is rather based upon the
idea that we are all to form our own relationship with God, and to obtain
guidance and accept responsibility for our actions based on our
interaction with that personal guidance. We are able to have that instant
and personal communication directly with God with no intermediary, hence
the reason why we do not give any one a fixed idea of God, only that there
is a God. Spiritualism is a science, philosophy and a religion:
Volusia County has purchased 110 acres
of adjoining property with the goal of preserving sensitive environmental
species and the historical significance of the site. Designated a Historic District and on the
National Register of Historic Places, Cassadaga is the oldest
active religious community in the Southeastern United States. Spiritualism
has seen a resurgence of interest in the 90's as the "New Age
Movement" has been popularized in the media.
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