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Cassadaga : the South's oldest spiritualist community

Title
Cassadaga : the South's oldest spiritualist community / edited by John J. Guthrie, Jr., Phillip Charles Lucas, and Gary Monroe ; photography by Gary Monroe.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Guthrie, John J.
  • Lucas, Phillip Charles.
  • Monroe, Gary.
Description
xix, 241 pages : illustrations, map; 26 cm.
Summary
  • "Calling itself a "metaphysical mecca," the small town of Cassadaga, between Orlando and Daytona Beach in central Florida, was established more than a century ago on the principle of continuous life, the idea that spirits of the dead commune with the living. Though the founders of Cassadaga have passed on to the "spirit plane," the quaint Victorian town remains the oldest continuously active Spiritualist center in the South and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
  • While the community has often been sensationalized and misrepresented, this is the first serious work to examine its history, people, cultural environment, and religious system."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
The Florida history and culture series
Uniform Title
Florida history and culture series.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino -- Preface / Ann Braude -- 1. The Context of Cassadaga: A Historical Overview of American Spiritualism / Bret E. Carroll -- 2. Seeking the Sweet Spirit of Harmony: Establishing a Spiritualist Community at Cassadaga, 1893-1933 / John J. Guthrie, Jr. -- 3. On the Threshold of a New Age: Cassadaga as a Contemporary Therapeutic Community / Phillip Charles Lucas -- 4. "No Palaces among Us": Cassadaga's Historic Architecture, 1895-1945 / Sidney P. Johnston -- 5. Keepers of the Veil: Life Stories of Cassadaga's Senior Residents / Ann Jerome Croce and Paul Jerome Croce -- 6. The Reverend Eloise Page: Learning a New Language, a Student's Perspective / Anne Barclay Morgan -- 7. Photographic Images of the Camp: Activities, Ceremonies, and Rituals / Gary Monroe.
ISBN
0813017432 (alk. paper)
LCCN
99038727
OCLC
  • ocm42002563
  • SCSB-3861758
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries