Lily Dale

This booklet provides a quick overview of the history of Lily Dale's Healing Temple. Lily Dale, NY is the largest center for the religion of Spiritualism. Lily Dale was established more than 130 years ago by a group known as the Free-Thinkers Society of Chautauqua County. Originally meeting in Laona, New York, about 7 miles north of Lily Dale, these Free-Thinkers were considered radicals because they supported women's suffrage and Mesmerism (the forerunner of hypnosis and trance healing). Chapters include: WHAT AND WHERE IS LILY DALE, A MIRACULOUS BEGINNING?, JACK KELLY LOUIS VOSBURG AND MAE WEST, PRAYER RIBBON TREE, HEALING LIST, ABSENT HEALING AND LAYING-ON-OF-HANDS, SACRED SYMBOLS, SOFT LIGHTING AND STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, LEARNING AND TEACHING IN THE HEALING TEMPLE, STUDENTS DO TRANSFIGURATION IN CLASSES, THE HIGH ENERGY OF THE TEMPLE GENERATES ORBS AND SPIRIT LIGHT STREAKS, and LEADERSHIP AT THE HEALING TEMPLE.