A Visit to Cassadega Spiritualist Camp



Last weekend, a friend and I decided to visit Cassadega so I could get a "reading" from a psychic. Although she had visited this very small but interesting community previously, this was my first time...and I had never had a "reading" from a psychic.

 I wanted to let you know what Cassadaga is all about so I went to Wikipedia and gleaned some information about the place to share with you. Here's a short history:

 "Cassadaga (a Seneca Indian word meaning "Water beneath the rocks") is a small unincorporated community located in Volusia County, Florida. It is especially known for having a large number of psychics and mediums, and has consequently been named the "Psychic Capital of the World". The Cassadaga Spiritualist camp began when the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association was founded by George P. Colby, from Pike, New York, a trance medium who traveled to many different states, giving readings and seances. He was well known, and in his travels, Colby was referred to as the "seer of spiritualism".

 Colby had arrived in Florida in 1875, and on the 18th of December, 1894 the charter was granted to form The Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association. Later on January 3, 1895 Colby had signed a warranty deed to the Association for thirty-five acres. The people who came to the Spiritualist Camp in the early days of its formation were affluent and well educated.

 The Cassadaga Spiritualist camp was named after the small Spiritualist Camp community found outside of Lily Dale, New York. The Spiritualist Camp Association later received additional acreage that expanded the camp to the current fifty-seven acres. Today, the Camp features the Cassadaga Hotel, a central auditorium, The Colby Memorial Temple, a community library, the Caesar Forman Healing Center, a Camp Bookstore, and a welcome center. The principles of spirituality that are taught by the people at Cassadaga state, "Spiritualism has no dogma or creed, just a simple set of nine principles to help guide our lives". According to the teachings of Spiritualism, it is the "Science, philosophy, and religion based upon the principle of continuous life".

 On March 14, 1991, the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist camp was declared a U.S. Historic District. The Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp is a federal tax-exempt Church currently governed by a Board of Trustees."



When we arrived we went into the aforementioned bookstore where there was a white board and on it was listed the 9 psychics "on duty" that day. So I picked up their business cards and tried to get an energy reading from one of them. I kinda got a lukewarm feel from one and so I called her but her voice on the answering machine did not feel right to me.

We wandered into Cassadega Hotel where it has been reported that the best psychics work and my friend pointed out the brochure of this one woman who had attended the women's retreat at my church. I've never seen her at any of the services but she did go to the retreat. In fact, she had approached me when the retreat had concluded and spoke to me, said some nice things. Still I didn't know her.



But I made an appointment with her. The customer whose appointment was just before me called to push her appointment time back because of traffic issues so I was able to go right in and receive my reading. Mary Hayes+ was the psychic and I had a really nice experience. It wasn't all weird and spooky but almost comforting.

 I do not want to go into what was received here, it's rather private but it was all good. I'd go again.

And thank-you to my friend for making that all possible. Very cool.