Willard Alden owned land where the Leolyn Hotel now stands in Lily Dale. On June 15, 1873, he hosted a picnic for local Spiritualists and set aside his grove just for their meetings. Before this, ...

What does 'Cassadaga' mean? Many members of Lily Dale Assembly, a spiritualist camp in New York, came down to join the community. The camp was named after the Cassadaga Lakes near the Lily Dale camp.

The Spiritualist town of Lily Dale, despite its potential for eerie imagery, surprises with undeniable charm, deepened by the community's shared belief that the dead never actually die.

The Spiritualist town of Lily Dale, despite its potential for eerie imagery, surprises with undeniable charm, deepened by the community's shared belief that the dead never actually die.

7 minute read An angel statue stands outside a guest house in the Lily Dale Assembly Spiritualist community of Lily Dale, N.Y. on Aug 26, 2022. Stefani Reynolds—AFP via Getty Images ...

(Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.) Shannon Taggart spent almost two decades researching Lily Dale, New York, a rural hamlet home to a robust spiritualist community.

“Their book offers a fascinating deep dive into the political and cultural impact of Lily Dale, an intentional spiritualist community that helped shape social reform movements in New York and ...

In their new book “Spiritualism’s Place: Reformers, Seekers, and Séances in Lily Dale,” four co-authors — all friends, scholars and UB alumni — share their curiosity and enthusiasm for uncovering ...

Nowhere is that clearer than in the lives of the women of Lily Dale, N.Y. Lily Dale’s women used the Spiritualist town, founded in 1879, as a proving ground for their experiments with authority ...

What does 'Cassadaga' mean? Many members of Lily Dale Assembly, a spiritualist camp in New York, came down to join the community. The camp was named after the Cassadaga Lakes near the Lily Dale camp.