Lily Dale

Lily Dale is a spiritualist community of the Modern Spiritualist movement located in Chautauqua County, New York.

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Spiritualist - Modern Spiritualist movement - Chautauqua County, New York

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It is in the Town of Pomfret at the north end of Cassadaga Lake, near the Village of Cassadaga.

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Town of Pomfret - Village of Cassadaga

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The basis for the community is the collective belief in survival of life after death in a form that enables the living to continue communication with the departed.

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The community provides a series of seminars and meetings throughout the year. There is a fee for admission to the grounds, which include a museum, bookstore, snack bar. Also of note to the potential tourist is the Lily Dale pet cemetery.

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The childhood home of the Fox sisters was moved from Hydesville, New York to Lily Dale. The sisters are considered to be the primary founders of modern spiritualism.

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Fox sisters - Hydesville, New York

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