First, call or email ahead and book a Sound Bath at the Integratron. The time of your session will determine how to route your itinerary for the day. This trip may warrant an overnight stay. You’ll not want to miss any of these fascinating, mysterious...
On your way up the 101, while passing through Thousand Oaks stop and check out theChumash Cultural CenterOn the site of a former Chumash village named Sap’wi. Wonderful museum, a replica of a Chumash village, and pictographs.3290 Lang Ranch Pkwy, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362Old Mission...
One of the more unconventional individuals in greater LA spiritual history was George Van Tassel (March 12, 1910 - February 9, 1978). Van, as he was called, used knowledge he received from ETs to build the Integratron, and held yearly UFO conventions at Giant Rock...
It’s pouring out … do you feel it?Vedanta Temple Yogananda’s crypt at Forest Lawn Agape Bonnie Brae House Lake Shrine Wishing Well at SRF Headquarters Monastery of the Angels Our Lady Queen of the Angels church Thunderbolt BooksSpecial Mention: Mission Santa BarbaraThis is an...
People not on a spiritual quest go to Joshua Tree National Park for the hiking, nature trails, strange landscapes, and the wildflowers, and JT is a big rock climbing destination. It is definitely awe-inspiringly beautiful, and there are many sporting opportunities.Spiritual people, however, have been...
Where can you explore vortex energy yourself? The Joshua Tree Retreat Center (JTRC) claims to have 18 of them on its 420-acre property. Download a map or stop in at the bookstore to find out where to check them out.JTRC, the first and the largest...
Another fantastical desert dreamer was Cabot Yerxa (1884 – 1965) who when he found hot springs on his land in what is now Desert Hot Springs, built a compound there which you can now visit as a museum.Yerxa was quite the multi-faceted character: architect, artist,...
The above lyric from The Door’s song The End does not even begin to describe the varieties of spiritual-seeking that have gone on in Joshua Tree and the surrounding desert since the beginning of recorded time.First of all, the land itself is riddled with vortices...
A hippy, trippy, domed time machine constructed in the 1950s to promote longevity and interplanetary communication. The Integratron was built at the intersection of geomagnetic energy lines, designed with explicit instruction from ETs from Venus (which included building the wooden structure entirely without nails), and...
L.A. has almost as many places to meditate as it has one-dollar taco stands, from luscious outdoor gardens (see page xxx), to yoga studios, and independent and chain meditation centers. A particular form of meditation called mindfulness focuses the attention on the present moment, without...