Hundreds of botánicas populate L.A., and most of us don’t know that they are the tip of the iceberg of...
Another homegrown L.A. religion is the Church of Religious Science, part of the group of movements known as New Thought....
The independent spirits of Californians were more open than most to the metaphysical and inward-focused religions immigrating from the East,...
When I heard there was a portal for souls passing through to the other world north of Santa Barbara, I...
Turns out you don’t have to travel to India to meet a guru – one’s available right here in L.A....
In a land of constant seismic activity, where the constant threat of The Big One has kept Angelenos on their...
Today it’s a bit tacky, run-down, run-of-the-mill apartment building in the Hollywood Hills, Beachwood Canyon to be exact. But in...
Another place sacred to the Tongva is Puvunga, believed to be the “place of emergence” where the world began. It...
A location that was sacred to the Chumash and radiates considerable shakti is the Shalawa Meadow in Santa Barbara. Shalawa...
Of course, all land was sacred to the indigenous people. These places in particular were revered, often because they were...