02 Jan

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spiritual-los-angeles-innA mainstay of the Topanga Canyon scene since the height of the hippie days, the Inn of the Seventh Ray restaurant opened serving healthy organic fare in 1973. It is rumored to have been built on a sacred site of the Chumash Indians (see page xxx) and to have perhaps been a private retreat spot for Aimee Semple McPherson (see page xxx). And one of her lovers? We will never

19 Dec

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spiritual LA, spiritual therapistAre UFOs and aliens spiritual beings? Do they belong in a book about LA Spirituality? Plenty of people in the Southland believe they do. More Angelenos than you might imagine have interacted with entities from other planets who amazed, instructed, and enlightened them.  Three areas in Greater LA report heightened UFO activity:

12 Dec

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spiritual LA, spiritual therapistHopi Indian legend told of Snake Brothers who built and occupied underground cities in what are now California, Arizona, Mexico and Central America. These people and settlements were believed to have vanished five thousand years ago. In 1934, an article was published in the Los Angeles Times that one of the Hopi lost cities was believed to be underneath downtown LA. This settlement was believed to be in the shape of a lizard: the head by Dodger Stadium and the tail beneath the Central Library. Warren Shufelt, a mining engineer, was so sure the remains of the city would be found that he was ready to dig up the downtown financial district. His research was actually authorized by the City Council, but later dropped.

05 Dec

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spiritual LA, salvation mountainThree hours from LA, way out beyond Palm Springs and the Salton Sea, lays Salvation Mountain, one man’s spiritual gift to the world. Proclaimed by Senator Barbara Boxer as a national treasure, this “mountain” is covered in multi-colored paint and proclaims the message that

28 Nov

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PRS, spiritual LAFew of the daily commuters passing the PRS building on Los Feliz Boulevard have ever imagined that it holds one of the world’s foremost occult libraries with over 50,000 books. There are so many books on spirituality, religion, and metaphysics that there are even rumored to be secret

19 Nov

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guide to spiritual la, marianne williamsonAnother of LA’s star-shining spiritual rock stars is Marianne Williamson (born July 8, 1952), author of 11 books selling more than 3 million copies, four of which were New York Times bestsellers. Williamson is the spiritual teacher and advisor to many in Hollywood and

14 Nov

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spiritual LA, jack parsonsAs handsome as a 40s movie star, Jack Parsons, (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952), died at the age of 37 in a horrific explosion which was either an accident, suicide, or assassination. In his short life Parsons rose to prominence in two widely disparate arenas: as a major player in the history of the US space program, and as one of LA’s and perhaps the