Cassadaga, Florida

Cassadaga (a Seneca Indian word meaning "Water beneath the rocks") is a small unincorporated community located just north of Orlando, Florida. It is especially known for having a large number of psychics, also known as "Mediums", and as such is sometimes referred to as being the "Psychic Center of the World".Fact|date=August 2007

History

Cassadaga got its start when the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association was founded by George P. Colby, a medium from Pike, New York, who attended summer "Camp meetings" at Lily Dale, New York (adjacent to Cassadaga, New York), subsequently moving to Florida. The Southern Cassadaga Association received its charter on 18 December 1894.

Popular culture

* Bright Eyes has an album called Cassadaga, which features the town in the lyrics of the single "Four Winds".
* Tom Petty's song "Casa Dega" alludes to psychics
* Stanley Elkin's novel George Mills takes place partially in Cassadaga.
* Was also featured in an episode of the X-Files (episode title unknown).

ee also

* Cassadaga, New York
* Seneca tribe
* Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Historic District
* Spiritualism

References

* Guthrie, John J. Jr., Phillip Charles Lucas, and Gary Monroe (editors). 2000. "Cassadaga: the South’s Oldest Spiritualist Community". Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcgk2fraU_w Video Tour of Cassadaga Including Seance]
* [http://www.cassadaga.org/ Official website of the town and Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/30/sunday/geist/main3656904.shtml "Visiting The Psychic Capital Of The World",] Bill Geist, "CBS Sunday Morning," December 30, 2007.
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cassadaga,+Florida&spn=0.007886,0.010664&t=k&hl=en Aerial photo] at Google Maps