I don’t remember who recommended it or brought it to my attention. It may have been one of you. So I purchased No One Dies in Lily Dale, the 2010 HBO Documentary, from Amazon and it arrived on the doorstep this evening. I didn’t waste much time before settling down with some coffee and a blanket, and throwing the DVD in the computer.
I’ve wanted to visit Lily Dale since I learned about it for the first time a few years back. I know several of you have been… I enjoy seeing the pictures. I can think of three major reasons I want to go: to surround yourself by open and enlightened people, many who are psychics and/or mediums who have the ability to give readings or deliver messages from loved ones; to see the physical beauty of the homes, the nature, and the surroundings of the peaceful community; and lastly, to be in a place with so much history and so many artifacts from the early days of the spiritualist movement.
This documentary captures everything that I was curious about, like just what is a reading like there? Are there community members that just live there all year? Is everyone nice and friendly? Is there a gate? (Seriously, that has been one of my questions.) You’ll also see skeptics or open skeptics roaming around. But for sure, it seems that in the documentary, many of the visitors had recently lost loved ones.
Check this documentary out. I think my Lily Dale book might just be next.
For more on Lily Dale and its history, visit www.lilydaleassembly.com.
See the trailer below.
November 14th, 2013 at 6:32 am
I saw this! It was difficult to describe to others without making it boring, which it definitely was not. Anyway, it stayed with me all day when I saw it. I’d forgotten all about it until you brought it up. Good deal! It’s so worth watching.
November 25th, 2013 at 8:10 pm
It was not at all what I expected, really… and that’s not a bad thing. I still really want to go sometime.
November 14th, 2013 at 2:19 pm
“Spiritualism is a religion of experience, not faith.” Wow. I never thought of it that way.
I’d love to visit Lily Dale someday too. Oh, who am I kidding? When I grow up, I’d like to BE one of those lovely older women. It looks like such a refined, gentle existence.
November 25th, 2013 at 8:12 pm
I’ll be your neighbor. I’m going to have to learn how to whittle or craft or something. To be in the presence of so many psychics and all that intuition at all times. Very cool.