Toraya Ayres’ fascinating history of Sedona’s New Age community that chronicles the earliest beginnings of Sedona’s spiritual residents circa 1957 to present. If you do not know the origin of the word “Vortex” in respect to Sedona and the Red Rock region or why so many Hindu and Buddhist seekers seem to find their place here, read this series of short and informative articles from start to finish. Few people know that Yogananda followers settled in Sedona around the time Elvis Presley was just starting his climb to fame or that Manley P. Hall, ‘spiritualist” author of the 1928 classic The Secret Teachings of All Ages, once gave a talk in 1987 at The Flicker Shack, Sedona’s original big screen movie theater that was located where the New Frontiers natural foods store can be found today. If you wonder why Sedona is such a magnet to spiritual seekers, “New Age” followers, and a place filled with “Old Age” practitioners of Yoga or Tibetan Buddhism, read Toraya’s engaging article and discover a bit more of the story than what typically passes for local spiritual history on the street. After you finish her chronicle, if you still have a hankering to know more, drop by the Worm Bookstore Uptown and buy a copy of Mary Lou Keller’s Echoes of Sedona Past . Published in 1999, Mary Lou’s book delves into even greater detail on Sedona subjects like early natural foods, gurus and teachers, the first Sedona Jeep tour, real estate in the 1950’s, psychics and UFOs, and the first Jazz on the Rocks (outdoor serenades and music jams in the red rocks). Mary Lou landed in Sedona in the early 1950’s and was an intimate member of Sedona’s early spiritual scene, its business community, and outdoor enthusiast network.
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Crystal’s Metaphysical and Science Website www.crystalinks.com
You are home. Get ready to ride the winds of the information vortex: Crystal’s website is one of the most complete compendiums of metaphysical, spiritual, and personal discovery sites anywhere on the Internet. Over 4,000 files on every subject pertinent to these fields can be found here with links that go on forever. If you have any “New Age” or even “Old Age” questions, go here first for answers that will certainly fulfill your curiosity. Ellie Crystal is an author, researcher, broadcaster, and lecturer whose website exhibits a true scholarly touch seasoned with a dash of wild imagination and topped with human service in mind and heart. Think of it as an encyclopedia for that which we cannot always explain, touch, or see, but only experience.
