Lily Dale is a spiritualist community of the Modern Spiritualist movement located in Chautauqua County, New York. It is in the Town of Pomfret at the north end of Cassadaga Lake, near the Village of Cassadaga. Spiritualism is a religion in which contact with the spirits of the dead through a medium is central. ... The Modern Spiritualist movement in the United States is usually cited as the origin of Spiritualism. ... Chautauqua County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Pomfret is a town located in Chautauqua County, New York. ... The incorporated Village of Cassadaga is located within the northeast corner of the Township of Stockton, Chautauqua County, New York, USA. The famous Spiritualist community of Lily Dale is just north of Cassadaga, and both communities are on the shores of the Cassadaga Lakes. ...

The basis for the community is the collective belief in survival of life after death in a form that enables the living to continue communication with the departed. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The community provides a series of seminars and meetings throughout the year. There is a fee for admission to the grounds, which include a museum, bookstore, snack bar. Also of note to the potential tourist is the Lily Dale pet cemetery. Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ...

The childhood home of the Fox sisters was moved from Hydesville, New York to Lily Dale. The sisters are considered to be the primary founders of modern spiritualism. The Fox Sisters Sisters Catherine (1838–92), Leah (1814–90) and Margaretta (1836–93) Fox played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism. ... Arcadia is a town located in Wayne County, New York. ...

External links

• Lily Dale webpage
• The Fox cottage
• Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town that talks to the Dead