Harbin Hot Springs
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Harbin Hot Springs is a non-profit hot spring retreat center in Middletown, California, USA that has been a healing and gathering place from the early days of Native American occupation to the present.
The baths were first commercially developed by settlers with buildings erected in the 1860s, with the first of several lodges being rebuilt as they burned down over the years.
Harbin was largely abandoned following a decline in the 1950s until the early 1970s when the property came under the care of the present owners, the Heart Consciousness Church. Currently maintained by 150+ residents, Harbin offers rustic facilities for retreats, lodging, massage, watsu and five mineral water pools at various temperatures. As a clothing optional facility, nudity is permitted but not enforced. Many Bay Area New Age, Neopagan, Buddhist, yoga, and other organizations hold weekend retreats and week-long festivals at the faciltiy, which is also open to day-guests.
[edit] References
Klages, Ellen (1991). Harbin Hot Springs: Healing Waters, Sacred Land. ISBN 0-944202-01-2.
Wyne, Sajjad (1997). The Big Bang and the Harbin Experience. ISBN 0-944202-10-1.
[edit] External links
- The official Harbin Hot Springs web site
- John Wester's prose-poem "Harbinger" provides a description of the hippie commune-cult at Harbin
- The official Sierra Hot Springs web site - a sister retreat that is also owned and operated by the Heart Consciousness Church
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