Cassadaga, Florida

Historic Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp

Cassadaga (a Seneca Indian word meaning "Water beneath the rocks") is a small unincorporated community located in Volusia County, Florida, just north of Deltona. 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".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 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.

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).

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.

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