Lily Dale Assembly Inc — Local services in Town of Pomfret

I feel a calm come over me when I enter Lily Dale; a place to be present, learn, and be in nature. This year’s visit was to attend a workshop with Stephen Hermann, who is very knowledgeable and provides an interactive environment in which to learn. My daughter and her family stayed with me in an updated home with great hosts. My family went kayaking (brought their own) and fishing at the lake. We also enjoyed Sacred Grounds coffee shop with great beverages and snacks. Lastly, we walked through the forest one night and enjoyed venturing to the children’s playground to view the full moon at 10:30 PM the next night. My daughter attended a meditation, and I was able to meet in person with others who were visiting there that I had previously only talked with on the phone or attended Zoom meetings with. I did not schedule a reading this year. The main buildings are in good shape and well-maintained. However, from my first visit 10 years ago to this year’s, many of the historic homes have deteriorated and are in desperate need of extensive repairs. It made me sad; it appears as a struggling community trying to survive. I hope improvements and repairs start soon to bring it back to its original charm and beauty, and that it will continue to serve the Spiritual community for many...

As life long local resident I, surprisingly, had never been on the grounds at Lily Dale. So when I saw the Sunday Event "Tour the Grounds" for an hour, @ $10 per person, I figured why not? I'd never been and my wife, who's new to the area thought we'd enjoy the day and check it out. We paid our $10 each online, printed our tickets and off we went for an adventure. But low and behold, when we made the gate into the community there was a $15 gate fee, per PERSON, to even enter the grounds that WASN'T included, considered or even mentioned in the "Tour the Grounds" event description or on the tickets themselves. That would have been $50 for the 2 of us to simply enter Lily Dale and walk around for an hour. We cut our losses and flushed the $20 we had already paid down the proverbial toilet, turned around and drove home. Pretty shady business practices for a supossed...

I visit Lily Dale every year in the summer months. Whether anyone is there for a reading, whether anyone is a believer, whether anyone has an agenda, Lily Dale is a place like none other. It is simply peaceful, serene, tranquil, calm with an abundance of zen-like qualities in the landscaping, housing structures, gardens, forests, environment and close-knit community that has elevated levels of commonality, purpose, living and visitation arrangements. It is a wholesome, welcoming, love-embracing community that is unlike any other. The mediums and residents are so very talented, kind, thoughtful, gracious, caring, courteous, accommodating and attentive to everyone’s needs. A must visit for those seeking a metaphysical, physical, soul-searching, esoteric, spiritual, conscious and...