Beyond the Veil: Oral Histories from Cassadaga

By Adedoyin Adekunle and Justine Truc, 2024 University of South Carolina Oral History Fellows The Orange County Regional History Center’s oral histories cover a wide range of topics, including narratives from the Volusia County community of Cassadaga, sometimes called the “Psychic Capital of the World.” Such narratives are recalled in

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A Thin Veil Among the Scrub: Spiritualism and Cassadaga

Begun in the late 19th century, Cassadaga is a small, unincorporated community in Volusia County. In the years since Cassadaga’s 1920s boom, the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp persisted as a mainstay of spiritualist life and practice, though the community has aged significantly.

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