Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple ~ Oceanside, California - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

This historic district is comprised of six buildings and three objects situated on 400 acres at the edge of a mesa which the Fellowship has named Mount Ecclesia. The Ecclesia is their name for the distinctive temple which can be seen for miles from the valley east of the grounds. The Rosicrucian Fellowship is an internation organization of Christian Mystics, practicing a metaphysical religion founded by Max Heindel in 1909. One of the unusual conditions set down by the founder is that the Fellowship cannot charge for any of its services or practices nor can they solicit donations. All their funding comes from "love gifts" and unsolicited donations from a few major benefactors. The grounds were entered through a distinctive arch in the past but today a separate driveway to the west is normally used and the arch is barred by a chain. In addition to the Ecclesia, or Temple, there is the Guest House, a large hotel-like building and the Sanitarium, opened in 1938 where healing services for non-contagious diseases are performed, ostensibly by licensed physicians. Verified results of these healing services are not publicly available nor could any direct testimonials be found.

Street address: 2222 Mission Avenue Oceanside, California 92058 County / Borough / Parish: San Diego County Year listed: 1995 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Historic function: Religion Current function: Religion Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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