Krotona

Architectural concept drawing, LA Times, 29 September 1912
Augustus Knudsen, 1st Dean of Krotona, at the Lotus Pond, a Krotona landmark that was located just west of Temple Hill Drive, in Los Angeles, 1916

Krotona was one of three important Theosophical centers in the United States during the early part of the 20th century. Originally built in Hollywood during 1912, the colony was eventually relocated to Ojai, California, in 1926, where it operates today as the Krotona Institute of Theosophy.

Description

Located just off of State Route 33, the Krotona Institute holds regular classes and workshops on Theosophy, maintains an extensive library on the occult, and has a small bookstore.[citation needed]

The Hollywood Krotona building located at Primrose and Vista Del Mar was erected in 1919. When the Krotonians, spurred by Madame Blavatsky, found Hollywood suffocating their peace-filled theosophies, they decided to move to Ojai California and that is where they have been ever since.[citation needed]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 Siddall, John William (1917). "Men of Hawaii : being a biographical reference library, complete and authentic, of the men of note and substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 239. OCLC 656828381. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ Willis, Alfred. "A Survey of Surviving Buildings of the Krotona Colony in Hollywood" (PDF). University of California, Los Angeles. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
  3. ↑ Meares, Hadley (May 22, 2014). "The Creation of Beachwood Canyon's Theosophist "Dreamland"". Curbed LA. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Alfred Willis, A SURVEY OF SURVIVING BUILDINGS OF THE KROTONA COLONY IN HOLLYWOOD

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