Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple
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The Ecclesia Healing Temple at Mount Ecclesia
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Location | Oceanside, California |
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Built | 1920 (prj. 1914) |
Architect | Lester Cramer (New York) |
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish revival, Greek/Roman styles, Other |
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Added to NRHP | April 07, 1995 |
Coordinates: 33°12′42″N 117°21′33″W / 33.21167°N 117.35917°W
Mount Ecclesia (dedicated on October 28, 1911) is the location of the international headquarters of the fraternal and service organization The Rosicrucian Fellowship (TRF), located on grounds in Oceanside, California. It is also the location of its spiritual temple, called The Ecclesia, situated upon the promontory of a high mesa overlooking the San Luis Rey River Valley and the Franciscan Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.
On April 7, 1995, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Rosicrucian Fellowship Temple.
The Rosicrucian Fellowship observes the basic condition, set by its founder Max Heindel, that no price, membership dues or fees, should be put on its teachings, and never to ask for money for membership, for information, for education, nor for healing. The Fellowship has always balanced along the edge of the subsistence level with its funding and maintenance being achieved through the voluntary giving of members and friends, legacies, book-sale profits, housing rentals and cafeteria income and with the assistance of volunteer workers. By setting the example and through self-discipline, Mount Ecclesia seeks to become a Spiritual Center in the world, as an effort: