MEDIA CREDIT: Title Insurance and Trust Company (Los Angeles)
Collection of Historical Photographs
“John BellÑOld hermit of Pismo Beach 1901"
The sands of Oceano Dunes today
MEDIA CREDIT: Joe Johnston
"The most amazing vibrations on earth could be found ... in the middle of the Oceano Dunes ... That’s where we are. A vortex, kinda like Sedona Arizona, just a magnificent energy center."
Source: John Reid, Environmentalist
When did the Dunites arrive?
(Excerpt)"The shacks of the Dunites have long disintegrated or been buried under the sands of the Oceano Dunes.
The exact timeframe isn’t clear, but the Dunites started coming to the Oceano Dunes, located south of Pismo Beach [California] ... around the 1910s.
The assortment in the early 20th century consisted generally of moonshiners, hobos who took refuge in the dunes during the winter and people who just needed a break from the world — such as Hugo Seelig, who sought refuge in the dunes due to his distress over the United States entering World War I, according to Hammond’s 1992 book, 'The Dunites.'
Economic problems, especially during the Great Depression, also made the Dunes an attractive option, Hammond said.
'There were no jobs and no money and you could go there and do just fine,' Hammond said. 'A lot easier than you could in the city.'
In the 1930s, Chester A. Arthur’s grandson, Gavin Arthur, started a utopian commune in the Dunes called Moy Mell — 'pastures of honey' in Gaelic — which served as a magnet for artists and intellectuals.
Novelist John Steinbeck and photographer Ansel Adams were just a few of the notable guests at Moy Mell.
Hammond said some of the mystics out in the Dunes resented the intrusion of the more moneyed Dunites like Arthur.
'Gavin Arthur built his utopian colony and that changed everything — not for the worst,' Hammond said.
Arthur 'brought in a lot of intellectualism' and started the Dune Forum, a magazine that aimed to be a sort of New Yorker of the West.
In his book, Hammond notes that Time Magazine said the Dune Forum was 'hoping to direct the creative thought of America away from Europe and toward the West.'”
The assortment in the early 20th century consisted generally of moonshiners, hobos who took refuge in the dunes during the winter and people who just needed a break from the world — such as Hugo Seelig, who sought refuge in the dunes due to his distress over the United States entering World War I, according to Hammond’s 1992 book, 'The Dunites.'
Economic problems, especially during the Great Depression, also made the Dunes an attractive option, Hammond said.
'There were no jobs and no money and you could go there and do just fine,' Hammond said. 'A lot easier than you could in the city.'
In the 1930s, Chester A. Arthur’s grandson, Gavin Arthur, started a utopian commune in the Dunes called Moy Mell — 'pastures of honey' in Gaelic — which served as a magnet for artists and intellectuals.
Novelist John Steinbeck and photographer Ansel Adams were just a few of the notable guests at Moy Mell.
Hammond said some of the mystics out in the Dunes resented the intrusion of the more moneyed Dunites like Arthur.
'Gavin Arthur built his utopian colony and that changed everything — not for the worst,' Hammond said.
Arthur 'brought in a lot of intellectualism' and started the Dune Forum, a magazine that aimed to be a sort of New Yorker of the West.
In his book, Hammond notes that Time Magazine said the Dune Forum was 'hoping to direct the creative thought of America away from Europe and toward the West.'”
"rough and ready"
The LORD gives us many gifts, not all are kept or applied perfectly. One may too often doubt their ability, focus, and fervor to find pragmatic solutions. There also is divine compassion. Stay rough and ready.
The LORD gives us many gifts, not all are kept or applied perfectly. One may too often doubt their ability, focus, and fervor to find pragmatic solutions. There also is divine compassion. Stay rough and ready.
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