The is from a 1989 SRF prepared 12 page (8 1/2 by 11) The Lake Shrine, which was given out to the public when they were trying to get the new temple approved.
on page 4
" How the Mc Elroys' ten-acre park became the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine is a remarkable story. In the late 1940s Mr and Mrs McElroy sold the property to an oil-company president who moved into the windmill and planned to construct a multi-million dollar resort hotel complex around the lake. Before he could proceed, however, the new owner of the property had a strange experience.
One night the oil company executive awake around three am after a vivid dream in which he saw his new property as a "Church of All Religions". He had dreamed that a large group of people was assembled by the lake, and ministers gave inspiring sermons from a podium. He fell asleep again, but again the curious vision awakened him. After this had happened three times, he got out of bed and looked up "Church oa All Religions" in the telephone book. The only such listing was for the Self-Realization Fellowship Church of All Religions in Hollywood.
Deeply moved by his unusual experience, he immediately began to write a letter describing his vision and offering to see the property to Self Realization Fellowship. His wife woke up, and learning what he was doing, exclaimed. "You're going to sell our home at three o'clock in the morning?" Unperturbed, he finished the letter and mailed it to Paramahansa Yogananda, founder of Self-Realization Fellowship"
Later on page 6
"When the McElroy estate in Pacific Palisades was offered to him in 1949, Yogananda immediately recognized it as an ideal place for the open air shrine of all religions that he wished to establish in Los Angeles. Several benefactors of his work generously provided funds for the purchase of the property."
on page 4
" How the Mc Elroys' ten-acre park became the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine is a remarkable story. In the late 1940s Mr and Mrs McElroy sold the property to an oil-company president who moved into the windmill and planned to construct a multi-million dollar resort hotel complex around the lake. Before he could proceed, however, the new owner of the property had a strange experience.
One night the oil company executive awake around three am after a vivid dream in which he saw his new property as a "Church of All Religions". He had dreamed that a large group of people was assembled by the lake, and ministers gave inspiring sermons from a podium. He fell asleep again, but again the curious vision awakened him. After this had happened three times, he got out of bed and looked up "Church oa All Religions" in the telephone book. The only such listing was for the Self-Realization Fellowship Church of All Religions in Hollywood.
Deeply moved by his unusual experience, he immediately began to write a letter describing his vision and offering to see the property to Self Realization Fellowship. His wife woke up, and learning what he was doing, exclaimed. "You're going to sell our home at three o'clock in the morning?" Unperturbed, he finished the letter and mailed it to Paramahansa Yogananda, founder of Self-Realization Fellowship"
Later on page 6
"When the McElroy estate in Pacific Palisades was offered to him in 1949, Yogananda immediately recognized it as an ideal place for the open air shrine of all religions that he wished to establish in Los Angeles. Several benefactors of his work generously provided funds for the purchase of the property."
