Building Belief: Architecture of Spiritual Seekers in the Hollywood Hills

Wed Nov 19 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-08:00

Philosophical Research Society | Los Angeles

The Philosophical Research Society
Publisher/HostThe Philosophical Research Society
Building Belief: Architecture of Spiritual Seekers in the Hollywood Hills
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Amanda Karkoutly of CahuengaPast will provide an overview of the spiritual centers that emerged in the Hollywood Hills over the past 100 yrs
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Building Belief: Architecture of the Spiritual Seekers in the Hollywood Hills with Amanda Karkoutly of CahuengaPast


Since its inception, Hollywood has attracted individuals in search of a different spiritual path. In this lecture, Amanda Karkoutly of CahuengaPast will provide an overview of some of the spiritual centers, unconventional religions and new thought movements that emerged in the Hollywood Hills over the past 100 years, including Monastery of the Angels, Krotona, the Source Family, and the Vedanta Society. This visual presentation will highlight the architectural spaces that housed these groups, their various belief systems, noteworthy followers and influences, and what has endured in an ever-changing city.


Amanda Karkoutly writes the popular CahuengaPast Instagram and newsletter, offering a unique lens into the history of Hollywood Hills homes (and Los Angeles as a whole) through the intersection of architecture, old Hollywood, true crime, and metaphysical elements.


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