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A city built by seekers: A journey into L.A.'s spiritual architecture
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I chose the Self-Realization Fellowship Hollywood Temple, the Peace Awareness Labyrinth and Gardens in West Adams and the Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz — three centers that represent the history of L.A.’s spiritual architecture in all of its grandiose, weird and beautiful glory. The Self-Realization Fellowship’s Hollywood Temple is one of over 600 locations of guru Paramahansa Yogananda ’s spiritual organization, which was founded more than 100 years ago and still has headquarters in L.A., teaching Kriya yoga to its followers. He had a vision of what a spiritual center should look and feel like — which was majestic and ornate, says my architectural tour guide Amanda Brass, who has worked with PRS for six years.