The Story of Tao Fellowship’s Sedona Mago Garden

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Tao Fellowship, a nonprofit organization dedicated to loving humanity and the Earth, has owned and operated the 160-acre Sedona Mago Garden since 1998. The land that Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden occupies has breathtaking natural beauty, healing energy from its 12 vortexes, and a harmonious Earth Village of facilities, staff and guests.
 
For the Native Americans tribes, the land in and around what is now called Sedona, Arizona, and Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden was considered to be sacred, full of ancient legends. These legends depict Sedona as a birthplace and center for a peaceful and harmonious culture for a new generation.

In accordance with the Native American vision for this land, Sedona is destined to be the origin of global-scale renaissance, as it initiates the 21st century spiritual culture. Thus is the extraordinary legacy of Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden.

In today’s world, an era of insatiable materialism has culminated in a deep sense of longing, as people are now seeking a “natural home,” where they can communicate with nature and feel the earth and the presence of her soul. Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden is such a place.

Because of the late Lester Levenson, a physicist and successful businessman, what is now Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden began its development in the 1960s. At age 42, he was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease and received a sentence of only three months to live. Instead of giving in to the fear of death, he accepted the challenge to overcome it. During three months of deep meditation, he let go of his inner limitations and found the answer to the question “Who am I?” Having realized the reality of existence beyond death and life, he lived to the age of 84.

Levenson shared his method called the Sedona Method with his many students. He would tell his students that this place, which is presently Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden, would one day be the hub of a global spiritual movement. He also told them that it would be used, as a precious place where a new era of earth-centered spiritual civilization would develop.

In 1996, two years after Lester Levenson’s death, Ilchi Lee, who came from South Korea, discovered this property during his search across the United States for a sacred site. While meditating on Bell Rock, he was visited several times by Lester Levenson and was told, “This land has been prepared to be a center for a global spiritual movement. So, carry out your mission on this land.” The result is the Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden.

For Lee, it was not an easy decision to purchase and manage a site surrounded by dessert. Yet, after one year, in 1997, despite many hardships, he purchased the land, and then donated it to Tao Fellowship. And so Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden was born.

As a place where people from all over the world can feel their connection to the earth, this land was named Mago, which means Mother Earth in many Asian cultures. Tao Fellowship – Mago Garden is the home of brain and health training courses, spiritual events, and renewing retreats.