Special Announcements

All are welcome to Temple services in person and online. If you are interested in participating online, please reach out to us using our contact form. For more information about classes and services, visit our services page.

Temple Centennial Open House

We will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Temple of the People in Halcyon with an open house on Sunday, November 17, 2024, from 2pm to 4pm. The public is invited to tour the Temple and the University Center at this time. The first 100 guests will receive complimentary copies of the 2024 Temple Artisan. For more information, click here.

New Times Cover Story on the Temple

A cover story on the Temple and the town of Halcyon was published in the August 31, 2023 edition of the New Times of San Luis Obispo, a popular free weekly. The author is New Times reporter Bulbul Rajagopal. Please follow this link to read the article.

Halcyon Included in World Religions Website

The World Religions and Spirituality Project (WRSP) at https://wrldrels.org/ has published an entry on Halcyon and the Temple, contributed by Radiance from Halcyon author and University of Arizona professor Paul Eli Ivey. You can read the entry by following this link.

About the Temple of the People in Halcyon, California

The Temple, founded in November, 1898 in Syracuse, New York, moved to Halcyon, California, in 1903. The Halcyon community, clustered around the Blue Star Memorial Temple, is actively dedicated to living the Teachings of the Temple. Halcyon has been designated a federal and state historical site.

These Teachings endeavor to help us learn the ability to realize one’s human and divine form of life. The freedom which comes through such balance is attained when the desire, the wonder, and the love of learning the truths of our divine spiritual unity is balanced by continuous efforts to apply them to the realization of this unity in everyday affairs. The Temple Teachings, firmly rooted in Theosophy, are filled with practical directions which help us in all aspects of our lives.

The Temple of the People has always recognized the value, importance, and self-responsibility of each individual. Its reason for being rests on the inviolability of the Golden Rule. The foundation stones of the Temple are Religion, Science, and Economics: there can be no true religion without its scientific basis, and there can be no right system of economics not based on a science that is religious and a religion that is scientific. Therefore, these three aspects are all important.