NIZAR RAY

"Cave of Kelpius" is one of the more harder sites to find in Wissahickon park because of it large size and narrow paths there. Hermits cave may be located on a hillside above the Wissahickon Creek near Hermit Lane or close to a spring house. One of Philadelphia's first mystical guru came to meditate and await the Second Coming of a new millineum. The meditators became known as the Hermits of the Wissahickon.The monks were skilled in medicine and instrumental music and kelpius was a respected scholar. then they built a 40 foot sqaure tabernacle to meditate in.


www.ushistory.org/oddities/kelpius.htm