In Abiquiu, enjoy
the hiking trails and labyrinth. Use individual time for rest
and reflection and explore our fine library which
is open twenty-four hours a day. As a group, gather for a group
activity which we can help you organize — a short pottery
or painting class perhaps.
Visit
the Ghost Ranch Anthropology and Paleontology museums. The
Paleontology Museum houses our very own dinosaur, Coelophysis
The Museum
Gift Shop offers fine pottery and jewelry by local artists,
and other gift items. Books for adults and children, art
and gift items, logo t-shirts and sweatshirts, film, and personal
items are available at the Trading Post.
Nationally
certified, licensed massage therapists offer massage and integrative
bodywork daily.
History
Ghost
Ranch was given by Arthur and Phoebe Pack to the Presbyterian
Church in 1955. The 21,000 acres that
comprise Ghost Ranch were part of a land grant to Pedro Martin
Serrano from the King of Spain in 1766. The grant was called
Piedra Lumbre (shining rock). The name "Ghost Ranch",
or the local name Rancho de los Brujos, was derived from
the many tales of ghosts and legends of hangings in the Ranch's
history.
In Northern New
Mexico villages, la resolana is a space on the south side
of a building - protected from the wind and warmed by the
absorbed rays of the winter sun - where people gather to
exchange news and share stories. It has been described as
a place where the community comes together in dialog and
out of which a body of knowledge grows. In keeping with our
name, Ghost Ranch in Santa Fe is a place where the elements
of community, culture, light and dialog form the basis of
a special learning process.
Both campuses provide opportunities for those who value learning
and see education as a means for individual and social transformation.
We believe that true education engages both head and heart. Our
programs combine discussion and hands-on experiences to help
participants expand their sense of self and world.
"When
I got to New Mexico, that was mine."
In this way Georgia
O'Keeffe described her instant love for
Northern New Mexico, a love that lasted the rest of her life.
The time was 1917, the event was a trip O'Keeffe and her sister
Claudia took to New Mexico and Colorado from their home in Canyon,
Texas. Yet it was 12 years before O'Keeffe returned to New Mexico
and even longer before she found her way into the beautiful valley
that would eventually become her summer home.
In 1929 O'Keeffe went to Taos at the invitation of friends Dorothy
Brett and Mabel Dodge Luhan. There she heard of Ghost Ranch and
once even caught a tantalizing glimpse of it from a high plain.
In 1934 she finally found the ranch but was dismayed to learn
that it was a dude ranch owned by Arthur Pack. However, a place
was available for her that night in Ghost House and she spent
the entire summer at the ranch.
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Contact
us for seminar information,
retreat planning, reservations, day visits
Email: info@ghostranch.org
Our website: www.ghostranch.org
Ghost Ranch Abiquiu
HC77, Box 11
Abiquiu, NM 87510
1.877.804.4678
1.505.685.4333
Fax 1.505.685.4519
Ghost Ranch Santa Fe
401 Old Taos Highway
Santa Fe, NM 87501
1.800.821.5145
1.505.982.8539
Fax 1.505.986.1917
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