The Meher Spiritual Center is a 500-acre (200 ha) spiritual retreat along the Atlantic Ocean between Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and adjacent to Briarcliffe Acres. The Center was established by Elizabeth Chapin Patterson and Princess Norina Matchabelli in the early 1940s under the guidance of Indian spiritual master Meher Baba as A place of pilgrimage for all time.[1] Its stated purpose is to exist as a "retreat for rest, meditation, and renewal of the spiritual life.”[2]