Music from the Magic Garden
Chris Cathles writes... I have been involved with recording music and events in the Findhorn Foundation Community again and again over the decades. I am delighted to share here a programme I made for the
A Veranda Towards Infinity
by Marilisa Patini This travel diary was written in 2007 during a weeklong stay in Traigh Bhan, the Findhorn Foundation's retreat house on Iona. The week I spent on this island brought me into contact
Group Consciousness Workshop 1982
Editor's note: In 1982 the Findhorn Foundation offered the first Group Consciousness workshop, focalised by Kay Tift and Linda Gardiner. We are indebted to Hans Meininger, to get a glimpse of the content of the
The Covenant of Findhorn (1967)
This text was received in guidance by early community member Dennis Orme in 1967. It was printed on card and distributed to the community's network of friends and supporters. In 2003 a copy was found
Inspiration from Haydn Stubbing’s paintings in the Universal Hall
Expanding Light It is the American Southwest; again, the lake forests of Scandinavia; pampas grasslands of Equador (where the bobolink winters); meadows of a Sicilian spring; reflections, at high tide and white mist, of a
Dee’s Dozen High Highland Discs
Dee Sunshine was born in Glasgow. He had a traumatising childhood as both parents struggled with difficulties, and as the oldest of three he bore the brunt. When he was 19 his mother
When Ending Comes
The following was written by Adam Reising after a Community Meeting in August 2023. I wanted to share the poem I found, (or rather, the poem that found me, and us), at the Community meeting
Excerpt of Lena’s Eulogy 2021
There is a mystical side to Gaelic culture that has at times been suppressed by the more dominant reformed Christian theology that has found a home in parts of the Western Isles. At times, that
Barbara Loveland – a eulogy by Gillian Paschkes-Bell
Tall. Slender. Beautiful. Barbara looked like the archetypal hippy dolly bird, with long, dark hair and a fringe framing her big, grey-blue eyes. I mention her looks because they were striking – there were some
Lena Lamont – the 4th Founder
Lena had been a close friend of Peter and Eileen Caddy, Dorothy MacLean, and Sheena Govan since the 1950s and lived at Findhorn in the Early Days. A glimpse of her life is captured in
