There are places where the location is more than either built environment or nature – such as Erraid and Iona. Here are stories that have a strong sense of place – even if they take place in a building such as Cluny or Newbold House.
Click to view e-book I CAME TO FINDHORN for Experience Week a few months after my partner died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 31. A friend had advised me to read
Cluny Hill was built in 1863-65 and expanded in 1896/7 and 1905-07. It served as a hydropathic establishment. Stan Stanfield writes in his 'A Tour of Cluny': The hotel was known as the Cluny Hydro.
My personal relationship with the Shop covered two completely different time periods. But let me get to first things first: its opening. ... and other stories
From the very first conference, at the end of our Coach Party summer season, in October 1976, Peter could hardly wait to bring conferencees over from the Park after the evening session in the Universal Hall to join with those staying in Cluny for camaraderie time in the Cluny Bar.
I lived at Cluny from 1993 to 2007. In that time I developed a passion to work with stone in my spare time. It started with a first drystone wall in 1996. With the Love
When we finished the renovation work at Cluny and got ready for the coach parties - in order to honour the terms of the purchase, we had to be a four-star hotel that first summer, at the same time as we were running our programs.
A great story, perfectly exampling Peter’s emphasis, via the title of his autobiography In Perfect Timing, how things happen in perfect timing when you’re trying to work with a higher will than your own personality level; when you are trying to do God’s will, etc.
Peter gave a generous donor the use (during her periodic visits to the community) of the suite above what is now named the Beechtree Room. That name got its name, and interior decoration, from an experience she had.
Mid-August of 1982 ... Friday night, late, someone had lit a fire in the Dining Room, the central hallway, and the Sanctuary, with Molotov cocktails. The house was saved by the quick action of the young son of a member ...
Click to view e-book THIS IS A love story – of falling in love with the Isle of Iona, with Roger Collis who guided me there, and with the Findhorn community – a
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Katherine Lane Collis: Resident 1973 to 1974. Gerontologist, Retreat Leader, Spiritual Teacher/ Director and Counselor, specializing in Life Transitions. Program & Spiritual Curriculum Development
