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.
This account was previously published in Visions Unseen, Frances shares her stories of how she visited and eventually joined the community in the early 1970s.
We are known as Fire-Keepers. Our group goes by the name of the Findhorn Fire Circle. Our intention is to hold space with the element of Fire so that a field of healing and unity
Findhorn was my home. It provided shelter, food, companionship and purpose. The Sanctuary was the heart of my home.
This post endeavours to facilitate our collective workspace to gather all the facts, stories, images, music etc over time, so that we can do justice to the history of each of our beloved sanctuaries.
This Topic gives a brief summary of the history of the Park Sanctuary and brings together stories that make it come alive.
Eileen received a vision of the Sanctuary as a simple structure without any symbols or pictures on the wall, and with no altar: people coming from different spiritual paths or religions would thus all feel equally comfortable and at one when they gathered there.
The following excerpts are from Eileen’s autobiography Flight into Freedom and Beyond where she talks about her meditation practice and the sanctuary. *** In my time of stillness with God, I was told: “Start the
On 21st June 2021 we were invited to come together as community to clear up debris left behind after the devastating fire of the sanctuary in the early hours of 12th April. What unfolded was a simple ceremony of creating a memento, planting seeds of resilience and continuity.
Easter 2025, our community marked a powerful moment of renewal, blessing and celebration with the opening of the Light of Findhorn Sanctuary – a sacred space rising from the ashes of our beloved original Park
Simply put, sanctuary is the heart, the heart of our collective. The first sanctuary held the heart of the family, group and community, and the Light of Findhorn Sanctuary now holds the heart of the village, town and city of light.
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I lived at Findhorn during the 1970’s and then in Edinburgh for the 80’s and 90’s to apply what I learned, and returned to Findhorn in 2001 – 2016. Elisabeth and I ran a B&B in the North West Highlands from 2016 and after a wonderful time in the wilds, returned to Findhorn in March ’25.
