From Turtle Island to the THA
The following is a work in progress. It was triggered by the Topic - Buying the Caravan Park in 1983 and the desire to clarify how the agreements then have shaped the development of the
The Story Behind Buying the Caravan Park
After focalising Cluny Kitchen, I spent a wonderful year from 1977–78 working with Michael Worth, Ian and Sheila Campbell and the Foundation’s Performing Arts Group. As we made the transition from performing in the tiny
Family Announcements
Read here all about members' news, including births, deaths, and other departures/new beginnings. We welcome your own news to publish, so please Contact Us and share them with us. It would be ever so good
The ‘magic’ which promoted our move from London to Findhorn
I grew up in Leicestershire, born in 1941 and around my twentieth year our local newspaper reported the story of Eileen’s reasons for her journey to Findhorn. I remember feeling intrigued and rather envious….I had
Our foster children
I had always wanted to have a family but it was not to be. So after two years we eventually had the joy of being able to have two small Scottish brothers, Callum and Dale
Involvement in the Community at Findhorn
After returning to Findhorn from England and the art therapy courses, I became more involved in the Foundation than when I was teaching. I worked in the Home Care Department at the Community Centre and
Meeting a former Steiner School pupil after 30 years
I had arranged for passenger assistance at Bristol but there wasn’t a spare wheelchair when I arrived over-tired. A young woman already in a wheelchair heard my request and offered me hers, which I gratefully
Topic – Buying the Caravan Park 1983
The Community and the Findhorn Foundation have gone through cycles of tremendous change, often triggered by a financial crisis. The years preceding the buying of the caravan park in 1983 represented such a time. In
The Kingdom Within – The Early 1980s: Caution and Retrenchment
Click to see whole book As a result of the controversies surrounding the acquisition of property and the distortion of glamour, a number of members left the Community. We entered a
What it takes – an exercise in magnetic resonant envisioning
(Editor's Note: François Duquesne in conversation with Cornelia Featherstone 2023) History repeats itself – hopefully in turns higher up on a spiral. In Spring 2023 we are reflecting on a previous turning point in the
