How We Came to Live in Findhorn
How We Came to Live in Findhorn A friend who was decluttering his house gave us the book The Findhorn Garden, saying it was the right book for my wife Eveline and me. We read
Resource Persons
RESOURCE PERSONS Every few years the Findhorn Foundation organises a Resource Person Week to reconnect with and thank them for their work. After a gap of about five years, Mattie Porte organised a week
The Greatest Gift
THE GREATEST GIFT Findhorn came to my life in a very special way. I was 21 and studying Rudolf Steiner’s pedagogy in France. I fell in love, but it was not returned and I
Bringing Findhorn to My Home
BRINGING FINDHORN TO MY HOME I have been a Resource Person for the Findhorn Foundation since about 1985, first in Finland and then in France. The most recent, really unforgettable event I participated
The Road to Findhorn
THE ROAD TO FINDHORN Summer 1995, I was driving along a narrow upland road in the English Pennines: life was not kind – I had just taken my nine-year-old back to her father’s home
Findhorn’s Impact on Me
FINDHORN'S IMPACT ON ME Building the New I started my Experience Week in 1979 thinking I could always split if the folks at Findhorn were nuts. Instead, that week had a hugely positive impact on
My First Arrival in 1971
MY FIRST ARRIVAL IN 1971 Findhorn attracted me because it believed in fairies and so do I. We came in September 1971 on the night train and were picked up from Forres station by Peter
The First Bungalows
The First Bungalows first cedarwood bungalows arrived 1967 photo Findhorn Foundation During 1967 and 1968 seven cedarwood bungalows arrived in the bare duneland. Joanie’s was the first that went up in April
Tea With Evelyn
Tea with Evelyn Craig’s caravan in the Original Garden In 1971, while lighting the fire with a piece of old newspaper, an advertisement caught my eye: Cheap Trip to Glasgow. The year before,
Looking for A Guru
Arriving at Findhorn LOOKING FOR A GURU In 1974 I set out to travel overland to India, looking for a guru. A friend recommended the Findhorn Community as a cool place, vegetarian too, really
