Growing on Erraid 

“I first encountered the Isle of Erraid in February 1990 on a one-week visit. I felt at home immediately, resonating with the bright, rough rocky land and salty wind. Childhood experiences of annual Irish holidays, a year on Malta and three years near Dartmoor, had instilled in me a cellular understanding and love of granite, shore, transparent sea and changing light.

The experience of Erraid has many aspects in common with pilgrimage. Those who are drawn to live here are seeking a powerful, transforming experience, opening to the unknown. We don’t move through space as you would on a journey towards a sacred place, but there is a measure of deprivation in the rugged lifestyle, simple food, limited privacy and absence of distractions. We are in a way trapped together, our Master is the island, the elements and the community. We receive tough lessons via personality clashes or elemental extremes. This one-stop pilgrimage is purifying and enlightening.”

Written in 2001 by Katie Lloyd-Nunn

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