A short history of the creation and publication of Eileen Caddy’s first book of guidance.

On Saturday 16th August 2025 I organised a sharing in the Universal Hall on the theme of “Celebrating Our Magic of Findhorn”.

This Topic looks at the history of and spiritual connections between the island of Iona, the retreat house Traigh Bhan and the links with the Findhorn Foundation.

The chronicle was collated for the Findhorn Gardner’s Library at Cullerne House in June 1984. It covers the early days, through the tree plantings in Pineridge, Cullerne and Caravan Park up to 1984.

One indefensible thought led to another, until it occurred to me that families just needed a breather, and some way to get out of their rabbit hutch caravans. A family and children’s centre—the obvious answer!

There is not a great deal to be said about a room full of books other than its ability to inform and inspire, its literary reach and broad base of content. So, please indulge me as I can only write about the library in the context of Cluny itself, the marvellous Victorian house, devoted resident staff, glorious setting, its function and a little about how the library impacted my life over those years.

This Topic gives a brief summary of the history of the Park Sanctuary and brings together stories that make it come alive.

Many of the community take the opportunity of offering something that has inspired them, sometimes thoughts expressed in prose or poetry, or readings, dances, songs or a combination of these. The variety of these forms reflects the fact that here we have people of all ages, from many ways of life and many spiritual paths.

Michael Hawkins SERVING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY: Network News  It was my pleasure to edit the Network News, the Community’s external messenger, for almost 10 years, beginning in 1994. Recruited by Eva Ward, I told her

This paper is a sociological analysis of the Findhorn Foundation Community, by Al McLeod from California State University Fresno, California, based on a three-week visit in 1977, and uses a participant­ observational method. It briefly sketches the history, philosophy and world view, along with a demographic and economic profile. Analysis focuses on such items as rules, roles, relationships, leadership styles, decision-making processes, their informal hierarchy, social control and their use of feedback procedures.