A Work Department
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The Findhorn Pottery
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The Sunrise Panel
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The New Troubadours
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Development in the Arts
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Music As Cultural Glue
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The Grandfather
THE GRANDFATHER Christmas was the one time when Findhorn would not receive guests. However, in December 1976 Peter Caddy organised offering two events, dancing every evening in the Cluny Hill ballroom and an ongoing dance
50 Years of Participatory Sacred Dance
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Connecting Findhorn with the World
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