On 21st June 2021 we were invited to come together as community to clear up debris left behind after the devastating fire of the sanctuary in the early hours of 12th April. What unfolded was a simple ceremony of creating a memento, planting seeds of resilience and continuity.
Simply put, sanctuary is the heart, the heart of our collective. The first sanctuary held the heart of the family, group and community, and the Light of Findhorn Sanctuary now holds the heart of the village, town and city of light.
In my late twenties, I worked for Skyros, the holistic holiday company. One of my duties was to clean the toilets. I’m writing this as part of the volunteer Loo Team. And if you feel motivated to do ‘loo meditation’, in the place that in our history holds a lot of significance, then come join us, even if only occasionally.
Ian Turnbull tells the story of how he came to create the gorgeous Nature Sanctuary at the Park Ecovillage over 30 years ago.
The following recommended list is offered to those wanting to learn more about the roots and early years of our 62 year old community which continues to evolve and transform.
This Topic is the fourth in a series of ‘Reader’s Digests’ bringing together facets relating to ecological and sustainability issues. We consider these to be a physical manifestation of the spiritual dimensions informing the work
An Audio Tour to the Park Ecovillage Findhorn - a 68 stops self-guided tour which you can enjoy virtually or walking around the ecovillage.
I am SO happy to be living in this haven. Yes, it is a haven. Let's do everything we can to keep aiming at an even more heavenly haven! Why the world is not now flooding in here is beyond me. I believe that we are offering - especially as the world goes into chaos - a proper haven ...
In essence the vision for the Community, birthed on the Findhorn Bay Caravan Park in 1962, is for it to be ‘a place where God’s work is done’. This is certainly what the four founders
This is the story of Matthew Ingram’s visit to the Ecovillage Findhorn in 2023. He came to do research for his latest book The Garden: Visionary Growers and Farmers of the Counterculture which chronicles how a generation influenced by psychedelics, Eastern philosophy, and reactions to Vietnam, the Oil Shocks, and DDT became interested in sustainable growing and farming. The book contains a chapter about what happened when the hippies came to Findhorn.
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