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Findhorn
An experimental
spiritual community founded in 1962 on Findhorn Bay, located in northern Scotland near the Arctic
Circle, and the site of a garden seemingly endowed with special powers.
At its peak in the late 1960s and early
1970s, Findhorn yielded eighteen-kilogram (40 lb.) cabbages and other plants and flowers
that sometimes grew twice their normal size, despite the fact that the soil was nothing
more than sand and gravel and the bitter climate of the North Sea made for abysmal growing
conditions. Findhorn residents claimed that they received the directions for planting,
cultivating, and managing their gardens from spirits that inhabit the natural world.
The Findhorn experiment has come to be
viewed as a demonstration of the power and potential of human beings and the natural world
living and working together in harmony. Peter Caddy and coworker Dorothy Maclean, who
established the first garden on the site claimed to have established contact with a spirit
of the plant kingdom, called a deva, said to
hold the archetypal pattern for each individual plant species. The devas provided specific
information about every aspect of the garden: how far apart to plant seeds, how often to
water, and how to remedy problems. Within a year Findhorn had been transformed with the
gardens overflowing with life. Cabbages were over ten times their usual weight. Broccoli
grew so large the plants were too heavy to lift from the ground.
As word of the garden spread, it became
a model community for proponents of the New Age movement. By the early 1970s, more than
three hundred people lived, worked, and studied in Findhorn. Residents viewed themselves
as the vanguard of a new society based on the principles of cooperation between people and
the kingdom of nature. By the 1980s the plants, fruits, and vegetables had returned to
normal sizes and none of the present gardeners claim direct contact with the natural
world. Nevertheless, newer members of the community preserve the original spirit and ideas
of the founders. Findhorn has a democratic government, a garden school, and a company to
help small businesses within the community.
Related video:
Essence of
Findhorn.
Related books:
Findhorn Flower
Essences: Straight to the Heart of the Matter.
Flight Into
Freedom: The Autobiography of the Co-Founder of the Findhorn Foundation.
In Perfect Timing: Memoirs of a Man for the New Millennium.
Nature Spirits
and Elemental Beings: Working With the Intelligence of Nature.
Playful
Self-Discovery: A Findhorn Foundation Approach to Building Trust in Groups.
Sights &
Insights: A Guide to the Findhorn Foundation Community.
Simply Build
Green: A Technical Guide to the Ecological Houses at the Findhorn Foundation.
The Elves of Lily
Hill Farm: A Partnership With Nature.
The Findhorn
Community: Creating a Human Identity for the 21st Century.
The Findhorn
Garden.
The Kingdom
Within: A Guide to the Spiritual Work of the Findhorn Community.
The Spirit of
Findhorn.
Click
here for more related
books.
Further info:
Findhorn Bay Community.
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