I took a pilgrimage through the north of England in the early part of July 2022. I didn’t know it would be a pilgrimage – just visits with friends – but it turns out the Subtle Realms had other plans. I started with a road trip with a friend from Findhorn Ecovillage to [...]
As we celebrate March Equinox 2022, let us be grateful for the values evolved by Gaia - for, through and as – her Reflective Organs. May this Manifesto of Peace honour the universal values of All Life @ *PPPP= Person, People, Place, Planet. In Gratitude may we Celebrate the Master Code of Care [...]
Poem Heralding COP26 - by author Maggie La Tourelle About Author Maggie La Tourelle Maggie is an author, designer and therapist working in London and Findhorn. In the early seventies she started having dreams about rising sea levels. This ominous precognition led to her active involvement in the Transition Towns and Communities [...]
Last week when I was interviewing, futurist Dr. Anneloes Smitsman about her r3.0 Educational Transformation Blueprint, she remarked about the importance of feedback and celebrating the special moments of life in community. They are like rites of passage. That reminded me to tell her of our experience here in Findhorn Ecovillage this year. [...]
Cities aka Human Hives need Regeneration First Responders. More than 50% of humanity lives in cities – up to 90% in the developed world. Cities are responsible for emitting 50% of CO2 that is now quickly warming our planet beyond the tolerance for humans and all life. Those of you who have endured the [...]
The morning of the Findhorn Fires, April 12, 2021, I was amazed that most of the trees adjoining the Sanctuary and CC seemed to have survived the devastating flames. Coming from British Columbia, where I had witnessed many forest fires, I would have expected many of these trees to become instant torches. But as [...]
This is the meditation in honour of Mother Earth and Mothers everywere. We created it for the Moments of Mass Mindfulness, MOMMentum event on the UK Mothering Sunday, March 14, 2021, hosted and curated by Sue Cooper. It was shared as a guided meditation by Marilyn Hamilton, Founder Integral City Meshworks. It is now [...]
This blog describes how the Islands of Calm Meditation is serving the spiritual ecovillage Findhorn. A group of us continue meditating together on a weekly basis, via Zoom, with the intention of creating “Islands of Calm” amidst the turbulence we encounter anywhere in our daily lives. We aim to facilitate a more coherent [...]
When the law suddenly restricts your usual routines to connect with other people, your physical workouts and your access to entertainments, sports and creative expression – what are you going to do? In the Findhorn community – used to the daily engagements of meals in the Community Centre (CC), singing Taizé in the [...]
The pandemic has brought extreme pressures on Findhorn Foundation (FF) – the core organization from which a larger community has emerged over the last 58 years – as well as its web of interconnections in the surrounding community. One of FF’s founders, Peter Caddy described Findhorn Foundation as “a community living and working [...]