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Self Study Guide
This is an evolving recommended reading and video list if you’re wanting to learn more about the roots and early years of our 63-year-old community. If you’re planning to visit or even move here, you may find this particularly useful!
This is an eclectic selection, as there are so many resources in our bibliography. We hope our suggestions offer access to the whole, acting as fractals and opening doors for future explorations. This is just one step in the journey through the modern mystery school of our community.
There is no definite, concise and current account of our community as it is forever changing. However, in a survey of community members in 2024, the importance of ‘source material’ – writings by our founders – was strongly emphasised. This has influenced our choices.
We aim to update this list regularly to make it as relevant as possible, so please give us your feedback and comments – email edcirclechair@findhorn.cc.
Introductory books, documents and videos
Books to read
Eileen Caddy – Flight into Freedom and Beyond
Peter Caddy – In Perfect Timing
Dorothy Maclean – Memoirs of an Ordinary Mystic or To Hear the Angels Sing
The Findhorn Garden book (our eBook Library has the 1969 version)
Documents to read
Common Ground and Community Purpose 2024
2018 Whole Community Purpose
Videos to watch
More in-depth books, videos and documents
Books to read
R. Ogilvie Crombie – The Gentleman and the Faun
David Spangler – Pilgrim in Aquarius
50th Birthday Book – Spirit of the Future (in our eBook Library)
Alex Walker The Kingdom Within (in our eBook Library)
William Bloom – Psychic Protection (This book has been a useful guide for many to navigate the challenges of community living.)
Documents/website posts to read
There is a wealth of material on our Community history archive, called Celebrating One Incredible Family.
The Bibliography: Topic – Reading & Media
The other Topic posts giving a Reader’s digest to the various essential community aspect (this part of the collective autobiography is work in progress, therefore not comprehensive)
Videos to watch
Judy McAllister reading Dorothy Maclean’s guidance (General Messages, Landscape Angel, Tree Messages, Flower Devas)
Visionary Voices from 1991 (3 films – Dorothy, Peter, Eileen and David, Eileen and Dorothy on the God Within, and David Spangler)
List of websites for more information
(This list is subject to change as we are working on streamlining our websites.)
– our Visitors’ Website
– Ecovillage Findhorn Community Benefit Society
– the website of the Findhorn Foundation SCIO
– our Community History Website
For comments and suggestions for improvement please email nfa.admin@findhorn.cc.
Collated by Cornelia Featherstone and Jörn Fiebig (Education Circle representatives) 28th January 2025.
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