The role of the environment in our Community, whether built environment, nature, food growing, sustainability, innovative technology or Community places
ERRAID IS AN ISLAND Erraid is a small island off the west coast of Scotland, in view of Iona. From the 1870s it was a home to lighthouse keepers and their families till
ERRAID IS A FEELING It is a place as well, a place in my heart and a place on the planet. For me it is the most beautiful and magical place in the
ERRAID There was a certain magic in the idea that we might expand our community to include Erraid. The seed had been planted in the excitement of the Van der Sluis family about
“You’re going to Erraid” ! In December 1977 my wife Alice Rigan and I were reaching the end of our five-month work exchange programme at the Findhorn Foundation. One morning I heard the words,
THE GIFT OF Traigh Bhan,Iona David Spangler has called Traigh Bhan on the sacred Isle of Iona the heart chakra of the Findhorn Foundation. I would agree. It’s an incredibly heart opening place
BUILDING ME WEE HOUSE In January of 1985, I visited nearby Speyside Cooperage to collect some free firewood in the form of old barrel staves. I was also shown six large ‘marrying vessels’ they had
BUILDING PINERIDGE I came to live at Findhorn with my two children as a long-term guest during 1983-84. I had visited the community several times before and sensed that people perceived as ‘intellectuals’ were perhaps
NOTES ON STATION HOUSE Station House’s stone facade in the tiny village of Findhorn — how I loved it! — contained some wonderful old-timers in 1983-84. I was extremely fortunate to acquire a lovely large
THE HALL AND THE PYRAMID OF GIZA The Great Pyramid of Giza consciously exhibits a myriad of cosmic ratios and relationships. The Universal Hall links to the Great Pyramid in a provocative way. Universal Hall
THE CONCEPTION AND BUILDING OF THE UNIVERSAL HALL Eileen received guidance to build a meeting place for the community, and that I was to design it. It’s miraculous how the building all came together, considering
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Born in England; visionary architect, formative cultural and spiritual experiences during military service in Asia took form in his work co-creating the Hall. Active Community elder for decades.
