Post by Smithee on Jun 21, 2013 13:20:14 GMT 10
The Findhorn Foundation: Myth and Reality
Read more at citizeninitiative.com/the_findhorn-foundation.htm
See also gothamskeptic.org/losing-it-at-findhorn/
and www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/findhorn.html
“The more I think and read about the early influences from which the Findhorn Foundation arose, i.e., Moral Rearmament, the ‘Christ-within’ teaching of Sheena Govan, the Universal Link (and ‘Limitless Love’), Eileen Caddy’s ‘God spoke to me,’ Spiritualism, Theosophy, purported Rosicrucianism, channelled UFO messages, and Devas, the crazier it all becomes. Can any rational person really take any of the above seriously? Sociologists write about these matters in their detached and scholarly manner, yet dare not highlight the salient fact that what is actually happening is surely a form of social pathology whereby delusory beliefs and sanctimonious rhetoric contribute to the camouflage of ‘spirituality’.…
"The Findhorn Foundation was not the first community to arise based on ‘divine messages’ or charismatic leaders; historically many such communities have arisen, and during the 19th century there were a number of these communities in America. Even in Britain various agrarian communes based on self-sufficiency and crafts developed in response (or rather, reaction) to industrialisation, and thus predated current ecological concerns. So the Findhorn Foundation has a precedent, but can no longer be viewed as a commune, spiritual or otherwise; that ideal died by the late 80s. It is now just an ‘eco’ housing development-cum-business park-cum-therapy workshop enterprise-cum-holiday resort.” (From a letter to the present writer dated 08/04/2007.)
"The Findhorn Foundation was not the first community to arise based on ‘divine messages’ or charismatic leaders; historically many such communities have arisen, and during the 19th century there were a number of these communities in America. Even in Britain various agrarian communes based on self-sufficiency and crafts developed in response (or rather, reaction) to industrialisation, and thus predated current ecological concerns. So the Findhorn Foundation has a precedent, but can no longer be viewed as a commune, spiritual or otherwise; that ideal died by the late 80s. It is now just an ‘eco’ housing development-cum-business park-cum-therapy workshop enterprise-cum-holiday resort.” (From a letter to the present writer dated 08/04/2007.)
Read more at citizeninitiative.com/the_findhorn-foundation.htm
See also gothamskeptic.org/losing-it-at-findhorn/
and www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/findhorn.html