The Magic of Findhorn

by Paul Hawken

Book Overview

Magic of Findhorn This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060117877
• ISBN13: 9780060117870
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Harper and Row
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Magic of Findhorn

I originally read this book in the 70's but it is still relevant today. If you visit their website you'll see the people and places discussed in this book figure prominately in todays Findhorn.

Inspiring read

This book presents a good history of the people who started Findhorn Gardens. It portrays their spirtual journey's and connects each thread to the community as Paul Hawken encountered it. I liked that Hawken let the stories of each person, Peter, Eileen, Roc, etc.. stand on its own without too much analysis. This a book about people who come from very odd and divergent paths to weave a spiritual community that transcends their own personalities and histories. The story is very beautiful and inspiring. In many ways it is a book about dropping preconceived notions of who you are supposed to be and what you are supposed to believe. It is a great guidepost in this tumultuous world. I, personally, found a number of the stories presented to be fantastical and hard to believe in completely. But this is mainly because I have not had experiences of this sort. However, the neat thing about this book is that it really doesn't matter whether or not I believe each tale. Rather, it is important that the people who created Findhorn believed in the vision and chose to follow it. Whatever drove them to be the spark for the Findhorn community led to the beauty that this living and breathing community has become.

A book Well Worth Reading

I first read The magic of Findhorn about 20years ago. For me the book tells of courage and faith. Courage to live a lifestyle out of the "norm". Faith to understand that the Creator will provide; will allow "Cabbages to grow out of the sand,where vegtables have never grown".