Editing Findhorn Foundation (section)

=== Findhorn caravan ===

In late 1962, Caddy's employment with the hotel chain that owned Cluny Hill, at the time he was working in the Trossachs, was terminated. He and Eileen settled in a [[travel trailer|caravan]] near the village of [[Findhorn]]; an annex was built in early 1963, so that Maclean could live close to the Caddy family. Eileen Caddy's direct relationship with God began with an experience in [[Glastonbury]], where she recorded that she heard a voice say "Be Still and Know that I am God". Peter Caddy followed "an intuitive spontaneous inner knowing" and was influenced by [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|theosophy]] and MRA, from which he developed methods of [[Optimism|positive thinking]] and other methods he had learned in the [[Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Caddy |first=Peter |title=In Perfect Timing |year=1996 |publisher=Findhorn Press |isbn=978-1-899171-26-2}}</ref>

Maclean initially followed practices from the Sufi group centred on the teachings of [[Inayat Khan]], and from this developed her contact with the divine to focus upon communication with 'nature spirits' which she named as ''[[Deva (New Age)|devas]]''. The three of them agreed that Maclean's contacts should be made useful for the growing of food which was supplementing their income (the family at this point being entirely supported by [[Child benefit|Family Allowance]]). The Caddys credited the garden's success of producing "exceptionally large vegetables"<ref name=caddyobit>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jan/08/guardianobituaries.religion Obituary of Eileen Caddy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306145454/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jan/08/guardianobituaries.religion |date=6 March 2016}}, ''The Guardian'', 08-01-07</ref> – on these practices.<ref>Memoirs of an Ordinary Mystic Dorothy Maclean 2010</ref> More conventional explanations have been suggested by locals from outside the community who feel that the garden's successes can be explained by the unique microclimate of [[Moray]]<ref name=independent>McCarthy, M. ''[https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/findhorn-the-hippie-home-of-huge-cabbages-faces-cash-crisis-672920.html Findhorn, the hippie home of huge cabbages, faces cash crisis] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208071835/http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/findhorn-the-hippie-home-of-huge-cabbages-faces-cash-crisis-672920.html |date=8 December 2010}}'' ''The Independent'', 05-06-01</ref> or the substantial quantities of [[horse manure]] donated by a local farmer.<ref name=ch>[[#Ch|Christensen, p. 499]]</ref><ref name="telegraphobit"/>