Editing Findhorn Foundation (section)

=== Residential spiritual education centre ===

[[File:The Waterboys perform in Findhorn 2004.jpg|thumb|Findhorn attracts cultural and artistic events, such as [[Mike Scott (Scottish musician)|Mike Scott]] and [[The Waterboys]], shown here playing a concert at Universal Hall in 2004.]]

From 1969, following Eileen's guidance, Peter Caddy slowly devolved his day-to-day command. [[David Spangler]] became co-director of Education almost immediately after he arrived in 1970, which resulted in the gradual transformation into a centre of residential spiritual education with a permanent staff of over 100, and the establishment of the Findhorn Foundation in 1972. The following year. David Spangler and Maclean, with several other Findhorn Foundation members, left to found the Lorian Association near [[Seattle]]. By 1979 Peter and Eileen's marriage had disintegrated, and he left the Foundation. Eileen Caddy remained, and in 2004 was awarded an [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|OBE]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57155 |date=31 December 2003 |pages=15–28 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3357389.stm MBEs: A-C]  BBC News, 31 December 2003.</ref> Peter Caddy died in a car crash in Germany on 18 February 1994. Eileen Caddy died at home on 13 December 2006. Maclean continued to give talks and workshops worldwide, visiting Findhorn regularly, and in August 2009 returned to Findhorn to live. She retired from public life in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lorianpress.com/macleanhome.htm |title=Dorothy Maclean Home |website=lorianpress.com |access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>

The Universal Hall, serving as a theatre and concert hall, was built at The Park, the former caravan park site, between the years 1974 and 1984. The musical group [[The Waterboys]], who had performed concerts in the hall, named their album ''[[Universal Hall]]'' after the structure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facilities |url=http://universalhall.co.uk/facilities/ |website=The Universal Hall |access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref>

An ethnographic study in the 1990s looked in detail at the 'Experience Week', which it called "the main entry point into Findhorn's ethos and lifestyle", noted that over 5,000 people attended Findhorn's courses annually, and called the Foundation an example of contemporary religious individualism.<ref name="Sutcliffe2010">{{cite journal |last1=Sutcliffe |first1=Steven |title=A Colony of Seekers: Findhorn in the 1990s |journal=Journal of Contemporary Religion |volume=15 |issue=2 |year=2010 |pages=215–231 |issn=1353-7903 |doi=10.1080/13537900050005985 |s2cid=144251383 }}</ref>