P.S. I'm still reading this 1970-ish book (reprinted in 2018) and marveling at the stories of George Washington Carver and Jagdish Chandra Bose, and Goethe, and others.
The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man by Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird
The last chapter reminds me of you and Sam Stonehill.
Peter Caddy was the co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland with his wife Eileen and friend Dorothy Maclean. He was a vibrant, energetic and inspirational figure who between 1962 and 1979 established a keynote for the hundreds and then thousands of people who would eventually either live or pass through the Findhorn experience.
Findhorn eco-community marks 50 years Published 17 November 2012
The Findhorn Foundation has attracted admiration and ridicule with its ethos of inner spirituality and environmental care. It is 50 years since three friends moved to a caravan in Moray, after listening to "inner voices", and began the Findhorn project. So how did a "wacky" commune in north east Scotland become a model for sustainable living?
Ok, a few more excerpts, but you'll want to read the whole story. :)
The organisation has estimated it is worth £4m each year to the local economy but it started life in a little blue and white caravan.
Peter and Eileen Caddy moved their three young sons into the caravan in Findhorn in 1962 after the couple lost their jobs at a hotel in nearby Forres.
Their friend Dorothy Maclean also moved in with the Caddys. The three had a shared interest in spiritualism and also growing their own fruit and vegetables.
The garden they created attracted interest from visiting horticulturalists and stories spread of exceptionally large vegetables, including 40lb cabbages, grown by summoning "nature spirits".
People with similar beliefs to the Caddys and Dorothy started to move into the area and a community formed.
RE: Footsteps In A Nutshell