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Hey steppers. I worked at the NY Open Center for a few years. It's a station on the New Age/human potential circuit which includes Findhorn, Omega Institute, and the famous Esalen Institute at Big Sur. By circuit I mean, the best-selling authors made regular visits at all of these places. Findhorn, being in our 'league' was a place often mentioned and people who had taught, lived, or visited there were on our program a lot.
In 1993 the Fellowship for Intentional Communities "organized a six-day, national conference called the 'Celebration of Community' at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, attended by about 800 people. The Celebration offered panel discussions, 160 workshops, and nine plenary presenters: Caroline Estes, Kirkpatrick Sale, Dorothy Maclean, Debra Lynn Dadd-Redalia, Corine McLaughlin, Gordon Davidson, Dr. Noel Brown, Patch Adams MD, and Catherine Burton." Wikipedia
I volunteered at that conference. Dorothy Maclean was one of the founding group at Findhorn and had an international reputation for communicating with plant divas that energetically supported the health and growth of each crop. By tuning into and listening to these divas, Findhorn grew outsized vegetables that the press ate up. I had the honor of driving Maclean to the conference. She was quite accessible though I don't remember the conversation. She might not have added much to what I'd read or heard about. Plus, I had to keep my eyes on the road.
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