Peter & Eileen Caddy
Born in London in 1917, Peter Caddy was raised within esoteric Christian and occult circles, and attended Harrow boarding school. His brother-in-law initiated him into the Rosicrucian Order. In 1962, after several jobs, a failed first marriage, and 15 years as a Royal Air Force officer of catering, Peter and his second wife, Eileen Jessop Caddy (born in 1917 in Alexandria, Egypt), moved to a Scottish trailer park with their three children and their friend Dorothy Maclean. They started a garden, and found that with Peter’s labor, Eileen’s “inner voice”—divine messages she received daily—and Dorothy’s ability to communicate with angelic beings about plants, they could produce extraordinary vegetables, including 30-pound cabbages. Their group, Findhorn Foundation, became a thriving New Age intentional community. Peter left Findhorn in 1979 after Eileen stopped receiving guidance. He married twice more, founded another community in California, and died in a car accident in Germany in 1997. Eileen died at Findhorn in 2006. In 2016, Dorothy Maclean celebrated her 96th birthday at Findhorn, which now has approximately 400 residents. Findhorn’s Ecovillage currently works on new methods of wind energy and water restoration and treatment.
