Inventory

Acc.12042

Peter and

National Library of Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected]

© Trustees of the National Library of Scotland Correspondence and working papers, 1959 – 1994, n.d., of and relating to Peter and Eileen Caddy. Much of the material relates to their autobiographies, In Perfect Timing: memoirs of a man for the new millennium (, 1996), written with Jeremy Slocombe and Renata Caddy and Flight into Freedom. Eileen Caddy’s notebooks, in which she recorded her spiritual guidance, 1955- 1982, n.d., are of particular importance. The notebooks of Patrick Lidington, a long-term member of the are also included.

Peter and Eileen Caddy, together with , established the Findhorn Foundation in Nairn in the north of Scotland in the early 1960s. For records of the Findhorn Foundation see Accs.9934, 10381 and 10560.

NOT TO BE ISSUED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE FINDHORN FOUNDATION

Deposited, 2001

1-25 Correspondence 26-40 Working papers for ‘In Perfect Timing’ 41-47 Working papers for ‘Flight into Freedom’ 48-109 ‘Guidance’ received by Eileen Caddy and others 110-118 Typescripts of interviews 119-124 Miscellaneous papers 125-139 Patrick Lidington

1-25 Correspondence

1-8 General correspondence files arranged chronologically, 1959- 1979.

With some annotated notes and copies of `transmissions’ received by Peter and Eileen Caddy, Dorothy Maclean and other founder members of the Foundation, and Foundation newsletters.

1. 1964–1966 2. 1967–1968 3. 1969–1972 4. 1973–1976 5. 1974–1979 6. 1974–1979 7. 1975–1979 8. 1977–1979

9-21 Correspondence of , 1964-1979, arranged by writer or subject. The original order has been retained.

9. Richard St.Barbe-Baker, 1968-1972 10. Eileen Caddy, 1977-1993, n.d., with some other family letters and copies of her transmissions 11. Peter Hawken, Author of The of Findhorn, 1973-1979 12. International Cooperation Council, 1975-1979. With some minutes of meetings 13. Iona and the Sanctuary at Traigh Bhan, 1965-1975 14. ‘Linking up the Earth’ tour, 1977-1978 15. Margaret, Countess of Mayo, 1964-1968. With related typescript article and printed leaflets 16. Stewart Ross, JP, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, 1972- 1975. With related letters and papers 17. Correspondence with various individuals in Turkey, 1972-1978 18. Universal Link, St.Anne’s, Lancashire, 1965-1966 19. Visit to Wales, 1978 20. World Symposium on Humanity, London, 1979 21. Wrekin trust, 1971-1979

22-25 Correspondence with and related papers

22. Correspondence, 1970-1974 23-24. Transmissions of John through David Spangler, 1970-1975 25 Study papers, 1969-1971, n.d.

26-40 Working papers for ‘In Perfect Timing’

Correspondence, drafts, and notes concerning Peter Caddy’s autobiography. This work was provisionally entitled ‘Anyone Need A Caddy?’ then ‘Mountains to Climb’, and was finally published posthumously as In Perfect Timing: memoirs of a man for the new millennium (Findhorn, 1996) with contributions from Jeremy Slocombe and Renata Caddy.

26. Notes and drafts, 1959-1963 27. Drafts of ‘Anyone Need a Caddy’, n.d. 28-31 Drafts of ‘Mountains to Climb’, n.d. 32. Drafts and related letters of David Spangler’s introduction to ‘In Perfect Timing’, Peter Dawkin’s ‘Bridge’, and Renata Caddy’s chapter, n.d. 33-35 Drafts of ‘In Perfect Timing’, n.d. 36. Correspondence and notes, 1981-1995

37. Correspondence and notes, 1993-1995, of Jeremy Slocombe concerning ‘In Perfect Timing’ 38-40 Guidance received by Jeremy Slocombe concerning ‘In Perfect Timing’

41-47 Working papers for ‘Flight into Freedom’

Correspondence, notes and drafts, concerning Eileen Caddy’s autobiography Flight into Freedom, written with Liza Collingwood, 1988.

41-43 Notes and drafts, n.d., for Flight into Freedom 44-47 Working papers and related correspondence, 1964-1974, n.d., concerning Flight into Freedom

48-109 ‘Guidance received by Eileen Caddy and others

48-100 Eileen Caddy’s notebooks

For Eileen Caddy’s diaries see Acc.10381/21-43.

48. Dec 1957 – Jan 1958 49. Apr – Jun 1958 50. Jun – Sep 1958 51. Feb – Sep 1959 52. Jan – Feb 1960 53. Nov 1960 – Jan 1961 54. Mar – Jun 1961 55. Jul – Sep 1961 56. Nov – Dec 1961 57. Jan – Mar 1962 58. Mar – Apr 1962 59. Apr – Jun 1962 60. Nov 1962 – Jan 1963 61. 1965 With copies of correspondence 62. Oct 1966 63. 1966 64. Mar – Apr 1967 65. Dec 1967 – May 1968 66. Dec 1967 – Aug 1968 67. Dec 1967 – Aug 1968 68. May – Aug 1968 69. Aug 1968 – Jan 1969 70. Jan – Oct 1969 71. Mar 1969 – Jan 1970 72. Oct 1969 – Aug 1970 73. Nov 1969 – Jun 1970 74. Aug – Nov 1970 75. Aug 1970 – Apr 1975 76. Jul 1970 – Dec 1972 77. Oct 1970 – Oct 1971 78. Aug 1971 – Oct 1972 79. Dec 1971 – Dec1972 80. Sep1973 – Apr 1974 With some copies of letters of Eileen Caddy and an account of her early life 81. Jan 1973 – Feb 1974 82. May – Sep 1973 83. Oct 1973 – Mar 1974 84. Feb – Jul 1974 85. Jul – Nov 1974 86. Aug – Sep 1974 87. Sep – Dec 1974 88. 1975 89. 1976 90. 1976 With some copies of letters 91. Sep 1977 – Apr 1978 92. 1977 - 1979 93. 1979 94. Jul – Aug 1979 95. Aug – Nov 1979 96. Nov 1979 – Mar 1980 97. Oct 1980 – May 1981 98. Feb – Jun 1982 99. n.d. 100. n.d.

101-107 Typescripts copies of spiritual guidance or ‘transmissions’ received, 1955-1966, n.d., by Eileen Caddy, Dorothy Maclean (Divina), Lena Lamont, Anne Edwards (Naomi, also known as Miriam) and others.

101-103 Eileen’s Guidance 1957–1958

101. 1957-1958 102. 1962–1966 103. 1967–1979

104. ‘The Days Ahead’, 1969

105. 1971

106. Lena Lamont, 1958-1968

107. Group recordings of transmissions through Miriam, Naomi, Divina and Elixir, 1965-1966

108. Guidance received by Elixir and Naomi, 1965-1966

109. Guidance received by Naomi (Anne Edwards), 1965-1966

110-118 Typescripts of interviews

110. 1961-1971 111. Reminiscences and letters of Sheri McCombe and Eileen Caddy, 1967-1985 112. Interviews with R Ogilvie Crombie, 1968-1972 113. Interviews with Peter and Eileen Caddy, 1970s 114. ‘The Law of Manifestation’, 1971-1972 115. Interviews and talks, 1971, n.d. 116. Interview with Peter Caddy, 1981 117. Interview of Peter Caddy by Paul Schick and Shari McCombe, 1987 118. Typescripts of talks, n.d.

119-124 Miscellaneous papers

119. Typescript histories of the Findhorn Foundation, 1969-1992 120. ‘A Visit to the Findhorn Garden’, John Harwood-Jones, 1973 121. ‘Findhorn, Fact or Fiction? A Sociological Study of a Scottish ’, by Al McLeod, California State University, c.1975 122. ‘A Rose in the Snow. The Story of the Findhorn Foundation’, by Kathy Thormod and Jeremy Slocombe, 1986 123. ‘Peter Caddy, 1917-1994: Memoirs and Reflections, in One Earth, Summer, 1994 124. Copies of Findhorn Foundation Trust Deeds, 1972 – 1989

125-139 Patrick Lidington

Cyril Demant ‘Patrick’ Lidington was a weaver and long-term member of the Findhorn Community.

125-128 Commonplace Books,

125. 1937 – 1944 126. 1944 127. 1944-1945 128. 1945

129-136. Notebooks entitled ‘Writings’, 1947

137. Typescript drafts of ‘The Word’, n.d.

138. Biographical notes and autobiographical recordings entitled ‘Adventure of the Creative Spirit’ (2 cassettes)

139. Address Book