Talk:Eileen Caddy

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Eileen Caddy was one of the three founders of the Findhorn Community near Inverness, Scotland. Back in the 60s Eileen started hearing a voice which she came to think of as the God within. She, her husband Peter and their friend Dorothy Maclean were running the Cluny Hill Hotel in Forres. Although they had made great improvements and boosted the hotel's trade, the owners didn't like Peter's management style and fired him. It was no consolation that Eileen's inner voice said they would one day return in triumph. The three (and three Caddy offspring) ended up in a caravan at nearby Findhorn Bay. It was a bleak and uninspiring place, but Eileen's guidance told them it would become a great spiritual community. Mysteriously unable to find work, they began to build a vegetable garden in the windswept sand around their caravan. Dorothy found she could tune in to what she called the 'devas' or spirits of plants. Acting on this advice, they grew a garden that confounded experts around the world. They were growing 40lb cabbages and beautiful roses in sand that was devoid of the usual nutrients necessary for plant growth. Miracle after miracle unfolded as all their daily needs were met. Other spiritual teachers arrived, most notably David Spangler from America. Today the Findhorn Community is a thriving spiritual centre offering all manner of esoteric courses. Cluny Hill Hotel was acquired by the group and is now called Cluny Hill College. New visitors usually sign up for Experience Week, during which they commit to spending four mornings in one of the work departments. Each work department begins with a short meditation, discussion of how its members are feeling and support if necessary. Eileen Caddy is still alive and has been accorded many honours for her work as a spiritual mentor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.173.128.90 (talk) 22:09, 26 March 2006‎

Dubious
I gave as my "reason" in the dubious tag
 * The comma *must* be a typo, or if not, someone's mental tic: who would parse the sentence so -- defying the syntax -- rather than either no comma (or perhaps commas both before and after the prep'l phrase)??}} is like a ship without a rudder.

I can't find on-line the work that was cited, nor an excerpt that includes the wording. I'm at a loss as to whether to attribute the bizarre punctuation to a careless contributor, or to the uh, different, point of view on how to structure thots, of a highly atypical mind. --Jerzy•t 03:25, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

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