128 pages paperback

Community is such a broad, sweeping term that it can mean almost anything. This book is about 'intentional community', meaning communities which people consciously create for themselves rather than those which arise naturally merely through humans living or working in close proximity.

Community of one sort or another is something into which we are born, in which we live, and where we shall all die and be long remembered or soon forgotten. Within a strong community, particularly the small, cohesive intentional communities covered by this book, people are able to blossom and bloom. They are more likely to feel that they have a worthwhile social niche, feel valued by others, and will almost certainly feel more secure than when living in isolation or even within a conventional nuclear family.

In this book we welcome you to visit and explore many of the aspects of intentional community living, the challenges as well as the joys.

'The Findhorn Book of' Series

The 'Findhorn Book of' series offer a practical, serious and enjoyable introduction to some of the core principles and practices which have made Findhorn a centre of light and hope.

Dr. Bill Metcalf is a sociologist and social historian who has worked within the faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffiths University in Australia since 1980. A Canadian by birth, he has devoted more than twenty years to living in and studying communes and intentional communities around the globe. He has conducted ethnographic and survey research in more than a hundred communal groups and has published widely in academic journals and the popular press.