The City of Light

There has been talk recently about the need to embrace abundance consciousness, and generate new streams of wealth through service.

To resurrect an old idea, we could build a University of Light. We could have:

• An Agricultural Faculty, based on Cullerne Garden and Earthshare
• An Arts Faculty, based on the new arts centre
• An Ecovillage Faculty
• A Holistic Health Faculty A Mystery School !

We could build on the existing Education, FCS and FF College programmes.

We could have 500 students at any time, all contributing financially and energetically whilst here and spreading the word on leaving.

We already have a Cluny Hill Area Campus in the community, comprising Newbold House, Parkmount House and the Steiner School as well as Cluny College itself. And the Leanchail Hospital on St Leonard’s Road is due to close within a year or two, on completion of the new Forres Health Centre which has just had the go ahead. It might be a perfect initial home for the University, and also take pressure off Cluny?

We could have a campus for 500 students in the Kinloss area, at arms length but accessible from The Park. In due course the University could be spun off, so as to maintain focus and not dilute the Foundation.

• We could get accreditation through another body initially
• We could raise money by public subscription.

Most of the existing universities started this way, and the City of Light will need its own university just like all cities.

Love, John Wragg

Published in the Rainbow Bridge March 2006