Traces the historical sources of "Some Plant Olive Trees," a utopian novel by Emma Gelders Sterne, which offers a fictional account of the Vine and Olive colony, one of the most colorful yet least known utopian communities of the nineteenth century. (AYC)

Examines the 23-year history of Findhorn, a spiritual community in northern Scotland, founded in 1962 by Peter and Eileen Caddy and Dorothy Maclean on the basis of divine guidance. (AYC)

Provides an overview of utopian writing and experimentation from Plato to the present, looking at the impact of technological advancement on the individual and the society and arguing that "appropriate technology" may well be an outcome of "evolution in action." (AYC)

Describes the Lindisfarne Association, a community of contemplatives embodying the insights of William Irwin Thompson into post-industrial society. Examines the origins of the Association, Thompson's views on the transition from industrial civilization to planetary culture, and the distinctive features of the Association. (AYC)

Describes differences between the high principles and realities of several attempts to establish communities based on theoritical equality of the sexes by Robert Owen. Reveals women continued to perform traditional female roles and household tasks. Argues that dichotomy between theory and practice contributes to failure of such utopian societies.…