The Parallel Community

About Us

Our experience is that the world is full of loving, caring people who thoroughly enjoy each other's company, and who experience quiet, deep peace in their appreciation of the natural and spiritual worlds. We invite you to come with us and help us do positive things to bring back the simple joys of living and laughing - Hamish.

Founder: Hamish Miller Hamish Miller founded the Parallel Community and passed away on 25th January 2010. A Scotsman by origin, he was a blacksmith, metal sculptor, author and dowser. Hamish spent years in industrial design and furniture manufacture before sense dawned and he moved to Cornwall to be a blacksmith. He worked with the energy of the earth and planted lots of trees.

Ba Miller Ba is a qualified physiotherapist, alternative therapist and dowser. Keen researcher and book editor. Still a fit agile tennis player with three quarters of a century behind her, she enjoys the constant challenge of twelve acres of trees, shrubs and a vegetable patch at her and Hamish's home, Treviscoe, in West Penwith, Cornwall.

Annie Turner Annie has been a teacher of Alexander Technique for 30 years, working with psycho-physical, emotional and spiritual integration within and between ourselves. She loves choral singing, Cornish dance, folk fiddle, art, photography and her three grown-up children. She works as secretary to Parallel Community.

John Watts Born in Cornwall, John lived for many years in London before returning to the south west with his wife and son. He worked as a carpenter before training in accountancy, which he now practices from his office at home. John is treasurer to the Parallel Community.

Nathascha Heijen Dedicating her life to lovingly supporting the evolution of consciousness is Nathascha's drive. After years of metaphysical teaching, she felt the time has come once again to become a humble student and listen... what is needed? She found herself guided to Parallel Community. Nathascha is one of the webweavers of this site, setting up the Meeting Place section. She lives in Heerlen in the Netherlands.

Lynne Forrest An initiator, developer and founder of community projects, organisations and groups; Lynn has been involved with Parent Link, Cornwall Dyslexia Association, Complimentary Health Initiative, The Gathering/World Peace Mission & Seed of Life. Her life's work is in healing, whether with individuals, places, land or communities. She lives between homes in Cornwall and Sweden.

Bernadette Phillips Bernadette is an intuitive coach, community facilitator, social scientist, social entrepreneur, writer and poet. She is passionate about integrating and connecting the development of human potential with spiritual awareness and ‘life force energy’ across the realms of community, business, education and politics. She is a researcher and the Connectors Co-ordinator with Parallel Community. Bernadette lives in Ireland.

Mario Peters For now based in the Netherlands, Mario's dream is about a future where everyone has everyone's best interest in mind. Mario is passionate about helping people find their way back towards a holistic way of life. Applying the ancient principles of Huna, he is actively shamanising this world into a beautiful one to live in, where compassion is not just an ideal! And his magical work includes computers. Mario is one of the webweavers for the Parallel Community.

Palden Jenkins Palden is a humanitarian worker, author, webmaster, editor and adviser, once of Glastonbury but now in Cornwall and working in Bethlehem, Palestine. He's been an activist for peace and world change for four decades. A webweaver and editor of this site, he advises PC on longterm strategy.

Founder members

Julia Bradley Julia is a member of Friends of the Earth and Transition Penwith. She's passionate about finding alternative methods of providing energy - and they do exist - without the political involvements of oil-producing nations.

Richard Smith Benign Opsimath - exchanged years of global travel and a variety of ophthalmic manufacturing roles for domestic dispensing locally. Determined to be part of a properly functioning society, that genuinely represents everyone. He now lives on the Isle of Wight.

Ann Brocklehurst Before the age of 40 I thought 'THEY' were responsible for our planet and, being a slow learner, it was an almighty shock to realise that I, too am responsible. After much campaigning on a wide variety of issues I came to the conclusion that only I can change my own behaviour for a more peaceful world. I'm an ex-chemist, ex-primary school teacher, ex-preschool playgroup founder, mother and granny.

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We are the core team and we have already been joined by many who want to take part in this exciting journey.

We are looking for people who recognise the urgent need for change, and who are not afraid to come out of their increasingly diminishing comfort zones to help us create a way of thinking based on care, compassion and honest values.

Join us with whatever talents you have to help bring joy and laughter back into the world.

Photos above by Frances Watts
Photos below by Palden Jenkins

During the years ahead we will manifest that what we focus on. And it will happen faster and faster. That which we think, that which we talk about, that which we fear but also that what we feel joyful about, that which we are thankful for and that which we love will be manifested almost immediately. Choose very carefully what you want to focus on! - Mario and Nathascha

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