A. A. Milne set. Milne lived on the northern edge of the forest at Cotchford Farm, , and took his son walking there. E. H. Shepard drew on the landscapes of Ashdown Forest as inspiration for many of the illustrations he provided for the Pooh books. The adult Christopher Robin commented: "Pooh's Forest and Ashdown Forest are identical." Popular tourist locations at Ashdown Forest include: "Galleon's Lap", "The Enchanted Place", the "Heffalump Trap" and "Lone Pine", "Eeyore’s Sad and Gloomy Place", and the wooden "Pooh Bridge" where Pooh and Piglet invented Poohsticks. Not yet known as Pooh, he made his first appearance in
Who is Guru Maharaj Ji? work "Religious Change and Continuity". Sutton cited the book, in the context of the history of communes in America, also citing Downton's "Sacred Journeys" as a source. Mangalwadi used the book as a source in his discussion of Gurus. "Who is Guru Maharaj Ji?" is also cited by Greenfield's "The Spiritual Supermarket", which discussed what Greenfield saw as the permeation of media related to specifically to Maharaj Ji that surrounded his lifestyle. Burghart cited the work, analyzing the effect of a new culture on a foreign religion. The book has also been cited by religious scholars writing in other languages,