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i flrst heardof Damanhurwo years go.A friendmentionedi that f I
ovedhe FindhornommunitynScotland,mightconsiderisit ing amanhurn
taly incemany eopleeel hatit isa wonderfulxamplef
asustainable,piritualommunity.I decidedo makehejourney
fteranevening ith hepainterAlexGrey t h eChapel f Sacred irrorsn
NewYorkCity, ndseeinghe recent ook or whichhe haswritten he
orward.Domonhur: emplesf Humonkin4 howing ictures f theTemplesnd he
art within.
I raveledo talywithaneclectic roup ftenpeopleromCanada,he U.5.
ndSwitzerland,ach f ussearching-somestudying
nthroposophy,thersheosophy,abbalah,r FengShui- he asiest ay o get o
Damanhurs o f ly o lvli lan ndwait or a van romDamanhuro take ou o
Valchiusella,0kmnorthofTurin n he oothil ls f thePiedmont los.
ootedfor heirseven-dayrogramthe hortesttay hecommunityoffers s
hreedaysJ,nd wasgrateful inceherewasmuchto see ndexplore.
Sixhundred eopleive n he Damanhurianommunitiesspreadhroughouthe
1,200-acrealley, nd400peopleiv enearbyand participate egularlyn
community ctivit ies.C i t i zens f the Federa t ionaveestab l i
shed ore han60 economic c t i v i t i es nd serv icesn ar t ,agr i
- tour i
sm,jnformationtechnology,herapeutjcesearch,co-architcture,organic
griculture,oursesnd raining, tc.TheFederationhas
tsOwnConstitution,ailypaper ndmagazines,tsow ncurrency,choolsrom
nurseryo middle chool, UniveEityopen o researchersromallover
heworldand tsownhealthservices ith doctors, aturopathsnd
herapistsrovidingunique nergeticherapies.nd here smuchmore.Theaimof
Damanhurs o help ndividualsntegratehematerial orldwith hespiritual
orld,o iveoutoffreedom,withethical rinciples,urthering volution f
humankind.
i : t : , . i I : : , 1 : t , , - . I I , . 4 , , a ; r ' , r l
' t : , , j : i : , , i t . , i t j : :"1 Citizensrebrothersnd
isters hohelp neanotherthrough eciprocalrust, espect,larity,
cceptance,solidaritynd
ontinuousnnerransformation.veryoneiscommittedo alwaysiving thers
pportunityo aimh g er.2 Eachitizen akescommitmento
spreadositivendharmonioushoughtsnd o direct veryhought
ndactionowardspiritualrowth...
3 . . .Theundamenta lu les f l i fearecommonense.thinking ell
fothersndhewelcomingnd xaltationfdiversity...."
Assoon s arrived,was ouched y heattention eoplepay o each
therevenwhenustpassingy.Their reetings"Con e"-"WithYou"a reminder f
each ther'smoortance.l\4ydayswere illed with lectures n
varlousaspects f life inthe
Federation,piritualesearch,ndmeditationractices.evisited arious
ommunities,alkedmany abyrinths,atchedvarious rt istsn the middle f
theircreationsndslowly el tcomfortable ith Damanhur'saily
hythm.Wewere ucky obe n Damanhuror theFestivaof Wesak,he FullMoonof
l\4ay,andwere rivilegedo obsrvhe Rite f the oracle evotedto contact
/ ithDivine orces.ll of this was n preparationfor hevisit o
theTemplesf the Humankind,n undergroundwork of art,
createdentirelybv hand and dedicated o thedivine ature f Humanity.f
I were o tellyou hat nothingcouldhave repared e or
thisexperience,ou would hinkthat I was idding.
Theentrance aswell-camouflaged.nce nside, longnarrow orridor ith
mural aintingsnd ntricate rit ingsna languagenknowno me ead o the
lrstcross oint. wa ssurprisedy he reshnessf th air (after ll we
were nsidethe mountain-no ampness,rippings r molds),ight ha tfel t
natural lthough herewas no natura ight,and deepquiet. ur groupof
fivewasnot able o figure ut where hehidden oorwas o henext orridor
r evel. he uide resedsomething n one of the wallsand a fo
lding,mechanizedstaircaseppearedrom below, eading own o the
lowerlevl nd o oneof the sevenHalls large averns)inked ythe our
evelsf abyrinths.iggingnto hemountaintartedin August 978 y a small
roup f people ithout he use fany orm of
explosives.heworkwasdonemainly t night{not to attract any
attention)and today consists f intricatemosaicloors, ugedomed upola
eil ingsonewith 24,000stained lass iecs),eautifultained lass indows
nd argemural aintings.
The emplesrenota place f religious orkshoporar etheyaligned
ithanyparticulareligiousroup. omany heyare he testimonial f wherewe
wereas humanbeings ndwhere eare oing. he even alls:Theall f i l
irron,Water,Earth, pheres,etals, lue emplendLabyrinth,ell hestoryof
human volution-our uccessesndstruggles.heart istswhocreatedhe
Templessve heirstudios t theDamanhurCrea, center or the arts,
esearchnd well-being,pen oDamanhuriansndvisitors very ay of
theyear. ccordingto obertoAiraudi the ounder f Damanhur],he
Templesftoday represent nly ten percent f what he envisions.
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Temples of Humankind t.antinredrrcn"e.lelareunderwayo build huge
allwithanenormousome hatwillaccommodate,000 eople, placeor all ypes
f humancreative xprssion.here il l also e a largeibrary f sacredand
piritualexts nd paceor a health pa. n undergroundtrainwill ink
heTemplesf Humankindith henewarea nda cable arwillcarry isitorsrom
hevil lageo the mountain.ObertoAiraudi's ream s to crate pacewhere
nfluentialpeople f theplanetmeet nd ind understanding.
synchronicinesand selficaDamanhurs spec ia l ue o four synchron
icey ines ha tconvergeere. he ynchronicines re aid 0 begreat
iversof energyhatsurround urplanet nd ink t to
theuniverse-transportingdeas,houghtand dreams. hearea s rich
nmlnerals f all kinds ndhasa peculiar ravitationaluality.Similar
lacesanbealso ound nTibet. eep ithin he nnerstructures f the
templeat Damanhurs a highly nt rjcatesystem f self
icechnologyomposedf 300 onsof
detailed,energy-conductingircuits,onnections,ndpathways ad eof
virtually verymineral ndmetal nown. ccordingo theDamanhurians,elf
icaechnology aswidely sed n Atlantisand ound n Egypt ian,
truscanndCeltic ulture s. elf icasman-made,complex tructure f
metals ndspiralsreatedto accumulatenddistributeubtle nergies.n he
Temples,300 onsof these tructuresreate network f enerovha t
extends nd connectso th e synchronicoints. heiraim sto concent
ra tendd i rec t n te l l i gentnerg ieshroughheuseof metals,
pirals ndalchemicalrocesses.orpeoplenDamanhur,heseob.,ectsre
consideredubtlebeingswithdifferentunctions.
Selficaswidely sedn healing ndart .You an e eoplewalking arious
pirals sa formof healingmeditation,elf iccabins nd nstrumentsre
used or diagnosisnd remedialtreatmenls;here s evena form of
acupuncture hereasteloselfdevicelong old eedle ithself lc
ells)susednsteadof acupunctureeedles.heres alsoa large allery f
self icpaintings.egend as t that obertoAiraudi oes ouror f iveof
these aintings efore reakfast very ay.Thepaintingsarea combinationf
self icametals ndpaints, l lowingorspecial nergieso co me o the
surface nd nteract ith theviewe6. he it les re ery oetic nd
anbeused saguideormeditation.t onepointof ourvisitwe were old o
pickon eofthepaintingsnd pend neor more ou|sjust eingwith t,to
seewhat t would ellus. he aintingsre omplex ndye ttheyguide ne
hrough series f steps, ach tep eepeningone's ndert anding f oneself
nd heworld.lToharnmorc bou l0amanhurvB iwwdamanhu iorg
Dononhur:lenplesofHuhonkrd by 5iv a Buffagni, osMPre$ 2006Do o
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women take the lead in the himalayasAfter unninga restaurantn
lndia or 'l4yealswhichcateredo trekkeEetuming rom onghikes, he
threeChetri isteEecognized business pportunity. . women rekking
uides."Womenwouldcome nto the restaurant nd ell us errible toies
tom he mountain, boutharassmentrom heirmale rekking uides,"
aidDickyChetri,hemiddle ister.Wthout
anymountaineeringxperience,heypulled ogether Eoup of women or a
crash ounandbegan heirown rekking uide ewice. ranscendingaboos hat
angedromwomenwearingpants o thebeliefthatwomen rebad uckon he
mountain,heynow rainabout50womenayearandguidehundreds n treksover
heAnnapumaange. heyproMde omenwith anincome,offer child-careor
gridesworkingon the mountainandhavespawnedhe localWomen's
mpowermentetwork imed t ow-incomeuralwomen. ome f theirclients
relargewomen-only roups. oucanview heir upcoming cheduledreks n
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