Where is damanhur

They call themselves an eco-society ; their fundamental belief is that man is the bearer of a divine spark. Through meditation and some techniques they invented, Damanhurians learn to direct vital energies to become increase self-consciousness. The Earth is seen as a living being in and of itself. They want to value more the fact that man is connected with it as with other living beings. Renewable energies, organic farming, bio-architecture, lessons dedicated at schools: in Damanhur, sustainability is created every day , through concrete action.

The Temples of Humanity occupy 8. According to the community, the building was inspired by one of the visions of Airaudi, who saw a star falling to the ground exactly where today we find the Temples, and there he began to dig the rock with his bare hands. There is no doubt about the extraordinary nature of the building we are talking about. The Temples are a sparkling of art, colors and lights. A complex and wonderful architecture, which winds through corridors, niches and secret rooms.

And the association, in fact, is not wrong: different concepts of the spirituality of Damanhur derive from ancient Egypt. Yes, there are secret rooms in the Temples, but… Also other secret rooms inside them! The walls are decorated with glass and stone mosaics , paintings, sculptures, inlays in wood, copper and embossed. Following an articulated path, we discover the seven rooms of the Temples, each one dedicated to an element and characterized by its own mysticism.

The first is the Hall of Mirrors , dedicated to light, air, sky and sun with a glass dome and a granite and marble floor. The Hall of Water is dedicated to the principle and female divine forces; it is also enriched by a dome and it houses a fire that is always on.

Continue with the Hall of Earth , 30 meters below ground level, consisting of two circular rooms and decorated with a magnificent glass portal with sunny colors. The Hall of Metals is dedicated to metals and time, with eight precious windows depicting eight faces. The fifth room is one of the most particular, is the Hall of Spheres , entirely covered with gold leaves: it represents the heart of the Temples, the name is given by the nine spheres along the walls, which contain alchemical liquids of different colours.

This is where you empathize with the Synchronic Lines, and most visitors — even the most sceptical ones — come out of the room amazed by the energy they perceive during the visit. Besides the spectacular construction of the Temples of Humanity, the external environment, on the surface, also deserves to be visited. Here, families live together in community homes, large groups of ten or fifteen, learning the principles of sharing and living in unison. Solar pannels trap light from the rooftops of these squared homes, contributing to the self-sustainability of the federation.

Houses being painted, from Damanhur Spiritual EcoCommunity. We visit the Damanhur Crea, and ex-factory now turned into a location for Damanhurian artists to create and produce art such as sculpture, painting, stained glass, collages, mosaics, and then sell it to make a living.

Art is such an important part of their living that several Damanhurians go on to become professional artists, showing the results of their works in the creation of the astonishing Temples of Humankind on Damanhurian premises. Damanhur Crea is also perceived as a large laboratory where people encounter each other to exchange ideas and develop new services; it is also home to several businesses related to food, green building or non-profit organisations.

Experimentation with colour, from Damanhur Spiritual EcoCommunity. In Damanhur Crea I am also introduced to the technique of the Selfica, a discipline incentred on the power of the spiral, to perform different functions connected to wellness and transmit positive necessary energies within the lives of people.

I stop for lunch for lunch in their bar, a normal bar like any other, next to a shop of natural herbs and homeopathic pills. Over a plate of vegetables, we chat about love. Damanhur Crea specifically is no longer in the capital of the federation, Damjil, where I had been previously, but in a little town adjacent to this land. This serves as great proof of the integration Damanhurians have had with their neighbors since its birth; although it was harsh initially, the Damanhur community and the surrounding towns now exchange and cohabitate in harmony.

In fact, although Damanhurians have their own political system within which they elect two King Guides each six months, the last three mayors of the town in Valchiusella, the valley where Damanhur is situated, have been Damanhuarians! This also proves that the Damanhur message of peace, and interest in the individual as understanding the community, is finally getting to the more arid Italian political system, usually only worried about a collective, forgetting the power and importance of the individual.

An important lesson the Damanhurians have taught those that initially depicted them as lunatics. Damanhur open temple, from Damanhur Spiritual EcoCommunity.

This isn't the only discipline that Damanhurians have conducted great discoveries in. Damanhurian medicine is one of the prides and joys of the federation: the historical field f healing research is pranatherapy, using radiant energy that emanatess from a healer through the positioning of the hands, not transmitting his or her own energy, but rather connecting the patient to the bioenergy of the planet, therefore enabling a contact with the entire universe.

From my visit, I really understood that nature is key in most Damanhurian concepts because it is crucial to human wellbeing. For a city girl living in London, I genuinely realise that's part of the reason our metropolitan style is lacking in such peace and serenity. For example, in resident researchers created an instrument that was able to capture the electromagnetic variations of the surface of plant leaves and roots and turnthem into sounds, this is what the federation calls music of the plants.

However, the climax of the day I spent in the federation of Damanhur was by far my tour to their Temples of Humankind, the worlds lagest underground construction excavated by hand; a sacred work of art, unique in the world, dedicated to the divine nature of every human being.

But my meditation in the temple was so precious, you'll have to wait for my next article to learn more about it In the meanwhile, check out their Youtube channel where videos give more of an insight into the Damanhurian life. In order to provide no entrant with an unfair advantage, Student Travel Writer competition entries are edited for grammar only - stylistic choices and headlines are solely the work of the writer in question and not of The National Student's editorial staff.

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Damanhur on the Green Pass. These are the times all prophecies speak of. Enter a new Timeline! We are open! Come and visit us. Discover all possibilities. A meeting point of Synchronic Lines, the great rivers of cosmic energies. A man who believed so intensely in his dreams to inspire many others to create a new reality together. The future will not be like the past.

We must experiment with new ways of living together in peace and harmony with the entire living ecosystem and the energies that animate it. Damanhur for you.