An article about Music of the Plants from Damanhur appears in this edition of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors Journal of Visionary Culture.
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Huffington Post website
23 April 2010
"Global warming of the Heart" by Alexia Parks
"Ten years ago, I described the emerging New Human in an online report titled Rapid Evolution. I identified Damanhur, a community in northern Italy, as the best model to date, for the emerging human community. I wrote another description of this heart-centered, self-reliant individual and the emerging New Economy in OM Money Money."
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 Falco's (Oberto Airaudi's) writings on the topic of love, edited by Esperide Ananas, are featured in the book The Love of the Fifth Spiritual Paradigm, recently released in publication by the Oracle Institute Press. The volume is an international collection of over 70 stories, essays and poems written by past and present spiritual guides who speak about love in its various forms. Falco's writings, entitled "Gift of Love, Luminous Calling: Here I Am to confuse Your Heart," offer the poetic titles of selected Selfic paintings on love, interspersed with text discussing various forms of love: the love that connects people with each other, for instance, and divine love as a force that unites everything in the universe.
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Underground: The Temples of Humankind
Geodata
The engineering company Geodata has cited Damanhur in their monograph, The Art of Engineering, celebrating twenty-five years of the company's activity, with a review important works completed during this period. A two-page description is dedicated to the Temples of Humankind, as an underground edifice in the section of the book, "Underground." The article includes information about the verification of the Temple's structural solidity. The book is bilingual with parts in English and Italian, and features a full color photograph of the Hall of Earth. |
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by Massimo Introvigne, a Turin based sociologist, director and one of the founder of the Center for the Study of New Religions. CESNUR also studies contemporary communal and spiritual movements, and their impact on social life.
This article has been published on two major Italian newspapers on January 30th and 31st, and is also avalible on the CESNUR website.
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19 December 2009
"Could it be possible that a plant could actually sing? Could different plants sing different tunes and react to the ways that we treat them? Saveit4aSong was lucky enough to capture a demonstration of a ‘singing’ plant, with the use of some intriguing technology. Technology that could make us question our beliefs about the plant world..."
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San Francisco Global Getaways Examiner
9 September 2009
by Lisa Alpine
 "Rejuvenation can be found at the Federation of Damanhur, a spiritual art community dedicated as a "laboratory for the future of humanity." It is in the northern foothills near Turin where I spent four days during my last trip to Italy. Guests interested in spiritual renewal come to visit for 1/2 day to a week and include many famous folks like Sting and Julia Butterfly Hill. What drew me to stay at Damanhur were stories of an underground Temple of Humankind carved by hand out of the rock. Rich in mosaics, glass, painting and sculpture, with the largest Tiffany cupola in the world, it's the result of over thirty years of work, begun in secret and revealed to the public in 1991. But what is most interesting is how a large, cohesive community has sprung from this work..." Read the full article |
Listen to an interview with Esperide Ananas talking about 'Living in an Intentional Community' at Damanhur. The interview was conducted with People You Should Meet, a website featuring 'intriguing people doing inspirational things in the world.' |
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Summer 2008
by Capra Carruba
 "When it comes to building projects, communities frequently get bogged down by arguments over timelines, budget, methods, and materials. These are external factors that can be relatively easily managed. We have learned a lot in this regard here at Damanhur, and we would like to share with you what has worked for us ..." |
Lilipoh Magazine
6 June 2008
by Mariola Strahlberc
 "Located in ltaly, the Federation of Damanhur was founded in 1975 by Oberto Airaudi, philosopher, healer, writer and painter, whose dream of a society based on optimism and human beings being masters of their own destiny came true. Today, 32 years later, Damanhur is an internationally-renowned center for spiritual, artistic and social research. It is a federation of 44 eco-friendly, self-sustaining communities, part of European Global Eco-villages Network since 1998..." |
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May/June 2008
by Graeme Wood
The Italian Underground: They carved a cave world in secret, created their own currency, and named their leader Falcon. Are they onto something?
Residents of Vidracco (pop. 500) knew the newcomers were different. Since 1977, they'd been showing up one by one in the little Piedmontese valley, marching in from Turin like bugs following a trail of syrup. They kept to themselves. Their chitchat, when it came zoomed right past the commonplace - nothing on the latest Juventus game or the sorry state of farming in the valley. Instead they spoke of "Esoteric Physics," astral-plane travel, and Vidracco's remarkable "synchronic energy lines."...
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Aspire Magazine
February/March 2008
by Arielle Ford
 "In the early 1970’s, when John Lennon wrote the lyrics to IMAGINE, he probably never imagined that within a few years the world he dreamed of would be birthed into being. Nestled in the foothills of the Alps in the Valchuisella Valley of Northern Italy is the Federation of Damanhur, a utopian, sustainable, eco-community..."
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Daily Mail UK
22 November 2007
by Hazel Courteney
Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by 'paranormal' eccentric
 "Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque. But it is deep underground, buried into the ancient rock, that the region's greatest wonders are concealed..."
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Communities Magazine: Life in Cooperative Culture
Fall 2007
by Diana Leaf Christian
The "Ten Most Beautiful" Communities in the World
A commission of experts, sociologists and visitors from all over the world have declared that the Federation of Damanhur is the most beautiful community in the world. On the list of awarded communities are: Torri Superiore (2nd place), Findhorn (3rd place), Auroville (5th place), Sieben Linden (6th place), Lebensgarten (7th place), and Tamera (9th place).
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