Damanhurian society is structured in such a way that spiritual research is combined with every day life.
All Damanhurians take part in one or more research groups of their choosing, as an expression of their own attitudes and characteristics and their interests. Generally once a year, each person defines their next set of intents and thus their choice of path to join.
These paths are called ‘Ways’: here the individual aspects are joined to the work of a group which has, like the ancient corporations, their own rules defined by the members themselves and by continual experimentation.
There are presently Ways linked to the voluntary sector and to work (the Knights and Art and Work), to the Word as its transmission and refinement, also bringing together Art and Integrated Technologies; the Way of the Oracle which is involved with many aspects of ritual, including sacred dance, ritual music and attention to upbringing; the path linked to research around the themes of Health including food and diet and the ecological life model; the Way of the Monks and Nuns and Esoteric Couples is chosen by those who, as singles or as couples, want to channel the direction of their own energies.