Download or read book Damanhur written by Esperide Ananas and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A large format book of photographs of the art and architecture--temples filled with murals, sculpture, mosaic, and stained glass--built by devoted members of the Alps communal village of Damanhur. Text describes the development of a contemporary utopian society practicing spirituality inclusive of all world cultures"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Traveler s Guide to Damanhur written by Esperide Ananas and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecotourism, spa retreats, and spiritual travel are more popular than ever, catering to increasing numbers of travelers who want to learn and grow while vacationing. Damanhur, Italy’s famous center for art, culture, peace studies, and community building, is poised to become a major destination for such tourists. The Traveler’s Guide to Damanhur is divided into three parts, each focusing on a different aspect of visiting Damanhur and its renowned Temples of Humankind. Part one covers practical information on Damanhur and the essentials of traveling in the surrounding Piedmont region of Italy, including details on transportation, lodgings, places to visit, restaurants and wineries, shopping; classes, workshops, festivals, and other public events; and recommended spa treatments and massage therapists. In part two, the history of the Damanhurian community is given a fun treatment in a comic book insert that puts it in a mythic context, linked to Earth and the Galaxy.
Download or read book Damanhur written by Jeff Merrifield and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A great introduction to some extremely remarkable people." -- Ken Campbell, writer, actor. The Temple of Mankind at Damanhur is the home of a fascinating spiritual and artistic community. Hidden inside a mountain in the Italian Alps, it is renowned for its exceptional artistry and breathtaking mix of marble, mosaic and stained glass. It is one of the most extraordinary buildings on Earth, and equally extraordinary is the story of how it was built, and became the center for a utopian community of like-minded people.
Download or read book Ecovillages written by Karen T. Litfin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference? To answer these fundamental questions, Professor Karen Litfin embarked upon a journey to many of the world’s ecovillagesÑintentional communities at the cutting-edge of sustainable living. From rural to urban, high tech to low tech, spiritual to secular, she discovered an under-the-radar global movement making positive and radical changes from the ground up. In this inspiring and insightful book, Karen Litfin shares her unique experience of these experiments in sustainable living through four broad windows - ecology, economics, community, and consciousness - or E2C2. Whether we live in an ecovillage or a city, she contends, we must incorporate these four key elements if we wish to harmonize our lives with our home planet. Not only is another world possible, it is already being born in small pockets the world over. These micro-societies, however, are small and time is short. Fortunately - as Litfin persuasively argues - their successes can be applied to existing social structures, from the local to the global scale, providing sustainable ways of living for generations to come. You can learn more about Karen's experiences on the Ecovillages website: http://ecovillagebook.org/
Download or read book Damanhur written by Stefania Palmisano and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Damanhur Federation, situated in Valchiusella, North-West Italy, is one of Europe’s longest-lasting spiritual-esoteric communities. Nevertheless, there has hitherto been nearly no scientific study of this group, with the exception of a handful of specialised-journal articles. This collection fills that gap by collating the various scholarly contributions which over the years have dealt with Damanhur, aiming to present the phenomenon to a public of specialists, students and people who are just curious in a volume focusing on the multidisciplinary nature of the community as a whole. We consider the various spheres making up the social, cultural, spiritual and organisational life of Damanhur through analysis and interpretation of its historical evolution and more recent changes which have affected the community since its founder’s death. The contributions combine field research with theoretical reflection, making use of both qualitative (discursive interviews and participant observation) and quantitative (questionnaires) methods.
Download or read book A day in the life of Damanhur written by Stambecco Pesco and published by Dhora Impresa Sociale - Editoria. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years of Damanhur story, told by those who experienced them in person. The story of the day of a Damanhurian, to understand how you live, you think, it grows into what is now the largest secular spiritual community in Italy.
Download or read book The Stories of Damanhur written by Esperide Ananas and published by Devodama. This book was released on 2016 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Chest of Memories" and "Checkmate to Time!" are the exciting and fascinating accounts of a veritable modern epic: the birth of a civilisation and the subsequent construction of the Temples of Humankind. It is an exciting and a bit magical story, how a common dream can become reality.
Download or read book A visit to Damanhur written by Stambecco Pesco Formica Coriandolo and published by Dhora Impresa Sociale - Editoria. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Damanhur and Damanhurians: Here is a guide to the Federation of Communities and its many aspects: spirituality, research, art, sustainability, politics and solidarity, which have characterized this unique experience in the world for 40 years. With practical information for a visit, a course or a period of regeneration on this magical land.
Download or read book Spirals of Energy written by Esperide Ananas and published by Dhora Impresa Sociale - Editoria. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and mysterious discipline, “Selfica” creates objects made of metal, inks and colors that can interact with the environment in a positive way. Selfic structures enhance personal well-being, sensitivity, and mental and physical balance. Be it jewelry, metal structures or paintings, Selfic devices also help their users to learn more about themselves and get in touch with energetic dimensions and information fields different from those in which we are normally immersed. Selfica, developed through the research and teaching of Oberto “Falco” Airaudi, founder of Damanhur, Federation of Communities, is actually an ancient art-science, already known and used by many peoples of the past. This book recounts the experiments of many researchers and enthusiasts as well as those of the author, who has personally participated in many exciting experiences. It is a journey into a new dimension where time, space, emotions and memory respond to laws which are very different from those we are used to...
Download or read book Utopian Dreams written by Tobias Jones and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utopian Dreams offers one writer's attempt to retreat from the 'real world' - which is making him emptier and angrier by the day - and seek out the alternatives to modern manners and morality. Instead of cynicism, loneliness and depression, is it possible to be idealistic, to find belonging and companionship with others who share your sadness, or even, perhaps, your happiness? With his wife and baby in tow, Jones spends a year with spritualists, time-travellers, reformed drug addicts and Quakers, producing a fascinating exploration of the meaning of community.
Download or read book The No 9 Bus to Utopia written by David Bramwell and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When David Bramwell’s girlfriend left him for someone she described as 'younger, but more mature than you', he decided he had something to learn about giving. Taking a year off, he journeyed through Europe and America seeking out extraordinary communities that could teach him how to share. He wanted answers to a few troubling questions: Is modern life rubbish? Why do so many of us feel lonely and unfulfilled despite a high standard of living? Are there communities out there who hold the key to happiness? And if so, why do so many of their inhabitants insist on dressing in tie-dye? His quest led him to an anarchist haven in the heart of Copenhagen; some hair-raising experiences in free love communities; an epiphany in a spiritual caravan park in Scotland and an apparent paradise in a Californian community dreamed up by Aldous Huxley. Most impressive of all was Damanhur, a 1000-strong science fiction- style community in the Alps with an underground temple the size of St Paul's Cathedral, a village of tree houses and a ‘fully-functioning time machine'. Inspired, he returned home with a desire to change. Not just himself but also his neighbourhood and city. Find out how he succeeded in this wry and self-deprecatingly funny spiritual journey that asks some big questions and finds the answers surprisingly simple.
Download or read book THE SYNCHRONIC LINES written by Falco Tarassaco and published by Devodama Srl. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Synchronic Lines join all planets where life exists: they collect and distribute life and emotions. They may flow above and below the earh's surface. At the points where they surface, ancient people had built Temples, that are antenna to get in contact with the energies of the cosmos. Book with flowing maps.
Download or read book New Religious Movements written by Jamie Cresswell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Religious Movements: Challenge & Response is the most comprehensive, wide-ranging study on the global impact of new religions. * New religions discussed include Hare Krishna, Sikh Dharma, The Unification Church, The Church of Scientology, The Jesus People and Wicca. * Focuses on the rise of new religious movements in Italy, Brazil, United States, Germany and Britain. * The contributors are among the most respected and reputable experts in the field.
Download or read book Enabling Urban Alternatives written by Jens Kaae Fisker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book asks how thinking, governing, performing, and producing the urban differently can assist in enabling the creation of alternative urban futures. It is a timely response to the ongoing crises and pressing challenges that inhabitants of cities, towns, and villages worldwide are faced with in the midst of what has been widely dubbed as ‘an urban age’. Starting from the premise that current urban development patterns are unsustainable in every sense of the word, the book explores how alternative patterns can be pursued by the wide variety of actors – from governments and international institutions to slum-dwellers and social movements – involved in the on-going production of our shared urban condition. The challenges addressed include exclusion and segregation; persisting poverty and increasing inequality; urban sprawl and changing land use patterns; and the spatial frames of urban policy. As such the book appeals to urban scholars, policy makers, activists, and others concerned with shaping the future of our cities and of urban life in general. Additionally, it is of interest to students in urban planning, architecture and design, human geography, urban sociology, and related fields.
Download or read book The Book of Synchronicity written by Oberto Airaudi and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern translation of an ancient book of magic by the contemporary Italian spiritual leader Oberto Airaudi, The Book of Synchronicity taps into the “Synchronic Lines”–rivers of spiritual energy that flow through the universe. These lines link the various celestial bodies and the intelligences that can access them. The lines’ path on Earth, according to the book, takes the form of eighteen Major Lines through which pour ideas, dreams, thoughts, and information. Whenever a reader consults The Book of Synchronicity, he or she is in effect accessing this flow of knowledge. Easy to understand and use, the book can be consulted immediately for quick answers as well as longer divination processes, with no further study or outside knowledge of other divination traditions necessary. The technique is simple: readers ask a question and then throw a die, while concentrating on the question. Each answer is gained by throwing the die four times, with more than 2 million possible synchronistic combinations for each consultation. The Book of Synchronicity draws on universal wisdom to help seekers solve personal problems, obtain advice, and gain insight into their spiritual evolution.
Download or read book Damanhur written by Jeff Merrifield and published by Thorsons Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Temple of Mankind at Damanhur is the home of a fascinating spiritual and artistic community. Hidden inside a mountain in the Italian Alps, it is renowned for its exceptional artistry and breathtaking mix of marble, mosaic, and stained glass. It is one of the most extraordinary buildings on Earth, and equally extraordinary is the story of how it was built, and became the center for a utopian community of like-minded people.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Community written by DAVID LEVINSON and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 2045 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Community is a major four volume reference work that seeks to define one of the most widely researched topics in the behavioural and social sciences. Community itself is a concept, an experience, and a central part of being human. This pioneering major reference work seeks to provide the necessary definitions of community far beyond the traditional views.
