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| Date: | Wed, 20 Aug 2003 03:35:07 -0700 |
| From: | "QUESTAL" <questal@sti.net>  Add to Address Book |
| Subject: | Damanhur's UNDERGROUND Halls |
Excerpt :
In the Temples of Humankind every architectural element
and detail follows a precise code of form and proportions
according to an ancient language thousands of years old.
Every room is devoted to a specific magic function, and the
whole complex represents the application of 23 years of
spiritual search. The Temples are a three-dimensional book
that can be read by those with the knowledge to read it, just
like the Pyramids and the Gothic Cathedrals.
The Temples, built underground for over 18 years
supervised by artists and technical specialists - but initiated
without professional help - consist of different halls on six
different levels connected by hundreds of meters of
corridors.
The space totals around 6.000 cubic meters and measures
70 meters from the highest point to the lowest . Formed
entirely by the Halls it is the equivalent of an eleven-storey
building.
The work was carried out totally by hand, with picks and
shovels, the only mechanical tool used over the past few
years has been a pneumatic hammer. Digging inside the
mountain is synonymous with digging deep inside oneself.
Humanity has an important role to play, being part of both
the spirit and material worlds. Humanity is a bridge between
these different realities and the Temples are a bridge
between higher Forces and the Earth, the Earth and its
inhabitants and the inhabitants themselves, connected one
to another through the Synchronic Lines.
The group of artists who have created the interior
decorations of the Temples' structure have used many
techniques that were used widely in the past but have since
almost disappeared; such as mosaic in glass and stone,
cold and 'Grisaille' painted glass, Cathedral and colored
glass,
fresco, wood inlay, embossed copper and sculpture
in marble and stone. The overall painted surface area
amounts to over 800 square meters, the mosaics cover over
450 square meters of walls and floors.
The Temples are an alchemical laboratory and a place for
meditation; they are a collective work, a metaphor for the
way in which Damanhur builds itself. The Temples contain
the elaboration of the symbols and the spiritual pathways of
every epoch and of all worlds. The Temples are a
demonstration of what can be realized by the creativity of a
human group animated by a common ideal.
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On the walls of the HALL of WATER selfic schemes are painted
(Selfica is the study of the interaction between metals, spirals
and the energetic fields that encircle the Earth).
Photo : http://www.damanhur.org/temple/html/water03.htm
The Hall is a genuine, authentic library, containing written texts
in
twelve extremely ancient alphabets. Serpent-dragons executed
in gold leaf indicate the flow of the Synchronic lines in the Hall.
The HALL of MIRRORS : http://www.damanhur.org/temple/html/hallmirror.htm
Photo : http://www.damanhur.org/temple/html/mirror01.htm
The BLUE ROOM : In the carefully made mosaic there is
hidden trap door that on opening descends and forms a staircase; the steps are
covered in the same mosaic.
Photos taken in the EARTH TEMPLE :
http://www.damanhur.org/temple/html/earth04.htm
http://www.damanhur.org/temple/html/earth05.htm
http://www.damanhur.org/temple/html/earth10.htm
SUN : http://www.damanhur.org/temple/html/labirin02.htm In common with many New Age and occultic believers, They believe that a major ecological disaster may Unique to Damanhur is "selfic" TIME TRAVELER :....the THEORY OF TIME according to the Esoteric Physics elaborated by Damanhur's Philosophical School, is based upon the teachings of Oberto Airaudi.
Esoteric Physics contemplates and explains how time and space travel is possible. The underground Temple of Man:
This is a unique underground building carved out of solid References:
1."The Damanhur Federation," Home Page, at: http://www.damanhur.org/ Quote: "... [C]oncept of Complexity to link it to Sounds like they derived some notions during their TIME TRAVEL WITH THE SUBTLE BODIES (CONSCIOUSNESS)
Also in the case of time travel with the consciousness, the Temponaut, after months Outside the Cabin the operators turn on all the complex travel and control devices. The Temponaut, following the instructions received during the training, goes beyond All above info THANKS to "MT".
P.S. And this about another Cool Place : Borobudur Temple
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Damanhur was founded by Oberto Airaudi (1950 -)
in 1975. http://www.damanhur.org/oberto/ It is
"the largest communal group in the ancient
wisdom-magical tradition."
Airaudi and his supporters purchased property in the
Italian Alps, in a region of Piedmont less than 30
miles north of the city of Turin.
* It was named
Damanhur after an Egyptian city, located 100 miles
"northwest of Cairo in the middle of the western
Delta. It was once the site of the city of Tmn-Hor,
dedicated to Horus."
Damanhur is a unique spiritual and religious
group whose beliefs are
derived from several
ancient sources: Celtic Paganism, Celtic
Christianity, Egyptian and Greek Pagan religion.
Influences from Gnosticism, the New Age and
Theosophy are also present.
The community is said to have 850 members.
The CULTS NEWS : http://www.damanhur.org/news/
* Running the sand spiral.....
* ......the Rite of the Oracle,
the first anniversary of the
completion of the Triad Operation
and the anniversary of the
re-awakening of the Goddess.
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One of the
goals of Damanhur is to help individuals return to
what they call the original "subtler" pre-fall state.
they regard the earth as a living entity. They believe
that a series of synchronic lines traverse its surface.
The community located their site at what they believe
is a point of convergence of three such lines. These
"rivers of energy surround the earth and link it to
the universe."
occur in the near future. They view one of their
major tasks as attempting to reintegrate the Earth
and prevent the catastrophe.
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Citizens abandon the use of their family names and adopt two
new names when they join the community. The first is the name
of an animal species, the second is of a plant.
science -- the study of spiral-like forms.
* WHY TIME TRAVEL? : http://www.damanhur.org/time/html/why_time_travel_.htm
rock inside a small mountain.
Its existence only became known
to the outside world in 1992, after a disgruntled leader,
Filippo Cerutti, sued the community. After an investigation,
the City of Vidracco ordered the destruction of the temple.
It had been constructed without building permits, and was in
violation of various zoning regulations. However, public
opinion and support from cultural and scientific sources has
stalled the enforcement of the order. The community has
since resumed construction, and expects to continue for
decades into the future. [...]
2. Steve Halpern, "Damanhur and the Temple of Mankind," at:
http://www.lightworks.com/MonthlyAspectarian/1999/December/1299-09.htm
3. Massimo Introvigne, "Damanhur: A magical community in Italy,"
included in B. Wilson & J. Cresswell, Eds., "New religious
movements: Challenge and response," Routledge, (1999) Read reviews
or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0415200504/ontarioconsultanA/
that of temporal sea. Complexity normally
grows in a past/future direction. Inside
whirlpools, vortexes, loops and all anomalous
areas, though, periods of great complexity
can develop, even if they are in points of
time which are past for us. In the past there
can therefore be civilizations more evolved
than ours, moments in which Humanity has
reached high peaks in the arts, sciences,
technology and spirituality."
CLICK--> http://www.damanhur.org/time/html/temporal_sea.htm
...
visit with David Deutsch 7 years ago in London...
what they call the "Temporal Sea" could parallel
Deutsch's Many Worlds' Multiverse:
http://www.qubit.org/people/david/Articles/Frontiers.html
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Excerpt from : http://www.damanhur.org/time/html/travelling_with_subtle_bodies.htm
of intense preparation, enters the Cabin and concentrates on his/her mission.
After a while, a Time Door appears in front of the Temponaut. Usually it looks like a
jagged window of light on another reality.
the window with his/her thoughts and will and finds him/herself at another point in the
fabric of time. In this case, however, in order to move the Temponaut needs to use
the body of a living being of the time in which he/she has arrived. The Temponaut's
consciousness aligns with that of the person in whom he/she has to 'enter' and for a
short period of time there are two in the same body.
* Consciousness can be transferred not only inside other human beings, but also
inside animals: so it becomes possible to see through the eyes of a hawk, to hear
with the hearing of a fox, to smell with the senses of a dog.
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Aerial View of Borobudur:
http://www.askasia.org/image/photos/i000535a.htm
