Fostering of spiritual awareness through the arts, education and the creation of Sacred Spaces
Fostering of spiritual awareness through the arts, education and the creation of Sacred Spaces
Inter-cultural dialogue and support of Indigenous Peoples’ wisdom
Intercultural dialogue and support of Indigenous Peoples’ wisdom
The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth is composed of five long naves with Gothic arches, connected by perpendicular corridors.
The art works in the two naves further to the left from the entrance have been recently completed: they are splendidly painted and enriched with sculptures and mosaics. The walls of the three older naves, on the contrary, are undergoing a first phase of restorations.
THE MUSEUM OF PEOPLES
One of Damanhur’s purposes is to establishing a Learning Center to collect and disseminates ancient knowledge on how to create, sustain and develop a community and a People.
Connected to the Parliament there will therefore be a library dedicated to sacred and spiritual texts of Indigenous peoples, as well as to research on their traditions. A part of this knowledge will be collected by Damanhurian researchers themselves, in partnership with different experts and institutions. This is to make sure that the information can then be transmitted in a way that is as close as possible to the oral tradition through whichever they’re normally transmitted.
A LAND OF TEMPLES
The creation of sacred space has always been at the core of the great civilizations of the past. This collective endeavor has symbolic and transcendent meaning and gives a feeling of development not only in material, but also in spiritual and artistic terms.
CRYSTAL SPIRAL
CRYSTAL SPIRAL On the ground of this area, there is a first, beautiful stone spiral made with crystals from all over the world. Damanhur’s project envisages its expansion and enrichment with new elements. In many traditions,crystals are an instrument of contact with the energies of our planet, and Indigenous peoples consider them as powerful tools…
THE PARLIAMENT OF PEOPLES
A sacred place where Indigenous leaders will be able to meet with each other – and with leaders of thought. A Parliament to reinforce faith in the ethical nature of human beings and from which to build a path towards a future of peace.
Goal description
Goal description Damanhur Foundation’s goal is to preserve and develop the principles of spirituality, the philosophy, the cultural heritage, the intellectual property and the community experience of Damanhur, founded in the Valchiusella area in the Province of Turin (Italy), according to the ideas and teachings of the late Oberto Airaudi and to share them with…