In early December, Damanhur’s Ambassadors spoke at various events and conferences in Copenhagen, held during COP 15, the global summit on climate change. Esperide and Formica attended the official COP 15 conference, where they encountered many international friends of Damanhur, such as Ashok Khosla, who spoke as President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Esperide also gave a three-hour presentation on Damanhur at an event organized by the City of Copenhagen in the context of Agenda 21, a program to increase sustainability and reduce emissions in Denmark’s capital city. |
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In Sandefjord, Norway, Shama Viola held a Past Lives Research course with 15 people participating. Damanhur has organized a Mystery School program in Norway, with monthly courses beginning in February 2010, held the second weekend of every month. The courses shall be held at a beautiful residential center with an organic restaurant and kitchen onsite. |
Esperide Ananas spoke as an Ambassador of Damanhur at the Ministry of Ideals in Reykjavík, Iceland. The encounter was the crowning event of a public deliberation meeting that involved 1,500 citizens of Iceland, guided by 30 experts from various sectors. The meeting discussed how to define the will of the Icelandic people and construct a new society. The Icelanders identified their common values, which include creating a sustainable society, having access to organic foods, and establishing strong principles based on honesty.
Esperide shared the experience of Damanhur, speaking about many themes such as health and education, law and justice, art and social life. She discussed the economics of the Federation at length, explaining the Credit-Damanhur's complementary currency system-the concept of time as a collective wealth, and sharing responsibilities as well as dreams. The video of Damanhur was met with great applause, and Esperide answered many questions from the enthused audience about the social life and organization of Damanhur.
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Macaco Tamerice has gone to Slovenia on November 14 – 15 in the ecovillage of Naklo to speak about Damanhur and meet with a group interested in deepening their knowledge of intentional communities. She participated in a meeting that included the topic of constructing straw bale houses.
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Damanhur participated as the guest of honor in the “ Salon du mieux-vivre,” a conference on alternative living in Fribourg, Switzerland. Antilope Verbena spoke as Damanhur’s Ambassador during the event, presenting on the following themes: * Damanhur: the adventure of a group that transformed a dream into a realty ... making a community that lives in a different way
* The Temples of Humankind: an extraordinary work of art, 72 meters underground!
* Astral Travel
* Damanhurian therapies
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Esperide Ananas and Crotalo Sesamo traveled to India for a 12-day visit that included participation in the second Global Congress of Spiritual Scientists, held at the School of Ancient Wisdom near Bangalore, India in Pyramid Valley. The four-day event was comprised of workshops, seminars and lectures, as well as meditation sessions and exhibitions. Esperide and Crotalo presented Music of the Plants as a demonstration of plant consciousness.
 The theme of the Congress was, “Earth Evolution through Spiritual Revolution,” to inspire spiritual transformation and share visions of a better world. The guest of honor was Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. The night after his keynote speech, Esperide and Crotalo went to visit his ashram and invited him to come to Damanhur. They felt a strong connection with Shankar and the Art of Living organization that he has founded, which shares similar goals as Damanhur. The Art of Living is engaged in various initiatives to promote a philosophy of inner and outer peace.
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 Dr. Heinrich Kruparz, an Austrian researcher of ancient history with expertise on Atlantis, has come to visit Damanhur and the Temples of Humankind on September 20. Dr. Kruparz has taught university for many years, including in Brazil, and speaks German, English and Portuguese. He has published a book called Atlantis und Lemuria, which reports the results of his research in linguistics and geology. He came to Damanhur as a visitor with Mu-tà, the Damanhur Center in Vienna, and he stayed as a guest in the nucleo community Cornucopia. |
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In late September 2009, Antilope Verbena traveled to Japan for the first time to lead the course Transformation of Memories: Learn to Navigate Your Own Rivers – “rivers” referring to the formative influences that shape the events of our lives. The objective of the course is to identify and transform early conditioning that has brought one to interpret events in a certain way. This transformation allows one to live in a way that is more aligned with happiness and wellbeing.
 Fifty-four participants were present in the course, which was a record number for Damanhur in Japan. The course was held in Kyoto within a very beautiful structure, replete with wooden houses for meditation and tea ceremony, and an inspirational Zen garden. Using intuition and humor in her teaching, Antilope succeeded in engaging with each participant in this cross-cultural context, bridging language and lifestyle differences.
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 For the first time, a Damanhur course was given in the city of San Diego, California. Shama led a Past Lives Research course with a group of 17 people, who participated in the process with enthusiasm and openness. |
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The City of Vidracco, home to Damanhur Crea and many Damanhur communities, shall become the sister city of San Carlos, Nicaragua, the municipality connected to the island of Mancarroncito. The sisterhood is part of a larger initiative that involves the sisterhood of the Damanhur School with the school of Mancarroncito, and organizing educational courses for the Nicaraguan youth of the school about drinking water, solar panels and more. |
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