Titlebook: Damanhur; An Esoteric Communit Stefania Palmisano,Nicola Pannofino Book 2023 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusi

Lacerate

The Complex Politics of a Spiritually Oriented Intentional Community academic studies. This chapter will try to fill the gap, by analyzing first the internal political organization of the community, which is quite elaborate and codified, and has endured several changes in the four decades of life of the community. The second part of the analysis will be focused on t

表两个

A Bridge Between Inside and Outside: The Economyurrounding territory. The chapter aims to reconstruct the economic history, retracing the various arrangements experimented over time, from the communitarianism of the origins to the growth of companies and business services today concentrated in the multipurpose space of Damanhur Crea. This history

nauseate

The School: A “Unique” Education?of children into “separatism,” “religious extremism,” and “cults.” Italian law, on the other hand, provides a more favorable context for homeschooling. The Damanhur School, legally a form of homeschooling, has evolved and changed during its 35 years of existence. Today, most pupils have parents who

重叠

Esotericism and Matter: Damanhur’s Post-Falco Spiritualityl-magical-esoteric programme in 2018 by Falco’s closest followers, the “Wise Members”, whose task it was to carry the programme forward after his death and to lead the “School of Meditation” and the hierarchy of initiates. These changes, expressed as updating Damanhur’s eschatological mission which

Spangle

The Tourism Supply Systemion to the visit to the Temples of Humanity, the visit to the original nucleus of Damjl with the Openair Temple and the opportunity to attend a number of great rituals. Then there are the courses offered by the Independent University and stays of various duration in which community life can be exper

放肆的我

Heritagisation of Temples of Humankindstruction began at the end of the 1970s but was kept secret until 1992, when, started a four-year legal battle, the underground monument was finally returned to the Community. The Temples have transformed from a hidden place of worship to now being a monument and work of art through which the Damanh

没有贫穷

Leaving the City of Light: Two Deconversion Pathsdeconversion from New Religious Movements. The chapter analyses the deconversion process from Damanhur, starting from an outline of the process and then focussing on two distinct processes of exiting from Damanhur through the close reading of narratives of deconversion of former Damanhurians intervi

扔掉掐死你

Women, Gender, Androgynous and Hierarchies in Damanhurians, in some cases long-time community members, in others recent newcomers to the community. The chapter analyses women’s involvement in magic and in the practice of therapeutic healing. The aim of this study is to observe, processes of change and reinvention in the community from the perspective o

MUMP

2946-2657 onal life of Damanhur.Offers a multidisciplinary account of 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

遗弃

Astrometry Tools and Techniquesare not Damanhurians. Its outstanding results in state exams, its “experiential” pedagogy, and the prevalence of outdoor classes explain why parents who may be practicing Catholics, or otherwise far away from Damanhur’s spirituality, nonetheless choose the school for their children.