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Temples of Time Travel
Exploring the Federation of Damanhur
by Dan Watson
Is time travel just a product of the imagination of science fiction writers, a virtual
reality depicted by filmmakers, or are there actual dimensions of reality existing
that we do not yet fully understand? Is time travel possible? According to an extraordinary
community of more than 800 people known as Damanhur, also referred to as the Federation
of Damanhur, researchers there have been successfully conducting experiments in time
travel since 1994 and continue ongoing studies into the nature of time and the universe.
Located in the foothills of the Italian Alps, north of Turin, Damanhur is a highly
organized and integrated community dedicated to the unification of art, spirituality
and technology. Damanhur was founded 1977 by a group of spiritual visionaries of
the Horus Centre of Turin lead by Oberto Airaudi, a modern day Leonardo DaVinci,
who continues to lead this vibrantly dynamic and creative community. Since the birth
of Damanhur, Oberto Airaudi, also known as Falco (Falcon), an inventor, artist, scientist
and philosopher, has ceaselessly continued to inspire new leaders of research in
nearly every aspect of life from sacred art, music, language, organic agriculture,
medical healing arts and textiles, to name a few -- and time travel. Damanhur also
has a social and political structure, a Constitution, 40 economic activities, schools,
a daily newspaper and its own currency (at the same value as the Euro and both are
mostly interchangeable within Damanhur).
In 1995, Kindred Spirit magazine, in collaboration with Damanhur, gave the world
it's first glimpse into some of their highly complex and fantastic experiments with
time travel that most scientists consider impossible. There are exceptions, of course,
as mentioned in Kindred Spirit: "In the foreword to Lawrence Krauss's forthcoming
book The Science [Physics] of Star Trek, Professor Stephen Hawking states that: 'If
you combine Einstein's general theory of relativity with quantum mechanics, [time
travel] does begin to seem a possibility'. According to Hawking, 'building a genuine
time machine will not be as easy as sitting in a chair and twirling a few knobs.
Modern proposals for such a machine face one severe problem: the energy supply.'
He also asserts that 'it doesn't involve much money -- what it needs is an openness
of mind to consider possibilities that might appear fantastic.'"
For anyone reading this article who has traveled by airplane from the East Coast
to the West Coast, wasn't your first time a little surreal in the fact that everyone
in there perceived themselves as existing within a temporal plane three hours earlier
than where you just were, which in West Coast time was now your future? Perhaps you
could you say that today we are able to travel across time (zones) and back with
amazing speed, but what if you could travel "through and into" time without
aging? Where would you find the energy needed to accomplish this and how could you
harness it if you found such a source?
According to the researchers at Damanhur: "The answer lies in the 'Tempio dell'Uomo,'
the underground complex at Damanhur, otherwise known as the Temple of Mankind,"
Kindred Spirit reported. The Temple of Mankind (also known the Temples of Humankind)
is a fully underground temple of vast corridors that lead to astonishing and enormous
inner temples filled with wall-to-wall art made of remarkable sculptures, fantastic
murals, elaborate stainglass including the largest Tiffany stainglass cupolas in
the world and the full range of various metals, gemstones and colors. Deep within
the inner structures of the temple is a highly intricate system of "Selfic technology"
composed of 300 tons of detailed energy-conducting circuits, connections and pathways
made of virtually every mineral and metal known. This "[gigantic] 'battery'
has been constructed according to the science of 'Selfica,' which, say the Damanhurians,
is 'an ancient science derived from the basic form of our universe, the spiral. It
was known to the Egyptians, the Celts and the Arabs, who utilized it up to the 8th
century B.C.," Kindred Spirit reported.
"'Selfica' is the practical use of spirals and metals to concentrate and direct
vital energies. 'Selfs' are built mostly out of gold and silver, because they are
the best conductors, but it is also possible to use copper and brass,'" Kindred
Spirit wrote. The use of Selfic technology is not limited to time travel research
and is a very important aspect of life in Damanhur for enhancing personal health
and energy management, stimulating creativity and insight, accessing deep states
of meditation for spiritual growth and the appreciation of art and beauty that is
also created in the form of Selfic jewelry. "Selfic art" is also found
nearly everywhere in Damanhur, from the outdoor temple to the vast network of stone
spirals and labyrinths found in various locations with in the hills of Damanhur.
The greatest use of the "Selfica" is found within the underground temple
where it concentrates and directs the energies of several convergent factors, part
earth created and part Damanhur created. The most unusual of these factors a rare
mineral called Mylonite that is characterized by its ability to transport the physical
energies of the earth -- and in the case of the Temples of Humankind, on a massive
scale. As it turns out, the Damanhurians built the Temples of the Humankind completely
inside a vein of mylonite located at a point where the Eurasian continental plate
meets the African one, creating breakthroughs of this rare mineral dated more than
300 million years old.
"The recent discovery of the Mylonite fault has left the geologists of the leading
engineering firm appointed by the Italian Government to study the Temples, speechless.
After over 20 years from the start of construction, official scientific research
confirms that there is only one point of energy on the planet such as the one where
the Temples are built," Kindred Spirit reported.
J. Merrifield, in The Community They Tried to Brand a Cult, noted that a second earth
factor that exists at this unique location is the convergence of major synchronic
lines of the earth that form a synchronic knot," like at Stonehenge and in Lhasa,
Tibet. These massive energy lines circulate the earth's energies along these synchronic
lines and also store large amounts of energy in rock formations. As a result, these
"synchronic knots" are turned into "Time Mines."
Before it is possible to utilize the "Time Mine" energies, the mineral
must first be extracted. For years, the Damanhurians dug into the rock by hand, pickax,
and shovel fully engaging their "awareness, as if it were a meditation, a digging
deep inside the self," Kindred Spirit reported.
The third factor is one of human-generated energies through the ritualistic activities
of dancing, chanting, meditating and singing that serve not only as a centerpiece
of social and spiritual life, but also as a source of energies that can be stored
by the Temple's circuitry. The fourth factor involves a skillful blend of human creativity,
engineering and artistry. "The Damanhurians work on the basis that there is
a precise relationship between the extension of the decorated surfaces and the amount
of energy generated. The use of glass, for instance, allows them to double the surface
area in the same space, as it has two sides. This is just one of the reasons why
art is so important to them," Kindred Spirit reported.
The Damanhurians believe that there are two main ways to time travel: One is with
the physical body and the other is with the consciousness and subtle bodies. Utilizing
elaborately designed "Selfic Time Cabins," the extensively trained time
traveler or "Temponaut" concentrates on his/her mission as the researcher
on the outside makes the final adjustments.
"After a while, a Time Door appears in front of the Temponaut. Usually it looks
like a large comma in a dark color. The Temponaut, following the instructions received
during training, jumps into the door and travels to another point in the fabric of
time," Kindred Spirit noted. The Temponaut's body then dematerializes and then
rematerializes "in another time dimension, maybe even in the same place from
where they departed, but several centuries or millennia before." Due to the
many serious potential risk factors involved to the body of the time traveler and
the time line itself, only the most rigorously trained Damanhurians consider physical
time travel.
The initial preparation for time travel using the vehicle of consciousness and the
subtle bodies is similar to what the physical time-traveling Temponaut undergoes,
only for the subtle body Temponaut, "a Time Door appears it looks like a jagged
window of light on another reality. Following the instructions received during the
training, [the Temponaut] goes beyond 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," Kindred Spirit's report noted.
The Damanhurians also believe that the soul's consciousness can travel in this way
and be temporarily transferred "not only inside other human beings, but also
inside animals. [In this way,] 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." The second
method of time travel, using consciousness and subtle bodies, is considered highly
complex and requires of the traveler a constant awareness of "keeping the fabric
of space-time 'open' in order not to lose the connection between the body left behind
inside the Cabin and the subtle bodies that are traveling," Kindred Spirit reported.
How many of us have felt that we have traveled through time with our consciousness
and our subtle bodies during a particularly powerful energy healing session or a
similarly transcendent meditation experience? I believe that the number is much larger
than we would imagine. What purpose does this serve in the greater picture of things
and why would a community such as Damanhur spend so much time and effort to create
such a force?
In our experience of the Damanhurians and in our spiritual energy healing work in
the United States, my wife, Rio, and I feel that it all serves the same purpose --
to heal the past, live in the present and to evolve the soul, literally. As stated
in the Isaiah scroll as described by Greg Braden in The Isaiah Effect, the Damanhurians
believe, as I would imagine many of us do on some level, that we have many possible
realities and that the more we consciously choose create a better world, the greater
the force will be towards the creation of a new timeline, one based upon world unity.
Dan and Rio Watson of the LaHo-Chi Institute in Hillsborough, N.C., will guide
two groups of 18 to the Federation of Damanhur in 2005. Experiential tours will take
place May 17-30 and October 29-November 11. Call (919) 644-1446 or e-mail danandrio@mindspring.com
for more details. Discounts available with early registration.
Dan Watson, Ph.D., is a spiritual psychologist and co-director of the LaHo-Chi Institute
and International Center of Spiritual Energy Trainings in Hillsborough, N.C. For
more information, click on Magical Journey to Damanhur at www.lahochicenter.com,
or visit www.damanhur.org. If you are interested in a video presentation of Damanhur
or more information about the upcoming trip, call (919) 644-1446 or e-mail danandrio@mindspring.com.
Copyright © Dan Watson. All rights reserved. |
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