Damanhur

When we arrived in Frankfurt, Germany on May 6, we picked up our rental car and made a beeline down to Damanhur, a community in NW Italy so Monique could participate in a World Midwifery Summit that was taking place there.  Founded in 1975, Damanhur is a large spiritual ecovillage with over 650 members and many more in the "wider community".  They are perhaps best known for their "Temples of Humanity" which they built into a mountain - in secret! - for years before they went public.  We couldn't take pictures of the temple itself, but if you're interested, check out their website at: http://www.damanhur.org.

The video below is of one of Damanhur's Nucleo (sub-communities) called the Treehouses where Macaco, one of our hosts and guides showed us some of their work with using biofeedback machines to communicate with plants.  Macaco used to be a jazz singer and you can see her singing to a small tree - and the tree singing back!

Where we stayed (in the small bungalow below)

Macaco, one of our main hosts and guides

The main building in Magilla, the nucleo we stayed at.  Check out all the solar energy!

In front of the Open Temple, a space created to connect with Divine Energies.

Some of the community artwork near the Open Temple.

More artwork.  Notice the baby dragon in the egg!

A Sacred Grove left to nature.

Just one example of artwork on their many buildings.

Some of their cows grazing on grasses (they are free range)