Temple of Humankind

Photo found at http://www.wanttoknow.info/i/damanhur-temples-of-humankind

Visiting the Damanhurian underground Temples is an out of this world fantastic experience. Several years ago, I visited for the first time and the experience took my breath away and inspired the deep desire to return here someday. Someday is now. 

The Temples are a work in progress. 

Every Damanhurian is represented in the Temples in several ways. The beauty and majesty of the art is all the ordinary people's work. Each one has hand crafted a terra cota representation of themselves. Many of the images in the paintings are actual faces of individuals of Damanhur. There are also paintings of those who have transitioned. The images of the three founders who have transitioned are seen in the mosaic marble floor along with the current leadership. 

Damanhur employs a rotating leadership and everything is done as a collective. 

We first visited several halls on the lower level. All of the Temples are inside the mountain. The Damanhurians hollowed out the mountain creating large caves. They did this by hand, using picks and buckets to remove the heavy rock of Earth. The Temples are entered by a discreet door that looks like a wooden cellar door. Before entering, each person must be attuned with the energy of the Temple. If this isn't done you could have an uncomfortable experience. No one enters the Temple area without a Damanhurian guide who first called our names, like a roll call. They have already gathered our birth dates when we registered. This is the information that is shared with the "intelligent energy" inside the Temple. Once inside, you are in a magical Egyptian passageway that has hidden doorways for you to discover in order to proceed. It is also a way to keep intruders out. 

We visited the Hall dedicated to Mother Earth with every possible surface artistically designed to honor Earth. The ceiling is filled with fiber optic stars in the pattern of the heavens 22,000 years ago.

No one is permitted to take photos inside the Temple. The Hall which is a few steps higher is dedicated to the spiritual aspects of Earth. Here is the androgen of male and female and the Creator with energies shooting into the cosmos creating the cosmic bodies and forces and creation dripping from its grasp.