The Damanhur School of Meditation is a spiritual research pathway based on

sharing and self-transformation, with the intention to awaken the divine within
each human being through the creative power of positive thinking. In its 40-
year history, the School has stimulated and enriched the lives of more than 25
Spiritual Communities within Damanhur, and has welcomed spiritual seekers
from all over the world.

Characteristics

 
School of Meditation, to know the divinity
within

Damanhur's primary spiritual teachings are outlined and taught through its
School of Meditation. Its areas of experience and research - the Course of
Meditation- are open to everyone around the world.
The Course of Meditation - which is a direct path to the heart of Falco
Tarassaco's teachings - involves the activation of a direct relationship with the
forces of the spiritual ecosystem through an initiation. In the first meetings, the
meaning of life is explored, as well as the laws and forces that govern the
universe. The research then takes on a chosen direction through Spiritual Ways
- six specific pathways to express spirituality in practice, according to one's
personal characteristics and preferences.
The Path to Spiritual Freedom is a pathway that is guided toward the
reawakening personal consciousness, for developing a connection with the
forces of the spiritual ecosystem. In Falco Tarassaco's vision, an authentic
spiritual pathway leads to the awakening of the master within each one of us,
which happens when one is open to the help that we can give and receive from
others. The pathway takes place with regular meditations offered by instructors
and by the people themselves, to explore and define the colors of their own
spirituality.
The School of Meditation teaches us to not delegate our personal spiritual
evolution to someone outside of ourselves. This is why Meditation is seen as a
way of daily life, a pathway in which the School can last a lifetime if one so
desires.

Rituality

 
A language that opens communication with the
spiritual realm

At Damanhur, rituals are the language through which we communicate with all
the forms of intelligent life that inhabit the spiritual ecosystem, that is, the non-
material dimension of existence.
There are Great Rituals connected to the rhythms of nature, such as the
Solstices and Equinoxes, where we celebrate union with nature and the divine
forces, and the Commemoration of the Dead, during which we open a door to
the Beyond and remember all those who have passed. There are also simple
daily rituals, such as contact with the plant world through the salutation of a
tree when you enter the territory of the various Damanhur nucleo communities,
or food purification before each meal, which serves to put each person's
frequency in tune with the food so that it nourishes the physical body, as well
as the other subtle or energetic bodies.
Damanhur has six specific pathways called Spiritual Ways, and each one has a
certain ritual practice in connection with elements related to the different
functions of the Ways. There is also a personal ritual practice that help to focus
one's energy toward goals that are determined by the Initiates themselves.
All Damanhurians are officiates of their own rituals, because each Initiate has a
direct relationship with the divine forces of the spiritual ecosystem.
Dancing, singing, music and drumming are an integral part of Damanhurian
rituals, along with words, symbols and gestures in Damanhur's archetypal
Sacred Language, which is also used in its form of Sacred Art.

Everyday Spirituality

 
The Ways: Fields of interest within the School
of Meditation

The Spirituals Ways are groups within the School of Meditation where every
Initiate develops specific points of interest, according to their aspirations and
talents. The Spiritual Ways complement the general path of Meditation and lay
the foundation for individual enlightenment by exercising the qualities of each
person, because there are as many ways of being as there are Initiates, in
order to reach the same spiritual objective.
Through Spiritual Ways, we put into practice the Damanhurian spiritual
principle that individual diversity is a source of spiritual wealth for the entire
community.
Each Damanhurian chooses a main Spiritual Way - and if desired, a second one
too - through which they deepen their research, both individually and in
groups.
The Ways are a fundamental element, not only on the spiritual pathway of each
person, but also in the way Damanhur is conducted - so much so that some
functions of the Federation of Communities are delegated to the Ways
themselves.
Currently, there are six Ways:
* The Way of the Monks and Esoteric Couples, chosen by those who (as
singles or couples) wish to focus on how they contain and direct their vital
energies.
* The Way of the Knights, which involves security and protection on the
Damanhurian lands, as well as construction of the Temples.
* The Way of the Oracle, dedicated to deepening exploration of the ritual
language.
* The Way of Art and Word, which involves the transmission of messages
and refinement of the arts.
* The Way of Health which creates a pathway of growth through care and
wellness.
* The Way of the Art of Work, which supports and promotes the
development of activities and services.
Other minor ways, known as "Addresses," relate to education in the context of
family and school, and food self-sufficiency and sustainability.