Damanhur: The “Temples of Humankind” Underneath the Alps
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Source/Further reading:
The Temples of Humankind - info and tour:
www.thetemples.org
www.atlasobscura.com/places/t...
The discovery of the Temples:
www.academia.edu/30911465/Dam...
Foundation, beliefs and family life at Damanhur:
www.academia.edu/29791846/Chi...
Leaving the Damanhur community:
www.academia.edu/36883433/Tak...
Theosophical Society:
www.learnreligions.com/theoso...
Synchronic Lines:
books.google.co.uk/books/abou...
Plant Music:
www.vice.com/en_us/article/xd...
Selfic art:
www.academia.edu/24901511/Obe...
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Now this is how you cult!
They're still completely insane, but relatively harmless (comparatively), while being creative and productive enough to create something genuinely amazing
I can't judge till I find out how they screwed
@@billlee5031 Therein lies the...um..."rub".
They are not harmless. This video does not scratch the surface.
@@richardmarina8221 Harmless as any other church i guess. . .
@@richardmarina8221 to any cult survivor, this is definitely not harmless!
Government: "This is terrible! We're tearing this down!"
Other part of government: "This could make a lot of money as a tourist attraction!".
Government: "This is ours now!".
The story of why parts of the Berlin Wall still stand in Berlin, today.
FTW
it's run by the same two ladies and has been for years
@@yes0r787 Ftw??? Fuck the wall is my guess
It is an independent federation...like the Vatican. And, yes, the founder died some years back and is run...in part..by two very gifted women.
I went last year, as a part of a wider adventure, and am currently wearing one of their selfic jewellery pieces. The photos are amazing but they don't do it justice, to be honest. It's another experience entirely walking through the temples. We walked through in silence and were directed by musical sounds, no talking at all. The people themselves are pretty down to earth and "normal" when you talk to them. I would never personally join but they've got something going on, what they've built, both the temples and their wider community and society, in 40 years is incredible. I'm very glad to know of them and it was funny to come across Simon talking about this in my recommendeds today. I'd always recommend anyone curious to go but it's the sort of place you'll get a lot more out of if you think about what you can offer them, and don't approach it as a tourist.
Interesting assessment, especially your last one about what you can bring with you to offer them or with them, instead of as just a tourist.
@@ex-navyspook maybe she means being respectful, friendly open to the experience and not running around halve naked and drunk. (I'm not an English native sorry about the gender label) I changed it.
What did you offer them?
@@richardmarina8221 We put on a rather slung on show for them and hosted a party in their hall (bunch of creatives and theatre folks lol and there were a lot of us) they seemed to enjoy all of it - and showed us round their temples and taught us a phrase in their sacred dance language.
But yes has been said also being respectful, not acting like an idiot etc.
@@michaw.2168 god dammit you broke mine best idea of this year... thanks! :P
They might have some craziness to them but that is an incredible achievement to do as amateurs. And I have to agree chestnut🌰 trees do love metal🤘
Big titty goth girls... ...Chestnut trees... there is a connection
I'd say more reckless and dangerous than amazing.
"Temples of humankind" this is going to involve a cult isn't it.
For the god emperor!
Like Christianity.
Not quite as crazy as Scientology, but pretty nuts.
@@Wormworttea FOR XENU
What could go wrong?
U can be a fruity cult, u can believe in timetravel. But u can not dodge the taxman.
Scientology managed to, lol
@@Clos93 they harassed hundreds of IRS agents until they caved and gave them tax exempt status, no mystery there.
Yeah, you can just don't pay your bills online and some creative placement of money. Makes it harder to figure out that they need to audit you plus there underfunded.
Also the catholic church
@@ProphetofEntropy good. Let’s copy their tactics.
Some of them traveled to Santa Monica and I met them and bought a bracelet that stopped negative energy from other people effecting you, and necklace that stopped headaches that a friend borrowed and kept. Wish I could replace the necklace. I also read a book about them which has photos of the temple. It’s amazing. They are a lot more sane and positive than most evangelicals in America.
This is mind-bogglingly cool! This could've been on megaprojects too, to be honest.
My thoughts exactly.
Exactly my thought 👌
Agreed
Thoughts exactly my
Reading this I just realized it is not megaprojects 🤪🤣
"Chestnuts prefer metal" needs to be on front of 1st Geographics t-shirt and other merch.
Simon, that was amazing. I am not religious however when traveling I visit cathedral, churches, megaliths, etc. This one goes to the top of my list. Just incredible .
When I went to Italy, I saw the churches/cathedrals as museums. Saying that, I was in St Peter's and sat in on a Latin mass, for no other reason that just because and it was actually very powerful.
You don't have to be religious to appreciate architecture
So, there is a religion that believes chestnut trees love metal? I'm sold!
Now I understand why the one next door collapsed. No one in the area really listened to any of that. Hell, the owner of the land it was on was a priest. It probably yeeted itself into the street to end the boredom. LOL!
They are not religious. They are spiritual seekers...frequencies are their focus.
Well I was expecting CULT. I got a bunch of nice peaceful weirdos. Beautifully done art work I wish it had never been discovered. Imagine finding it in 1000 years time. Wow.
Do you think we are naturally carefree and loving from the beginning, or the opposite?
What makes you say that?
Do you think there are any exceptions?
@@Baigle1 I think a loving and carefree attitude is definitely a product of environmental and societal values. More nurture than nature if you will. The value in sharing and caring is not necessarily a natural instinct for humans. The fact i used the word CULT was more out of convenience than anything else. There are groups that promote hate and violence this just seemed not to be one of them
This definitely is a CULT. They are like the scientologists only on a much smaller scale. Don't take my word for it, read the testimonies of ex-members. Read about the people who spent years building that temple without getting paid in real money. People look at the playing music at trees and the time travel and they think 'what a cute harmless bunch of weirdos' but this disguises their nefariousness. You go visit the temple and you pay 50 euros to get in (last time i checked) and you fund brainwashing and slavery.
@@richardmarina8221 It's an operating commune that in it's own right is a tribe. He was right to declare sovereignty.
It is a cult.
This was absolutely fascinating, never heard of it before. Thanks for posting it Simon et al.
That was a brilliant video, you've totally sold me on going there one day to see this. What an amazing architectural feat ☺️
Whoa. I never heard of Damanhur. Thanks for this video. I learned something new over breakfast and coffee.
Ditto but with tea.
"We went on an imaginary journey!"
Sudden images of Calvin and Hobbes in their time travel cardboard box come to mind lol :)
That was actually very interesting. I'd never heard of that before.
The farther you go into the video, the more this cult sounds like Minecraft "ALL THE MODS" modpack for some reason...
1:05 - Chapter 1 - Just another tax inspection
4:45 - Chapter 2 - Under the wings of Horus
9:25 - Mid roll ads
10:40 - Chapter 3 - Artistic spirals
13:30 - Chapter 4 - Iron into gold
17:35 - Chapter 5 - A chestnut favorite genre
20:25 - Chapter 6 - 8 steps to victory
HORUS? HORUSSS
"What do we want?"
"Time travel!"
"When do we want it?"
"Doesn't matter!"
They're using Hindu Symbols. Interesting. Simply amazing all of this was done in secrecy. Mind boggling. I m awed at the level of secrecy.
The Theosophists always had a thing for borrowed Hindu symbolism. Very much a product of the late Victorian imperialist experience.
Love the channel. I prefer your style of delivery over others on some of these topics. Keep up the great work.
Great topic Simon. Idk how I’ve never heard of this one; crazy.
wow! this is fascinating af. not even the new age mumbo jumbo, it's how they incorporated it all into the architecture and art
The mention of the Theosophists reminded me of this. Would you be interested in a Biographics video about Madame Blavatsky? Her influence is all over New Age thought.
“... time travel and singing flowers.”
Sounds like Disney’s Epcot (the Future World side).
I can't believe I have never heard of this place before. Humans can do some incredible things once we work together.
It's impressive to see something like this that is from relevantly recently
I think this is the best advert intro you've ever done Simon.
I'm gonna watch this when I'm hungover in the morning. Thanks Simon and friends
I would like one on houska castle its a really weird castle with the defensive walls on the inside because they though there was a portal to hell there.
The nazi's also did some shady stuff there.
Wow! That does sound interesting. Imagine the money you could make? Renting out rooms around Halloween, ghost tours & day time historical walks. I'm in! When do we buy it? 😉😊
@@Digitalhunny after we wed and produce offspring to help run the shop lmao
@@Kurus-pq7xw - Hey, we could populate the entire settlement, start a cult & have people pay _us_ for retreats we run from there. Don't forget we'd have our very own portal to hell. If somebody pisses us off, whoosh.... "you didn't see nothing!" 😂😂😂😂
OMG. Too cray not a good plan.
@@yes0r787 - It's a wonderful plan! Single woman meets a random stranger online; together they make an astronomically large purchase of the portal to hell & start a cult. What could possibly go wrong? 😂😂😂😂😂😉
Definitely would love to visit this place💜
This sounds a amazing and if you study the ancient world right on point! This is really genius stuff . Thanks for sharing .
Dude this was a cool video! Good job
Thank you for that that was very interesting
I could understand making a mountain more stable by digging into it and sealing any cracks you find on the way while building roman style arches in your tunnel.
Yeah... Adding this to the bucket list... Mostly for the artwork and ingenuity. Great video, great topic. 👍
This would make a great SCP Group of Interest
Thanks Simon !
Never even knew this fantastic place existed.
Love your video topics. Wonderful voice.
I went there when I was a kid wow. Traveled Europe 2 months and my mom wanted to visit there. Crazy!
Just imagining the business blaze version of this one. Simon seems more of a voice for hire here.
Thank you so much for the laughs! This is terrifying and hilarious. You hit it out of thr park again, Simon & Co.!
I remember looking at joining this years ago. Blast from the past.
Looks like you dodged a bullet. Very beautiful indeed, but as the daughter of a construction worker, I can't help but also see all the knees, feet, shoulders and backs that got left behind in that place.
Wonderfully interesting! I remember watching an Exploring with Josh episode, where is he allowed to explore most of the rooms, there are also secret rooms not mentioned in this video. To see these rooms up close, is something else! I believe they have a room of statuettes of every member too, or they were on a Muriel, my brain forgets which.... fascinating place for sure!
Congratulations Simon on keeping a straight face and composure while reading the script. I could not have done it.
yeah it really was a shade heavy on the mysticism. the damanhurians must be appreciative of Simon doing some free proselytizing on their behalf
Thank you 🙏🏽
Well, chalk up another thing I knew nothing about and now find invredibly interesting!
So, how long till we can get a Business Blaze reading of this script? I have no doubt it would be quite entertaining!
Fascinating story
Aint a patch on the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple's secrets. A good video idea.
There is one like this in Colorado Springs
an underground temple type structure? I'm in Cheyenne and I would love to see something like that
This is fascinating on so many levels. I want to study them on a sociological level and try and recreate the results in a separate community. I think about things like this every time we find an ancient temple. There is no guarantee that they were representative of any significant portion of the populace. They could be the theosophists of the neolithic making enormous stone works of art unbeknownst to the rest of the world e.g. petra. This firmly encourages me to be weirder
This place is honestly awesome.
However, great video! I am Italian and had no cue about this place. Thanks!
Thanks for this, Simon. Have you thought about a video on the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia?
The construction of this temple would make an interesting Megaprojects video.
I wonder if anything else like this exists from antiquity, sitting forgotten.
O.O I listened to The Nameless City last night by Lovecraft... it's the first story on a massive audiobook type mix of Cthulhu mythos somewhere on here. Perfect response to this question, IMO *shivers*
Yes
Yes, Jon Levi and new earth channels are a good place to start
I bet!
Shambhala in Agartha.
I love this channel
It's complicated, but I admire this man on several levels!:-)💜
Gotta love a turnaround
Where did all the rock go that they dug out?
You can't take that much out and not have a pile that people will see.
They might’ve used the rocks in other projects.
I've got imagines in my head of the Great escape and them shaking it out a trouser leg 😂
@Driftwannabe 10 I was about to say they built another mountain but your answer makes far more sense.
I would bet it gets crushed into cement or fertilizer.
they time travelled the rocks to the past.
surprised I'd never heard of this, that's crazy!
Those segways for commercials. I choked in my coffee! :D
0:30 and something walks past the reflection of light beside simon....... did sam escape from the basement?
Definitely a tourist attraction. I want to visit now. I *adore* art
I'm halfway through and not a single reference to cocaine. Interesting, I was SURE that would have been in there somewhere..
legend!
Allegedly 😉
"Hear me out, man. Birch tree concerts!"
This is Simon's professional channel, lol. Definitely not Business Blaze, haha
He ran out a few days ago. :-))
Cool would love to visit. Listen to the people talk and learn something new
extremely interesting
This place looks so cool, I want to go
Hey Simon, do a geographical video on the Amityville Horror house!!
This is basically the real life version of what I inevitably try to build every time I open minecraft
This!!!! Haha 😹 relatable
This would be a great place to trip
wolf, what a joy to hear Simon talk meta physical stuff.
Here i am about to take a nap before work watching Simon on TH-cam on my phone and i noticed i hear Simon's on my TV in the front room talking about the Alamo lol. Simon and his team one of the TH-camrs.
Ever thought about doing a video on Hadrian's Wall?
My cousin Kip and Uncle Rico once came upon such a time travel device in their many travels.
Beautiful place made my absolute lunacy, I'm at 14:30 at its off the rails now
Video Idea: What was the reaction to the Pompeii catastrophe among the Roman people (all of them, so the common folk right up to the brass)? Did they know what had happened? I know Pliny wrote a firsthand account of the smoking mountain, but how did the common people make sense of a catastrophic event that few if any of them had ever seen the like of?
Cultists: build the biggest underground temple in the world.
Government Consuela: is ok I take.
2:33
Principle Chalmers "can I see it?"
"no"
Singing plants?!? Shut up and take my money.
Your comment made me smile.
honestly this place is very cool, ive been considering joining them for the last few years. this place is like a freaky dream from an alternate reality
Please, please read the testimonials online from ex members and reconsider.
This video gave me whiplash
White Tower of Thessaloniki/The city of Thessaloniki is facinating!
@Ice Bear Greece
@Ice Bear No probs.. endless history to a beautiful city!
Sounds like an interesting place to visit :)
Please can you cover Hadrian's Wall
He would need a very big sheet to do that!
@ How much still remains of it today?
tenhirankei A surprising amount
@@tenhirankei Mostly the middle sections are best examples.
I walked the length of the wall last year.
Damn. Now I have to decide whether or not to wait on Simon or start google searching for myself.
Not the worst thing ever.
I'm over 50 yrs old but have been spoiled by being entertained while I learn it sounds millennial to even say that.
We're all lucky to have Simon and his great group of channels.
Its a pretty good time to be alive.
Please do a video of the Rosslyn Chapel!!
Please do one on the "Cueva de los Tayos" and all the claims surrounding the subject.
A Geographics, Biographics, and Megaprojects video all in one!
How have I never heard of this before?
Still here and willing to make some cool maps for your videos :D
Absolutely INSANE! How has no one covering Italy ever mention this?
What about a video on the principles and mechanics of cults?
Amazing amateurs, for sure!!! New addition to my bucket list 😁 I wonder if they came across anything geologically or archeologically significant in their digging? 🌎😎
Can you do one on the forbidden cave in France? The one with the 17,000 year old paintings from the first recorded forms of art...
I like how the hall of spheres is rectangular
Great Segway Simon
came to video expecting crazy cult, stayed for the artwork and well overall interesting vibes.
Simon: "The symbology..."
Willam DaFoe: "Symbolism, the word is symbolism."
I got the most amazing hippy-dippy new age bullsh@t ads on this video, many laughs.