Science, Culture and Integral Yoga

Esoteric Physics, Preface

Ron — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:56:52 -0700

...Esoteric Physics is the discipline that studies the laws of the universe and all the process through which practical magic works. The main applications and studies of esoteric physics regard cosmology, space and time, the structure of the form, human perceptions and sensitivity and, in a certain way, natural medicines. Esoteric physics explores all the correspondences of the universe with the human microcosms and its subtle and spiritual aspects: it’s a real pathway to knowledge and awareness, beyond this universe, towards the Infinite outside and inside of us...

Spirituality is not a theoretic and transcendent concept. It is rather action, experience, behaviour and responsibility. But it is also enchantment, mystic enthusiasm and rapturous contemplation of everything. As we are incarnated into the forms, Spirituality is made of actions, events, choices, imperfect things, not of sublime ideas: there is no space for superstition in a real pathway of research and there is no space for fanaticism since the greatest spiritual realisation is not to reach certainties, but, perhaps, the continuous availability to change, to pose questions, to grow and renew ourselves. ...

Beyond the limits of our Western "doxa"? - Experiments with "time travel"

Ron — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:46:13 -0700

This article purports to be a truthful account of experiments in time travel (!) being undertaken at the esoteric research community called the Federation of Damanhur, located in the foothills of the Italian Alps in northern Italy, about 30 km. from Turin. I was sufficiently intriqued by reports like this to travel to Damanhur a few years ago, and subsequently live there for 6 months per year for three years. -- Since only advanced initiates are allowed to take part in or even witness these experiments, I can only say that I talked at length with the persons involved, credible professionals all, and they have personally attested to and expanded on their quoted experiences with great conviction. They appear to believe that they did in fact have the reported experiences. So, judge for yourself if you wish to admit this within your "doxa" of possibilites. ~ ron

...Gorilla and his colleagues went through months of complex preparations to enable them to achieve the necessary mastery over mind and body. Long sessions of hypnosis had instilled into them the complicated information needed to carry out the trips successfully, as well as the receptivity they would require for detailed recall of the environments in which they would find themselves. It is likely that even the most open-minded reader of this article will be tempted to dismiss its contents. The implications of the claims made by the members of the community of Damanhur, featured in the last issue of Kindred Spirit, that they have devised a system capable of propelling men and women across vast oceans of time, are staggering. ...

The ValdiChy Project at the Federation of Damanhur, Italy

Ron — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:44:06 -0700

The ValdiChy Project was born to attract creative people to settle in the Valchiusella. People with open minds; positive thinkers with a pioneering spirit; practical dreamers with the desire to experiment with a new way of living; enthusiastic individuals or groups willing to contribute their talents and ideas to create a new and positive example.

An ideal valley where ecology, health and harmony of the mind, body and spirit, blossom in every form of art and craft. A place where solidarity, innovative and ecological technology, sustainability, collaboration and respect between institutions and citizens, are not just a hope for the future but are, as in Damanhur, a daily and concrete reality.

Thanks to the Federation of Damanhur, the Valchiusella is fast becoming a reference point for a New Renaissance of human, social and spiritual values. Every year more and more people, families and groups are deciding to come and live in the Valchiusella attracted by the possibility of realizing their ideals. The Valchiusella is where, those who dream of a healthy future for our planet, are actively making it a reality. ...