NESTLED in the Italian foothills, a 50-year-old community lives a sci-fi reality – talking to plants, communicating with ...

*They probably deserve it in Damanhur, since normal "hippie communes" don't dig colossal, gorgeous subterranean temples and found their own private currency systems in the bedrock of Piedmont, Italy. ...

The underground complex was built without the Italian government's knowledge. Jan. 31, 2008 — -- Hidden away in a country renowned for its architectural beauty lies a massive hand-built place of ...

In Damanhur, however, a democratic system with representatives and elected bodies has evolved over the last thirty years, based on the active participation of the community in debates and ...

The elegantly dressed Lady was waiting for us with a big smile in the open air in Vidracco, a small village under the Italian Alps.״Con voy (‘I’m with you’ in Italian). My name is Goura Loto”, she ...

50 km north of Turin, northern Italy, nestled in the foothills of the Alps, the Damanhur Federation was settled in 1979 by Oberto Airaudi, who changed his name to Falco Tarassaco. With 600 citizens ...

The night gets weird long before a houseplant begins humming John Tesh tunes. It starts sometime after 7 p.m. with curious onlookers filing into a glass-walled room surrounded by the moonlit Miami ...

Gnomo Orzo is a man with a plan. A member of Italy's reclusive Damanhur community, Mr Orzo is helping pioneer one of the group's most controversial technologies: time travel. 'We go in the past very, ...