Just the other day I was on a walk with my mother in law, strolling my baby down the road towards town, when we decided to pop into a metaphysical book store and relax for a bit, smell the incense, and say hello to the Buddha statues. As I was leaving the store I noticed on the counter a big colorful image on the cover of a large hardbound book. The image seemed to be of a magical place from my own imagination – a pristine, mysterious spot that seemed so familiar that I could have created it in my own dreams. The book was about a place I’d never heard of before, a place in Italy called the Temples of Damanhur (constructed like a three-dimensional book, narrating the history of humanity, the underground rooms are linked by hundreds of metres of richly decorated tunnels and occupy almost 300,000 cubic feet. ) The article previewed below discusses it a bit, but it’s certianly worth investigating on your own down the rabbit hole of the internet where there is plenty to discover about it. Oddly, when I returned home that day from our walk, in my email inbox was a message from a friend with a link to the Temples. Syncronicity!

Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by ‘paranormal’ eccentric

by HAZEL COURTENEY (The Daily Mail)

Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque.

But it is deep underground, buried into the ancient rock, that the region’s greatest wonders are concealed[…]

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In case this went under your radar 🙂

(From http://hitsusa.com/blog/310/ufo-conference/)

UFO Conference – The National Press Club held a UFO Close Encounters press conference November 12th on UFOs, outlining the need for new UFO joint investigations among the top aviation countries.

The National Press Club UFO Conference was open only to credentialed media and Congressional staff, but included testimony from top officials of government, aviation, and military groups who have investigated UFO encounters.

The group is calling for new investigations into highly publicized incident which the FAA and US Government have refused to even consider…

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So, who are The Druze (a.k.a. Druse, Muwahhid, Mowahhidoon, Mo’wa’he’doon, Taw’heed Faith), anyway?

From Religious Tolerance dot org –

…In common with the followers of many far Eastern religions, they believe that, at death, one’s soul is instantaneously reincarnated by being reborn into another human body. They believe that all souls were created at one time; the total number of souls has neither increased nor decreased since. During many lifetimes, a soul will experience the full range of “health and illness, fortunes and misfortunes, riches and poverty.” Each soul has the opportunity to “…progress upward until it reaches purity.” ₄ Through successive reincarnations, the soul may eventually unite with the Cosmic Mind “al- aaqal al kulli.”

For more on the fascinating Druze, follow these links…

http://www.religioustolerance.org/druse.htm

http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefsdruzestar.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druses

http://www.geocities.com/MMoukarim/

http://www.druze.com/

http://altreligion.about.com/od/druze/Druze.htm