Oberto Airaudi Explained

Oberto Airaudi (29 May 1950 – 24 June 2013)^[1] was an Italian cultist, who founded the Federation of Damanhur. Airaudi also went by the name of Falco (Hawk), based on the Damanhur practice of adopting animal names. He was born in Balangero, near Turin, Italy.

In 1975, Airaudi and a group of about 25 other people founded the Federation of Damanhur, a New Age commune and eco-village. Beginning in 1978, Airaudi directed construction of the underground facility the Temples of Humankind. Initially in secret, the Temples became public knowledge in 1992, when a former member sued to regain his possessions from the group. Prior to founding the community, he had worked as an insurance agent.^[2]

Airaudi died in the Damanhur community of Aval (Cuceglio) of colon cancer after it metastasized to his liver.^[3]

Sources

• Book: Ananas, Esperide . 2006 . Damanhur: The Temples of Humankind . CoSM Press . New York . 1-55643-577-0 .
• Book: Merrifield, Jeff . 2006 . Damanhur: The Story of the Extraordinary Italian Artistic Community . Hanford Mead Publishers . Santa Cruz . 1-59275-010-9 .

Publications

• Dying to Learn: First Book of the Initiate. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by Laura M. George (Revised English Ed. 2012). The Oracle Institute:
• Reborn to Live: Second Book of the Initiate. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by Alex Grey (Revised English Ed. 2013). The Oracle Institute: .
• Seven Scarlet Doors: Third Book of the Initiate. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by Barbara Marx Hubbard (Revised English Ed. 2013). The Oracle Institute:
• Bral Talej: Divination Cards. Oberto Airaudi and Shama Viola (2011). The Oracle Institute: UPC 8032937910017

External links

• Federation of Damanhur – official website

Notes and References

1. News: Morto Falco Oberto Airaudi, fondatore di Damanhur "Morto Falco Oberto Airaudi, il fondatore della federazione di Damanhur. 18 December 2015. Torino Today. 25 June 2013. it.
2. News: Stanley. Alessandra. Baldissero Canavese Journal; New-Age Commune Is Into Crafts and Time Travel. 18 December 2015. The New York Times. 26 July 2000.
3. Zoccatelli . PierLuigi . 2016 . “All the Heavens in your Hands”: Oberto Airaudi and the Art of Damanhur . Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions . 19 . 4 . 145–162 . 1092-6690.