Oberto Airaudi (29 May 1950 – 24 June 2013) was an Italian philosopher and artist, who founded the

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. Airaudi also went by the name of Falco (Hawk), based on the Damanhur practice of adopting animal names. He was born in

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, near

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. In 1975, Airaudi and a group of about 25 other people founded the Federation of Damanhur, a

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. Beginning in 1978, Airaudi directed construction of the underground facility the

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. 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. Airaudi died of liver cancer.

References

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Publications

* ''Dying to Learn: First Book of the Initiate''. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by Laura M. George (Revised English Ed. 2012).

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: * ''Reborn to Live: Second Book of the Initiate''. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by

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(Revised English Ed. 2013). The Oracle Institute: . * ''Seven Scarlet Doors: Third Book of the Initiate''. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by

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(Revised English Ed. 2013). The Oracle Institute: * ''Bral Talej: Divination Cards''. Oberto Airaudi and Shama Viola (2011). The Oracle Institute: UPC 8032937910017

External links

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