Oberto Airaudi (29 May 1950 – 24 June 2013) 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.

Biography

He was born in Balangero, 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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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. Airaudi died in the Damanhur community of Aval ( Cuceglio) of colon cancer after it metastasized to his liver.

References

Sources

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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). 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 1950 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Italian philosophers 21st-century Italian philosophers Italian male writers 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 21st-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists 21st-century Italian male artists {{Italy-academic-bio-stub