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  • Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
  • Damanhur is a microsociety and Italian ecovillage in the hills of Northern Italy, founded in 1977, boasting its own language, religion, and currency, with over 600 citizens. They believe their leader, Oberto Airaudi Falco, traveled in time to the lost city of Atlantis and learned ancient healing practices, which they still practice today. Each year, they host their annual birthday celebration, where Damanhurians from all over the world return to Damanhur, decked in white robes, and perform ceremonial rituals.
    VICE's Alessia Camoirano Bruges attends the annual celebration, to learn more about a group who have turned their back on society, intending to create their own utopian paradise.
    00:00 Intro
    04:29 Channeling Invisible Cosmic Beings
    08:04 Cosmic Objects
    14:04 Falco's Birthday
    16:29 New Recruits
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  • @VICE
    @VICE  Год назад +9

    WATCH NEXT ➡Tantra Island: The Search for Sexual Paradise - ruclips.net/video/9UsWj15AFRs/видео.html

  • @daybidbanderbecht5299
    @daybidbanderbecht5299 Год назад +1384

    Advanced alien technology uses a lot more hot glue than I would've expected.

    • @Rebecca20239
      @Rebecca20239 Год назад +61

      They’re crafty

    • @MrZenGuitarist
      @MrZenGuitarist Год назад +21

      Yes - but since they still haven't had the time to become more advanced than the three millenia old civilization of Atlantis...I guess that's only to be expected. They are still in the process of 'rediscovering' the lost knowledge of Atlantis after all...
      Hehehe...I guess we'll have to wait another couple of hundred years or so - before they really start to 'take off' and eclipse this lost knowledge and tech. ;-)

    • @vonjunzt4130
      @vonjunzt4130 Год назад +9

      LOL

    • @pedromigueldinis
      @pedromigueldinis Год назад +1

      well i prefer to call them junk but you have the freedom to call it anything you want since there is liberty of expression. Sometimes the worth of an item is different for different people

    • @MrZenGuitarist
      @MrZenGuitarist Год назад +2

      @@pedromigueldinis That's very true - although an item can have pretty much the same commercial price, literally everywhere. We're stilled attracted to, intrigued by and drawn to different types of items, and are thus more or less willing to pay a certain price for something.
      With that said though - those ridiculously high prices that they asked for these, what look like 'spontaneously' hand-crafted necklaces, armbands & ankle-'chains'...but ridiculously overprized by 80-90% for their professed 'medical benefits' (Which, conveniently, no-one but a 'Damanhurian' him-, her-self can really even "possibly ever hope to understand it"....since not many 'even amongst their own' truly 'understands it'!
      So...to be hones, IF I had and got 10 times more money than I need - maybe I'ld buy one of those, if I found it nice and artistic. (And not for any unknown and impossible to prove claims).
      But unfortunately, I do not...so, neither a trip to see this commune/village - and definitively no 'jewelry' from them!
      Just my thoughts.

  • @mutantsupremacies
    @mutantsupremacies Год назад +906

    “Having found no cure for my own mental health issues, I’m willing to try anything.” These are the exact people cults like to prey upon.

    • @taglaterritruthtella9818
      @taglaterritruthtella9818 Год назад +32

      She's literally channelling demons adding more demons to her life than she has now ONLY The Most High can save us all ONLY He can save our soul 🙏❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @chrisboi584
      @chrisboi584 Год назад

      @@taglaterritruthtella9818 What does Scotland have to do with your imaginary friend in the sky?
      Edit: According to your previous comments you think Jews worship Satan. I guess there’s not much logic to be found.

    • @danielmagumane4677
      @danielmagumane4677 Год назад +3

      A saude da sua mente depende de ti. Nos nascemos para irradiar luz para toda a vida no universo

    • @Britt3334
      @Britt3334 Год назад +16

      @@taglaterritruthtella9818 oh he can? Then why hasn’t he?

    • @Rig0r_M0rtis
      @Rig0r_M0rtis Год назад +13

      Tell me about it. In my teenage hipster years I joined an Eastern religious group with my friend. We left after a few months because the amount of mentally fucked up people there was way too high, plus it had a this cult of personality of the leader. It was the Karma Kagyu group. Good experince tho, definitely part of why I'm an atheist now.

  • @WashingtonPrime
    @WashingtonPrime Год назад +404

    This journalist deserves an award for containing her laughter

    • @feelin_fine
      @feelin_fine Год назад +12

      I don't think I would've trusted that craftsmanship to keep that copper monstrosity from falling on me frankly.

    • @Winkle-Dinkle
      @Winkle-Dinkle 2 месяца назад +1

      @@feelin_finelooks like a sleep paralysis demon

  • @Monkey_lol_
    @Monkey_lol_ Год назад +777

    I was living close to their centre for a while. They have two sides like all cults. They are all very nice and kind and we used their shop a lot because it was having all the organic things that couldn't be found anywhere else in the area. BUT they are also politically controlling at least 10 to 12 towns around their centre. They take a ton of money from their members. They also have members stop contacting their families if they are not agreeing with them.
    We even had to help one nice, older Lady to leave. She was from England and really wanted to leave but she was afraid for her life. She didn't trust anyone, not even the most members of our group. Only two of us where helping her and we were acting as her bodyguards being on her side while she was packing up her stuff. Within a few days we drove her to the airport in her own car that she just left with us. She was so desperate to get away from them.
    People around there say that it was all founded by occultists in Torino. Looking at the past of Torino this can actually make sense. Long time ago the rulers of Torino tried to lower the popes influence on the region by inviting every cult to live there without having to fear persecution. You can look this up easily.
    They claim to be able to heal anything with their copper spirals but their leader Falcao died of cancer. We always thought that's kind of funny. Obviously not that he died of cancer but that they couldn't even heal the leader. Rumours are he really liked the girls in his cult and he also really liked to go for leisure flights with his shiny helicopter.
    Don't get me wrong, I like their way of living in little groups and eating all organic and such. But they are also dangerous. When I left there was a lot of fighting in the cult because of the power gap Falcaos death left, not sure how it is today. They probably figured it out

    • @eattherich7782
      @eattherich7782 Год назад +41

      @VICE please investigate this further. There's a lot more going on if this is true!^

    • @SynthoidSounds
      @SynthoidSounds Год назад +62

      Classic cult elements . . . disconnection from former friends and family, intense pressure to remain blindly devoted to the cause or charismatic leader, syrupy thick external positivity masking "group think" dogma requirements, personality assessments from the cult "authorities", "reeducation" camp type tactics to enforce appropriate beliefs and behaviors, and so on.

    • @eattherich7782
      @eattherich7782 Год назад +4

      @@SynthoidSounds Yep. Exactly.

    • @MarkBklyn
      @MarkBklyn Год назад +7

      Reminds me of the movie “The Beach” with leo..

    • @redwoodrebelgirl3010
      @redwoodrebelgirl3010 Год назад +9

      Yep
      Sounds like a cult. 😣
      Thank you for helping that poor lady escape!!!
      You did a great service that day. ❤️

  • @SmokeyChipOatley
    @SmokeyChipOatley Год назад +1253

    “Don’t call us a cult”
    -every cult ever.

    • @ScreaminMime
      @ScreaminMime Год назад +33

      And religion for that part.

    • @nate_kachow2904
      @nate_kachow2904 Год назад +4

      except for the cult I'm in (look into UNICULT)

    • @Skanlet
      @Skanlet Год назад

      But satanic rituals by the elites who made you watch this video is ok 🙃

    • @mariammimi3563
      @mariammimi3563 Год назад +5

      The earth itself is deeply occultic

    • @SmokeyChipOatley
      @SmokeyChipOatley Год назад +7

      @@mariammimi3563 occult =/= cult… well unless you were making a play on words.

  • @packetcreeper
    @packetcreeper Год назад +574

    I love how the time machine was "down for repairs". 🤣

    • @mazwide9400
      @mazwide9400 Год назад +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Talia.777
      @Talia.777 Год назад +41

      It's ALWAYS down for repairs... 😁

    • @JuanCardenas-im7fc
      @JuanCardenas-im7fc Год назад +60

      mcdonalds ice cream machine is selfica technology

    • @Toy1er
      @Toy1er Год назад +20

      We not serving miracle cures right now. The machine is down for, uhhh, "maintenance".

    • @ReverendS3rvo
      @ReverendS3rvo Год назад +2

      They should have went to Costco.

  • @anticom6099
    @anticom6099 Год назад +120

    “We promised we wouldn’t call them a cult.”
    Video title: *_INSIDE A SECRET ALIEN SOCIETY_*

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment Год назад +528

    it amazes me how people can become so brainwashed..

    • @websurfer5772
      @websurfer5772 Год назад +6

      Isn't it amazing? I look around me and I think, "This just can't be so."

    • @trollon-u2124
      @trollon-u2124 Год назад

      Biden is president. The masses are easily brainwashed

    • @basilcreates8146
      @basilcreates8146 Год назад +2

      @@websurfer5772 same

    • @Jacob_Overby
      @Jacob_Overby Год назад +2

      How do you know you aren't brainwashed right now? It's easy to speak on the outside looking in with some of these cults, albeit yes they're incredibly gullible, but what "feels" real to you can be fake to the next.
      Edit - typed this before watching the video, now after watching these ppl CRAZY!!!! LOL

    • @hyrenapth5583
      @hyrenapth5583 Год назад +2

      Information and truth is more a consensus than a true learning through testing. You just need to be open to accept the love and consensus of your peers.

  • @cannotfindmyshoes3
    @cannotfindmyshoes3 Год назад +145

    "I am mesmorized by the amount of copper and superglue hovering above me" !!! 😂

  • @RiversBliss
    @RiversBliss Год назад +224

    The host is trying to keep a straight face, kudos to her. That's professionalism.

    • @hersh23
      @hersh23 Год назад +6

      I think this is the first time I've seen a VICE Doc (granted, I haven't seen them all) where they start breaking a little. The look on her face with the rock at @20:19 or the look when everyone is singing the anthem at @15:18 is priceless and as professional as she tried to stay, you can see what she thought of it all. Lol

    • @Philip_Taylor
      @Philip_Taylor Год назад

      It's called doing a job well enough.

  • @antifolderr
    @antifolderr Год назад +89

    I remember once reading (not the best source citing, I know) that contrary to common belief, cults often recruit highly intelligent and respected members of the community. Doctors, lawyers, the works. It’s this egotistical “I’m to smart for a cult so this is surely not a cult” that cults do in fact use quite ingeniously. It’s similar to the notion of business managers being surprisingly vulnerable to scams. They’re to smart, to successful, wise to ever fall for such a thing; so obviously the offer is the real deal.
    All it takes is one trauma, one severe illness to cloud our judgement and leave us vulnerable. The first step to being immune to propaganda is knowing you are not immune to propaganda.

    • @bluefernlove
      @bluefernlove Год назад

      Yes and some of those cults hold power over entire nations. Some even built their own governments! And people give them money every sunday and still think that money is for the poor and the greater good of the community. Unbelievable right? And they have billions of followers!

    • @feenee97
      @feenee97 Год назад +1

      Amen! Past the rigorous professions and lifestyles of decorum they are still human!

    • @webstercat
      @webstercat 7 месяцев назад

      Like this 🌏

  • @davidlarson3905
    @davidlarson3905 Год назад +234

    The healing scenes remind me of something we would do as 5 year olds while playing pretend scientist 😭
    “A little *tippy tap* there.. *beep boop* … pull the lever… sprinkle on some space dust… spin you around 3 times… okay perfect your cancer is gone now 🙏 ”

    • @cassandrastewart1391
      @cassandrastewart1391 Год назад +5

      Cute 😉

    • @1jazzyphae
      @1jazzyphae Год назад +1

      I'm dead😩😭🤣🤣🤣

    • @ehoa1984
      @ehoa1984 Год назад +1

      LMFAOOOO 😂

    • @jdkingsley6543
      @jdkingsley6543 Год назад

      😂😂😭😩 dawg.

    • @1d10tcannotmakeusername
      @1d10tcannotmakeusername Год назад

      I believe that's the point of it. They're investing full belief in what to anyone else would be a placebo in hopes that the placebo will actually do something.

  • @Alchemist1330
    @Alchemist1330 Год назад +176

    Why is no one talking about how all of their technology looks like it was made by an elementary school student from the 80s.

    • @bekabourdeau2350
      @bekabourdeau2350 Год назад +3

      Because you're the first person to bring it up. Congratulations.

    • @reyrio6034
      @reyrio6034 Год назад

      I’m afraid that is way closer to the truth than what they say

    • @dengangok5372
      @dengangok5372 7 месяцев назад

      I died reading this

  • @antoniousai1989
    @antoniousai1989 Год назад +226

    I like VICE's journey into my country, Italy.
    First the agricultural mafia, then the loonies. Basically 3/4 of our GDP

  • @Elle-fx6lg
    @Elle-fx6lg Год назад +25

    Man they couldn’t have picked a better person to go check them out because the way she keeps a straight face, I could NEVER

  • @Hotlooksamerica
    @Hotlooksamerica Год назад +449

    I would love to see 10 alien believers and 10 Scientologists try each other’s “technology.”

    • @Toy1er
      @Toy1er Год назад +25

      Throw 10 illegal aliens & 10 intergalactic space aliens into the mix and I'll watch it.

    • @WashingtonPrime
      @WashingtonPrime Год назад +27

      you would get a new cult for sure.

    • @redwoodrebelgirl3010
      @redwoodrebelgirl3010 Год назад +2

      🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @Hotlooksamerica
      @Hotlooksamerica Год назад +4

      @@WashingtonPrime lol facts

    • @pencerism
      @pencerism Год назад

      "alien belivers" lmao. these people are more than alien belivers. i believe in aliens, the universe is fucking huge, it's genuinely insane. we can't be alone in the universe.
      these people think they can transcend reality and communicate with aliens with their mind. they think they can time travel. most alien belivers aren't like this bruh.
      i hope you're not one of those crazies who think science is a hoax. because it is a scientific fact that the universe is much much larger than we probably expect. there's no way we're alone here.

  • @krusher74
    @krusher74 Год назад +21

    The time travel portal was "out of service!" LOL.

    • @s133p3r0
      @s133p3r0 Год назад +7

      Just needs a bit of McDonald's ice cream

    • @squimball
      @squimball Год назад +7

      I wonder if they tried unplugging it and plugging it back in.

  • @jacobcarson3997
    @jacobcarson3997 Год назад +114

    I’m pretty open minded but I wouldn’t be able to keep a straight face if they showed me those heaps of copper and glue, you’re telling me these people don’t know ANY decent wire wrapping artists? I find that hard to believe

    • @naiakiki
      @naiakiki Год назад

      They must have some pretty decent ones! When they visited where we lived, they brought some copper wrapped jewelry with crystals etc. Very expensive though

  • @jacobgates1986
    @jacobgates1986 Год назад +179

    I love watching these episodes about different cults because it's offers a glimpse Into they're world , plus it helps me choose which cult I wanna join 😆😆

    • @tonygunns8439
      @tonygunns8439 Год назад +1

      Our beliefs all matter let them be peaceful

    • @tonygunns8439
      @tonygunns8439 Год назад

      They are no cult people are lieing about these people Manny things of crystal to heal they do it and are madeto look like a cult for a healthy place to live eat a kind community it doesn't have to be y

    • @redwoodrebelgirl3010
      @redwoodrebelgirl3010 Год назад +17

      Please run from all cults!
      I was raised in one.
      They are powerfully destructive to human minds, hearts, & Spirits, in my experience.
      And, very hard to get out of. 💔

    • @jacobgates1986
      @jacobgates1986 Год назад +8

      @@tonygunns8439 it's your choice if you wanna be in a cult and if it's working for you, than so be it and I would hope it's working for the others who are there. Cults are not me. But they do interest me to study them thru psychologists point of view.

    • @jacobgates1986
      @jacobgates1986 Год назад +8

      @@redwoodrebelgirl3010 So sorry for my crude humor in my comment. But I can't imagine myself in a cult. But wow that's awesome you escaped one, but it took a lot of guts to leave that cult, huh? What was the name of the group if you don't mind me asking? And what weird things did they do and make you do in the cult?

  • @dibbsalmighty
    @dibbsalmighty 11 месяцев назад +2

    As a drummer, I appreciate that brief plug for Paiste cymbals

  • @jakobsievers
    @jakobsievers Год назад +22

    Unfortunate that the time machine was "out of operation", because then she could've just stepped through and interviewed Falco himself🤣🤦‍♂️

  • @nataliep6385
    @nataliep6385 Год назад +111

    Not much logic in these people.. But I envy them for being this happy and being part of this small but very close society.

    • @nocapnobs7845
      @nocapnobs7845 Год назад +16

      Society is lonelier, culture wars, more suicidal, more self obsessed etc etc. These people aren't the 'crazies' anymore, they're perfectly normal now.

    • @starshot5172
      @starshot5172 Год назад +15

      @@nocapnobs7845 they are more connected to nature than most human beings

    • @ElsBels25
      @ElsBels25 Год назад +8

      Ignorance is bliss and I’m sure they get a pretty nice place to live

    • @nocapnobs7845
      @nocapnobs7845 Год назад +1

      @@starshot5172 i'm talking about, in terms of what we considered 'crazy' or 'abnormal', others have occupied that space lol

    • @SeanDoe86
      @SeanDoe86 Год назад

      You envy stupid people with no logic? You envy people that give their salary to a cult? 😆

  • @patmanchester8045
    @patmanchester8045 Год назад +104

    I am always shocked and confused how intelligent, socially integrated people go into these cults. I have know two women who joined the Moonies and Children of God. they were very active in university activities, had friends and family who loved them and appreciated them. Yet both disappeared into these cults. Our only knowledge of what happened to them is they worked very hard through letters ( this was 50 years ago) to try to convert the rest of us.

    • @SynthoidSounds
      @SynthoidSounds Год назад

      It is interesting . . . a certain percentage of the population has some sort of internal mental switch that gets activated, and they get pulled into the fanatical group think mentality syndrome with the [fill in the blank] cult. Various personality profiles have been theoretically examined to explain this, but in many cases, it's still mostly a mystery.

    • @vids595
      @vids595 Год назад +17

      People want to believe that they personally are capable of understanding the deepest mysteries of the universe . . . without understanding physics or math.

    • @guitarazn90210
      @guitarazn90210 Год назад +10

      I think some people have a desire to seek an alternative purpose or "reality", and there's nothing more divine than space wizards. It's not that unusual as humanity has been experimenting with religious cults for thousands of years. You can make an argument that we evolved with religion.

    • @bunk95
      @bunk95 Год назад

      Shocked by abuse/torture for a purpose?

    • @youtube_chaplain
      @youtube_chaplain Год назад +1

      ATTENTION!!!!! HELL IS REAL !!! Where will you go when you die? Heaven or Hell? We can not hide our sins from God. Jesus Christ loves you and He died for our sins. We must repent and believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ if we want to be set free and saved from Hell. MARK 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

  • @patriciadio5023
    @patriciadio5023 Год назад +28

    My son took his life eight years ago. He was 34 a person who was loved by everyone he came in contact with. He never showed any signs of not being well in the slightest. He loves looking into space and one day he told me he had pictures of mars but he had to sign a contract that he wouldn’t put then on the internet or publicly disclose. He showed me some , and he would say you can do better than that and maybe a couple of days later he would get a few new. Out of no where he thought the tv was talking to him and he thought helicopters were spying on him and just a bunch of stuff that made no sense. He said he said he was told that he killed someone and bury him in his backyard and said mom I would never do something like that.. When I learned a problem, I was out of town and they would take me a day to get home so I told his wife to watch my son until I got there to take my son to talk to someone and he killed his self before I can get there. I don’t understand what the hell happened. All started with his fascination with mars in these photos. I had to accept it happened but it took five years.

    • @LumiSisuSusi
      @LumiSisuSusi Год назад +10

      I am so deeply sorry for you loss. Sending you so much love and many hugs. ✨ A similar thing happened to me. It turned out i had pernicious anemia, an autoimmune disorder, which meant that I could not absorb vitamin B12 which is essential to life and good mental health. So, essentially my brain was dieing. In the years since I have cured myself and I have done s lot of research which point's to many, if not all poor mental health issues being caused by nutritional deficiencies/ low levels. And that most can be improved or cured by high dose full spectrum nutritional supplements. We are organic beings who need nutrients to thrive and flourish. I am now on my path to try to become s nutritional psychiatrist as I don't want others to suffer like your son an I. I also tried to take my life and fortunately I survived. But I was very close to death. There is a really interesting book called "The Better Brain" by Dr Julia Rucklidge PhD and Dr Bonnie Kaplan PhD which explores this and research on the information mentioned above. ✨💖✨

    • @feruznabiev7596
      @feruznabiev7596 11 месяцев назад +1

      Olloh sabr bersin sizga

    • @valentinasalazar7697
      @valentinasalazar7697 8 месяцев назад

      It sounds like he may have possibly suffered a schizophrenic episode..schizophrenia doesn’t show up on a brain scan and is only diagnosed through behavior making it hard to treat. A lot of people suffer from it and we don’t even know until it’s too late. I’ve worked with schizophrenic patients when they’re not medicated and you’d never believe the places their mind takes them.

  • @dotslashdotslahsdotslash
    @dotslashdotslahsdotslash Год назад +28

    This is giving me Midsomar vibe 😆

    • @bloatedsodium7301
      @bloatedsodium7301 Год назад +4

      I watched it dressed as a bear. 🐻

    • @kbusby4824
      @kbusby4824 Год назад

      @@bloatedsodium7301 Too funny in the most macabre way.

  • @monkeycrow84
    @monkeycrow84 Год назад +12

    All sounds like a Costco signature brand version of scientology

  • @slapnut892
    @slapnut892 Год назад +12

    George Carlin once said that when you are born into this world you get a seat to the Freakshow, but if you are born in America you get a front-row seat, and some of us even have little notepads taking notes.
    This is a prime example of that.

  • @Loosie_fur
    @Loosie_fur Год назад +22

    I envy them to believe in something that much. I wish I was that gullible and loony sometimes. It seems fun and they seem happy.

    • @bunk95
      @bunk95 Год назад

      They’re abuse and probably torture victims.

  • @Marco01209
    @Marco01209 Год назад +124

    I live near them so I know this community very well but you must show the dark side of the Damanhur also. The founder Airaudi has robbed thousands of families by promising them a little stress-free paradise, but to do so the adepts have to give EVERYTHING they have to the boss...

    • @mikeschwendeman4403
      @mikeschwendeman4403 Год назад +11

      A "charlatan" group

    • @JointFive
      @JointFive Год назад +1

      You cant fix stupid

    • @steph7960
      @steph7960 Год назад +24

      Sounds like every other cult to me.

    • @tomondiek2839
      @tomondiek2839 Год назад +7

      basically an insane mafia

    • @steph7960
      @steph7960 Год назад

      @@tomondiek2839 they appear to use the same exploitative modus operandi...bar using violence to get what they require from members. No doubt, we ll see how long it will be before we begin to hear these accusations if other past cults are anything to go by. That and the marriages/ sexual exploitation of attendees. I think this may be where their age holds them in good stead as this has usually involved younger people in past.

  • @psychokramberry8632
    @psychokramberry8632 Год назад +7

    A new vice documentary is always a blessing

  • @npc5z
    @npc5z Год назад +13

    "Damanhur shunned the media, but by promising not to call this cult a cult, I've managed to get an invitation..."

  • @yuotueb
    @yuotueb Год назад +16

    either this is one of the most hard to believe things i've ever seen or i'm more stoned than I realize

  • @vivalapita8484
    @vivalapita8484 Год назад +13

    1:44 that smirk, love it XD

  • @AcePhifePodcast
    @AcePhifePodcast Год назад +42

    This makes you think if other old temples we uncovered was possibly filled with cult like people as well

    • @Vizible21
      @Vizible21 Год назад

      All religions are cults. They just have more followers.

    • @bekabourdeau2350
      @bekabourdeau2350 Год назад +1

      Interesting thought...!

  • @ahmedelshafey7602
    @ahmedelshafey7602 Год назад +42

    There is a city here in Egypt called Damanhur! It's an ancient egyptian name. I wonder why they have chosen that particular name!!
    Coincidence?

    • @THOLAKHA
      @THOLAKHA Год назад +10

      its not coincidence. this was chosen on purpose by the founder.

    • @SmokingLaddy
      @SmokingLaddy Год назад +2

      Damanhur is named after the Egyptian city of Damanhur which was the site of a temple dedicated to Horus.

    • @RedJester68
      @RedJester68 7 месяцев назад

      I feel like a lot of these fringe groups just see something Egyptian and choose it because of some perceived mysticism that's unique to the country.

  • @RAINRDY
    @RAINRDY Год назад +9

    That crazy old lady has a great voice!

  • @optomal7
    @optomal7 Год назад +11

    It's like if Italian Burners set up a permanent monastery but without the drugs.

    • @yuotueb
      @yuotueb Год назад +1

      more like: stuck in a neverending dmt trip

  • @happybubble2301
    @happybubble2301 Год назад +2

    Thank you for convincing them to interview. Can't help but notice the people are not wearing the healing jewelry...

  • @ogjuanshinobi8053
    @ogjuanshinobi8053 Год назад +8

    Purely on the artistic and creative side, they have some wonderful taste in regards to the murals, architecture etc. Thats about it tho

  • @TheScapegoat420
    @TheScapegoat420 Год назад +29

    The temples are beautiful.

    • @brown4692
      @brown4692 Год назад +2

      All cults have beautiful temples

  • @timmyp77
    @timmyp77 Год назад +27

    I don’t believe this because there is no way an Italian engineer made something that time travelled AND got back again without breaking down and getting stuck in 1992.

    • @Talia.777
      @Talia.777 Год назад +1

      😆😆😆

    • @basilcreates8146
      @basilcreates8146 Год назад

      YES

    • @titanomachy2217
      @titanomachy2217 Год назад +3

      Well, at least an Italian time machine would have nice aesthetics, you know, like a Ferrari or Lamborghini. Not like those silly British time machines. A telephone box? Really? At least the Americans had the good sense to put their flux capacitor in a DeLorean.

    • @soldelvalle9799
      @soldelvalle9799 9 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂😂

  • @strayferal
    @strayferal Год назад +6

    Well, one actual and positive fact of all this is that this curly lady who sings in the temple can actually sing and sings really good. I liked her song. Whatever song that was.

  • @jodd5534
    @jodd5534 Год назад +19

    That was very well done. You did well to not laugh in their faces

  • @jimpesh
    @jimpesh Год назад +21

    Anyone who wants to understand wtf they're on about without having to give your entire life away should check out Hemi-Sync. It was developed in the 80's, still a bit woo woo, but essentially they worked out most spiritual experiences are sound based, making use of bi-neural beats. My theory is that it makes you much more aware of your entire nervous system, hence all the talk of tingles and warmth etc and releases natural stores of various neuro transmitters, such as a psychedelic like DMT giving you that experience of meeting with elves, energy beings, aliens, gods, what have you. Attach all that to some symbols, some lore and some psychological manipulation and presto: Cult.

    • @stadtjer689
      @stadtjer689 Год назад

      Ha, The Gateway Experience. I’ve actually tried those meditations for a while before sleep, and it was incredibly calming and felt like a really nice way to connect with my body right before bed. I still have the files on my laptop so I might try it again sometime :)
      Here’s a link for anyone curious: ruclips.net/video/uqlaRHyZJqU/видео.html

    • @naiakiki
      @naiakiki Год назад

      I've done hemi sync! Also with some glasses on that flashed different lights. It was an extremely relaxing and slightly visionary experience

    • @noahhradek5426
      @noahhradek5426 Год назад

      Hemi sync is just rebranded binaural beats but the effect is real. Causes change in brain synchronization. CIA studied it but no recent research.

    • @MrAgmoore
      @MrAgmoore Год назад

      Used for Remote Viewing.

    • @Winkle-Dinkle
      @Winkle-Dinkle 2 месяца назад

      @@MrAgmooreokay 😅

  • @Soooooooooooonicable
    @Soooooooooooonicable Год назад +79

    Many people want so badly to escape reality and live in fantasy, especially when they're alone and looking for a community to belong.

    • @anelisa4
      @anelisa4 Год назад +3

      What would you have these ppl do? Try to fit into a society, a world they feel alien to? Let them live.

    • @Jrdoesitwell
      @Jrdoesitwell Год назад +12

      @@anelisa4 they need to face and accept reality, as painful as it might be. Sweeping the problem under the rug doesn't make it go away.

    • @anelisa4
      @anelisa4 Год назад +5

      @@Jrdoesitwell why should they? It's their life not yours.

    • @ALotOfCancer
      @ALotOfCancer Год назад +4

      @@anelisa4 you're crazy

    • @XenoRaptor-98765
      @XenoRaptor-98765 Год назад +5

      “Fantasy is not an escape from reality but a way of understanding it”

  • @brrrrrrrrit2663
    @brrrrrrrrit2663 Год назад +30

    This coverage is very helpful. These groups always have secret motivates the further indoctrinated you get. It’s baby steps.

    • @bunk95
      @bunk95 Год назад

      They’re probably abuse/torture victims.

  • @123qwe321ify
    @123qwe321ify Год назад +11

    Its amazing what an isolated mind will turn to in search for comunity

    • @hafunland894
      @hafunland894 Год назад

      Wanting to belong and loneliness is a killer. These poor desperate people give everything to belong when everything is already within. A sad cosmic joke I am afraid. Of course, greedy blood sucking leaches are also present ...

    • @AwakenedAvocado
      @AwakenedAvocado Год назад +1

      I am an isolated mind. After covid withdrew fron society, however i am an observer of behaviours and patterns also so, no cult for me. However i have made myself extremely mentally stronger than i was. I think joining a cult may disempower you from working on yourself.

  • @Hungryhipoe
    @Hungryhipoe Год назад +35

    Sounds like another heavens gate in the making.

    • @WahkeenaSitka
      @WahkeenaSitka Год назад

      It's been going for at least 40 years, and nobody has died. Looks pretty safe to me.

    • @amkali24
      @amkali24 Год назад +3

      @@WahkeenaSitka you sound like one of them

  • @adamschulte5777
    @adamschulte5777 Год назад +59

    It seems as much art community as cult to me. I could very easily see many non-believers living out their days happily in this place, singing the songs, and going to the community events while playing make believe with your friends. It seems the aesthetic of spirituality yields beautiful artwork, and always has. The frescoes on the walls, stone masonry art, architecture, stained glass installations, jewelry, lighting arrangement, etc... It's all very beautiful in my opinion.
    Artists aren't really known for being wealthy individuals, with the obvious exceptions of a select few. Giving up all of your possessions to live in a beautiful place like this and have your needs met is going to be a different kind of proposition to different kinds of people. I don't think you would have to truly believe in time travel and alien visitors and such to enjoy living here.

    • @djfizer4849
      @djfizer4849 Год назад +7

      spoken like our new leader!💸 where we headed?!

    • @BlueZebraism
      @BlueZebraism Год назад +3

      Right?! Looks pretty bomb to me to be honest 😆 Sick jewellery or "healing devices" and everything lol

    • @HypnoticHollywood
      @HypnoticHollywood Год назад +4

      Some people like being under the provision of others like a child.

    • @HypnoticHollywood
      @HypnoticHollywood Год назад +2

      @@BlueZebraism Some people like being under the provision of others like a child.

    • @munkyenima
      @munkyenima Год назад +8

      I'm starting a new art cult. The aesthetic is to die for... Please just don't call it a cult. Also will you die for my cult? Your new name Is Lentil and you are invited to dinner.

  • @cassandrastewart1391
    @cassandrastewart1391 Год назад +10

    If aliens are actually among us, they’re most likely looking for…..intelligent life. 😉

  • @dsoni15
    @dsoni15 Год назад +1

    she really got saved as the Time travel machine was out of service, she was already afraid of being stuck there. Thank god.

  • @daveyboy8907
    @daveyboy8907 Год назад +12

    Any lsd at this place?

  • @katrina917
    @katrina917 10 месяцев назад

    I couldn't keep a straight face. Congrats to the journalist for keeping a straight face through this.

  • @shoyu1549
    @shoyu1549 Год назад +6

    The healer's machines look like some straight up Asgardian stuff

    • @josephsalmonte4995
      @josephsalmonte4995 Год назад

      If Asgard was the remnants of an engineering shop & cleaning cupboard

  • @d-jemme
    @d-jemme Год назад +59

    I used to live in Mt. Shasta, California, which is also a mecca for goofballs like this who will also spend a literal fortune on a pile of resin and copper wire or a necklace of crystals. This is what happens when people lose touch with their traditional indigenous knowledge, which most westernized people around the world have, at this point.

    • @yuotueb
      @yuotueb Год назад +9

      wait, what? "traditional indigenous knowledge" is the solution? that's just more hokum

    • @ghost-user559
      @ghost-user559 Год назад +9

      Yes they should be blowing corn pollen towards the rising sun and smoking sage in a sauna lol.

    • @TBDmedia
      @TBDmedia Год назад +1

      These people aren’t even American what are you talking about

    • @ghost-user559
      @ghost-user559 Год назад +2

      @@3g0st It’s not an “association” it’s an actual “indigenous ritual”? Have you ever even met a Native of America or been on a Reservation?

    • @mariammimi3563
      @mariammimi3563 Год назад +5

      They are all the same scrap,religion,tradition,culture,cult etc. Anything to keep man busy.

  • @kaiserheinrich08
    @kaiserheinrich08 Год назад

    Do what... lol bruh the way this started was epic, Ole girl was channeling hahahahah

  • @qweenlizzlinares9818
    @qweenlizzlinares9818 Год назад +1

    When the falcon flew above I lost it 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ThomasBilt
    @ThomasBilt Год назад +11

    Portal out of service like the McDonald's ice cream machine

  • @EdwardMcClung
    @EdwardMcClung Год назад +7

    'this neclace is made of the same things as a computer so we can program it to do different things'
    Someone was smart enough to build that stargate prop so someone is obviously taking advantage of the disadvantaged...

  • @emex313
    @emex313 Год назад +64

    I'm curious how they treat prospects who have nothing. Temples look amazing though

  • @soichampion88
    @soichampion88 8 месяцев назад

    This is the VICE I fell in love with ❤

  • @totallysxmmyyt6787
    @totallysxmmyyt6787 Год назад +1

    The cooper contraption reminds me of "Horton Hears a Who! " by Dr. Seuss, I am listening for a voice from "whoville, ..., we are here!"

  • @atomvoight6393
    @atomvoight6393 Год назад +100

    I remember stumbling upon this cult when I was going down a "plants can feel pain and learn/teach musical scales" rabbit hole. I wrote them a letter inquiring about blueprints for the midi device they built to translate electrical impulses from the plants to midi notes and they refused to share their research with me since I wasn't in the cult. I never knew how utterly cracked out they were at the maximum. That "freqency healing bed thingy" or whatever is super cracked the F out and ghetto as hell.... code? different issue different program .. um what the..?? that thing wasnt doing a thing... spaced

    • @kobethakilla
      @kobethakilla Год назад +11

      plants definatly react to music...ive seen it

    • @MeatCatCheesyBlaster
      @MeatCatCheesyBlaster Год назад +6

      When I did mushrooms I realized plants were as alive as us and have spirits, it was pretty scary tbh like that movie The Ruins

    • @myspace2001
      @myspace2001 Год назад +12

      It's probably just a Makey Makey hooked up to a soft-synth that generates pitches based on a given scale. There are a few logical jumps from emitting electrical impulses to music-making; I would say we're projecting our own understandings of sound onto inanimate objects like plants. Potato batteries have been around for a long time!

    • @mvpcilo2268
      @mvpcilo2268 Год назад +5

      “Ghetto “?

    • @willgara6351
      @willgara6351 Год назад +3

      Nah man don’t say ghetto but yeah it’s strange for real

  • @danielvillava
    @danielvillava Год назад +10

    Thanks for the laughs, VICE

  • @erlstone
    @erlstone Год назад +2

    when u find out the price of "healing"... all of a sudden you are cured.

  • @MinhSen11
    @MinhSen11 Год назад

    The paintings and temples are lovely.

  • @MJPTHA3RD
    @MJPTHA3RD Год назад +3

    Interesting to see such backstepping clarification at the end of the video. I'd be curious to know if the content of those corrections were already public knowledge?

  • @TheLivirus
    @TheLivirus Год назад +15

    Its interesting how they idealize technology while making low-effort artwork by gluing marbles and copper wire to cardboard. Shouldn't they run a university and teach math and physics?

    • @leepizarro
      @leepizarro Год назад +2

      Mathmatics and physics require logic

  • @ADIMIRROR
    @ADIMIRROR Год назад +2

    I think this video tent to give a point of view that is oriented. Live been their one day and I don’t think the main purpose is to connect with people from the stars as the tittle says. If people are supposed to give everything it can be a danger for some people , really, and it’s important to say this. Yet for other people it’s way to really embrace this community. And the in it’s important to say there are many positive aspects. I think there really is a beautiful way of living here. The temple they built is unique piece of art, the Vatican wanted to destroy it then it has been recognised as the 8th wonder of the world and it is really one of the most beautiful sites you can see in the world. (I’ve travel a lot , we can’t really compare amazing things but this is very amazing)
    Of course there is an esoteric aspects that may afraid some people but I think it’s oriented in a very positive way and very human way. I think the temple is called temple of humanity. It’s not about escaping to the stars but about incarnating a beautiful way of life. And if they ask to give everything it’s not for the founders to be wealthy and keep the money it’s to make the project evolve. It’s a dedication from every members. There is nothing pyramidal going on (I believe). I think anybody should visit just to see the beauty of the temple they built.
    And just for being able of creating that they deserve a big respect.

  • @FBWUniverseMode
    @FBWUniverseMode Год назад +20

    The painting and designs are beautiful, I hope this work of art is open to the public

    • @BankRollBritt
      @BankRollBritt Год назад +2

      It’s not she said I managed to get an invite you can probably only go so far before having to be initiated

    • @veljgenziani528
      @veljgenziani528 Год назад

      yes it is, I have been there

    • @FBWUniverseMode
      @FBWUniverseMode Год назад

      @@veljgenziani528 can you tell me more? I'd like to book a flight this summer!

    • @minx8334
      @minx8334 Год назад +1

      @@FBWUniverseMode just call them and email them. It costs money to go visit. Book it in a years advance

    • @FBWUniverseMode
      @FBWUniverseMode Год назад

      @@minx8334 thanks will do!

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 Год назад +48

    Love Italy. Love the art. REALLY love the food.
    Not so much love for the cult.
    Edit: better than Scientology, though.......they make art, and it's in Italy.

    • @strangus
      @strangus Год назад

      Not a cult!

    • @masterjunky863
      @masterjunky863 Год назад

      As an Italian I think the temple is really impressive and beautiful, but they cult, "anche no", as we say.

  • @terrano4392
    @terrano4392 Год назад +1

    I just amazed when the local fortune teller just said,"Time travel is very complex thing".

  • @bartholetbay412
    @bartholetbay412 Год назад +72

    Great video, have always known there’s more to life than meets the eye, I feel like in this life i am supposed to be doing more than i am doing for the people i love. been seeking for an eye opening enlightenment, a way to be more influential, powerful and protected. ~

    • @haynesatteh4463
      @haynesatteh4463 Год назад

      oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them

    • @bartholetbay412
      @bartholetbay412 Год назад

      @@haynesatteh4463 hi, isn't the brotherhood a myth?

    • @haynesatteh4463
      @haynesatteh4463 Год назад

      @@bartholetbay412 Well it is not and you can't actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up ANTHONY MARK SZYMON online you will find something interesting.

    • @bartholetbay412
      @bartholetbay412 Год назад

      @@haynesatteh4463 oh really, i just saw his website, interesting.i will leave him a message.

    • @redwoodrebelgirl3010
      @redwoodrebelgirl3010 Год назад

      @@haynesatteh4463
      🤣😂🤣😂🤣
      Sounds like you are a cult-recruiter.
      Give me a frickin' break.

  • @cholst1
    @cholst1 Год назад +4

    Some italian dude saw what L. Ron was up to and thought he could do better

  • @wesley135
    @wesley135 Год назад +9

    They were trying to convince the audience that animal names should be fish themed. If you gave me until the end of time I still would have never guest that's what that dance meant

  • @ericlopez8069
    @ericlopez8069 Год назад +1

    Her reaction @ 20:19 had me crying LOL

  • @shannonEGBOK
    @shannonEGBOK Год назад +16

    The way I feel watching this is the exact same way I feel when folks talk about their faith without being asked.

    • @Mart77
      @Mart77 Год назад +1

      Don't ask questions, just believe

  • @lawerancelanham
    @lawerancelanham Год назад +15

    This is nothing more of a classic example of salesman tactics. Use people's downfalls and prey upon them. I mean devices that do Nothing and then saying something like, "It may not work for YOU".. Is utter BS. To fall for it, implifies pure desperation.

  • @BotUser967
    @BotUser967 Год назад +10

    I’m amazed by how easily people can be brainwashed 😐

    • @sarsvfx
      @sarsvfx Год назад

      Well if you saying that I guess this goes for all relegion before you say Jesus this or Allah that you have to understand these are humans and they believe in something just like you do you never point the finger at who is brainwashed we are all brainwashed since birth lol we don’t know anything really if you think about it all we know is school work sex relegion money😂😂

    • @AwakenedAvocado
      @AwakenedAvocado Год назад +1

      We observed the covid mass formation psychosis and found out most people are weak minded and will follow. I was amazed at how resilient i was and others also.

  • @chrispeters5748
    @chrispeters5748 Год назад

    The paintings were amazing

  • @DmitriKatsman
    @DmitriKatsman Год назад +16

    the moment they ask you to give away all your income to the community, you shouldn't have any more doubts that this is a scam.

  • @ieatcake
    @ieatcake Год назад +8

    Imagine breaking a leg and they make you listen to frequencies and tell you it will heal in 10-14 days

  • @sambodgnz
    @sambodgnz Год назад

    Sway a little my way Vice, I miss you.

  • @Benjamin_0fficial
    @Benjamin_0fficial 5 месяцев назад +1

    7:42 , subtle trolling 😂😂😂😂

  • @413078291
    @413078291 Год назад +36

    Who wrote this voice over? It must have been Alessia, she's so clever!! Can't wait to see more of her work!

    • @stefanjohansson2373
      @stefanjohansson2373 Год назад

      Said nobody never! 😂

    • @Jrdoesitwell
      @Jrdoesitwell Год назад +7

      @@stefanjohansson2373 well, someone DID just say it, so..

    • @yekobee
      @yekobee Год назад +3

      I love her reporting, thinking the same thing.

    • @Skanlet
      @Skanlet Год назад +1

      She is straight up ignorant. Nothing to do in a news outlet thats supposed to be neutral and critical. I guess no one believes that anymore about vice though so maybe its ok

    • @jessicastein9866
      @jessicastein9866 Год назад +2

      Love her, well done Alessia!!

  • @bluefernlove
    @bluefernlove Год назад +6

    "Cults 101" and "How to avoid getting sucked into a cult" should be mandatory subjects in every school on Earth.

  • @dshow1658
    @dshow1658 Год назад +1

    It’s so sad that you are dealing with depression. Try and remember how beautiful you and life is . 🙏

  • @kaiserheinrich08
    @kaiserheinrich08 Год назад

    That is pretty cool, gotta day that, falco showed up in falcon form today, pretty sweet ngl

  • @purotejanoalv
    @purotejanoalv Год назад +7

    I’m tryna be on the VICE team 😭

  • @manysides2340
    @manysides2340 Год назад +49

    I love this kind of stuff. I don’t believe it, but I’m glad other people do, because they are so interesting to try and understand.

    • @vids595
      @vids595 Год назад +11

      You're glad people believe in things with no evidence, and get taken advantage of by con artists?

    • @sarsvfx
      @sarsvfx Год назад +5

      @@vids595 isn’t that all relegion anyways stop it everyone have a belief respect one another

    • @redwoodrebelgirl3010
      @redwoodrebelgirl3010 Год назад +3

      I feel bad for people sucked-into cults & oppressed, exploited, & often abused, & enslaved..
      But, they ARE fascinating to study.

    • @redwoodrebelgirl3010
      @redwoodrebelgirl3010 Год назад

      @@sarsvfx
      *_There is no reason to respect CULTS._*
      Get a clue.
      If you had ever been oppressed, exploited, abused, &/or enslaved by one, you would not be so blasé about them.
      No one is saying that they cannot have their beliefs & practices (to a point).
      But, no one with functional critical thinking is going to hype them up, either.
      Looks like you are seriously lacking in experience & depth.
      In my opinion & experience.

    • @sarsvfx
      @sarsvfx Год назад +2

      @@redwoodrebelgirl3010 idc care what they do they are just the same at the end of the day

  • @juliadixon8465
    @juliadixon8465 Год назад +1

    She has a fabulous singing voice.

  • @magmasunburst9331
    @magmasunburst9331 Год назад +21

    I study cults and have for a long time. Very few ever exist for a long time without a history of crime. It's very sad.

    • @moxictasculinity
      @moxictasculinity Год назад +1

      Do you know any cults that offer money instead of taking it ?

    • @magmasunburst9331
      @magmasunburst9331 Год назад

      @@moxictasculinity people need positive groups that have the draw of cults and multi-level marketing.. it seems like culture has stopped a lot of the coagulating forces that draw people together.

  • @mbb8111
    @mbb8111 Год назад +18

    I was wondering if the same people that service your time machine portal also service McDonald's Ice cream machines?!

  • @deroux
    @deroux Год назад +3

    Great reporting.

  • @monaminas
    @monaminas 4 месяца назад

    OMG, this is better than a comedy show! I would have laughed just hearing them opening their mouth.

  • @ozzylogano6732
    @ozzylogano6732 Год назад +1

    Was once thinking of starting my own community one day.

  • @unknown-nw2dp
    @unknown-nw2dp Год назад +12

    all I wanna know is who controls the money

  • @funkysnowman5651
    @funkysnowman5651 Год назад +5

    Why this like midsommar

  • @chomskyjunior
    @chomskyjunior Год назад

    i love this journalist!!