Over 50 years of inquiry into consciousness, bioelectricity, sacred geometry, and sustainable living have produced an extraordinary body of published work — books, research papers, conference proceedings, and annual reports documenting one of the world's most sustained programmes of interdisciplinary research.
Damanhur's publications span everything from foundational theoretical texts by the community's founder Falco Tarassaco to technical research papers on plant bioelectricity, conference presentations on collective consciousness, and practical guides to permaculture and sacred geometry.
Oberto Airaudi, known within Damanhur as Falco Tarassaco (1950–2013), authored over 20 books developing the philosophical, spiritual, and practical foundations of the Damanhur tradition. His writings remain the primary theoretical reference for the community's ongoing research.
Damanhur's research has contributed to peer-reviewed scientific literature — particularly in the areas of plant bioelectricity, collective consciousness, and the ecological effects of intentional community living.
Documents systematic measurement of plant bioelectrical patterns across 47 species at Damanhur's research site, identifying species-specific rhythmic signatures and correlating signal changes with environmental stimuli.
Investigates the hypothesis that participants in synchronised collective meditation (the Medit-Action) show measurable HRV coordination despite geographical separation — with results suggesting modest but consistent effects.
Tracks health, psychological wellbeing, and social connection metrics across 200 Damanhur community members over 10 years — finding consistently superior outcomes compared to demographically matched control populations.
Compares EEG measurements of participants in two types of spaces — conventionally proportioned rooms and rooms designed using golden ratio proportions — finding significantly higher alpha amplitude in sacred geometrically designed spaces.
Analysis of carbon sequestration in Damanhur's regenerated woodland, food forests, and grasslands over three decades — documenting the community's transition from degraded agricultural land to net-positive carbon landscape.
Damanhur researchers have presented at international academic and professional conferences across disciplines — from consciousness studies and neuroscience to ecology, architecture, and community development.
Presented at the International Plant Neurobiology Symposium, Florence. Damanhur's 40-year dataset of plant bioelectrical recordings presented alongside the Music of the Plants technology.
Keynote presentation at the Architecture & Consciousness Conference examining the design principles of the Temples of Humankind and their effects on visitors' reported and measured states.
Presented Damanhur's 30-year database of shared dream reports and collective meditation phenomena at the Society for Scientific Exploration Annual Meeting.
Presentation at the Global Ecovillage Network Research Symposium documenting Damanhur's contribution to regenerative agriculture data through 45 years of systematic observation.
Economic analysis presented at the Alternative Currencies and Community Economics Conference, examining 40 years of the Credito system and its measurable effects on community wellbeing.
Policy paper presented following Damanhur's recognition by the UN Economic and Social Council in 2018 as an indigenous people of its own spiritual tradition.
Annual and special-topic research reports from Damanhur's internal research programme document ongoing studies, present preliminary findings, and outline future research directions.
Published each January, the Annual Research Summary reviews all active research projects at Damanhur — consciousness studies, bioelectricity, sustainability, and community wellbeing — with key findings and metrics from the preceding year. Available to community members and registered researchers.
Biennial sustainability reports document Damanhur's ecological footprint, energy generation, food production, and water use — tracking progress against the community's long-term sustainability goals and sharing methods that have proved effective.
Quarterly bulletins from the School of Meditation document emerging findings from meditation studies, dream research, and transpersonal investigations — written for a general audience while maintaining scientific rigour.
Technical reports on plant and human bioelectricity research, including methodology documentation, raw data summaries, and detailed analysis — available to partner researchers under data sharing agreements.
Damanhur's most important texts have been translated into multiple languages, making the community's research and philosophy accessible to readers worldwide.
Core texts by Falco Tarassaco are currently available in Italian (original), English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Russian. Translation into additional languages is ongoing, with Polish and Chinese editions in preparation.
Damanhur's books are published in Italy by Edizioni Damanhur and internationally by partner publishers in Germany (Integral Verlag), the United States (Lindisfarne Books), and France (Éditions Véga).
An expanding catalogue of Damanhur's publications is available in digital format — eBooks, audiobooks, and online research reports — accessible worldwide through the community's digital publishing programme.
Selected texts by Falco Tarassaco are available as audiobooks, read by professional narrators in Italian and English. Video lectures and documentary materials are available through the Damanhur multimedia archive.
The Damanhur Research Library holds over 5,000 volumes — including the complete archive of community publications, an extensive collection of literature on consciousness, sacred geometry, ecology, and alternative economics, and the original research notebooks from 50 years of investigation.
The library at Damanhur's main site is open to visitors and researchers by appointment. The collection is divided into community publications, supporting academic literature, and restricted original research archives. A librarian is available to assist with research requests.
The complete library catalogue is available online — allowing researchers to identify relevant materials before visiting, request document scans for specific pages, and access the growing collection of digitised historical materials.
Academic researchers can apply for extended access to Damanhur's archive, including the original research notebooks and unpublished reports that form the raw data underlying published findings. A formal research access agreement is required.
Damanhur is progressively making older research reports available as open access documents online — recognising that the community's knowledge belongs to the wider world and should be freely accessible to anyone who might benefit from it.
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