I planned to visit northern Italy in the summer of 2017 and googled "spiritual places in northern Italy." I learned about a spiritual community called Damanhur ("City of Light" in Egyptian). I had never heard of it, but I was immediately drawn to the website, especially to the pictures of an amazing underground spiritual complex known as the Temples of Humankind (considered by some the 8th Wonder of the World) that was built there. The Damanhur community, described as a "laboratory for the future of humankind," is compared...

Twin Cities Pagan Pride will host the ninth annual Paganicon Midwest Conference, March 22-24, at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, 3131 Campus Dr., in Plymouth. Paganicon is a Pagan conference with workshops, panels, discussions, social space, live music, a ball, vendors and more. A host of volunteers provide an educational and social venue for Pagans, Wiccans, Heathens, Druids, and other folk, craft, indigenous or magickal traditions. This year's event will welcome the following special guests: • Kristoffer Hughes, head of the Anglesey Druid Order, is the award-winning author of...

Internationally known energy healer and transformational catalyst Mas Sajady is returning to Lake Harriet Spiritual Community in April to present a seminar, "Power vs Force." All proceeds will benefit the spiritual community. The event will be from 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 26, at LHSC, 4401 Upton Ave. S., Minneapolis. For registration information, visit Mas-sajady.com/events/minneapolis. This event focuses on the Exponential Intelligence transformational process, which is highly effective and very intense. Participants may find it severely challenging as old patterns shift. It requires absolute ownership and personal accountability. Sajady was an...