Editing Oberto Airaudi

{{Short description|Italian painter (1950–2013)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Oberto Airaudi
| image              = 
| caption            = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1950|5|29}}
| birth_place        = Balangero, Italy
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2013|6|24|1950|5|29}}
| death_place        = Aval (Cuceglio), Italy
| other_names        = Falco Tarassaco
| occupation         = Most notable as the founder of the Federation of Damanhur.
| known_for          = Founding the [[Federation of Damanhur]], directing the construction of the [[Temples of Humankind]]
| website            = Damanhur.org
| organizations      = Federation of Damanhur
| years_active       = 1975–2013
}}

'''Oberto Airaudi''' (29 May 1950 – 24 June 2013),<ref>{{cite news|title=Morto Falco Oberto Airaudi, fondatore di Damanhur "Morto Falco Oberto Airaudi, il fondatore della federazione di Damanhur|url=http://www.torinotoday.it/cronaca/morto-falco-oberto-airaudi-damanhur.html|access-date=18 December 2015|work=Torino Today|date=25 June 2013|language=it}}</ref> also commonly known as "Falco Tarassaco", was an Italian [[New Age|new age]] [[Alchemy|alchemist]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tarassaco |first=Falco |title=Stories of an Alchemist: The Extraordinary Childhood Years of the Founder of Damanhur in 33 Tales |date=May 17, 2021 |publisher=Dhora Impresa Sociale |isbn=9788870121025 |trans-title=Racconti Di Un Alchimista: Gli straordinari anni di formazione del fondatore di Damanhur in 33 storie}}</ref> artist,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Temples of Humankind |url=https://thetemples.org |website=Damanhur Temples of Humankind}}</ref> philosopher, author,<ref>[https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Falco%20Tarassaco] List of Published Titles by Falco Tarassaco</ref> healer, and the spiritual guide and founder of [[Federation of Damanhur|Damanhur]], federation of self-sustaining spiritual communities located primarily in [[Vidracco|Vidracco, Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Damanhur Constitution |url=https://damanhur.org/constitution/ |website=Damanhur Official Website}}</ref> Airaudi went by the name of Falco Tarassaco (the Italian translation of Hawk Dandelion), based on the Damanurian practice of adopting animal and plant names, which he inspired.

== Biography ==
Oberto Airaudi was born in the town of [[Balangero]], near [[Turin]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Damanhur Timeline |url=https://damanhur.org/damanhur-timeline/ |website=Damanhur Timeline}}</ref>

In 1975, Airaudi and a group of about 25 other people founded the "Horus Center" in Turin, and later the Federation of Damanhur, a [[New Age]] 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stanley|first1=Alessandra|title=Baldissero Canavese Journal; New-Age Commune Is Into Crafts and Time Travel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/26/world/baldissero-canavese-journal-new-age-commune-is-into-crafts-and-time-travel.html|access-date=18 December 2015|work=The New York Times|date=26 July 2000}}</ref>

Airaudi died in the Damanhur community of Aval ([[Cuceglio]]) of colon cancer after it metastasized to his liver.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zoccatelli |first=PierLuigi |date=2016 |title=“All the Heavens in your Hands”: Oberto Airaudi and the Art of Damanhur |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26418552 |journal=Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=145–162 |issn=1092-6690}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book | first = Esperide | last = Ananas | year = 2006 | title = Damanhur: The Temples of Humankind | publisher = CoSM Press | location = New York | isbn = 1-55643-577-0 }}
* {{cite book | first = Jeff | last = Merrifield | year = 2006 | title = Damanhur: The Story of the Extraordinary Italian Artistic Community | publisher = Hanford Mead Publishers | location = Santa Cruz | isbn = 1-59275-010-9 }}

===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]]: {{ISBN|978-1-937465-018}}
* ''Reborn to Live: Second Book of the Initiate''. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by [[Alex Grey]] (Revised English Ed. 2013). The Oracle Institute: {{ISBN|978-1-937465-056}}.
* ''Seven Scarlet Doors: Third Book of the Initiate''. Oberto Airaudi with a Foreword by [[Barbara Marx Hubbard]] (Revised English Ed. 2013). The Oracle Institute: {{ISBN|978-1-937465-094}}
* ''Bral Talej: Divination Cards''. Oberto Airaudi and Shama Viola (2011). The Oracle Institute: UPC 8032937910017

==External links==
* [http://www.damanhur.info Federation of Damanhur] – official website

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