Ancient improvisation between enchantment and creativity

Locum Sacrum is the name of a jazz festival organized inside the Convent of San Francesco di Paola, located in Spezzano della Sila in Calabria. A magical place, where spirituality and the sacred accompany visitors and, in our case, characterize the music of a fascinating record directed by saxophonists Francesco Caligiuri and Nicola Pisani. Deeply … Read more

Scientific evidence of an ancient civilization

After four years of implementation of the project “Research on the archaeological sites of Óc Eo – Ba Thê and Nên Chùa”, researchers have more scientific evidence on a region with an ancient culture and a flourishing trade between the Ier and VIIe centuries. >>Towards the inscription of the culture of Óc Eo in the … Read more

Where history does not reach: ancient music to evoke emotions from centuries ago

In the year 1072 one of the historical events took place most relevant to the city of Zamora. At least, that is what the oral tradition has been in charge of perpetuating to this day through an epic poem that narrates with crudeness and minstrelsy language how the people of Zamora resisted their famous Siege, … Read more

Glockner: book about María Sabina helps to understand the ancient Mazatec spiritual wealth

The close friendship and mutual trust that existed between the three characters that made the book Vida de María Sabina possible. The sage of mushrooms, María Sabina herself, Álvaro Estrada and Gordon Wasson, allows the reader to approach a worldview different from modern Western rationality, said anthropologist Julio Glockner. When presenting in Puebla the most … Read more

Maria Tondo presents her latest book: “San Giovanni della Croce, an ancient light for contemporary spirituality”

New appointment with the “good reading” in Salice Salentino. The volume “San Giovanni della Croce, an ancient light for contemporary spirituality” will be presented tomorrow Thursday 10 November, at 6.30 pm, in the Mother Church “Santa Maria Assunta” (Effatà Editrice, Series “The breath of the soul”, 2022, pages 176). This is the last literary effort … Read more

The sweat lodge: an ancient rite of purification and healing

Wellness and spirituality are two terms connected and inextricably linked to each other since the dawn of humanity. Today we handle them with dexterity in everyday jargonespecially when to regain physical and mental well-being we approach all those disciplines that connect the spirit with the soul. Some of these, like thehatha yoga or meditation, are … Read more

“From the ancient altars to the cult of Satan” to the “intensive course of esoteric crimes and destructive cults” by criminologist Sergio Caruso

Friday 28 October, from 5 to 8 pm – during the Psycho-juridical Interdisciplinary Training course entitled “Intensive course esoteric crimes and destructive cults, mental manipulation in cults: analysis of real cases”Held by the well-known criminologist of Calabrian origins, Sergio Caruso – the scholar and expert Antonia Depalma will speak. The writer’s intervention will focus mainly … Read more

Castle, village, churches and ancient residences: Monteodorisio opens its doors for the Fai d’Autunno Days

Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October return, for the eleventh edition, the Fai Autumn Daysthe great square event that the Fai – Fund for the Italian Environment ETS dedicates every year, in autumn, to the cultural and landscape heritage of our country, with the participation of all the Delegations, the FAI Youth Groups, the FAI … Read more

BrindisiClassica: Friday 14th “Ancient roots and new paths” at the Verdi Theater

Friday 14 October (20.00) the traditional concert season “BrindisiClassica” will resume in Brindisi in the foyer of the Nuovo Teatro Verdi, directed by Prof. Silvana Libardo and Francesca Salvemini, with a program of nine shows of high artistic-cultural profile with the institutional purpose to spread musical culture among the public and encourage critical listening. The … Read more