How can a human-built space restore a broken relationship with the natural world? Earth Temples in Cities ...

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How can a human-built space restore a broken relationship with the natural world?

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The temple is a place to welcome all, locals, passer-bys or  refugees.

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We would like to offer the opportunity to engage and explore the different facets of this project :

• Natural building with local materials
• Imagining the creation of a sacred space dedicated to Earth and Soul
• Researching the potential legal structures for this communal space
• Imagining and undertaking the planning and building of the project
• Imagining and engaging with the tending of place

How can a human-built space restore a broken relationship with the natural world?

​The vision is for Earth Temples to be built on the edge of all cities and respond to this question.
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The Earth Temple is a round place to rest, reflect, reconnect and restore our relationship to the natural world. It is a place of belonging to the Earth that is open to all; a place of beauty, made of local natural materials, and designed to include the presence of all beings of the natural world.

We are sharing this vision along with first architectural drawings to invite you and hear from you if and how you would like to imagine engaging in bringing this vision into life - from model making to the finding of place, the realisation and the tending of the space.

The design of the Earth Temple
Touching the drawings on paper, you may imagine the warmth within thick walls of Earth and the unique sense of refuge in the city found in the silence of this space.
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The Earth Temple is envisioned to be 26 meters wide, round, made of natural material found on site. Its four entrances are designed to celebrate the Sun in the East, Water and Plants in the South, Earth and Soil in the West, Air and Animals in the North. An olive tree stands in the center as a symbol of peace and the sculpture of a woman and a man seating. 

The roof is made of glass. Within the walls are places of rest and underground at the center is a kiva, a dark cave, a place of reflection and deep listening.

The temple is a place to welcome all, locals, passer-bys or  refugees.

At the first gathering in Totnes around the vision of Earth Temples, we started imagining Totnes as a potential place to welcome a first Earth Temple.

We would like to offer the opportunity to engage and explore the different facets of this project :

• Natural building with local materials
• Imagining the creation of a sacred space dedicated to Earth and Soul
• Researching the potential legal structures for this communal space
• Imagining and undertaking the planning and building of the project
• Imagining and engaging with the tending of place

Please do get in touch with questions and remarks, or suggestions of people to contact to make this happen.

The vision of Earth Temples in Cities was brought to life by Azul-Valérie Thomé, designer of rituals, artist and activist devoted to restoring humanity back to a deep relationship with the Earth. She holds an MA in Ecological Design Thinking from Schumacher College and is currently based in Totnes. 

Azul Valérie Thomé for SOULand www.souland.org
MEETING ARE HAPPENING IN TOTNES in 2019. See Facebook Page for more details or email me :[email protected]
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