MemnosyneFoundationCenterCampus

The Campus will be a campus where spiritual leaders, health professionals, scientists, artists, and educators from all paths exchange scientific, philosophical, cultural, medical and spiritual knowledge in an open-minded, compassionate setting – free of geographical, political and religious obstacles.

One of the most important buildings on campus, the Medical/Health building will provide a permanent location for facilitating an ongoing exchange of knowledge to help enable future collaboration in the medical/health fields between world cultures.

The top floor will be divided up into four distinct areas, housing individual greenhouses and garden terraces for Western, Eastern, Holistic, and Indigenous Medical/Health traditions. The center of the pyramid structure will house a large Greenhouse for collaboration between the four traditions. The floor beneath this one will house private labs and offices and open to a shared communal terrace. The bottom floor will have a small clinic serving the poor in the local community and will also house meeting rooms for those currently working.

The architecture of this building will be inspired by Meso-american architecture as a gesture of respect to the many native american tribes who built Xochicalco, one of the main inspirations for the formation of The Memnosyne Foundation.

•Visual, Performing, Literary and Culinary Arts Center

This building will offer museum quality exhibition space for local and visiting

visual artists, an indoor and outdoor theater space, a black box theater, and a restaurant for visiting chefs.

Current Co-Chair: Phillip Collins

Surrounded by stone and trees, this building will be intentionally designed to be a place of quiet solitude that feel welcoming and calming to anyone, and will therefore not be affiliated with any one religion. Designed as a round, glass, half-sphere, the room will be intersected and surrounded by flowing water “canals”. Small bridges will provide a means for crossing the water, thereby limiting “foot traffic” in the room. There will be no religious iconography or symbolism. The center of the room will have a small flame that burns continuously where the “canals” intersect, and crystals will surround the center flame. The floor of the room will be a soft carpet and offer cushions for those seeking a place of spiritual rest, meditation, contemplation, and/or prayer. Off this room will be two smaller glass “half spheres”, each uniquely serving the following:

Current Co-Chair: Stephen Stefanou

•Spiritual Counseling

where staff members will help work with the inquiring person to create

a “profile” of their unique spiritual quest that will point them in the

direction they are seeking. The staff member will also help to arrange

a meeting with the spiritual leader(s) whose tradition most intrigues

the person seeking guidance.

•Crossing Over Services

Will be available to help those experiencing transition between life to

death. The services offered will come from a wide variety of spiritual

traditions, counseling practices, metaphysical experiences, and

psychology practices. A staff member will interview the person in

need, and help develop a “profile” that will help the dying to meet with

the right person for their needs in either the dying or grieving process.

This wheel shaped round building will house any Western, Eastern, New Age spiritual and/or religious texts offered to The Memnosyne Foundation, and will also house the offices of those working to chronicle the spiritual traditions of indigenous tribes around the world. The center of the building will be “sunken”, with a round table set up in the middle for future forums between leaders of spiritual traditions seeking understanding in a peaceful setting. The “stairs” walking down to the table will serve the duel purpose of providing seating for those wanting to observe. These stairs will lead to the ground floor where there will be couches, desks and tables set among the library shelves and books. Off of this building will be small hallways leading to individual u-shaped “open houses”, each of which will represent an individual spiritual tradition. Any religion or spiritual practice seeking representation will be offered the same small building with an office, “greeting room”, and garden that they then can transform the interior of the represent their tradition. These will also be places where those seeking to better understand their own faith or the faith of others can meet with leaders to ask questions or seek guidance in spiritual crisis or in becoming leaders of their own traditions.

Current Co-Chair: Mike Ghouse

•Center for Indigenous Cultures

A fully built example of this building will be located on the Memnosyne Campus to serve as an example for potential philanthropists to view how such a center would serve the needs of indigenous tribes around the world. Tribes seeking such a center would petition for a “show” of their crafts, food, dance, lectures, and art in order to raise awareness and funding for their needs. Please see description of center at Cultural Center Program page.

Current Co- Chair: Gregory Gomez

•Virtual Campus – Education program/computer “game”

Memnosyne Foundation will create, under the direction of Philip Collins, the Chief Curator of The African American Museum, an education program originally based on the recorded information from its documentary, “Many Paths, One Source” and which will expand to include recorded information gathered from future conferences. As each conference is recorded, the new information will be integrated into the computer in the form of a future campus building that can be “explored” on a virtual rendition of the Memnosyne Campus.

Current Organizations who have agreed to advise the vision of the Memnosyne Campus For Hummanity include:

The Dallas Institute of Hummanities and Culture

Richland College

The Foundation for Pluralism

The NY Interfaith Center

Indigenous Institute of the Americas

The Dallas Foundation

The Embrey Foundation

and others

Concept for Memnosyne Campus designed by architect Grahm Greene

Buildings:

A Center For Spirituality

B Center For Indigneous Cultures

C Center for The Arts

D Center for Health and Medicine

E Interfaith Library and Center

F Center for Science/Green Technology

GCenter for Global/Local Outreach & Admin.

H Expansion/Future

Park-like settings will connect the buildings and will have the following individual gardens at each corner of the campus:

J Fire Pit

K Wind Chime

L Water Fountain

M Rock Graden

Memnosyne Centers will not only be designed as premier examples of environmentaly sound "off the grid" architecture, but will also be "blended" into the natural topography and environment of the land. These campuses will be open to the public and will be a great asset to any city that wishes to be artistically, scientifically, and culturally actively connected to the world.