Tiamat Center

PARTICIPATION & LIFESTYLE

LAND ACQUISITION & MANAGEMENT

In addition to the collective achievements brought forth by the wonders of passionate voluntary work, aspiring residential communities usually need a solid financial plan to get started. They usually face stark difficulties right away establishing durable material foundations and find themselves fundraising campaigns or investment hunting.

Rather than relying primarily on the generosity of potential donators unlikely to gain any privilege in return for the financial support they would have provided; rather than relying primarily on the hopes of potential investors which would contractually bind its founders to honoring a lucrative promise, Order of Tiamat should see one of its first founding steps as a thoroughly discussed and agreed upon financial contribution by each and every one of its original members, i.e. initiators, creators and immediate beneficiaries of the project.

In order to ensure the integrity and continued resilience of the Order, such members will come as close as state laws and legal statuses allow to owning land and enjoying it under the attributes of 'inalienable' and 'indivisible' property. This implies that collectively owned acreage comes as one, cannot be used or exploited for any purposes other than the expressed needs and objectives of the Order itself, and cannot be claimed back or subdivided as compensation/reparation by any of its owners should they decide to withdraw from the project in one way or another. Such owner may request that part of their initial investment be returned to them upon leaving, which may or may not be granted depending on the significance of their contribution and the circumstances under which they departed. In so doing, they would immediately and legally surrender their ownership rights to the property, including their right to dwell on it unless explicitly allowed otherwise by unanimous agreement between remaining owners.

FINANCIAL OPTIONS

Stacking precious metals is our number one safest financial strategy against stagflation, recession and, ultimately, collapse. We cannot recommend this strategy enough to private individuals who care to preserve their wealth through socio-political and economic crisis while governments print money with no concern for the depreciating value of national fiat currency. Those who understand history usually repeats itself and manage to secure tangible and crisis-proof assets will find themselves on top on the other side.

For the time being, the choice is offered between two forms of financial contribution granting residency rights:

🞯 Help us secure land now at a time we need funds most.

Financing land ownership together with a 20+% investment on its market value gives you the option to participate in our building program (see below) and reside with us free of charge.

🞯 Once land has been purchased, help us sustain our development via a monthly contribution.

Live among us part or full-time for an adaptive residential fee. Your contribution is first set to a standard and fair monthly rate, which fee will then be maintained, reduced or removed over time based on the nature and extent of your involvement towards the Order's most imperative needs.

NUTRITION OPTIONS

We intend to produce most if not all foods intended for the most optimal human nutrition in compliance with the most advanced known dietary programs such as those designed by researchers Dr. L. Wilson and Aajonus Vonderplanitz.

The goal is to eat as natural and healthy as can be, and satisfy 100% of the human biological organism's nutritional needs.

- vegetables
- meat & protein

- dairy products

- fruits

- herbs, plants & roots

Particular emphasis will be placed on producing in ways that enhance soil quality and preserve the nutritional value of our food. We also intend on producing our own medicine (think herbalism, for instance wild lettuce or comfrey).

Every member shall be guaranteed the unique and invaluable privilege to reliably and consistently enjoy the many benefits of a healthy diet based on both modern holistic development theories and the ancient sciences of biochemical and bioenergetic balance (Ayurveda, Taoist medicine & TCM, etc).

RAINWATER FILTRATION AND STORAGE (IF NO MOUNTAIN STREAM OR CLEAN RIVER)

CERAMIC FILTRATION

WATER STORAGE

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION & INTEGRATION

New coming members may adopt any lifestyle they wish as long as this lifestyle is in accordance with our transparent core set of values. One requirement for all members - new or not - is enforced: to personally and committedly assist and contribute in their own way to a number of TC's needs, projects and activities that they choose*. We encourage every individual to live organically with and around other members and to spontaneously initiate or partake in any activity of their liking which supports their own inner work as well as strengthens our unique community.

Please inquire with any private or personal questions you may have, also contact us if you'd like to view our synthetic list of suggested practical activities at the bottom of this page to see if they resonate with your aspirations. Here's a sample:

Natural and architectural housing

Permaculture work and system designing

Planting, growing and gardening

Tending, wildcrafting

Traditional cooking and preparation of nutritional meals

Networking with like-minded communities

Engaging in group energy work and meditation

Transmitting spiritual teachings

Inspiring the world with creative output

Engineering and developing advanced technologies

RESIDENTIAL LAYOUT & CONVENIENCE *

One of the cornerstones of rural living is connectedness with nature, its biodiversity and Earth, which calls for building and living in grounding, non-toxic cob constructions, tree houses using ancestral and natural materials and techniques which do not degrade or threaten the environment or human life but harmoniously respect them.

Traditional building VS modern building

Our members private living quarters can and will be customized to their tastes and needs, built at their own pace, and will - in addition to the remarkable inherent properties of cob building - all provide:

• a minimum of 250 ft² of main floor living space fully immersed in nature

• outdoor buffer zones (based on acreage) between each quarters for increased privacy

• a cooking area

• toilet + shower & bathtub with hot water

• sound-proof windows and door

• chemical-free indoor and outdoor

• cable internet access (via Ethernet) in a 100% wifi-free environment

• EMF shielding (if desired)

• air conditioning and/or fireplace (if desired)

Beyond that, each housing configuration is up to personal preferences, skills, needs and how many hands are available. Natural building (cob, straw, stone, hemp fiber, etc) is great in that it allows for simply made houses which can be upgraded easily and at will later on.

Are you willing to share your living space with other members? Would you rather Build a medium to large-sized structure with a number of individual bedrooms connected to a shared area, or enjoy some kind of underground solitary bunker? We can work on that too!

About the direct natural environments and landscaping designs that will surround you, you may want to refer to our "Community Design" section. imagine an 80 acre long-term permaculture food forest managed as a gigantic organic communal garden.

*Unlike collectives that reside at Ken Wilber’s Green - or below - level of development, we find it critical to mention that we do not rely on consensus decision making or attempt to subsume individual awareness and willpower into the collective. Although we encourage harmony, openness, and shared pursuits, we also grasp how disagreement and individual leadership can favor a dialectical process toward growth. You may want to refer to such basic concepts as 'Natural Order' or 'Dharma'.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION & ECO-ENVIRONMENT

Our realistic optimal choice of land would be around 20 acres of forest - as close as can be to old-growth forest - in a strictly organic environment and with traditional living potential. This land shall remain preserved in its natural state by our residents and visitors, i.e. exploited near-exclusively through durable, sustainable ecoforestry and syntropic farming.

In addition to the resource you can find elsewhere on this website, we recommend looking into the works of people such as Ernst Gotsch and many others.

We're currently networking, saving funds, and gathering a solid small group of founders before collectively picking a geographic location. We're looking into non-profit organization options as well, more specifically those falling under the tax category of 'church' which comes closest to our project.

Below are our requirements for geographic and land prospection:

An example of thriving food forest farm

Syntropic fundamentals