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The Tribe of Füssen/Likatien                              but  also  between  each  other.  Therefore,
                                                                communication  is  very  important  for  us  -
                                                                communication in the most direct and clearest way

    The  Tribe  Füssen  Eins  is  also  known  as               possible.
    Tribe of Likatien. Likatien means "people
    at  Lik",  which  refers  to  the  last  ancient            In 2004 the tribe consists of over 200 people - more
    celtic  tribe  who  lived  by  the  river  Lech.            than the half of them are children and youths.

    The people of Likatien feel connected to
                                                                We own around 20 houses in Füssen, the German
                                      nature  and  to
                                                                city where we live and work.
                                      the  culture  of

                                      the         Celts.        We  want  to  develop  the  possibility  for  all  our
                                      That's  why  we           members to work in our own companies. We have
                                      chose         this        an esoteric book-shop, a bio-shop, a computer-shop,
                                                                a  company  which  organizes  esoteric-fairs,  internet
                                      name.
                                                                shops, lawyers, a healer school with holistic doctors
                                                                and there is a group of people working in agriculture
    The  tribe  was  founded  in  1974  by  Wolfgang            for the tribe, trying to develop permaculture. We're
    Wankmiller  and  some  of  his  friends;  a  communal       just at the beginning of this development, because we
    alternative  to  the  society  and  life  of  their  parents.   need more committed people.
    They  wanted  to  create  an  environment  of  mutual
    acceptance and unconditional love.

    Other  aims  of  the  tribe  are  self-sufficiency  and  to
    develop a culture of matriarchy.
    Another of our central visions is to become a tribe -
    in  the  modern  sense.  For  us  that  means  a  special
    quality  of  mutual  disclosure  and  openness  to  our
    emotional and spiritual reality.
                                                                People  in  the  inner  circle  meet  every  evening  for
    The tribe becomes sustainable as people get involved        discussing problems and working together.
    with  the  tribe,  and  with  each  other.  Our  tribe  is
    structured  like  a  mandala,  with  different  circles     Every week there are separate meetings of women,
    expressing  the                                             men  and  youths,  where  we  discuss  interpersonal,
    degree         of                                           cultural, social, spiritual and many other subjects.
    identification
    with  the  tribe.                                           In addition, there are many festivals. The tribe loves
    In  the  inner                                              a  good  party,  because  enthusiastic  lively  elation
    circle the people                                           creates a feeling of paradise. And that's a target the
    have  committed                                             tribe aspires to: to create the possibility of paradise
    to  stay  here  for                                         on earth.
    their      whole
    lives. That establishes a solid base for the tribe and      General hospitality: everybody is welcome to visit us.
    for  the  generations  to  come.  Community-decisions
    are made by consensus.                                      Viola Werner
                                                                Tribe of Likatien
    We want to develop a culture of love and trust as a         Germany
    way  of  actualizing  mankind’s  original  destiny;  a
    culture  which  includes  becoming  conscious  of  the      viola@likatien.de
    balance in relationships - between people and nature


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