Welcome to the Museum of Religions
A journey through the spiritual traditions of the world
Traveling and getting to know different cultures has been the engine of my life since I was young. When I was 27 years old I made a trip that changed my life: I went by land from Istanbul to Calcutta crossing Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India. Before that trip, he believed that religion was the opium of the people. I am not a believer, but there I discovered two things:
— Religion was something that was part of people’s lives; It was not something foreign to them, but what organized everything: meals, schedules, parties, weddings and burials.
— If he did not know and understood his religions, he could never stop being a tourist —someone who only moves— to become a traveler, someone who tries to be part of the places he visits. I wanted to be a traveler.
Fascinated by that search, I have been collecting pieces for 40 years, little by little, on each of my trips around the planet. A beautiful obsession that ended up giving rise to this museum.
What started in my backpack today is a collection that embraces the great currents of humanity: Islam (Shiita and Sunni), Christianity (Copt, Maronite and Catholic), the slopes of Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana and Tantric), tradition Sikh and unique objects of transition religions.
These objects — made of silk, bronze, tree bark, vicuña or goat skin, seeds, stone or wood — do not have a high economic value, but they do have an immense sentimental value. Behind each figure there is a story of its own and an encounter with other human beings who were part of my life at that time. The pieces of this museum are not just objects: they are experiences, experiences and symbols of something as deep as the human soul.
Welcome to my personal map of human spirituality, a place where all beliefs, all gods and all human beings have a place.
a place of dialogue and brotherhood.
