A Time Travel and Myth Making Machine

The Embassy is a portal from the future, and an outpost of an advanced civilization which our hearts know is possible. 

It is a members-based organization; a club of trusted artisans of the future with an in-house think tank, providing alternative futures and running highly unique events and odysseys into the future.  

We will be gathering at the stunning Broughton Sanctuary estate 22-26th June 2026

Preamble

We stand at a poignant moment of human and planetary history. The Earth faces significant sources of instability which also provide an immense opportunity for an evolutionary jump in consciousness and civilization, potentially a moment more significant than the Industrial Revolution 300 years ago or the Agricultural Revolution 10,000 years ago.

First, many nations are facing large and uncontrollable debts, implying future (likely inflationary) financial crises. Our current economic and financial architecture is outdated and not deilvering progress or welfare.

Second, the world is navigating the end of a 500 year phase where the West was in ascendance or dominance. With the re-emergence of Eurasia and the Global Rest, we are shifting to a likely multipolar order. During this transition we are facing geo-economic conflict, proxy wars and even the possibility of WW3.

Third, advanced technologies such as AI, biotech and quantum computing are being rolled out at scale. Whilst they have immense potential benefits, the short term risks are significant including information wars, job losses, further wealth polarisation, and even AI going rogue. Many futurists consider AI to be humanity’s greatest, or even last invention. 

Fourth, demographics are collapsing around the world; the global population is expected to decline for the first time since the Black Death in the 14th Century. Countries such as Italy, Spain, Japan and South Korea could see population halve by the end of the century. This will have huge ramifications for economies as population pyramids invert and the youth shoulder increasing numbers of retirees. Communities will be profoundly affected as they age.

Fifth, the ecological crisis is advancing. 6 out of 8 planetary boundaries defined by the Stockholm School of Resilience have been transgressed; extreme future scenarios which are existential threats to humanity are widely being discussed such as the oxygen death of oceans, a collapse of the AMOC ocean currents, and mutliple climate disasters. 

Sixth, we are facing a human health crisis, excacerbated by many of the forces above. In fact,  mental health is becoming the primary disease and cause of death, more people are yearning for new ways of approaching philosophy and spirituality. 

Finally, trust in government and most of the insitutions which keep society functioning is breaking down as they are unable to manage the powerful tectonic shifts described above. Trust is the glue of civilization. As this breaks down civil discord, war and even coup d’etas might transpire around the world. 

We are at a bifurcation point between breaking down into a lower state of complexity or a break through to a higher order. The so-called edge of chaos is regarded in complexity science as the most creative state for any system. So we stand  at the edge of infinite possibilities. This period of human history was also prophesised in many indigenous tradition across Eurasia and the Americas. One of the more poetic was that of the prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor. Some say that the Ealge represented the people of the mind, those who had mastered technology. Whereas the Condor represented the people of heart and indigenous wisdom. The legend was that a fourth pachakuti (or 500 year year cycle) would commence in the 1490s and finish at the turn of the millennium, where the Eagle would dominate the Condor. This is when the Europeans made immense material progress and colonised much of the world, epitomised by the conquestadores taking over Latin America and even advanced civilizations such as the Incas. In the fifth pachakuti , the Eagle and Condor are prophesised to fly together in unison, a marriage of technology and wisdom, material and spirit or mind and heart. 

A new cosmology is poised to emerge, one which acknowledges the profound interconnectedness of life and seeks to heal the divisions between humanity and nature, body and mind, individual and collective and the present, past and future.

The Embassy is an outpost of a future civilization, which embodies this cosmology, where the voices of tomorrow echo back to us to remind us of the existence of an ecological, harmonious, conscious and technologically-advanced existence ; a Gaian civilization.

Like the coffee houses of London and Paris during the upheavals of the 17th and 18th Century, the visionary gathering of world leading authors – the Inklings – at the Oxford pub during the War years or the 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove during the chaotic era of 3rd Century China, this is an outpost of  kindred spirits to co-vision and support eachother during the transition years. 

Purpose

The Embassy of the Future is a portal from the future, representing the interests of the future civilization. By practicing inter-temporal diplomacy, it changes leaders’ relationship with the future; inspiring new uplifting stories, to forge  regenerative and enlightened futures.

The Embassy creates a space for visionary leaders – artisans of the future – to co create new visions and support each other with both insights, friendship, connections and resources bound together by an honour code embedded in the future civilization. 

Visions 

The Embassy envisions a world where the flame of the human spirit is alight and consciousness expands to foster a Gaian civilization, which is regenerative, abundant, culturally flourishing and technologically advanced. This is mapped out in our 8 visions of the future. Different cultures and civilizations contribute to a broader tapestry of the whole.

1. Education – Universities as Soul Studios & Earth Guilds

By 2070,  education has shifted from “filling minds” to igniting souls. Universities function as Soul Studios and Earth Guilds, where children, youth and adults apprentice themselves to their own gifts and to the living Earth, whilst learning the skills and technologies of the future.

2. Technology – Regenerative Tech as Planetary Nervous System

Technology has evolved from mechanistic extraction to regenerative collaboration. Technologies advance  (in areas from AI to quantum technology) not by speed alone, but by cultivating a technological culture that heals, replenishes and reveals.

3. Economy & Finance – A Civilization of Enoughness and Flow

By 2070, economies have shifted from debt-driven extraction to life-centric flourishing. Money is no longer the primary measure of success; thriving ecosystems and communities are. New financial architecture  and  alternative currencies like Bitcoin or local currencies, which are not debt-based , supports progress for the many.

4. Earth – Civilization as a Bioregional Mycelium

Humanity has re-organized around bioregions; humanity sees itself as a mycelial network of living cultures woven into Earth’s cycles. The shift in  prevailing mindset is most impactful : from nature as a resource to be used, to reverence to Gaia.

5. Health – Temples of Healing, Science, and Spirit

Health systems have become healing ecosystems that integrate cutting-edge science with ancient and indigenous wisdom, treating each human as a soul in a body embedded in a biosphere.

6. International Relations & Governance – A Concert of Civilizations

The West has matured from a dominance paradigm to a custodial partner in a multipolar world. Global governance is more like a symphony than any empire: many civilizations, one shared planet. We also see humanity mimic nature with greater cosmo-localism, and greater decentralisation and experimentation with self-organising systems.

     7. Cities & Communities – Living Villages in Urban Form

Cities in 2070 feel like networks of biophilic villages inside gardens: dense, walkable, transit-rich, yet quiet, green and soul-nourishing. Communities are enriched again by the timeless sharing of stories, song and dance around the fire.

    8. Consciousness – A Shared Story of Living Intelligence

Humanity has rekindled a meta-narrative that unites nature, science, spirituality, soul and art: a story of Living Intelligence where humans, Earth and cosmos co-create. This has revitalised culture and all pillars of society and economy.

Missions – How Do We Get There?

1. Events : bringing together visionaries from across disciplines in designed , transformative spaces to harness cross pollination and collective intelligence.  

Hearths: are events, such as at Broughton Sanctuary, centred around the ancient practice of dialogue and story telling around the fire. Insights are shared, friendships are forged and new stories for the future are created.

Odysseys are journeys or adventures into the unknown against the backdrop of inspiring ancient or sacred sites such as Gobeckli Tepe or Delphi. 

Our uniqueness is derived from the combination of the imagination with rigorous expertise, with the added magic of mythology making.

2. Membership (possible name is the Aetherium or just Embassy of the Future); an enlightened members club, gathering or not so secret society, where members are bound by an honour code to both explore new visions of the future and to support eachother with contacts and resources. Fellow members are visionary builders of the future; leaders in their own field.

We will host online presentations by visionaries and the founders will give a monthly update on the state of the world followed by dialogue and fellowship. 

 The group feels like an inspiring oasis in the middle of great change where one is both energised and resourced. During eras of great change such gatherings have always materialised – such as Tolkien and CS Lewis’ Inklings which met regularly at an Oxford pub during the war years.

 [Some events will be Members only but some , such as on the sidelines of Horasis will be open].

3. Story Making: and In house content: film, podcast, compilation of stories, essays all dedicated to opening the imagination to new possibilities but not to impose or colonise the future. 

1. Temple of the Future: Embassy of the Future, Sun Temple, Peru dedicated to the imagination and the Future Possibilities of the Earth as well as the New Human in the Sacred Valley of the Incas,near Machu Pichu  the No 1 tourist destination in the world.  This will be more iconic and significant than the Museum of the Future in Dubai or Museum of Tomorrow in Rio De Janeiro.