A world specialist of the Essenes, and himself an Essene Minister, Olivier Manitara transmits the time-honoured wisdom of this ancient people. Author of more than two hundred books, including a teaching series, he also has at his credit hundreds of improvised lectures on the most diverse subjects.For the past twenty years he has been providing a precious, rare, and personally experienced teaching. He facilitates intensive training seminars, and gives lectures in Europe, Africa, and America. A simple man, genuine and concrete, he knows how to reconcile the two worlds, that of matter, and that of the spirit.He is a member of the French Society of Writers, a Messenger for the "Culture of Peace Manifesto" of the UNESCO, and participates in the Meditation Room of the United Nations.