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The FiVth Manifesto

There is a knowing that has lived across time. Not belonging to one culture, one religion, or one people — but expressed through many.

I · The Knowing
Across civilisations, across traditions,
there has been a shared recognition.
That humanity would one day reorganise itself
around truth,
wisdom,
and alignment.
In Portugal, this was called the Fifth Empire.
Not an empire of land.
Not an empire of power.
An empire of coherence.
A civilisation where each human is fully aligned
to their own blueprint.
Where the soul is not suppressed —
but awakened.
II · The Chain
Because when the soul awakens,
truth emerges.
When truth emerges,
alignment follows.
And when alignment stabilises across many individuals,
society reorganises itself.
This is not a new idea.
It is a remembering.
It has lived in the temples,
the teachings,
the lineages of many paths.
Spoken in different languages,
held in different symbols,
yet pointing to the same truth.
III · The Temple
We were never meant to compete for place.
We were meant to embody it.
In the temples of old,
each person knew their role.
Not assigned — remembered.
Each expression precise.
Each contribution necessary.
From this, coherence emerged.
From coherence, abundance.
This is the civilisation encoded
within the prophecy.
IV · The Field
The Fifth Empire is not something we build.
It is something we enter.
An energetic field that calls forward those who are ready
to live their deepest truth.
To embody their blueprint.
To step into their mission.
FiVth exists to activate this.
Through education.
Through experience.
Through transmission.
Not to tell you who to be —
but to reveal what already is.
V · The Building
Because when each individual steps fully into their design,
they stop searching.
They stop comparing.
They stop competing.
And begin building.
Together.
Every human becomes precise in their role.
This is how a new world emerges.
Not through force.
Through alignment.
VI · The Reflection
What we build physically —
communities, systems, places —
are simply reflections of this coherence.
Not the source.
The moment you recognise it,
you are already part of it.
The FiVth · Living Archive · Academy
Leadership · The People Behind the Mission

Founded by people who refused
to wait for the world to catch up.

Luke Adrian Levene
Founder & Chairman
Luke Adrian Levene

Luke built the FiVth from a conviction that the world's most advanced wisdom belongs in the hands of the people building what comes next — not locked behind exclusive institutions. A serial entrepreneur and visionary with deep roots in conscious community, impact investment and cultural architecture, he assembled the FiVth faculty, forged the Portugal partnership, and created the framework that has already changed how thousands of people see the world.

His founding belief: the most important technologies of our age are not digital — they are the ancient tools of coherence, geometry, consciousness and human connection.

Dr. Lara Wegener MD
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Lara Wegener, MD

A physician by training and a systems thinker by nature, Dr. Lara Wegener brings the rigour of medical science to the architecture of the FiVth Academy. She oversees all operations, ensures the integrity of every faculty partnership, and holds the long-term vision of what this institution will become.

Her driving question: what does healthcare become when we teach people to understand the intelligence already built into their own biology?

Core Leadership

The team that makes it real.

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Timothy Riggin
Strategic Investor & Real Estate Principal
GW
Gabriella White
Head of Experience & Strategic Partnerships
LC
Laura Calmore
Head of Communications & Summit Operations
LK
Luke Kohen
Director of Education & Revenue Partnerships
CF
Courtney Force
Head of Marketing & Brand Growth
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Extended Leadership
Operations · Technology · Community
A growing team across three continents
Board of Advisors

The minds who believe in what we are building.

When the most extraordinary people on earth lend their name to an institution, it is not a formality. It is a signal.

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Sir Robert Edward Grant
Polymath · Inventor · Royal Advisor
80+ patents across cryptography, healthcare & geometry. Former CEO, Bausch + Lomb Surgical. Knighted. Author of PHILOMATH.
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Alex Panagopulos
Real Estate Principal & Growth Strategist
Portfolio spanning European & global markets. Strategic capital allocation and growth architecture for mission-led organisations.
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Alessa Berg
Impact Investment · Ecosystem Builder
Founder, Top Tier Impact. 50+ countries, 30+ city chapters. One of the world's most connected impact investment networks.
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Nevsah Karamehmet
Behavioural Health Pioneer
Founder, Breath Hub & Nevsah Institute. 25 years of global reach in breathwork and nervous system science.
MN
Michelle Narciso
Conscious Events · Cultural Programming
Founder, OMMM. Architect of events that shift culture — not just entertain it.
JH
Jennifer Hill
Human Connection Architect
CEO, Optimatch. Founder, Jenn Hill Tribe Network. Creating the conditions where the right people find each other.
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Alberto Cassab
Real Estate Developer & Capital Allocator
Experienced capital allocator with a track record across major markets. Strategic counsel on development, funding and growth.
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Additional advisors across law, medicine & technology join as the mission expands
Our Mission

Building human coherence
in a time of global awakening.

We are living through the most significant shift in human consciousness in recorded history. Familiar structures are dissolving. Something new is emerging — and it requires a different kind of human. Not more informed. More aligned. FiVth exists to activate that alignment — through ancient wisdom, sacred science, and living transmission.

Education
The Living Archive — teachings that move through you, not just into you. Ancient intelligence made accessible and alive.
Experience
Gatherings in sacred land. Portugal, the Fifth Empire, a threshold between worlds. Ideas that become collaborations. Strangers who become co-creators.
Transmission
Not teaching. Activating. The frequency that travels between a teacher who has lived the truth and a student who is ready to receive it.
The Time We Are In

The human story
is being rewritten.
You are already in it.

As the old systems fail to hold meaning, a new coherence is trying to emerge. Not from the top down. From within outward. One aligned soul at a time. When each person lives fully in their truth — stops searching, stops competing, stops performing — and begins simply being what they are — the field shifts. This is not metaphor. This is the mechanism of civilisational change, and it has always worked this way.

Fernando Pessoa called it the Fifth Empire — a civilisation of light. A moment when science and spirit converge, cultures reconnect, and humanity begins to operate as one living intelligence.

Awaken the Grail Within

The prophecy calls those
who are ready
to carry it.

You did not find this by accident. The grail is not a place. It is not a relic. It is the moment you become fully what you are — and allow that precision to serve the world. FiVth exists to create the conditions for that moment. The archive is the vehicle. The community is the field. You are the activation.

47+ Hours of Living
Transmission
12 World-class
Faculty
7k+ Community
Members
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Inspired by prophecy · Driven by community · Rooted in Portugal
Portugal is where we gather. What we carry belongs to everyone.