Red Latifa Retreat — Mandali, Italy
The Red Latifa Essential Strength
A residential retreat with Emilio Mercuriali in the Diamond Logos lineage of Faisal Muqaddam.
There is a moment — rare for most people — when you are simply yourself. Not performing, not managing, not watching how you land. Just present, in your own skin, with something alive and certain at the center.
That is not a spiritual experience. That is what you are, when nothing is in the way.
The Work
The Red Latifa is the force that propels a person into individuality. Not personality — individuality. The real shape of a self that has separated from what it was taught to be, what it learned was safe, what it discovered was expected. A person standing on their own energy. Not borrowed. Not conditional.
Most of what prevents this is invisible. Not dramatic — structural. The inner agreements we made about how loud to be, how much to want, whether our anger is permissible, whether we are allowed to occupy our own life fully. These aren't personal failures. They are the architecture of the ego — maintained, defended, policed by an inner judge that rarely takes a day off.
In this retreat we work directly with that architecture. Where the strength is blocked, what defends against it, what it costs a person to keep the fire low. The territory includes boundaries, self-assertion, anger, passive aggression — not as problems to fix but as signals pointing back toward something real.
When the restrictions soften, something becomes available that was always there. Not a new quality — a recovered one.
The Format
This is a residential retreat. When you step out of ordinary life for several days, something becomes available that isn't available otherwise. The usual supports fall away. What remains is closer to what is actually true.
Each day includes teaching and guided self-inquiry. The teaching is precise — it maps the territory of the Red Latifa, its obstructions, its movement. But this is not a seminar. The Logos — the teaching itself — carries a direct transmission. Something in the words, when received in the right conditions, does not merely inform. It activates.
Self-inquiry then works with what has been activated. The understanding that emerges is not added to what you already know. It moves through you differently.
The clarity that emerges does not add to what you know. It removes what was in the way.
Who This Is For
This retreat is for people who have done inner work and want to go deeper. Prior experience with meditation, inquiry, or psychological work is expected. You need to be willing to look honestly at yourself — at what moves you, what stops you, what you have been compensating for.
This is not an introduction to the work.
About Emilio Mercuriali
Emilio Mercuriali has been teaching in the Diamond Logos lineage for over 25 years. His work integrates the direct investigation of essential nature with a precise psychological understanding of the structures that obscure it. He is an authorized teacher of the Diamond Logos teachings of Faisal Muqaddam, and teaches internationally in Italy, Japan, and online.
Emilio Mercuriali's Latifa courses have been truly transformative for me. Through his teachings, I discovered both my strengths and my limitations, and gained deep insight into patterns that were holding me back. With his guidance, I found a deeper connection with myself and tools that continue to support my growth. I am profoundly grateful for the changes his teachings has inspired in my life.
— Jeanette Brynildsen, Norway
Practical Details
- Dates
- August 23–28, 2026
- Location
- Mandali Retreat Centre, Italy
- Price
- Varies by accommodation — contact Mandali directly at [email protected]
- Included
- Full board. Single, twin, premium, shared rooms and hermitage available.
Apply — Three Questions
The retreat works because the group is the right group. Before acceptance there is a brief conversation.