Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization 
Mount Soma
Location Clyde, North Carolina, United States Regions East Coast, Southern US Gender Male Also Known As Michael Mamas, Dr. Michael Mamas
Website www.drmichaelmamas.com/ Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Dr. Michael Mamas is the visionary and developer of Mount Soma, a place designed to support spiritual growth, personal development, and health. Michael Mamas is a thought leader in the areas of spirituality and personal development, with 35 years of teaching experience (including the U.S., India, Europe, and Canada). He helps people develop a
deeper understanding and more comprehensive outlook by providing a bridge between the abstract and the concrete, the Eastern and the Western, and the ancient and modern. Dr. Mamas is also the founder and CEO of The Center of Rational Spirituality.
Mount Soma is a 448-acre Vedic community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Envisioned and founded by Dr. Michael Mamas, Mount Soma promotes total well-being through the utilization of Vedic technology, an applied science based upon the fundamental principles of nature. A prime illustration of this is Sri Somesvara Temple, completed in 2011, that amplifies the natural coherence and harmony found at the base of existence. Under Michael Mamas' leadership, Mount Soma is a spiritual destination for visitors from around the world, drawing over 15,000 people in 2014 alone.
Dr. Michael Mamas has been teaching internationally for over 35 years, and offers classes, lectures, and meditation retreats at Mount Soma. His rational approach to spirituality encourages students of all religions and creeds to move beyond their current perspectives, and find the place inside themselves which is the source of all understanding. He teaches discernment as opposed to judgment, multiple realities as opposed to one way, and resting into your true nature as opposed to trying to be better. By combining Surya Ram Meditation, personal process, and Knowledge based on the nature of existence, Michael Mamas' teachings offer people from all faiths a path to true happiness, successful relationships, wise business endeavors, and general fulfillment in all areas of life.
In 2007, Michael Mamas was awarded the title Adhyatm Vidhya Visharad—Master of the Highest Spiritual Knowledge, the deepest awakening of the Self—from the Sanskrit College at the University of Gujarat, in India. He is the only person from the West to have been awarded this appellation. Dr. Mamas’ rare ability to elucidate a deep understanding of the nature of existence not only offers insight into all religions, but provides practical wisdom in all areas of life. He bridges science and spirituality, Eastern and Western concepts, and ancient wisdom and modern mentality, making him a highly relevant spiritual leader in today’s world.
