 In 1968, he founded in Rome the Archeosophical Society, which is still active and counts a few thousand members both in Italy and in the rest of Europe (mainly in Germany, Portugal, and France).Born in Pisa on 16 February 1915 to Carlo Palamidessi, Senior Officer of the Army and the poet Luigia Tagliata, in 1920 Tommaso Palamidessi moved to Sicily.Since he was a child he studied astronomy, astrology, botany, medicine and religion and as an adolescent he traveled to Tripoli and Tunis to deepen his knowledge of Islamic Sufism.