the prototype of the ideal city As long as we live in time, we contribute to the solution of the problems of safety, natural resources, health, education and pollution wherever we can. This is demanded by our culture and our inner civilisation. However, in the essence of life that is eternal, in the domain of original humanity, the processes of life do not end, and self-realisation is nothing other than working for others.
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e have seen that a human being and his environment are strongly interdependent. A human being cannot live without others; he is a social being and not a solitary individual. Consequently, interaction with others is essential, so that forms of society, like settlements, villages and cities, are indispensable. In this context, people sharpen each other’s awareness and ultimately gain insight and consciousness. Our environment actually reflects our consciousness. This is why, when we build a city, the following questions crop up: - Does the perfect human being exist? - What properties does he have? - Where can we find him? In myths, legends and holy writings which have accompanied humanity throughout time, we find descriptions of man as a perfect being, sometimes represented by a magnificent flying dragon, sometimes by a hero or as the equal of the gods. In hermetic thinking, he is sometimes described as one with God, as an ‘infinite sphere, with its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere’. Lao Zi described the human being as one with Dao: ‘Dao is empty, and in its radiations and activities, it is inexhaustible. I know not whose child it is. Ere the highest God was, it was.’ In the teachings of the Rosycross, he is represented as man-microcosm! This original human being has existed since 16 pentagram 4/2010
time immemorial. He developed as a divine being in the spirit field. His source of life was the universal Light, and outside this field, he was active, wholly in accordance with the vibration of this Light. This environment might be considered the ideal city, a field of life that
