Architecture and neohumanism

May 15, 1996

Q: Can you say something about architectural design in general? What aspects make it healthy and balanced?

Yes yes, I like this question very much. You know there are many people who feel that architecture is simply to create beauty for the eyes. Although that is significant, there is a much deeper purpose and much more meaningful significance to the structure of buildings. When a building is utilized for living purposes, it must be suitable for a variety of functions and it must be practical; that is to say, designed according to the weather and conditions of the particular local. But this is not all, for a building must be suited to the activities which are to be conducted within. The architecture must advance this purpose, while at the same time bringing beauty and culture into the lives of human beings. In that way the design of a building becomes a creative expression that is adapted to the needs, longings and the conditions which it will fulfill. So it is both an expression of culture and beauty and it has practical and utilitarian capacities.

Now there is another factor which may be considered in architectural design and building construction, and that is the adaptation to electromagnetic polarities and energies generated within the earth and its electromagnetic field. If the building is aligned in a certain way, it [has fields that yield certain types of results]. You know there are those who like to live in a round domicile and those who live in a rectangle, and then there are pyramids. Why so many shapes? Why is one shape preferable at one time in one place and another preferable at another time in another place? They are not the same. And if you sit in a dome, in a rectangle, in a triangle you notice that there is a difference in how they feel. That they are not the same, that each one is focusing due to the planes and angles of the construction; they are focusing the energies about them in different ways. And if you pay very close attention, you will notice that it is not only a matter of which shape is utilized but also how it is constructed, on what type of ground it is constructed, because of the flow of energies, electromagnetic energies will vary depending on the composition of the rocks beneath the house and in what direction it is constructed, in what angles, and what rooms are used, this is a science, and what rooms are used for what purpose. All of these things maybe analyzed so that you might construct a building that will increase the amount of psychic energy or spiritual energy within the frame and there are many ancient temples, ancient places of worship that have been constructed with this knowledge from the people, perhaps it was known and studied or perhaps just through the intuition of the spiritual leaders this was done. So it is most significant in buildings or domiciles which will be utilized for meditation and for spiritual purposes. But even in the home, even in the office building it may be open if to consider these factors. All right?

Q: Is it worth to try to heal the present city structure by increasing natural elements like parks, or to establish a completely new planning policy and a new city structure for a neohumanistic way of living?

This is a very good question. The present city structures will not exist in one hundred years, they will be all but gone due to climatic changes and other factors. So this question is not relevant. But there is another issue, and that is, in what formation would it be best that human beings of the future construct their living arrangements. And I would say that it depends first of all upon utility, what is most practical for those people. But I do not see that they will construct cities of the magnitude presently existing. They will live under the trees and they will consider them to be friends. They will blend their architecture in with the elements; say that the 500-year-old trees on the living quarters and roadways of the human beings all go together in a nice way. No one will want to harm any natural habitant, people will learn in this coming century to be a part of this world, not to act like a conqueror devastating the planet which has given them birth. So these cities we now see have a limited life. That is why it is of little use to discuss their reformation. It will be quite different in the future. Technology will advance, but human beings will not be so egoistic as to think they are the conquerors of this great earth, for she has mighty forces which she can launch and human beings will learn respect. It will become the matter of all societies that not a single tree, not a single animal should be disturbed in the development of the human communities, instead those communities must be developed and planned so as to become a part of the Mother. This will be the focus, and architecture will take the turn to blend with the elements. We will see these communities of human beings will live very nice lives. Their technology will be more advanced than present though their lives will be more simple. All right?