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Two varieties of the schematic ground plan of Shambhala, once based on
a circle, once base on a square, in any case with impressive dimensions,
containing hundreds and hundreds of harmoniously structured towns and sub
towns, sketches by the author, 2005
In the Greek-Roman culture there also was
Hyperborealis, the place of Apollon (gr.) or Apollo
(rom.), with other words a heaven on earth.
Homer mentioned in the Odysee a similar auspicious
place.
The epos on Gilgamesh as well as the story on the
Holy Grail both contain a similar, very desirable
place.
In the Chinese tradition, there is the Hsi Wang
Mu Palace, the Palace of Immortality beside
the peaches flower river located in the Kunlun
Mountains.
Possibly synonyms for the already mentioned
Shambhala might be Khembalung, Uttarkuru,
and Olmolungring, all in the area of India – China
– Mongolia; the place, where the teaching of
kalachakra, the highest wisdom is practised.
The Gathering of the Attar Birds seems to be another
similar story.
Free Masons, who work on the ‘perfection of the
cube’, representing humankind, and Rosenkrucians
knowing a City of the Future can be added to the
objective of The Space and Place of Harmony and
Peace.
Op weg naar Shambhala, schilderij door Nicholas Roerich, see please also VTP 43,
april 2006, ‘Al meer dan 70 jaar Pax Cultura’, pg.20 en omslag
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‘Preconstruction’ or vision of the New Jerusalem,
the city of the future, square shaped, founded
on gem stones, with three ports on each
side, transparent, like shiny gold, without any
‘church’, … Design: the author, 1968, see please
also VTP 26, april 2000, ‘Preconstructie: de stad
van de toekomst in een vreedzaam tijdsperk,
geinspireerd door de Apocalyps, (Bouwkundige
vredesprojecten pg. 12-15)
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Inthe Occidental Culture and after Ancient Times,
again we see more or less ‘dream places’, especially
in literature, similarly, as we found them in the era
before and mainly in the East.
Dante Alighieri spent attention to this phenomenon
in the ‘Comedia Divina’.
Thomas Morus wrote the famous book ‘Utopia’.
Francois-Marie Aronet Voltaire wrote about
Eldorado in Candide and shows interesting parallels
with Shambhala.
Another analogy describes Rene Daumal in ‘Mount
Analogue’.
‘Das Glasperlenspiel’ by Hermann Hesse plays
in a time and in an area, where a nearly ideal
community exists.
James Hilton wrote ‘Lost Horizon’, in which the place
Shangri-La reminds on Shambhala, and this book got
a film-version as well.
Thomas Mann is the author of ‘Der Zauberberg’,
what also seems to be inspired by the old traditions
from far.
Ayn Rand used similarly – at least partially – the old
‘model in ‘Atlas Shrugged’.
‘Reise nach Felicitanien oder meine kleine Contessa’