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These theories of Yiktor Schauberger afford' new insights into . naturally correct water management, its proper handling, con duction, storage and self-purification by means which retain and enhance water's natural energies and health. The close interre lationship between water and the forest (as a water producer-not a water consumer) and the problems of spil salifiity-how this comes about through over-exposure of the soil to the radiance of the sun by deforestation-are also addressed, and indications are given as to 'how these may 'be avoided and overcome, due to Yiktor Schauberger's radical and fundamentally new understanding of the coming into being and functioning of the groundwater table in rela tion to soil temperature. As a natural organism, water is fonned and functions according to nature's laws and geometry, the latter exhibiting none of the ele ments of the straight line, circle and point, the basis of modem mechanical and technological constructs. Reflecting nature's prin cipal constant, namely that of continuous change and transforma tion, the vortex epitomises this form of open, fluid and flexible motion. Through his study of the vortices occurring naturally in flowing water and in the air in the form of cyclones and tornadoes, Yiktor Schauberger developed his theories of implosion. It was through the research and development of these theories that he was able to generate considerable energies in water and air and to trans port timber and ,other substances heavier than water, down the cen tral axis of a watercourse. In listing some of his accomplishments one could not do better than to quote from his book, Our Senseless Toil, written in 1933: • "It is possible to regulate watercourses over any given distance without embankment works; to transport timber and other materi als, even when heavier than water, for example ore, stones, etc., down the centre of such watercourses; to raise the height of the water-table in the surrounding countryside; and to endow the water with all those elements necessary for the prevailing vegetation." • "Furthermore it is possible in this way to render timber and other such materials non-inflammable and rot-resistant; to produce drinking and spa water for man, beast and soil ofany desired com position and performance artificially, but in the way that it occurs in nature; to raise water in a vertical pipe without pumping CkV,ces; to proauceaizy amount of electricity ,and radiant energy almost without cost; to raise soil quality; and to heal a variety of physical disorders~ • "...the practical implementation of this...would without doubt signify a complete reorientation in all areas of science and technol o-gy. By application of these new-found laws, I have already con structed fairly large ilistallations in the spheres of log-raftin& and river regulation which, as is already known, have functioned faull lessly for a decade, and which today still present insoluble enigmas to the various scientific disciplines concerned." Water and its vital interaction with the forest was his principal preoccupation, viewing water as a living entity, the 'blood of Mother Earth', born from the womb of the forest. The mechanistic, materialistic and extremely superficial way of looking at things impres,sed on us at school, however, precludes us from thinking that water is anything other than inorganic, i.e., supposedly without life, but which, while apparently having no life itself, can neverthe-Iess miraculously engender the life we find today in all its forms. Life is movement and is epitomised by water, which both externally and internally is in a constant state of motion and transformation. In confirmation of this fact, water is able to combine with more sub stances than any other single molecule and is responsible for the myriad life-forms extaIlt on this planet, flowing as water, sap and blood. How then could it ever be construed as lifeless in accor dance with the chemist's cold, clinical view of water, defined as the inorganic substance H20? This cryptic appellation is a gross misrepresentation for, accord ing to Yiktor Schauberger, in addition to the more familiar cate gories of water, there are as many varieties of water as there are animals and plants. Were water merely the sterile, distilled H2() as claimed by science, it would be poisOJ1oUS to all living things. H20 is actually 'juvenile water', newborn, with no developed character, and having no traits other than total purity. As a young, immature, growing entity, it grasps iike a baby at everything within reach, absorbing the characteristics and properties of whatever it comes into contact with or has attracted to itself in order to make itself whole; the 'everything'-the so-called impurities taking the form of trace elements, minerals, salts and even smells! Like a growing child, juvenile water takes and does not give. Only when mat\lfe, i.e., when suitably enriched with raw materials, is it in a position ,to give, to dispense itself freely and willingly, so as to enable the rest of life to ,develop. Before the birth Qf water, life was not. But what is this marvellous, colourless, tasteless and rodourless substance, which quenches our thirst like no other liquid? Did we but truly understand the essential nature of water-a living sub stance--we would not treat it so churlishly, but would care for it as if our lives depended on it, which undoubtedly they do. • 'The upholder of the cycles which supports the whole of life, is WATER. In every drop ofwater dwells the Godhead, whom we all serve; there also dwells life, the s.oul ofthe 'first' substaTJCe--:watef whose boundaries and banks are the capillaries that guide it and in which it circulates." • "More energy is encapsulated in every drop of good spring water than an average-sized power station is presently able to pro duce." Indeed, in accordance with the famous Haseoohrl-Einstein equa tion E = me', in I gram of substance, or I cm' of water, 25 million 36·NEXUS JUNE -JULY 1993