Formerly published in the now defunct ‘Source’ magazine in Autumn 1999, – daev explores why people are strapping spirals of copper to their water pipes, speaks to Con Connor of Ireland’s ‘Living Water Workshop’, and discusses the works of Viktor Schauberger and his theories of vortex implosion.
For those concerned about the state of both tap and bottled water available in Ireland, an organisation calling themselves the Living Water Workshop has been set up, with the ambition of achieving ‘a shift in thinking about water as a living thing’, through public workshops. They point out that although *all* living beings are dependent upon water (humans consist of over 70% water), we are strangely careless about the *quality* of the water that we ingest. As stated by Austrian visionary, environmental scientist, inventor, and discoverer of ‘Living Water’, Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958:
Formerly published in the now defunct ‘Source’ magazine in Autumn 1999, – daev explores why people are strapping spirals of copper to their water pipes, speaks to Con Connor of Ireland’s ‘Living Water Workshop’, and discusses the works of Viktor Schauberger and his theories of vortex implosion.
For those concerned about the state of both tap and bottled water available in Ireland, an organisation calling themselves the Living Water Workshop has been set up, with the ambition of achieving ‘a shift in thinking about water as a living thing’, through public workshops. They point out that although *all* living beings are dependent upon water (humans consist of over 70% water), we are strangely careless about the *quality* of the water that we ingest. As stated by Austrian visionary, environmental scientist, inventor, and discoverer of ‘Living Water’, Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958:
‘Science views the blood-building and character-influencing…[water] merely as a chemical compound and provides millions of people with a liquid prepared from this point of view, which is everything but healthy water.’ [1]
Schauberger was born into a long line of Austrian foresters, and turned down prospects of third-level education to seek answers in the wilderness, a decision that would have great impact on his later works. He spent much of this time alone in the woods, quietly observing nature, the water of mountain streams, and thus the potential energy to be found in ‘Living’ water.
In his writings, Schauberger claims that ‘more energy is encapsulated in every drop of good spring water than an average-sized power station is presently able to produce.’ [2]
But like some of contemporaries, such as Wilhelm Reich ‘condemned for unscientific claims by the [U.S.] Food and Drug Administration in 1956 because of his theories on sexual freedom and and his discovery of an alleged “orgone” energy’ [3] – and other avant-garde thinkers throughout history, Schauberger’s work failed to be recognised in it’s own time. Like Reich, he was more interested in making his discoveries available to the public than making a quick buck – for this he suffered, the stress of betrayal by an American business consortium probably contributing to his death in 1958, the last in a long line of slanders, derisions, thefts and deceits employed against him. Forever the optimist, he railed against the concrete mind-set of rational illusion, displaying an insight into human nature that even today would be regarded as radical by some (e.g. the Department of Education), as this example from *Our Senseless Toil* demonstrates:
‘The only possible outcome of the purely categorizing compart-mentality, thrust upon us at school, is the loss of our creativity. People are losing their individuality, their ability to see things as they really are and thereby their connection with Nature. They are fast approaching a state of equilibrium impossible in Nature, which must force them into a total economic collapse, for no stable state of equilibrium exists. Therefore the principles upon which our actions are founded are invalid, because they operate within parameters that do not exist.
Our work is the embodiment of our will. The spiritual manifestation of this work is its effect. When such work is done properly, it brings happiness, but when carried out incorrectly, it assuredly brings misery.’[4]
On reading *Living Energies*, by Callum Coats [5], which deals with the theories and inventions of Schauberger, one is struck by Schauberger’s sober, non-evangelistic approach to holistic or spiritual matters – for all his genius, he was a modest man, uninterested in gaining notoriety for himself, unless it facilitated the dissemination of his ideas. Be warned however, it helps to have a basic knowledge of science to begin to understand the intricacies of his Schauberger’s mathematics, although the prose of *Living Energies* goes along way to explain them.
And so, forty-one years after Schauberger’s death, Con Connor, Graham Whithead and Ciaran Graham are propagating his theories here in Ireland – demanding no fame for themselves, but merely trying to spread the word. Some of the language they use to explain the idea of *Living Water* may be disconcerting, but on digging a little deeper, the possibilities seem intriguing, perhaps even revolutionary.
In the interview with Con Connor, I mentioned the strange effect of the Vortex Energiser, as it was passed over my hand. Following that interview, I appeared on an Anna Livia FM, with both Con Connor and Ciaran Graham. During the show I held a Vortex Energiser over a glass of tap-water, which created an odd sensation in my hand – in truth, it was actually painful, not unlike having an acupuncture needle placed on the back of the hand, between thumb and forefinger. As for the Living Water itself? I drank some both at Con Connor’s house, in Clondalkin, and from a bottle of *Celtic Mist* Living Water, at the radio station – it’s soft, almost *fluffy*, and dare I say it, tastes just like water *should* – not like tap water. At the time of writing, a colleague of ours is about to become a parent, via waterbirth – he intends using a Nordic Energiser to energise the water beforehand…
[1] *Our Senseless Toil – The Source of the World Crisis*, Pt. II, p.6, 1933-34, Viktor Schauberger
[2] From list of Schauberger quotations in the Schauberger archives, quoted by Coats
[3] *Everything is Under Control – Conspiracies, Cults and Cover-Ups*, p. 361, Robert Anton Wilson, Harper Perennial, 1998, ISBN 0-06-273417-2, http://www.rawilson.com
[4] *Our Senseless Toil – The Source of the World Crisis*, Pt. I, p.28-29, 1933-34, Viktor Schauberger
[5] *Living Energies – Viktor Schauberger’s Work with Natural Energy Explained*, Callum Coats, Gateway Books, 1996, ISBN 0-946551-97-9
The PKS School – created by Walter Schauberger (son of Viktor), in German
http://www.pks.or.at/
‘The PKS school created by walter Schauberger is for decades the center of the Schauberger research. Here the Viktor mountain he filefile mountain he file is administered. Thus the PKS/Familie Schauberger is the only partner in questions of the utilization of schaubergerischen ideas and the use of original texts. The fundus is made gradually by publications and seminars of the interested public accessible. The seminar series has on the one hand as a goal to become the ever more numerously becoming inquiries concerning lives and factory Viktor and walter Schaubergers fairly and, on the other hand, to advance toward the partially speculative interpretations over it.’
The Water Wizards – Part II – the interview
Viktor Schauberger – The Water-wizard from Austria
