rhythm that causes the river to become aggressive and flood. The
banks will then not receive their recharge from the river, and all life
downstream will also suffer. Should any kind of adjustment have to
be made to the course of a river, it is essential to know when to
encourage a right hand bend, for to put a left hand one there would
only disrupt the river's energy flow. Even on a long left or right hand
bend, there is still an alternating left-hand right-hand motion,
although the motion in the opposite direction to that of the bend
may be very slight and of short duration.
This current crossover appears where the river is most shallow
and where the slowing down of the flow allows suspended material
to settle. So these fordable stretches become the major deposition
zones for the river's suspended nutrients and minerals and where
the river can transfer these to the river banks. Alternatively the
bends are where the rocks and stones are ground down, the trace
elements contained in them being taken up by the vortical flow for
later nourishment. Viktor Schauberger used to say that this sedi-
ment actually helps to sustain the river in it wanderings towards the
ocean; he called it 'the river's bread.' These vital nutrients will be
absorbed into the groundwater table.
This fordable stretch is also the place where the energy nutrients
created by the river are released into the environment, provided
there is a positive temperature gradient in relation to the river bank.
As noted above, Schauberger called it the 'energy cannon' (Fig. 11.5).
It is the completion of the 'outbreath' part of the cycle. All the ener-
gies accumulated in the previous in-winding, longitudinal vortex
have to be released before the water rotates in the opposite direc-
tion. By this means a river constantly renews its vitality and
enriches the land though which it flows.
If the water is sufficiently cold, dense and dynamic, small parti-
cles of trace elements and minerals are released from these sus-
pended stones as they grind together, and are partially or wholly
dissolved, replacing those previously lost through transfer to the
surroundings. In addition pure ionizing energy is released through
the generation of the triboluminescence. A golden flash of light is
produced when two crystalline stones of similar composition are
struck against one another. As it takes place under water it cannot
be related to normal combustion, electrical discharges or frictional
heat, and must therefore be a process of cold oxidation not associ-
ated with the generation of heat.
HIDDEN NATURE