the rhythmic crescendo and fall of the waves hitting the rocks, or
the swish and suck of the waves on the beach.
Current wisdom accepts that water is important because it is the
most common substance on the Earth's surface, and that it is the
main physical constituent of all living organisms. But conventional
science regards water only as inorganic, with no life of its own.The memory of water
Water's reputation as a powerful solvent derives from its electro-
magnetic qualities. The positive hydrogen atoms in the water mol-
ecule attract to themselves negative ions from the substance they
are in contact with, while the oxygen atom with a double negative
charge joins up with positive ions, so that balance is maintained. In
this way water breaks down and dissolves substances into their con-
stituent parts, taking oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide from the
air, and calcium, potassium, sodium and manganese, etc, from the
rocks. Water continually collects substances from one source,
depositing them, usually as building blocks for new growth, some-
where else.
When water is flowing as its nature dictates, energetically in
spirals and vortices, it creates the structure necessary for it to carry
constructive information. These are microclusters of vibrating
energy centres, constantly receiving and transmuting energy from
every contact the water body makes. Despite water's fluidity and its
ability constantly to change its state, the molecules, if conditions
permit, generally organize themselves into structures. The vortical
Fig. 8.1. These 'drop' pictures show the
structure of water.
The first is of living spring water with its
structure complete; the second downstream after
domestic sewage and industrial effluents, with a
trace of rudimentary development, but no
formative capacity; a third taken from further
down the stream will show how it has, through
its natural spiralling movement, rebuilt the
water's structure.
New techniques are now being developed for
demonstrating photographically the structure of
water, e.g. through magnetic resonance
equipment, of which the best known are the
experiments of Dr Masuru Emoto with ice
crystals.- THE NATURE OF WATER 107