mother. But he told how both his parents believed in the healing
power of water, and of their insight that the quality and transportive
power of water in a stream was particularly strong on a cold night,
and more so under a full Moon.
Viktor was a dreamy child, but was endowed with an extraordi-
nary quality of observation, a keen intellect, and evident intuitive and
psychic abilities. As a boy he would spend hours by himself in the
forests, exploring streams, watching the animals and studying the
plants. He was able to experience first hand what he had first heard
from his family, and more, about the life of the natural forest and its
creatures. He had no interest in the academic path and declined the
opportunity to go to forestry college. He did some more practical
training instead, and served an apprenticeship under an older forest
warden. Married young, Viktor moved to a post in a virgin forest 93
miles (150 km) south into the mountains. Four weeks after his son
was born, Viktor was drafted in 1914 into the Kaiser's army.
After the war he quickly rose from junior forest warden to game-
keeper and became the head warden of the forest and hunting
domain in Brunnenthal/Steyerling owned by Prince Adolf zu
Schaumburg-Lippe. In this large wilderness area, almost untouched
by man, Schauberger was able to study how Nature works when left
undisturbed. Here biodiversity was undamaged, with many mag-
nificent trees, an abundance of wildlife, and unspoilt streams teem-
ing with fish and other creatures.The water wizard
Water was always Viktor's fascination. One day, accompanied by his
foresters, he came to a remote upland plateau where there was a leg-
endary spring that emerged from a dilapidated dome-like struc-
ture. Schauberger ordered it to be pulled down for safety reasons.
One of the older foresters then warned him that if the structure were
removed the spring would dry up. Taking note of the old forester's
advice, and as a verifying experiment, Schauberger requested that
the structure be carefully dismantled, with each stone numbered
and its place marked. When Viktor passed again some two weeks
later, he noted that the spring had indeed dried up due to exposure
to the Sun's rays. Immediately he ordered the structure to be care-
fully rebuilt and a few days later the spring began to flow again. This
taught him that water liked to flow in cool darkness.HIDDEN NATURE