According to Schauberger, water is akin to blood in the human body - the most important life-giving and energy-empowering substance on the planet. Yet, with incorrect, ignorant handling, it becomes diseased, affecting human, animal and vegetable life alike, causing physical decay and, in the case of people, their moral, mental and spiritual deterioration as well.

Schauberger was a fearless exponent of natural energy and a fascinating polemicist, revelling in doing battle with contemporary orthodox scientists. Sadly, the same extractive and water management policies which brought...

Viktor Schauberger was one of the first genuine environmentalists.

In the 1930s he was predicting ecological catastrophe when no-one else could see it coming. He foresaw:

• Global warming and its devastating consequences
• Increasing violence and lawlessness as the direct result of destructive methods which block Nature's energies and balance.
• The destruction of the world's forests and ecosystems.

This, and the fact that he developed free energy machines through harnessing the magical processes of Nature, has made Viktor...