Allgemein
Institut
für Strömungswissenschaften
Many people realise that the issue of water quality with not
be solved only by looking at limits of contaminants. What is
what we recognise as good water and experience as refreshing
and how does it behave? Our independent public research
institute is devoting itself to precisely this question. We
seek to understand water in its life-promoting context and are
studying how to reveal its characteristics. A proper picture
of this aspect of the quality of water is still a long way
off.
The drop
picture method
Examples
of drop pictures (Copyright: Institut für Strömungswissenschaften)
Left: spring water; Centre: tap water; Right: water
contaminated with detergent
Our work is
based on that of the flow scientist Theodor Schwenk who
founded the institute in 1960 and directed it until 1975. He
discovered organic formative principles in the flow forms of
water and described them in his book Sensitive Chaos (Rudolf
Steiner Press, London, ISBN 0-85584-055-3). He used the
drop picture method which he developed to demonstrate
pictorially the flow behaviour of water as an expression of
its composition.
Natural, pure,
uncontaminated well or spring water – i.e. ideal potable
water that is refreshing – gives drop pictures that show
characteristic complex forms independent of their lime content.
In their flow movements arises a multiplicity of rhythmic form
patterns which change with each stimulus to movement and
reform anew. The mobility of such water is at the maximum of
its formative capacity. This mobility is not usually attained
with drinking water obtained from polluted primary sources and
rendered hygienic and drinkable: water harmed by mankind flows
unrhythmically, is poor in flowform patterns and these
patterns are little differentiated. The protection of natural
pure groundwaters is therefore of particular concern.
http://www.anth.org.uk/Science/flowsci.htm
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