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Viktor Schauberger In Harmony With Nature

By Alison Wilcox


To associate the name Schauberger with flying saucers might seem a surprise. Viktor was indeed the designer of a flying saucer model named the Repulsin. Even more surprising is the association of this name with landscape healing and the invention of visionary technologies that were environmentally friendly.

Viktor was an Austrian by birth. His family had their roots in German aristocracy who owned large pieces of land. Born in June 1885, he refused to go to college, believing that formal education would blunt his intuitiveness. Despite his refusal to study, he was well read.

The Repulsin flying saucer design was a result of his research on vortexes and implosions. In 1940 a flying model of the Repulsin was built with copper. It used a very high speed motor for the main vortex turbine.

The research further unveiled the subtle energy effects of water. He devised various methods for promoting and maintaining water at its optimum level of purity and vitality. His theory was that water had to go through a life cycle as defined by Nature, before it reached its ultimate life sustaining powers. Therefore water from a borehole would not be considered healthy as it was not allowed to well up to the surface naturally after having gone through its life cycle. Schauberger found two forms of motion in Nature: An outward, expanding flow that is used to break things down, and inward-spiralling flow which Nature uses to build things up. His observations of how fish and rocks moved in natural springs and rivers led to his initial theories about vortexes.

At the time of WWII Schauberger was deployed in Italy as commandant of a parachute company. He was however recalled from this position and brought back to an SS college where he was to resume his research. The choice was made clear to him: Lead a scientific team of technicians or be executed by hanging. At the end of the war, when the Russians started taking control, they confiscated a component of Viktor's invention at his apartment, which they then blew up.

Having moved to Linz after the war and nearly broke, Schauberger continued with agricultural research, focusing on the negative effects that fertilizer had on soil. This research included 'purer' compost, efficient water piping and how iron ploughs created an iron dust residue that resulted in warm, dry soil.

After WWII the Americans tried to take control of Schauberger and his inventions, believing there could be a benefit in furthering his designs. They tried to get him to sign contracts in Texas, but he refused and was sent back to Linz. Exhausted from the stress and the nineteen hour flight home, he died five days later.

His early, vivid explanation of how our disdain for Nature's ways will bring only environmental catastrophe, was a prophecy that turned out to be true in many aspects of nature as we know it today. He had the notion of copying from nature for the generation of power and motion. This harmony with nature would avoid producing any toxic emissions.

Viktor Schauberger left a legacy as forest caretaker, naturalist, philosopher, inventor and experimenter in bio mimicry, which is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements. His contribution to the knowledge of the natural world was significant. His insights and simple applications were harmonious with nature and his work and ideas deserve far greater recognition.




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