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This title pioneers a new Science of Nature. It offers striking new arguments against GM technologies. It proposes startling solutions to our energy needs. It includes a foreword by David Bellamy Austrian naturalist. Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958) was far ahead of his time. From his unusually detailed observations of the natural world, he pioneered a completely new understanding of how nature works. He also foresaw, and tried to warn against, the global waste and ecological destruction of our age. This book describes and explains Schauberger's insights in contemporary, accessible language. His remarkable discoveries - which address issues such as sick water, ailing forests, climate change and, above all, renewable energy - have dramatic implications for how we should work with nature and its resources.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #239299 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review
'The book seeks to explain its concepts in simple language, assisted throughout by clear and well-annotated illustrations. Thought-provoking.' -- Jeff Sanderson, Light, Summer 2004 'Hidden Nature is a comprehensive breakdown of Viktor Schauberger's stunning ideas and observations. Alick Bartholomew strips away the complexity of Callum Coats' book Living Energies, in order better to understand Schauberger's main themes. It will certainly transform your views on water. The graphics are the clearest I've seen in any book on Schauberger. I highly recommend it if you want to learn about Schauberger's natural science.' -- Amazon UK review 'Hidden Nature gives a context for Schauberger's thinking and brings it into the framework of later understandings, such as Gaia theory and Lawrence Edwards' work. As one reads this very accessible book, one is left with a growing sense that his system is so simple, so sensible and rooted in reality, that one wonders why on earth more people don't know about it.' -- Jane Cobbald, Star and Furrow, Winter 2003 'Alick Bartholomew is in a very good position to have written this introductory overview of Schauberger's work for the general reader. With its readable text and informative illustrations, this is an essential primer.' -- David Lorimer, Scientific and Medical Network Review, Spring 2004 'This is a dangerous book. Within the first few pages, anti-gravity and free energy have been mentioned, challenging conventional science. The book is at its best on a practical level dealing with plants, soil and water ... Bartholomew often leaves out the more scientific approach of Callum Coates' Living Energies, which may suit some readers.' -- John Pasley, Permaculture, March 2004 'A spacious and well-presented book with plenty of diagrams. The concepts are explained well. Fascinating and thought-provoking.' -- Reforesting Scotland, Spring 2004 'The book's scope is very broad and it is intended to be more accessible to the lay reader than the technical publications on Schauberger. [...] It has always puzzled me that Jack and Jill went *up* the hill for their water. The "anomaly point", central to Schauberger's understanding of how true springs form, might be a clue... Schauberger's ideas, ideals even, resonate strongly with the modern debate about sustainability.' -- New View, December 2003 'This is a timely book on a profound subject ... Hidden Nature reveals a timeless wisdom requiring urgent attention ... Water may seem to you so ordinary, but this book will totally transform your perception of it. After reading Hidden Nature you will know that it is the most precious substance on the Earth.' -- Satish Kumar, Editor, Resurgence magazine 'Alick Bartholomew tells how in 1950 Richard St Barbe Baker arranged for Schauberger's son, a trained physicist, to talk to a group of atomic physicists at Birmingham University. A few weeks later, Baker asked the scientists if they had held a postmortem on Schauberger's presentation. "Yes indeed," they admitted; they had decided that it was "unchallengable". "Then what are you going to do about it?" asked Baker. "Nothing," was their retort. "Why not?" "Because it would mean rewriting all the textbooks in the world." That, in my view, is reason enough to read this book.' -- Jane Cobbald, Star and Furrow, Winter 2003 'Alick Bartholomew provides a fitting first glimpse [of Schauberger's insights and inventions] with Hidden Nature. If you've had enough of the mechanistic, materialistic worldview and are looking for an alternative approach that's based on a real appreciation of Nature's workings, this is the book for you.' -- Ruth Parnell, Nexus Magazine, February 2004 'Schauberger was an untutored genius well ahead of his time. His remarkable insights and investigations into water and living energies challenge established scientific dogmas then and now. Alick Bartholomew has done an admirable job of making Schauberger's work accessible and relevant to our age without compromising its artistic integrity. Read it for pure inspiration and for concrete ideas on disciplines as diverse as bioenergetics, consciousness, earth science, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, and many others yet to be named.' -- Dr Mae-Wan Ho, biologist, author, and editor of Science in Society

Science in Society: Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, Editor,
"An admirable job of making Schauberger's work accessible and relevant to our age without compromising its artistic integrity."

Nexus magazine, reviews editor
"Describes the alternative to the mechanistic worldview, an approach that’s based on a real appreciation of Nature’s workings."

Customer Reviews

Brilliant book summarizing Victor Schauberger's ideas
Hidden Nature is a fully comprehensive breakdown of Victor Schauberger's stunning ideas and observations. Alick Bartholomew strips away the complexity of Callum Coates book 'Living energies', and simplifies the task of understanding Schauberger's main themes. It is presented within the context of our unfolding ecological drama. Terence McKenna once said that our attempts to combat global warming and environmental degeneration were ‘like trying to turn around a moving battleship with an oar.’ Schauberger demonstrated that suction forces are greater than explosive forces, and that nature utilizes both forces for either growth or decay. He stated as far back as 1920 that our culture would significantly reduce Biodiversity if we continued to exploit the latter energy. His central assertion was that we cannot reverse this trend with our present technology, and his understanding of the subtle properties of water and its role in the ecosystem is still groundbreaking. This book will most certainly transform you views on water. The graphics are the clearest I’ve seen in any book on Schauberger and includes an up to date snapshot of the current available technology. I highly recommended reading this book first if you want to learn about Schauberger’s natural science.

hidden truth
As somebody who was never interested in Science at school, this book comes as a revelation. Alick Bartholomew has done an excellent job of simplifying Viktor Shauberger's work. It won't take you long to grasp the basics of what he discovered.... That there are reasons why so many problems exist in our world today. Disease, war, famine, cancer, environmental/mental health issues, degradation. All our problems can now be attributed to the fact that we decided it was more in our interests to create fire and not water. In essence - Death instead of Life. But Viktor Shauberger's understanding of Nature and motion go way beyond these simple ideas and show us an alternative way of thinking about our world and ourselves. I would highly recommend buying this book and part 1 in the Eco-technology series: Nature as Teacher: New Principles in the Working of Nature. These books together have made me open my eyes to the possibility that almost anything is possible, if only we would choose to understand and copy Nature.

first insights
Having read snippets about this man for nearly a decade, I decided to buy this book. I was not disappointed! It's a kind of biography of a man who much like Tesla, was way ahead of his contemporaries, and sadly whose ideas were suppressed and later fell into relative obscurity. Not only was his intuitive science paradigm shifting, but his philosophy is instantly appealing and rings true - dead centre. In fact the more I read the more I realised how he was summing up intuitive feelings I have had since an early age about the wrong way that we are all collectively going. The author has done a fantastic job of making the ideas of a genius approachable to anyone. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in sustainability, ecotechnology, organic agriculture and the wonders of Nature!