ith vortical motion still fresh in our minds, let us begin our appraisal of the elements of thesis, anthesis and synthesis by examining the dynamics of a tornado. The tor- nado descends from a lower to a higher atmos- pheric density and generally takes the form of a hyperbolic funnel or cone (fig. 4.5). The smaller
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the radius, the higher the rotational velocity. It is another example of how Nature moves from the outside inwards in terms of increas- ing energetic effect and of generating power. In the eye of the tornado or a cyclone, there is an upward movement - suction. Suction and pressure are the two forces here interacting, each being the counterpart of the other, the opposite sides of the same coin which, taken together represent the wholeness or united, undivided phenomenon. They could thus be viewed as two discrete entities emanating from a single generative principle.
In terms of dialectic thinking, which seeks to fathom the extremes of logical thought, they could also be interpreted as the two counter- concepts of argument (thesis) and counter- argument (antithesis). According to the German philosopher, George W. F. Hegel (1770-1831), dialectic thinking refers "to the
process of thought by which such contradictions are seen to merge themselves in a higher truth that
comprehends them".4 The existence of this higher truth or unifying principle, however, appears to have eluded general scientific thinking, which conceives of reality more in terms of laws than mutually interactive reciprocities.
Perhaps therefore we need to adopt a more dialectic approach to our appraisal of the dynamics and forces of reality. This should encompass both thesis and antithesis, the two apparently conflicting elements that find their synthesis or wholeness in their mutual combination and interaction. However, there seems at present to be what might be called a 'scientific Berlin Wall' separating these opposing, but complementary magnitudes (see fig. 4.6), which in the light of the above should perhaps be advantageously disman- tled as its namesake already has.
Dialectically speaking we could therefore say that: heat x cold = unity = the wholeness. Indeed it requires no great stretch of the imagination to realise that the condition of health, reproductive and otherwise, of all life- forms is founded on the delicate balance between heat and cold specific to the organ- ism in question. Some types of fruit and seeds cannot germinate properly unless they have been exposed to frost. Life therefore is
not merely a question of heat, but also of its inseparable counterpart - cold.
Fig. 4.6 lists a few examples of such reci- procities, in which, generally speaking, thesis is the quantifiable aspect and antithesis the qualifiable aspect, both of which are repre- sented in the equation formulated by Walter Schauberger, which incidentally is the sim- plest equation for the rectangular hyperbola (see fig. 11.4):
where 1/n stands for the quantitative aspect, n for the qualitative aspect and n itself is equal to any integer or whole number from zero to infinity.
The answer is always 1, echoing Albert Einstein's observation that "Nature is the embodi-
ment of the simplest conceivable mathematics", and
indeed the actual mathematics could not be simpler, representing as it does the reciprocal relationship between the two terms. Viktor Schauberger maintained that any given phe- nomenon always has its counterpart or counter-aspect, and both components should always be taken into account. The manifesta- tion of all natural forces is the result of the interaction between two opposites, neither of which ever reaches totality in the lower realms of duality (the physical world), for they can only become total when they unite within their unifying, non-physical, governing principle.
In the physical world each component of a pair of forces can only attain 96% of its boundary or extreme condition. Once this point is reached, then its opposite force grad- ually begins to gain strength. It is an action similar to the Chinese concept of Yin and Yang. When Yang reaches the point of exhaustion (96% of its capacity), then Yin intervenes and gradually increases in strength. As a case in point, in the creation of
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a vacuum, there is always a residual 4% left of the medium to be evacuated, a figure that can only be further reduced by an enormous expenditure of energy; 100% - 4% = 96%! Thus Chaos x Order = 1. Without chaos (undifferentiated, unstructured matter or energy, or unordered, unmetamorphosed unconditional love) there could be no basis for the creation of order (differentiated, harmonically-structured matter or energy); therefore the foundation of order is chaos. Recently chaos theory has come very much to the fore.
Matter and Spirit or, as they are more com- monly expressed, Matter and Energy are also a unity. While a human being or a living sys- tem represents a certain quantity, it also possesses certain energetic and other imma- terial characteristics, and the totality is the combination of both aspects. Then there is also the conservation and anti-conservation of energy, which was touched on earlier. The so-called 'Law of the Conservation of Energy' requires that energy be indestructible; that the amount of energy in the universe is finite and at all times constant; that there can neither be more, nor less energy. It is merely transformed from one form into another.
On the other hand, according to Viktor Schauberger, the cycle of interactive pulsation between opposite forms of energy can actually be interrupted through the application of radial-axial dynamics, in which one form of energy or element, be it cold or oxygen, is taken to its extreme, non-spacial condition. In this case the law of anti-conservation of energy applies, i.e. power is virtually unlim- ited as it is obtained from higher realms.
Egoism and altruism are also dialectic opposites, thesis and antithesis. On examina- tion of the above table, however, the antithe- ses of Quantity and Quality are probably the most important in their ramifications because, through our contemporary devel- opment, through our logical, ideological, philosophical development, we have today come to attach a great deal of importance to quantity at the expense of quality, of greed at the cost of generosity, even to the extent of proffering the philosophy of greed as some- thing totally acceptable morally and ethically.
However, it is always the qualities which are the defining factors. In itself quantity is rela- tively unimportant. In its simplest form it is unformed, amorphous mass - just weight. This quantitative drive has led us into a mass-production mentality. It has also taken us into the mode of reducing diversity and increasing uniformity principally for eco- nomic and control purposes. And herein lies a very great danger, for as Montesquieu stated in the 18th century, "The inner corrup-
tion of liberty shows itself first in uniformity"'.
We therefore need urgently to develop a system where the emphasis is far more on the qualitative side, for quality is the differentia- tor and animator of life.
Another pair of antitheses, not considered by science, are Gravitation and Levitation. Levitation is not taken into account at all, consideration being given only to gravitation, although a levitational force is basic to Nature. Viktor Schauberger once commented wryly that instead of asking himself what caused the apple to fall to the ground, Sir Isaac Newton should have asked how it got up there in the first place! What else if not levitation enables a tree to grow upwards against the action of gravity? Were there no levity, the tree would just spread out horizon- tally over the ground in a green amorphous mass. It does thrust skywards, however, and does so in response to another force operat- ing in the opposite direction.
This is life-force, the quickening and uplifting energy; the force responsible for uprightness and right-side-upness of things. It is the rising power that imbues all healthy living things, particularly the more youthful, with a feeling of lightness, of relative weightlessness, removing all sensation of ponderousness of the limbs. With increasing age it gradually weakens, making the more elderly conscious of the weight of their bodies and the greater difficulty of movement. When this levitational force is extinguished, so too is the life-force of the body, which then dies.
When we consider these interdependencies and the illustrations of spiral forms in Nature (see figs. 2.10-2.12, chapter 2), we can see that the dynamics of the universe are therefore caused by an inherent imbalance, since
movement is always occurring somewhere between one extreme and the other. There can be no state of stable equilibrium, which would signify immobility, uniformity and stasis. Were such the case neither develop- ment, nor evolution would be possible and the whole condition of the Universe would be unchanging and unproductive, which is manifestly not the case.