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| The Hidden Messages in Water | 
 enlarge | Author: Masaru Emoto
Creator: David A. Thayne
Publisher: Atria
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95 (39.90 RON)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  177 reviews
Sales Rank: 7695
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0743289803
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780743289801
ASIN: 0743289803
Publication Date: September 20, 2005
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 This book deserves a minus 5 stars, I am amazed at how many good people accept without question what this guy presents September 3, 2007
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
I am a water efficiency consultant. I am fascinated and amazed by the magical beauty of water. But I also recognize that there are many scientific principles that govern the behavior of water. That science does not detract from the beauty and mystery of water for me. I do not need to throw science out the window to appreciate that beauty but apparently many others do. I once watched a 2 hour slide show and talk by Mr. Emoto, hoping to ask questions. He refused to take any questions afterwards, even though I had plenty. Where are the side by side comparisons of the ice structure of the same water that did not have the word or picture influences? Until similar photos are created with a control group and with the involvement of neutral 3rd party scientists, I can not believe any of the claims. But I will always have a childlike amazement at the endless beauty and mystery of water.
 How of the emotions are important for the better world! July 20, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book show us how is important for the people to have good feelings and good thoughts. Perhaps, for the sceptic person this kind of experiment doesn't means anything. But I thing it's time to open our minds for the new experiments. The scientists who desagree, they must propose new experiments to refuse.
It's time to people learn that our feelings and thoughts influence matter. All of the atoms and subparticles are vibrating all the time and our thoughts and emotions are vibration too. Hence, the waves are emitted by us influence the atoms and subparticles. So I can't understand the people refuse this kind of experiment without reflection!
water crystals July 12, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Written in a clear and vivid language and supplemented by crisp photographs of water crystals, the author has shown the importance of thinking and acting positively if we want to keep the water crystals in perfect shape. Since everything, music, words, thoughts, actions, have an impact on the water crystals, we have to be very careful not to think in destructive ways. An excellent and thought-provoking book. It makes one think twice before saying a word or acting in a way that might have a negative influence on the water crystals.
Huzzah for pseudoscience!! July 1, 2007
8 out of 19 found this review helpful
I'm terribly distraught by the previous reviewer's insistence on "scientific reasoning", "control experiments" and the like. I for one REFUSE to accept this utter nonsense about the influence of "pressure", "molecular structure", "temperature", "humidity", and other "measurable quantities" on the formation of water crystals, or, as laymen would call them, "ice". Why, just the other day I spent an hour screaming "f**k!" at a glass of ice water until my dog told me to stop because I had hurt its feelings (my dog is very much in tune with hydrological vibrations, you see). So if you want to waste your time on "science", I recommend you enroll in a university course on general chemistry, where I guarantee you'll just end up spending hours on end "thinking critically" and working all sorts of hard problems before you actually learn anything worth knowing--Emoto's book is so much easier! Moreover, I'll bet none of your professors who have spent their entire professional careers as "scientists" will acknowledge your higher plane of hydrological understanding.
Water Molecules do not Have Central Nervous System June 27, 2007
22 out of 31 found this review helpful
The author of book claims that water gives good crystalline structure in response to good music, good (moral) words, good photos, and good contaminants (good for human health), whereas, in response to bad music, bad words, bad photos, or bad contaminants (bad for human health), water produces bad crystalline structure. Water is not an independent living being; it does not have central nervous system and hence it has no consciousness to respond to music (pages 43, 17-27), photographs (pages 33-36, 101-111), or written/spoken words (pages 5-15). Water is a simple polar molecule with some unique physical and chemical properties. It is a universal solvent that solvates (hydrates) macromolecules and some low molecular weight compounds under physiological conditions which confer some unique properties to these molecules. Water does not have any extraordinary properties that confer thought process to individual water molecules. The hidden message of water is its unique structure, simplicity and the chemical characteristics. Water is medium in which life is born, but oxygen is the molecule that supports life and provides energy.
Water/water vapor condenses into ice in shapes dictated by the geometry of molecules, rate of cooling; temperature, pressure, humidity, and motion/stirring of the liquid. Ice crystals range from simple faceted structures to complex branching networks. The physics of ice formation argue against the influence of music or written word on crystal shape. However the crystal formation is affected by the compounds dissolved in water (pages 113-132). Water obtained from different sources has different amounts of minerals, biological and organic molecules that accounts for the difference in the crystal formation, but crystal structure does not depend on their health effects. The experimental conditions used in this work are unscientific (pages xxi-xxv); appropriate control experiments (for example, studying ice crystal formation without the effect of written words or music) have to be performed side by side under identical conditions to eliminate the extraneous effects. In addition, the experiments have to be repeated few times to verify the repeatability of same ice crystal formation and calculate the statistical significance. Philosophical reasoning based on Vedic and Tantric philosophy or modern philosophy also precludes conferring consciousness to water molecules.
Several unscientific statements have been made about the universe and life, but I have not itemized them individually (see Prologue, and pages 38, 44, 46, 52, 58, 64, 66, 86). To learn more about scientific aspects of ice crystal formation, I recommend: The Snowflake by Kenneth G. Libbrecht; and Snow Crystals by W. A. Bentley and W. J. Humphreys.
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