In October 2024, John Stuart Reid presented his four postulated laws of cymatics at the 16th annual Water Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
The English scientist, Michael Faraday, was the first to study cymatic phenomena with scientific rigour. He conducted a series of what he termed ‘crispation’ experiments between February and July 1831 with powders, pastes and liquids of many types. Faraday is famous for his laws of electrolysis and induction, yet he did not discover laws relating to his crispation observations, nor did Swiss scientist, Hans Jenny who studied this class of phenomena intensively in the 1960’s. It was Jenny who coined the word ‘cymatics’, to describe what was previously known as Faraday Wave phenomena, the interaction between sound and matter. The relationship between wavelength, speed of propagation and frequency are well known aspects of the laws of physics for sound and light, and have been thoroughly tested in both mediums. However, in small, bounded areas of water, the relationship between wavelength and frequency is dominated by the ratio of the density of air to water, requiring a new law to define the phenomenon. In John Stuart Reid’s illuminating 2024 Water Conference presentation he sets out four postulated laws of cymatics, offering a combination of physical and theoretical evidence, and indicates how these laws may play out in our biology.
The only other scientist to postulate a law in this class of phenomena was the English scientist, Mary D. Waller, who is especially honoured in this presentation and available to watch on the CymaScope YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.
