In Part 3 of Thermodynamics of Life, Professor Marc Henry, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Strasbourg, continues his profound dialogue with Dr. Klaus Schustereder—this time exploring one of the most challenging and inspiring ideas in all of science and philosophy:

Does consciousness come before matter?

Building on the previous episode’s revelation that life and water are universal properties of the cosmos, Professor Henry expands the discussion to the quantum origins of consciousness, the structure of matter, and the thermodynamic foundations of health and disease.

According to Henry, the modern scientific worldview has been shaped by a deep misunderstanding: that matter gives rise to consciousness. Drawing from quantum physics, relativity, and thermodynamics, he turns this assumption upside down—showing that consciousness precedes matter, giving form and meaning to everything that exists.

He explains that the “vacuum” of quantum physics is not empty, but a field of potential—a universal ether or “quantum vacuum” that generates both matter and energy. Matter, he says, is not a substance in itself but a visible manifestation of invisible fields interacting through vibration. Everything we experience—the table, our bodies, the stars—is ultimately a pattern of coherent fields structured by information.

🌌 Key Concepts & Themes

• Consciousness First, Matter Second – Why all major philosophies and the fathers of quantum mechanics (Planck, Schrödinger, Heisenberg) placed consciousness at the root of existence.
• Information as the Substance of the Universe – Matter arises when consciousness imprints information into water and other fields.
• Water as the Bridge Between Mind and Matter – Water stores, transmits, and organizes information, linking consciousness to biology.
• Mass, Matter & Fields – Matter is not solid; it is the visible result of invisible interactions between quantum fields.
• Space-Time as Substance – Mass is a property of space-time, not of matter; reality is a continuum of vibrations.
• Hierarchy of Creation – Consciousness → Information → Water → Matter → Life.
• The Role of Coherence – Coherence, not structure, is the true key to life and healing.
• Collective Consciousness – How individual awareness combines into larger fields of consciousness, echoing Carl Jung’s concept of the collective unconscious.

💫 The Physics of Life and Healing

Professor Henry goes further to explore the link between consciousness, information, and medicine. Drawing on Ilya Prigogine’s thermodynamics of irreversible processes, he explains that life depends on a continuous flux of entropy—an ongoing flow of energy and information that sustains dynamic order.

When this flow is blocked or reduced, illness appears. Health, therefore, is not a static state but a balanced exchange of entropy and information between body, mind, and environment.

Henry contrasts modern medicine’s material approach—which treats only the body—with a broader quantum view in which healing can occur through both matter (drugs, chemistry) and information (consciousness, vibration, coherence, and water memory). He discusses how the mind, meditation, and even informed water can restore balance by reorganizing the informational patterns within the body’s water matrix.

“Consciousness acts on information. Information shapes water. And water organizes life.”

Through examples ranging from fever and coherence to cancer metabolism, Henry and Dr. Schustereder explore how entropy flux underlies both health and disease. Cancer, for instance, is redefined not as a genetic defect but as a disturbance of entropy flow. Healing, he suggests, requires restoring the correct flow of entropy and coherence within living water.

🧭 A New Medicine of Consciousness

Professor Henry proposes that modern medicine must evolve beyond chemical intervention toward informational and energetic healing, recognizing that consciousness itself is the ultimate source of order and coherence.

“The true healer works not only with matter—but with the information carried by water, light, and consciousness.”

Guest: Professor Marc Henry

• University of Strasbourg – Department of Chemistry
• Author of Thermodynamics of Life and Consciousness, Information, Electromagnetism and Water

🎧 Host: Dr. Klaus Schustereder

Scientific dialogues on life, energy, water, and consciousness

📘 Series Overview:

Thermodynamics of Life is a six-part exploration of the intersection between physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. Through vivid dialogue and scientific rigor, Professor Henry reveals a world where consciousness, information, water, and entropy form the foundations of both life, health and helaling.

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