Dr. Marc Henry: An Obituary and Tribute

Dr. Marc Henry, whose sensitive, probing mind brought quantum physics into the realm of water and its memory, dies at the age of 66 years.

“Water is Life.”

Marc Henry, due to a fatal heart attack, crossed the threshold on the penultimate day of October 2024. He passed away at his home in Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne (Alpes-Maritimes, France) and his funeral took place in Cannes on November 7, 2024.

“He had survived heart problems twice before, but this third episode proved fatal despite the intervention of emergency teams. It was really unexpected, as on the same day he had published a memo on social networks about music therapy.

“His many publications will live on forever, but he also took the precaution of preparing future publications when the time was right. For example, he entrusted me with two proposals for articles to be placed ‘on hold’ for now. Although he is no longer with us today, we have not heard the last of him.

“A great man whom we will all miss.” –Michel Wessenhoven (e-mail communication November 20, 2024)

Henry was a passionate teacher, researcher, and professor at the University of Strasbourg where he taught chemistry, materials science, and quantum physics. His scientific research on water, the molecular chemistry of titanium oxide, and the application of quantum theory to the chemical reactivity of molecules resulted in the publication of dozens and dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals. He held a particular interest in cell function, topology, and the role that quantum physics plays in life.

Born on August 13, 1958, Dr. Henry held a doctorate in materials chemistry, which he received in 1988 from Pierre et Marie Curie University (UPMC Paris VI). Before that he received his chemical engineering degree, in 1980, from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP) and his Habilitation (UPMC Paris VI) in 1993. He served as a professor at the University of Strasbourg since 1994 where he conducted specialized research dealing in water, cells, and quantum physics. As a chemical engineer and doctor of science, he became qualified to supervise research (HDR). In addition to courses in chemistry, materials science, and quantum physics, he taught molecular and crystalline symmetry. He was president of the Natur'Eau Quant association and regularly supervised doctoral candidates. [1]

“The subject of my thesis was submitted to me by my thesis director: I had to work on the physics of semiconductors. The originality of this work consisted in the observation of gels rather than crystals, in other words media that are both liquid and solid. 1988 was an important year for me, since Jacques Benveniste (1935–2004) published his famous article on the memory of water, which caused a lot of controversy,” he commented. [2]

Not too long after receiving his PhD, he joined the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), where he worked for 13 years before joining the University of Strasbourg as a professor in 1993. This passionate teacher and pedagogue trained generations of students in chemistry, materials science, and quantum physics. His research resulted in the publication of more than 193 scientific articles, amassing more than 13,720 citations, a testament to his influence in the molecular chemistry and water physics fields. Henry was on the editorial committee of several journals including the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Water, Inference: International Journal of Science, and Substantia.

Curious about all the dimensions of this resource—water—whether physical, chemical, or biological, Marc Henry was also interested in the interactions of it with electromagnetic phenomena and its potential role in the emergence of human consciousness. He remarked, “I worked hard to understand what this energization of water was. It allowed me to reconsider things I knew and to establish connections. I got into quantum field physics because I understood that it was the tool, it was the science that allowed us to justify the work of Jacques Benveniste (...) So I decided to popularize it, to explain to people that there is indeed ‘something’ in water.”

Not only was Dr. Henry a dedicated researcher who attempted to understand water in all its aspects—physical, chemical, biological in relation to electromagnetic phenomena—he was also a historian of science, epistemologist, and philosopher who concentrated on understanding the emergence of the phenomenon of consciousness in relation to quantum physics.

Henry was the winner of the 2019 Alain Horvilleur prize for his book, L'homéopathie; la physique et le chimie des hautes dilutions (2019; ISBN: 979–10–95620–04–4). This annual award is presented by the French organization Association for Promotion of Homeopathic Medicine (APMH). In 2020, he received the Yves Lasné prize, a biennial award given by the Madeleine and Rolland Conte Foundation to an individual who has published fundamental research in the physics of ultra-high dilution chemistry.

Henry edited and wrote several works including L'Eau morphogénique - Santé: Information et champs de conscience (2020):

“If the quantum revolution has established itself in physics and then in chemistry, biology is still struggling to “put quantum” into the functioning of the cell. This book analyzes the reasons for such reluctance which deprives medicine of fantastic tools based on quantum laws and not on the approximate physics of the 19th century which still reigns as uncontested master in biology laboratories and hospitals. This book reviews the progress of medicine since man has been on Earth. During this historical journey, the idea emerges that any medical practice can be made coherent by means of seven frameworks of thought which encompass all the rational knowledge produced by the human mind. The author invites us to a demanding and audacious dialogue between philosophy, biology, quantum physics, homeopathy and thus overturns many of our certainties. After reading this book, intolerance in medicine no longer has any reason to exist and gives way to collaboration between caregivers.” –editions Dangles (accessed November 11, 2024)

He also wrote L'Eau et la Physique Quantique: Vers une révolution de la médecine (2016). Also from editions Dangles:

“Water remains a mysterious substance for science and each day brings its share of publications attempting to explain its surprising properties. Among them, the ability of water to provide life is certainly the most fascinating. It is to solve the enigma of this intimate link between water and life that scientists have put forward the idea that water is capable of conveying and transmitting information. This hypothesis would explain the omnipresence of water in cells (out of 100 molecules constituting a cell, 99 are water molecules) and would also provide a theoretical basis for the effectiveness of homeopathy. The highly controversial work of Jacques Benveniste, taken up since 2004 by Professor Luc Montagnier, by bringing the theory of the “memory of water” to the forefront of the media scene, has sparked a lively controversy within scientific circles. To resolve the crisis, some researchers, including the author, propose a quantum vision of the biological world. Quantum field physics sees the quantum vacuum as the source of all matter and energy, and would be able to explain how water, through the formation of “coherence domains,” could actually be a vector of biological information.”

Henry was a colleague and collaborator of Professor Luc Montagnier, and Henry's 2016 book, which remains untranslated into the English language, explores the molecular universe of water from the perspective of quantum theories.[3]

Marc Henry combined his scientific research with more penetrating reflections on the epistemology and philosophy of science. His vision and approach, considered innovative, fused science and spirituality only to arouse interest and debate within the scientific community. Away from traditional paths, he explored the concepts of water memory and quantum consciousness, asserting that a deeper understanding of these phenomena could one day revolutionize our knowledge of the world and the human being.

He retired in 2020, the same year in which he brought with a singular perspective his analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic and its management. Dr. Henry was also a talented musician.[4]

Notes

N.B.: A core group of people suggest that those interested in Henry's work consider becoming involved with The Marc Henry Institute, contact [e-mail] (cara are the initials of the persons initiating this endeavor, Charlotte, Alice, Remy, and Arthur).

The institute will be multidisciplinary, open to all topics related to water, in all its forms and applications. It will be responsible for promoting and funding fundamental and applied research on the subject of water in the areas of coherence and water dynamization. Ongoing work concerning plant music and water range music will continue. It is hoped that competent and curious people will help to spread Marc's work.

The institute will rest on a foundation of three principles: maintaining accessibility for all within a nonprofit structure, continuing Dr. Henry's work and projects, and the air of establishing new scientific collaborations with the assurance of rigor and quality scientific work.

The initial core group hopes to organize, structure, and finance the institute and propose a way forward by the spring of 2025. The organization wishes to move forward together and to organize people who have information to pass on and who want to contribute and participate to further the work of Dr. Henry.

Also see the Facebook page “Les Amis de l'Eau Morphogenique.”

1. Habilitation is the highest university degree (or the procedure by which it is attained) in several European countries, for example, Germany, France, and Italy. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching, and further education, including quite often a dissertation. The degree, often abbreviated as Dr habil., Dr hab., or D.Sc., is often considered a qualification for full professorship. In German-speaking countries, it permits the holder to bear the title PD or Privatdozent. In several countries, there exists an academic post of docent, appointment to which often requires such a qualification. Habilitation is usually awarded 5 to 15 years after a PhD degree or its equivalent. Achieving this academic degree does not automatically give the scientist a paid position, but many holders of this title already have steady university employment. Having the habilitation qualification also infers that the holder continues to produce substantive work in his chosen discipline as well as being able to supervise and direct research by others.

2. In 1988, Benveniste et al published, to much controversy, some of their landmark research results on the “memory of water” in the British journal Nature, “Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE” (Nature, 6–30–1988; 333: pp. 816–818). Their research demonstrated that a highly diluted, dynamized substance could modify the properties of a solvent.

3. It is hoped that France will honor one of its greatest researchers of this period, without neglect as was done to Professor Luc Montagnier (1932–2022). Dr. Montagnier, upon his death, was afforded little recognition in France. He was a joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Dr. Montagnier was a virologist and author of numerous articles and books, for example, Virus: The Co-Ciscoverer of HIV Tracks Its Rampage and Charts the Future (1999; translated by Stephen Sartarelli).

4. Henry retired in early 2020 due to the new working conditions at the Faculty of Chemistry in Strasbourg, as teaching via a screen (online) after giving in-person lectures for 40 years proved unsatisfying: it did not suit him to work with his students in this way. Also, he never accepted various aspects of the “COVID-19 scam,” the absurdity of wearing masks, the usage of vaccines because of their dubious compositions, and denial of the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine, which Professor Didier Raoult and others had demonstrated.

5. “It was only at the age of 56, in 1989, after profound upheavals in my life that the magic of water was revealed to me.”

“Nothing in life predisposed me to this vocation, my scientific culture was very general and my knowledge of water almost nil.

“It was only by drinking pure water of high quality that I was able to understand the effects of regeneration on the body and the cellular environment. I noted that no medical or biological study took water into account.

“Water is one of the greatest enigmas of the universe and the scientific and medical world ignores it. However, Man and Water have been united in sacred marriage since time immemorial, to live together the Harmony and Beauty of Creation.

“So in 1993 I published my first book Water the Forgotten Miracle where I reveal how water re-sacralized can bring to the fractured man of the 21st century mental, physical and spiritual regeneration.

“After a retreat and an asceticism of several years in a protected place in contact with nature and sources, I continue my research and integrate water as a support of electromagnetic, cosmic and spiritual energies to connect them to the world of Thought and Consciousness.

“It was only after meetings with high-level scientists, such as Jacques Benveniste, with his work on the memory of water, Régis Dutheil (see note 9) on the quantum functions of water and researchers from the CNRS that I wrote a second book on the water of the body: The Unbearable Truth of Water (Editions Guy Trédaniel).

“This last book highlights that water possesses, in the intimate fold of its structure, the very essence of our divine power, of our physical and spiritual regeneration, thus allowing us to become masters of our Kingdom again.

“I explain that this water ensures permanent communication between this quantum world and our physical universe in order to build the forms of life. Water weaves an entire informational network within our 60,000 billion cells. This is the highway of this totally immaterial and virtual information that manages all the metabolic, enzymatic and physicochemical reactions of the body. It appears that the electron, a quantum particle, is its messenger.

“The work of the Japanese Masuro Emoto (1943–2014) scientifically demonstrates how thought and consciousness can modify the structure of water and influence our biology in a positive or negative way. He thus demonstrates the power of the Spirit over matter and its power of creation.

“Finally, this book also highlights, through new current research, how unlimited, free and non-polluting energy can be extracted from this water, the production of which would allow humanity to stop the current ecological catastrophe. My research is currently continuing on the astonishing abilities of water to restore healthy terrain and record all kinds of very subtle information that influence the cellular environment and in some way “make living matter aware.”

“The latest discoveries on time and temporal openings, by Professor Jean Pierre Garnier Malet, [1940–; The Double, how does it work? (2013) explains his theory, originally proposed in 1988, concerning the doubling of space and time which suggests the possibility that we all have a double], scientifically demonstrate that we ourselves and our biology live in several times simultaneously and that this vital principle was known to the ancients. The water in our body provides the interface with this inter dimensionally. The latest published work Water Beyond Water testifies that man can find his power and his role as creator in the universe and that ultimately it is in these infinite dimensions of time that he will find his original unity.”

–Jacques Collin (1933–September 17, 2024), https://www.editions-tredaniel.com/jacques-collin-auteur-130.html (accessed November 23, 2024)

6. https://www.assh-asso.fr/. The SSH (Learned Society of Homeopathy) is located in Paris and serves as the representative body of French homeopathic doctors for teaching and research whose purpose is “to promote the medical practice of homeopathy. To this end, it will promote research and evaluation in the medical, scientific, sociological and economic fields, to enable the promotion of homeopathic care and promote its inclusion in the training curriculum of any doctor.”

7. This lengthy article (110 pages) contains 14 essays: Introduction, Water and Life in Greek Philosophy, Life versus Inert Matter, Chinese Philosophy and the Tao, The Atomic Vacuum, Second Quantification, Ether in Greek and Hindu Philosophy, Ether and Consciousness, Water and Information, Water, Consciousness, and Life, The Prebiotic Soup, Photosynthesis and Expansion of the Genetic Code, Frames of Consciousness, and Conclusions. This article contains one appendix, 116 references, and 25 figures, many in color. It might be possible, and a good idea, to print out this document and place it into a three-ringed binder for easy referral later.

8. Philippe Guillemant (January 1954–) is a researcher at CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), engineer from the “Ecole Centrale Paris,” specializing in the Physics of Information and Chaos. He obtained his PhD and Research Supervision Habilitation from Aix-Marseille University, and has been awarded the “Cristal du CNRS” and the “International Industrial Vision Trophy” for innovative work in image processing and artificial intelligence. He wrote several works including The Road of Time: The Book That Changes Everything We Know about Time (2018; in this work, he attempts to show how the future can influence our present. He suggests that our thoughts, “especially our intentions, necessarily influence the creation of our reality long before our actions.” This way of looking at phenomena concerns our future and not our present, contrary to the naïve idea that the observer could create their own reality, derived from quantum physics. He maintains that we possess a creative role in the universe, implying that our primary nature or essence is spiritual. This further suggests that “…pure love exists, not as a product of brain chemistry but as an energy more fundamental than gravitation or light, related to our free will through extra dimensions of space-time.”)

Dr. Guillemant has also written Le pic de l'esprit - Une randonnée initiatique dans le territoire de la pensée (2017), Le grand virage de l'humanité (2021), La physique du futur lumineux - Dialogues entre artisans d'une science plus humaine (2023), etc. See his site https://www.guillemant.net/english>.

9. Régis Dutheil (1929–September 9, 1995) was an academic physician, researcher, and professor of physics and biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine at Poitiers, France. He was an associate director at the Louis de Broglie Foundation. Dutheil authored two seminal books, L'homme superlumineux (2003; The Superluminal Universe: Redefining Consciousness, Time and Space, 2024: with Brigitte Dutheil; translated by Matt Raymond) and Médecine superlumineuse (1992; in Chapter 8 of this work, he described his research and the creation of what he first called holophonic sound structures, before the generic term Multidimensional Music was adopted).

Publication History

Article published online:
22 April 2025