The Fountains

Heron Fountains have three sections - two lower, airtight capsules, and one open section.

The fountain works with the principal of air displacement, which requires “priming the pump:” turning it upside down and back up again.

In the storytelling, prophets are stationed at each section - Isaac at bottom, Moses in the middle, and Jesus on top. Heron is saying ascension necessarily requires that the pump be primed. Moses was bad; King Solomon was also bad. But: in the same way that Jesus opened ascension to the entire religion through his own sacrifice, so did the crimes of Moses and King Solomon prime the pump for the rest of the entire religion.

Ascension is not first-come, first-served. A drop of water might stay in the second chamber for a while, or move up very quickly, but all purely by chance.

Agitation of water by the fountain is also a way to shake out extra electrons, which float up and above the tertiary world, in clouds or vapor. Applying one electron theory into this idea gets it pretty interesting.

Heron Fountain Design

Are the Fountains Filled With Water?

The airtight, glass tubes are used for light and heat to create the special effects. The chambered matrix atop the tube contains quicklime, mercury, water, and air. The water activates the quicklime into combustion; the heat causes the mercury to glow, and water in other chambers makes steam that powers other effects.

The second section is stuffed with spice sachets, and the heat makes scent emit from small tubes. This section can be twisted for one scent at a time.

A glass cap ends the second section and holds the fragile tube. The glass conducts the heat to a metal plate above it.

The fishtails are made of woven metal, and when the plate heats up, a convection effect occurs and bakes a little piece of bread.

Importantly, the chemical reaction can only initiate when the machine is upside down. The chambers of the chemical matrix are made exclusive from one another - when the machine is right side up. Turned over, gravity pulls open guard flaps, and this unlocks the matrix. depressing the center diamond allows a tiny-tiny-tiny amount of water into the quicklime chamber, and a big reaction occurs.