Dec 4, 2014
it must be stressed that the movement of the tides is not exactly cyclical. What makes the concept of tidalectics fascinating is that, although the ocean appears to be engaged in an endless repetition of the same back and forth movement at every moment, the tide is, in fact, never exactly the same nor does it retreat or return to the same spot of “origin.” The movement of the tides to be experienced everyday on a given coast (low and high tides) is determined by several forces, themselves in constant movement and change: primarily, the gravitational effects of the moon and the sun in combination with the movement of the earth.