Orgone Energy
One property of magnetic energy is that it has no measurable mass. This is also true for another kind of energy relevant to this course, Orgone energy. Orgone energy was objectified and scientifically demonstrated by Dr. Wilheim Reich, a student of Sigmund Freud’s, between 1936 and 1939. Reich built on Freud's early work, which strongly suggested that emotions and sexuality were expressions of a tangible energetic "something." It was Reich who provided the clearest evidence that the Freudian libido was a real energy, discharged during emotional expression and sexual orgasm. Reich discovered that this same discharging energy was present in a single cell, which apparently caused him to question whether that energy could be collected and harnessed.
In 1940 Reich discovered a way to accumulate that energy, and labeled it Orgone Energy. His work was not taken seriously at the time. There was no social context providing an atmosphere of acceptance for the idea of energy from repressed sexuality. However, a simple Internet search reveals 23 published articles on the treatment of a wide variety of ailments, from cancer to rheumatoid arthritis, by the application of Orgone energy. However, despite being used to treat specific ailments since at least 1971, there are numerous qualifiers in the dialogue on its applications. The point is frequently presented that science and society will have to go through some significant changes before its use will be accepted by the general public.
Orgone energy is the primordial life energy, the fundamental creative force long known to people who are in touch with nature. Perceived as “chi” by acupuncturists, Orgone energy is accumulated naturally in biological organisms by food, water, breathing, and through the skin. In 1940 Reich discovered a way to collect or "accumulate" Orgone energy from the atmosphere. Reich’s research revealed that energy is attracted to and absorbed by organic substances, but is attracted to and instantly re-radiated by metallic substances. He developed a special enclosure developed from his experiments with the Faraday cage, a device built in 1836 by Michael Faraday to exclude energy. Reich’s accumulator was made from layers of organic materials which absorb and hold the energy, and inorganic materials which attract and then rapidly repel Orgone energy. He found that the inside of a metal-lined enclosure that is layered with organic and inorganic materials contained a higher concentration of Orgone energy which was detectable by a higher temperature reading inside the accumulator. Reich’s device allowed him to isolate Orgone radiation from its environment, and then accumulate the energy within his device.
Orgone radiation is not foreign to the body. The Orgone energy in the atmosphere is just another form of the same Orgone energy within the human body. The accumulator concentrates that energy and helps the body to help itself. Reich discovered that the energy moves in the direction of a magnetic field. Thus, when a person with their own energy field comes into contact with an accumulating device, the two fields make contact and excite each other. This creates a stronger excitation called "lumination." This strong, orgonotic charge has been found to be very beneficial to living systems. It may help to strengthen the immune system, improve circulation, and raise one's energy level. Investigations have shown that contact with energy from the accumulator stimulates the body's parasympathetic nervous system, inducing relaxation and a feeling of expansion.
Modern research has found ways to manipulate and focus the energy, thus resulting in applications to the medical field. The motion is a pulsating expansion and contraction, and a flow normally along a curved path. Inside an accumulator, the energy is emitted as a spinning, pulsating wave. A wide range of devices, and even blankets, are available on the market that makes use of this technology.
