Wilhelm Reich’s Revenge
Rick Klaw • November 6th, 2007 @ 12:54 pm • Uncategorized
Scientist’s ideas on sex re-examined
By JERRY HARKAVY, Associated Press Writer
Tue Nov 6, 7:36 AM ETRANGELEY, Maine – Physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his claims of a cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, and the government burned tons of his books and other publications and destroyed his equipment.
But half a century later, a small number of scientists and other believers are working to advance the European-born psychiatrist’s work on what he called “orgone energy” — a theory largely forgotten in the scientific mainstream.
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Perhaps, it’s time to dust off my old Wilhelm Reich comic book idea.
November 6, 2007 at 2:33 pm
I just read Fritz Leiber’s “A Deskful of Girls” yesterday. Who’d have thought it would be so timely?
November 8, 2007 at 1:30 am
Hmm. I’m seeing a few anecdotal reports of efficacy, and… nothing else.
Not really surprising, when you consider that Reich was basically pulling this stuff out of thin air (no joke intended). Burning his books was of course uncalled for (to say the very least), but Reich frankly had about as much credibility as Freud’s teacup.