> > Kyle wrote: > > > > Orgone and Chi seem even more out there. Can I build a device to > > detect/collect Orgone/Chi in a completely "hands down, no doubt, > > Thomas wrote: > > When the subject of orgone first came up on this forum, I mentioned > Reich's experiments with beach sand in an orgone accumulator. The sand > had been heated to incandescense. When it was placed on steril growth > medium it generated tiny objects that appeared to be living. Reich named > them bions. He got a tan in the winter, with his lab coat on. The higher > the frequency, the more energy per photon. If I had the wherewithall to > experiment in this area I would. As for measuring it, did you notice the > Orgone meter?
In my own research into the Joe cell, I felt duty bound to not dismiss out of hand the widely proselytised view that it is powered by orgone energy. Consequently, I've spent a lot of time wading through an awful lot of guff on the 'net about Reich. If you start digging, you'll find that orgone theory tends to be wrapped up with all kinds of 'hokum' on the web. For anyone interested in the theory, rather than some New Age reinterpretation of it, I'd suggest going back to source - Reich's 'The Cancer Biopathy' contains a pretty good overview of his basic orgone theory, including information on how to construct accumulators and orgone measuring instruments. It's written for the layman, so even I could follow it... On the web, the most useful site that I've come across is DeMeo's, at http://www.orgonelab.org. Incidentally, there are a few interesting articles there on Dayton Miller's experiments on aether drift, if you dig around a bit. One of the big challenges with Reich - as is evidenced by DeMeo's site - is the integration into his theories of the central role of sexuality and, in particular, the function of the orgasm. This aspect has been played upon by his critics over time; however, I'd suggest that not only does his basic orgone theory stand without any involvement of sexuality, but a slight obsession with sex is understandable from someone who worked with Freud... To balance things out a bit, http://home.netcom.com/~rogermw/Reich/index.html is well worth a visit for a sceptical viewpoint. Most of it will make sense even without reading Reich's original works, but none of you here would just accept the sceptical viewpoint without considering all of the evidence, would you? ;-) Patrick -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/385 - Release Date: 11/07/2006
