Wilhelm Reich Selected Writings

by Reich, Wilhelm; Higgins, Mary Boyd

• ISBN13: 9780374501969
• ISBN10: 0374501963
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1961-12-01
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux

Summary

This anthology is not intended to replace any of the works of Wilhelm Reich, but rather to serve as an introduction to them. The chapters include material from The Function of the Orgasm; The Cancer Biopathy; Character Analysis; Ether, God and Devil; Cosmic Superimposition and The Murder of Christ. In addition the volume reprints many important later articles from various journals. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Wilhelm Reich, a native of Austria, was born in 1897. His many works include Listen, Little Man!, Character Analysis, and The Mass Psychology of Fascism. He died in 1957.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Biographical Note	p. 3
Scientific Development of Wilhelm Reich	p. 7
Glossary	p. 9
Prefatory Note	p. 13
Introduction
The Workshop of Orgonomic Functionalism	p. 17
The Orgasm Theory
The Development of the Orgasm Theory	p. 27
Therapy
On the Technique of Character-Analysis	p. 57
The Breakthrough Into the Vegetative Realm	p. 102
The Expressive Language of the Living in Orgone Therapy	p. 144
The Discovery of the Orgone
The Discovery of the Orgone	p. 187
The Carcinomatous Shrinking Biopathy	p. 228
Orgonomic Functionalism
Animism, Mysticism, and Mechanism	p. 273
The Function of Superimposition	p. 314
The Living Orgonome	p. 324
Orgone Physics
The Oranur Experiment	p. 351
Cosmic Orgone Engineering
DOR Removal and Cloud-Busting	p. 433
The Emotional Desert	p. 446
The Emotional Plague
The Trap	p. 467
Mocenigo	p. 488
The Bio-Energetic Meaning of Truth	p. 495
Hideous Distortions of Orgonomic Truth	p. 508
Conclusion
The Rooting of Reason in Nature	p. 517
Appendix
Response	p. 539
Decree of Injunction	p. 544
Bibliography	p. 549
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