Another interesting book I read recently is Ceanne DeRohan's:
The Right Use of Will: Healing and Evolving the Emotional Body
available for $7 from the
Brotherhood of Life
110 Dartmouth, SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
which explains a lot about the current state of the world, and how it
evolved from Pan(gea) through Lemuria and Atlantis, and the future
direction of spirit on Earth.
Sunny
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Isn't this the kind of stuff that (germany guy who lived in Maine) was
studying when he built the orgasmitron? Unfortunately he chose the wrong
time to study it (the 50's) and most of his work was burnt and he was
thrown in jail. The only references I've ever seen to him (other than
the sign outside a museum they built in Maine) were in "The Harod Experiment"
(not bad, but too much emphasis on sex - roommates were expected to make
out) and in "Schrodinger's Cat" (there's a scene where one character sees
this man struggling with people who are burning his books). I believe he
claimed that lovemaking actually produced physical energy that could be
measured. Does anyone know any more?
-kee
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You're talking about Wilhelm Reich, who had some rather unusual theories
about stuff called orgone that we all need, that comes from lovemaking
and from outer space. He had a box that supposedly concentrated orgone
inside, which people could sit in and absorb the stuff.
There's been some discussion on love-hounds (ARPA Kate Bush mailing list),
because Kate Bush's song "Cloudbusting" is directly about him, seen through
his son Peter.
His theories are generally regarded as being completely off the deep end;
he was mostly likely a schizophrenic who gained a bit more repute than
most since he chose to publish books about his beliefs rather than shout
them on street corners.
But then, I consider chakras and auras at least as zany, so perhaps
I should stop talking about this stuff right away.
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It sounds like you are talking about Wilhelm Reich. The orgasmitron is
from a Woody Allen movie but he did theorize about something called the
"Orgone" and I think he made some sort of closet like chamber called
an "Orgone box". I believe he did spend some time in jail or possibly
an insane asylum. I don't actually know what the "orgone" was supposed
to be other than one of those "energies" people talk about when they
don't really know exactly what they're talking about. I guess this is
about all I can dredge up from my junkyard of rusty memories (blech!)
-Steve "Bring me a bucket" Dunn