Properties of Orgone -Energy
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Orgone energy, the creative force in nature, is not
a form of electromagnetism nor of matter but is fundamental to both. It
is the specific life energy, but life is only one particular manifestation
of it. Our knowledge about it is partial and fragmentary in major respects,
and is no doubt in some measure erroneous. Nevertheless, a clear and consistent
picture of what orgone energy is and how it functions arises from Reich's
work. The following ten properties of orgone energy were deduced by Reich.
1. It is mass free. Orgone energy itself
has no inertia or weight; i. e., it is mass free. This is one of the reasons
it is difficult to measure using conventional techniques. Mass is, however,
intimately dependent on the characteristics of the mass-free orgone energy
field with which all matter is surrounded. Measurements of weight or inertia
reflect the characteristics of this field as well as of the object contained
in it.
2. It is present everywhere. Orgone energy
fills all space. It is present in differing degrees or concentrations (or
"charges") but is nowhere absent. It is present in vacua, whether
within the atmosphere or in outer space. It is in this respect like the
ether of pre-20th century physics.
3. It is the medium for electromagnetic and
gravitational phenomena. Again, like the ether., orgone energy is the
substratum of the most fundamental natural phenomena. It is the medium
in which light moves and electromagnetic and gravitational fields exert
force. One of the major tasks of orgonomy is to integrate our knowledge
of orgone energy with the facts about those phenomena known to orthodox
physics.
4. It is in constant motion.
The continual motion of orgone energy can be observed under appropriate
conditions. There are at least two characteristic types of motion, a pulsation
or alternating expansion and contraction, and a flow, normally along a
curving path.
5. It "contradicts" the law of entropy.
Orgone energy is attracted to concentrations of orgone energy. Unlike heat
or electricity, which always show a direction from higher to lower potential,
orgone energy flows from lower orgonotic potential to higher. In a thermal
system in which outside energy is neither added nor subtracted, heat is
lost by hot objects or materials and absorbed by cool until everything
within the system is the same temperature. "Entropy increases"
as the heat is distributed more and more uniformly. Heat, after all, leaves
the sun and goes out into space; it does not collect from space and flow
into the sun. In the same way, a heater radiates heat into the room;
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heat does not flow from the room into the heater. These processes are in
accordance with the law of entropy. Orgonotic processes work in the opposite
direction. High concentrations of orgone energy attract orgone energy from
their less-concentrated surroundings. "Entropy decreases" as
orgone energy is distributed more and more unevenly.
It would be a mistake to think that the flow of orgone
energy from lower to higher potential is only the reverse of the law of
entropy or to try to represent these processes by thermodynamic equations
by reversing the sign of the time parameter. Non-entropic orgonotic processes
do not run their course mechanically; they are qualitatively entirely different
from entropic processes. They are, in fact, the processes responsible for
the growth of living things, for the process of learning, and for the evolution
from simple to complex species. In non-living nature they are responsible
for the growth of clouds and storms within the atmosphere, and on a cosmic
scale, for the growth of galaxies and the stars within them. This leads
into the next property of orgone energy.
6. It forms units which are the foci of creative
activity, Orgone energy units may be living or
non-living; e. g.
bion cloud
cell storm
plant planet
animal star
galaxy
All of these orgone energy units have features in
common. All are "negatively entropic" in the sense discussed
above, so that they acquire energy from their environment. All have a "life
cycle" as well, passing through birth, growth, maturity, and decline.
7. Matter is created from it. Under appropriate
conditions, matter arises from mass-free orgone energy. These conditions
are not rare or unusual, and Reich believed that new matter is continuously
being created on this planet.
8. It is responsible for
life. Orgone energy is the life energy, and as such is responsible
for the special characteristics which differentiate living from non-living.
This can be expressed in this way: Some orgone energy units develop the
special qualities associated with life, which is a kind of chain reaction
of the creative process. The qualities which seem to me to typify living
as opposed to non-living orgonotic units are:
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a. Reproduction of similar units from one or two
parents
b. Evolution of the units in the direction of higher development
C. Presence of consciousness, the ability to experience feeling,
at least to some extent, and to perceive the environment
d. Presence of volition, the ability of an individual to control its own
movement
The first two properties appear
to apply to all living things. The last, as far as we know, apply only
to
animal life.
Much more could be said about orgone energy and life
since this subject has been studied most fully. For purposes of this synoptic
view the above will suffice, however, with the note that Reich has greatly
elaborated the role of orgone energy in the phenomena of life.
9. Separate streams of orgone energy may be attracted
to each other and superimpose. The superimposition function is the
fundamental form of the creative process. In free space, superimposing
orgone energy streams typically show the form of two streams of energy
converging in a spiral. This form is most clearly seen in spiral galaxies,
and also in the form of hurricanes and other cyclonic storms. At the opposite
end of the scale of sizes, mass particles are created by superimposition
of two tiny streams of energy. The same process occurs in living organisms,
the form then being constrained, of course, by the structure of the individual
involved. Mating is a principal expression of the superimposition function
in living nature; two separate streams of energy flow together and superimpose
during the orgasm. The power and depth of feeling in mating reflects the
intensity of the orgone energy flow that takes place.
10. It can be manipulated and controlled by orgone
energy devices. Perhaps the first orgone energy device was the "bacquet"
of Mesmer, a crude but apparently effective form of orgone energy accumulator.
Reich developed several devices for the control of orgone energy. The best
known of these is the orgone energy accumulator. The accumulator is an
enclosure formed by a layered arrangement of metallic and non-metallic
materials which result in a concentration of energy within the enclosure.
Of equal significance is Reich's weather control apparatus, a type of directional
antenna that makes it possible to withdraw large amounts of orgone energy
from a region of the atmosphere. Used properly, this apparatus can trigger
large changes in the weather.
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To the above ten properties of orgone energy which Reich described, I would
add two others.
11. Orgone energy units "use" stored energy of various kinds
in the creative process. Units of orgone energy utilize energy which
is stored in various ways in building themselves up and in maintaining
or increasing their size or strength. This is most clearly true of animals
utilizing chemical energy of foods in metabolism and growth. Storms, which
are also orgone energy systems, utilize the latent heat of condensation
of water vapor as a source of stored energy. Stars may employ the heat
of thermonuclear fusion in maintaining their high temperatures, although
I have reservations as to whether the fusion reaction plays the key role
in stellar processes that today's astronomers believe. Fifty years ago
an entirely different explanation was given by astronomers for the source
of stellar heat, and fifty years from now still another may be in vogue.
In any case, it is evident that orgone energy processe's typically involve
stored energy which is used in various ways in the service of the creative
process.
12. "Spontaneous generation" and other orgonotic
processes may require unimpeded contact with cosmic orgone energy streams."Spontaneous
generation" of living organisms seldom occurs under the laboratory
conditions biological scientists impose, but these conditions are completely
abnormal and foreign to nature. Life can and does continuously arise out
of non-living matter under more natural conditions. This process has been
described in detail by Reich. I believe an essential feature of these natural
conditions may be the direct contact of the matter in which life is to
develop with cosmic orgone streams. Protozoa seldom appear spontaneously
in infusions which are both sterilized and enclosed in sealed containers,
for example. They do appear regularly in these same solutions, sterilized
and kept uncontaminated but unsealed.
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