"Wilhelm Reich's Orgone Accumulator" by J.A. Creaghan

This article is titled "Wilhelm Reich's Orgone Accumulator" and was written and researched by Andrew Creaghan. It was originally published in Share International magazine, March 1996).

Andrew Creaghan reviews the fascinating study of 'orgone energy' - otherwise understood as cosmic life energy, chi or prana - as it was first introduced by Wilhelm Reich in the 1920s. As a close associate of Freud, he went on to study the close link between an abundance of this energy in the human being and their mental, emotional and physical health. As an adjunct for strengthening these effects for the individual, Reich developed the "orgone accumulator" which used natural materials to augment or amplify the presence of the orgone energy. The links between this breakthrough science and various esoteric principles in the Ageless Wisdom literature is also explored.