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"A research
in
the history of Wilhelm Reich's ideas, and the search for evidence through his Cloud Buster machine"
Todd
C-r'.
:r^--^^^
Acknowledgements
wish to thank
Millard Dority
and
all
&
Grounds
for putting
up with
me wile working on the replica Qoudbuster and for helping me with tools and
I
materials that
would also
his
fair
my
project. Last
like
to thank
LittleSiebold
impartial
Thanks to
all.
Table of Contents
Part one:
psychoanalysis.
Part two:
Part tree:
The discovery of biones and the Orgon Energy odyssey; from the 1 n^erious radation to the Orgon acamulator.
Part four:
21
Part five:
any of
31
Introduction:
between
Austrian
ideas
and inv^^
inventions
insana This has aeated a cichotomy between those who have been exposed to Reich's
ideas.
and
in
so doing prove once and for all to the worid that Reich
was
On the other
trying
believers,
scientific basis,
It is
in
category that ths project was devised: to research and investigate the history of Reich's
ideas, invention
and resources
available
- the verity of at
did not
in
it
to bring
PART ONE:
Psychoanalysis
Lyrasis IVIembers
http://www.archive.org/details/researchinhistorOOales
Of the respected
influential after
is
Freud, at least
when
his
discussing the
field
Bom in Austria in
897, during
education Reich
functioning of the
human
mind.
in 1
924.
figure in his
field.
As he
realized
how
Institute,
he took the matter into his own hands and started organizing a seminar course
sexuality.
focused on
As
Reich
recalls,
invite
an older
much intaested, but somehow the lecturer was not worthy of the
of the Orgasm, pg.
2 1).
It
was at this time, 1 924, whfle in Vienna, that Reich came aaoss the work of Jung
for
and of Freud
the
first
time. Although
he
Reich assimilated his ideas, and slowly studied his discoveries; this study experience
"
it
natural sciences
and
natural philosophy;
It
was the basic theme of sexuality which compelled me to undertake these studes" (The
Function of the Orgasm, pg. 22).
Reich grappled with the problem of the relation
"ckive"
and the
qualitative
"In
system of thought known to me at that time, the quantitative facta and qualitative factor were incompatible, absolutely separated spheres. had reached a dead end" {The Function
I
this dinlcal-theoretical
in
It is
at this point
in
time that
Reich
material
theoretical essays.
first
following
his
is
his
in
the
field
In
Diagram
l(r^/Tt),
differentiation
between
genital
and non-
genital
accumulated tension and reduces the excitation to zero." {The Function of the Org^m, pg.
54).
The dagram
is
according to which, as
will
later explain in
relaxation of the
body due to "natural genital act" trigger the discharge of energy, which
in
risk
In
the summer of
922
in this
period
there
it.
Reich wori<ed as an intern for a year at the Bleuler Institute (a mental institution)
when
the
mechanism
would have allowed the construction of a causal psychotherapy - were simply not true.
Is
and therapy?
Is
Is it
complete?
If
not,
where
is it
lacking?
What
first
in
the
lead Reich to
PART TWO: Jhepumey from psychoanalysis to tx)logy from the irind to the body bioelecthcity.
Since his
first dinical
observation
in 1
920, Reich
felt
he had successfully
he believed that
in this conflict
between
instinct
is
instinct
It is
a "hard and
rigid
in
the
limitation of
vital faculties
needed
in
everyday
life,
one
still
functional
In 1
920 he now had enough material to make his revolutionary final step:
I
sufficient material
to permit
me to
make this formulation: the disturbance of geniality b not, as previously believed, one symptom among others, it is thssymptom of neurosis. Little by little the
evidence pointed to one conclusion: p^chic
disturbance
in
illness is
the
result of the
dsturbance of the
in
10).
still
unsolved;
if
it is
be
filled
excitation cannot
"In addition
there
must be sometNng else wNch, depending upon its bidogica! fijnction, causes anxiety
Perhaps this unknown "something" does not occur when
anger or pleasure[.
of body
..]
movemeit
fluid is
In
else than
"bioelectridty". Bioelectridty
an occurrence
in
In this
It is
Consequently to this
of such potential surfaces,
realization,
wNch have various potential energy, then the energy in the body
is in
constant motion from places of higher concentration to places of lower. The tiny
in this
are
atoms which possess a fixed quantum of electrical charge, and, depending upon whether
called cations or anions."
(The
One might ask what does all this have to do with the
is fett
problem of sexuality?
In
it
is
in
electrical
In
gen&3\, the wfx)le process can be described with what Reich called the Orgasm
Fomiula
(bdow)
Neurotic character
Reactive work
Genital character
Sexuality
Protest,
Work
escape
Sexual energy
inhibited,
repressed
^ ^
Sexual
repression
No
sexual repression
Biologica
nucleus
Reich's psychological
Diagram 3 (below)
Muscular armor
Periphery
the central core of the body sends out primary impulses (usually of sexual nature); anxiety
due to social
restraints
this
impulses, deflecting part of them back to the biological core under fomi of addrtional
anxiety,
and letting part of them go through under the fiarm of secondary impulses or
neurotic
symptoms. What Reich had to do now, was to scientifically prove that this
it
electric
actually
In 1
927, Osta he taught character analysis, and as recompense he was given the
opportmity to carry out some experiments he had planned. The main question these
experiments sought to answer was whether sexual organs
in
show an inaease in
It
The
idea
was that the electric potential of the body would dsturb the steady current of the tttoe,
would be amplified by the apparatus, transmitted to an electromagnetic oscilloscope, and
made visible on a piece of paper by reflection from a mirror" (The Function Of the Orgasm,
P9.369).
Reich reports
in his journals
and the
results
membrane exHbited an electric potential with respect to any part of the body where the
epidermis had been abraded.
to
individual (1
to
of the apparatus, the steady charge appeared on the graph as a steady straight
Later
subjects
who were stimulated to excitation in the sexual zones would cause the line to peak
and down successively creating a wavHike graph. This
and a deaease of the sense of pleasure.
It is
up
initially
paralleled
an
intensification
ths
difference
in
potential,
null,
phenomenon,
this energy,
living
organisms.
PART THREE:
The discovery of biones and the Orgon Energy odyssey; from the mysterious radiation to the Orgon accumulator.
What can
only
invaluable
to Reich to go from the general idea of bioelectric energy, to the dscovery of Orgon energy
In
January
939, during
some experiments
designed as follow-ups of the static charge tests, one of Reich's assistants mistakenly
heated a sample of oceanic sand instead of a sample of humus. "After two days
in
potassium chloride culture a growth emerged from the sand that, once inoculated
in
egg ydk
culture],
e opera
di
W. Reich
II,
p.47).
This
is
formed from
dfferent organic materials presents dfferent organic growth, a culture of egg and cheese for
origin
rule. In fact,
although
it
peculiar mix,
it
was
considered pure,
or, in
other words
it
revealed to be
made up of conglomerates of 6 to
It is
line
between being
if
capable psychiatrist, on the other he had no training on the realm of physics which, as
it
will
in his
theories.
It
seems therefore
logical
that
critics
in writing,
on
"I
find
it
vesides as "bions."
Reich gives
in
The Bion Experiments and The Cancer Bopathy are supposed to be half-way alive. SAPA "bions," from Reich's photographs and descriptions, seem more like nonliving crystals that happen to have a veside-like intemal structure. Reich made no mention of SAPA bions expandng, contrBCting, or exhibiting an interia movement. Periiaps Reich called anything that looked like
vesicles
Reich
were both formed by converging Orgone energy streams because they both looked like twofor instance,
later insisted that hurricanes
he
and
galaxies
Althou^ none of the above is proof that Reich was making stuff up, Wilcox seems to
definitely hit
in
It is
all
his
first,
to immobilize
badlli
and cancerous
1
cdls.
'They would
kill
or
all
II,
p.48) Rach b said to have microfilmed this events and later described them
in this
fashion "...
[1
micron]
it
would fi-eeze
all
of its
activity,
itself,
and
in
paralyzed and
de"
e opera
di
W. Reich
II,
p.48).
Rega'dng this aspect as well Wilcox seems to have some interesting observation to
aid
dsceming between
'Chances
are,
reality
and
fiction:
the
SAPA bions'
lethal effect
whatsoever to do with
But Reich thought otherwise, [as objective observer I fed it is rr^ need here to wander how he Wilcox - hss cmie to this
their blue cdor.
conckjaon oth&- than \nAh even greater speculation than the one he accuses Reich
of/ Several
fi-om Dr. Bon, asking Reich
that
life
months before the first SAPA bion experiment, Reich received a letter if he'd seen any radiation in bions. Bon w^ convinced is a manifestation of radiation, and had quarreled with his colleagues about
many yeans.
in
Reich
now that,
blue and
months
kill
microns.
(http/AxniejTetconicom/~mgemTw/1^eidVrde>chtni )
The second major characteristic was noted as Reich and his colleagues would report
mild to severe cases of inflammation of the
all
he decided to test this theory by putting a sample of SAPA on a quartz strip and put said
strip in
contact with
his
sigre
in
the epiderms occurred. Later consultation with professor Moxnes at the Oncology
exposure, but
it
similar results.
radiation
was
its
seemingly pervasive
in
this
was manifested by
if
the room had been aerated just an our before. This pushed Reich to try to see
evidence of the
radiation. Reich
if
he could
collect
in
a similar
fiasNon to the
way X-rays
that appeared to
in
above information
is
slightly different;
it
greatly but
in
decided to include
his reaction
experiment, have
I
wouldn't
call
the
SAPA bions."
otha eye.
Conjunctivitis,
caused by
to the
bacterial infection of
tt
one eye,
which case
it
rubbing
a chemical
irritation.
[In
severe people suffered of this conjunctMtis. All at the ^me time all after bokirg
at the bions and Reidi spedfic^ly say that the intation occurred in the eye he used
it
afflicted Reich in
from a
dirty
microscope eyepiece.
Nowadays, such
antibiotic
his
and
me
if
and gotten
way.
his conjunctivitis
conjunctivitis in
been
to one eye,
later implied
SAPA
bions' radiation
was affecting
his
(http/AioniejTetcomaxn/~nyemTw/Rdch/ride>dtrri
"I
evidently had
activity.
was the same energy with which my biones kifled bacteria and cancerous cells; the same
type of biologically radiated energy that was registered
experiments"
(
in
II,
p.51).
Reich had
his final
statement,
in
which he
"organically
is
It
In
940,
briefly after
Reich
stars
in
a night of fijil
moon he noticed that "The stars in the occidental portion of the sl^,
in
where the moon sNned, seemed to flicker less that the stars
sky."
Vita
the
oriental portion
of the
e opera
d W. Reich
II,
p.58)
Reich
was struck by this, he knew that astronomers claimed the flicker of starlight
light cfiffiision
to be caused by
phenomena. Therefore,
in his
if
wooden
and
pipe;
to
his surprise
he
identified in
the
dar1<er areas
flickers
lines.
Amazingly, these
in
his
Once again
Reich
felt
Orgon energy.
energy.
all
his theories,
concentrated
in this
struggle. Starting
which he
bluish mist
by metals he had an
"He
built
idea:
in side,
on the
dameter.
In
5 centimeters tall and approximately five tiiis c^inder he introduced a thennometer, he set this
.
so it would be equidistant ftiom the sides of the cylinda. .he then used cotton flakes to envelope the metal box, and he fixed it in place by creating a slightly
brger wooden box that would hold the entire apparatus. Reich's hypothesis
that
this
if
was
the organic material attracted the Orgon energy and the metal refracted it,
in
turn
e opera di W. Reich
II,
60)
This experiment
.8
to 2.8 degrees
Celsius;
to allegedly attract and trap the Orgon energy from the atmosphere, Reich decided to
call it
will
in
Reich's
venture.
All
to well aware of the significance of his work, Reich attempted to contact the to be
was to turn
like
Reich, fled to
persecution.
On December 30 1 940 Reich wrote to Bnstein - who at the time was worWng
In his letter
at Princeton University.
his
more recent encotinter with the mysterious energy, but being the matter too long and
in
complicated to be explained
a simple
letter,
Reich's
only a few days later fixing an encounter at his house for the
3* of
January.
During this long encounter Reich and Bnstein exchanged information and
show that,
in
fijil
his
theory
in
"this
is
incredible.
If
Vita
e opera
d W. Reich
II,
relationship
war,
when
Bnstein
usage,
and witnesses.
Amongst the vast ocean of experiments and data that Reich had collected, there was
evidence that the Orgonic potential was present
in particularly
high quantity
in
dry sunny
days; the levels would on the other hand drop drastically during humid days.
From
to
this
had the
particular property
"fix"
Orgon energy. Amongst other things this was for him a legitimate explanation
for
why the
human agansm would feel so depressed and deprived of energy during humid or muggy
days.
This
phenomenon depended on the fact that the body could not absorb Orgon from
If
ability
fix
clouds had to be systems with high Orgonic potential. Based on the principle that Orgon
potential, Reich
it
dissolution of
acted
like
repellant preventing
"frictionless conduit."
have been abte to flow inside this pipes being repelted all the way around aeating an effect
etectromagiets.
toward the sl^ and the other would be grounded into water by means of other flexible metal
tubes.
The hypothesis was that the pipes would have attracted Orgon energy from the
it
into the
was successful
would cause
vidnity of a
it
in
determining that
this battery
it
In
the
it
to
become
larger.
The
is
These journals however present the reader with some puzzling ideas and contradictory
statements: Reich introduces
his article
"Cbud Busting"
denote
afl
will
be
utilized:
paper, shall
engineering techniques which deal with the destruction as wdl as the formation of
.".
but
it
from a possible
reality
of things; however, to
condude
words
like
"...
pg
76.
Appendix I),
"Orgonomic
Potential".
nature
pg
76.
it
to accept concepts:
"
is
in
most animals on this planet, of a temperature higher than that of the environment, and in
In
daws
second
neariDy."
pg
argument
is
gravitational
example
fits his
makes sensa On the other hand the example about animal heat seems
in
two
.
OR
[Orgon] potential. B.
deaees of OR potential.
If
we wish to destroy douds we must use the Orgonomic potential in such manner that the
deaeases.
If
potential
we must use the OR potential in such a manner that the potential between douds and their
immedate environment inaeases.
not yet possible,
.
..
Snce at
atmosphere
is
we must use the other prindple, that of drawing energy from the
atmosphere." {Rdch,
pg
77.
again the
first
seem to make sense, at least if we were to accept his original Orgon theory as correct, but
once we adventure
explain
in
where he attempts to
how such manipulation can be obtained, we encounter what can only be described
far-
is
accomplished by changing,
basically,
the
principle
of the functioning of the lighting rod. [so far so good] The lightning
"lightning"
is
atmospheric
OR
energy dscharge
in
pg
It
it is
last
Reich's reputation
in
clanger.
for complete
76 TO
182,)
seemingly sdence-fictional idea of weather control. Nonetheless Reich was not dscouraged
by the way the worid perceived him and kept going with
In
his
experiments.
July of
953
As reported by the
"
Yanl<ee magazines.
On the edge ofscience", on July third of the same year Maine was prisoner of a devastating
drought, forest
fires
fire officials
had declared
level
3 "hazardous" conditions
most of Maine.
An
Osmon
Menill,
his crops,
and
diven to desperation dedded to act on a runia that he had heand recently about a sderrtM
in
who was able to make it rain, this scientist was named Wilhelm
Reich promising a thousand dollars
if
Reich. Merrill
dedded to call on
he could make
it
rain
and save
his crops.
"Monday morning,
July 6,
rain in sight.
Tom Ross
drove
it
to BIsworth
falls,
about
40
in his
car."
(Yankee
magazriepg 130)
After Reich had set up his machine and immerse the tubes
in
Merrill recalls
douds began to change, they were getting darker and coming arourd
Reich stopped, packed up and
left
..." after
about an hour
it.
You'll
get your
rain."
Around midnight
had been broken.
it
fallen.
The drought
have
his
R. Kelly
who
in
II
in
Reich's
daims
953
decided to investigate
Nm self
[one about Reich's
"Oven
skepticism.
it
with a
good amount of
I
..
None the
in
less
Ckxidbuster
action.
it
started to dBsotve,
di
about ten minutes the entire doud was gone." (Vita e opera
W.Reich
II,
p.l 64)
Like
all
good scientists
his
Kelly
decided to build
attempted
amount of time to disintegrate, but none the less they would dssotve, wile the control
douds would remain unchanged."
(Vita
e opera
di
W.
Reich
11,
p.1
65)
decided to create a set of parameters for those that might attempt to built and use one:
RULES TO FOLLOW
X
1
.
IN
CLOUD ENGINEERING by
Wilhelm Reich
Shed
all
2. Never play around with rain making or doud busting. The OR envelope which you tackle while "drawing" energy from the atmosphere is an energetic continuum of high power. You may cause twisters. You may stir a forest fire into the wrong
direction.
unless you
You may do other damage without intendng to do so. Never do anything must
it is
3.
If
experimenting:
secure
4.
doud engineering you do not "create rain," - you do no^' destroy douds," briefly, you are not playing God. What you do is solely helping nature on its natural
In
course.
5.
all
6.
Do not
in
let
workers draw
purple
their faces or
7.
Do not
separate plastic
8.
in
such a manner that no one is hurt by OR charges. Do not let Among them may be men or women who are and would
ill
9.
Never
s\o/ right
for a long
drawn
rain.
0.
When you feel a breeze or wind setting in due to your operation, stop drawing if
a even
if it
1 1
If
clouds,
OR envelope.
I
1
2.
If
rain,
am at center ofhea\^est
vidnity of the smaller
clouds.
3.
If
clouds,
4.
you wish to make douds grow heavier, draw from the and have the large or heavy douds undfeturiDed.
If
there are no
douds
in
stillness
or evenness of the
OR envelope all around you by brief, sweeping draws OR envdope. To aeate douds you must
"CORE" July
by the Orgone
Institute in
954 Vd. VI
Nos.
-4;
appendix A)
Due to the
instilled in
his
dscoveries
is,
to say the
least, constellated
by a sense of seaecy,
mystery, conspiracy and, for some, esoteric hogwash. Very simply his "discovery of
applications
it
such a
It
was accepted by a
large
amount of people.
Some of Reich's daims were so incredble that people could choose only between
two options in judging them:
completely,
faithfully
embrace
his ideas
and concepts or
reject
them
is
where
my interest in the
subject beguines
its rote.
scientific
been applted
the testing of one of Reich's machines, with the specific purpose to create a
pool of data and knowledge that would, hopefijily, help objectively determine whether or
solid foundation.
have chosen the above mentioned Qoud buster as the one invention on which to
conduct
all
of Reich's
"contraptions", this
the one
tangibte
and objective
The
my disposal, manage to
I
individuate
all
me build what
consider to
be a
fairly
original
was found
in
the
The pipes, any number of them and any length beyond a minimum of
1
about 4 meters or
feet" (Reich,
pg 1 78 App I)
information allowed
to
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Due to the limited amount of funds available nnost of the non essential components
had to be recovered form a scrap yard: the base needed to be a spring loaded (to absorb
shcxd<5), rotating
angle iron nods w/ere cut and welded together and to the frame of the base, holes were
drilled
in
opposing sides of a wooden rectangular box, through these hdes the pipes would be
inserted
and suspended
in
five flexible
metal hoses
pipes.
PART
FIVE: Myquest, via the study of my replica Qoud Buster machine, to create a system capable of objectively determining what if any of Reich's claims are tme. My data
and conclusions
this project
scientific
community;
are
in
completely
the solution
numerous occasion Reich stated that ths Orgon energy would produce a
reaction
in
a Geiger counter,
to concentrate
in
water.
postulated
if
not, then
false:
IF:
"-^amount of moisture
in
the
air"
AND: B
potential
in
the
air
property"
THEREFORE: C
IT
FOLLOWS: D
"if
in
in
Y".
of the
Qoud
Buster designed by Reich. Because of Reich's claims that a smaller model would have
smaller effects
and
his
warning on
It
smaller side effects would have resulted from misuse of the machine.
it
it
had to have a dear opening to the sl^. The abandoned dock of Davis mansion seemed to
al
fit
the requirements, except for the "flowing water" part; the ocean has tides and currents
but not
like
a river or a stream might. speculate that ths would cause the machine
I
affectivity
The next step was to aganize a routine of testing with the Geiger counter that
would be satisfactory from a
scientific
stand point.
An
gas-filled
tube (probe)
electrical
voltage
is
applied.
beta partide or gamma ray pass through the tube, a short, intense pulse of current passes
Ry each current pulse, the meter enriits a "beep" and registers the
on a meter. The meter has three sensitivity settings which adjust the sensiti\4ty of
the current meter but do not affisct the number of pulses detected.
In
table
#1
first
conducted on
date of April
23'"^:
is
in
the condtions the test was conducted under, namely befiore the use of the Qoud Buster and
during the use of the Cloud Buster.
two conditions.
April
Table
first
data gathered on
23rd.
the scale setting of the Geiger counter used. (This should not affect the number of counts
recorded, but served as a convenient way of recadng replicate data.)
counts per 4 minute interval before the Cloud Buster tubes wae inserted into the ocean. minute pause,
After a
this
Geiger counts. The 3rd row of data gives the counts recorded after the Cloud Buster tubes
the Geiger counts before and during use of the Cloud Buster.
Tab #1
Geiger
before
during
4/23/02
at
1x
at
10x
at
50x
5
15 10
Graph
16 14
12
ID
8
before
during
variance
4
2
o
at
1x
at
10x
at
50x
In
graph number
first
more
it
recaded ft'om before to durhg the use of the Cloud Buster. To be noted
that
in
future
data collection a fourth row would be added and labeled contrd, the readings for this row
were
collected
in
the
fiar
As my research deepened, the thought occurred to me that, if the Cloud Buster had
to be grounded into water in order for type of recordable change
it
this
in
this theory,
85
liter)
of 02, the
% of 02 saturation,
ppt
parts
In
if
all
influenced
sl<y
and "add
it"
it
the
air,
it"
it
to the
air
when
air
was dy. This meant that if any changes were to be recorded they would present
from
).
Tab #2
%
before
during
92.8
94.1
1.3
92 8
94.1
1.3
92.8
94.1
1.3
9.6
0.4
29,37
0.31
variance
44.88 0.66
28.6
0.4
6.9 -0.15
Graph2
First,
isolated the
% of 02 saturation. Then
decided to
anomalous readngs.
during testing
Finally,
and
in is fijrther
me to confirm
Qoud
occurences.
Afta a total often test cydes conducted between the dates of April
1
23'*^
and May
2^
in
Appendix
II
Table 3 therefore contains the humicfty pacentage (Hum) present at the day and time of
% saturation (% variance)
which
tells
us
how much
and what kind of change ocxurred during the specific test by subtracting the
the use of Cloud Buster from those
after;
% values befiDre
the
like
% variance
tells
finally
the control
% variance (cont
is
% variance
indeed
if it is just
Hum
12-May
11
%variance
Geiger variance
cont 3.5
3.7 8.7
6.1
variance
0.1 0.1
38 39 74
6
5.9
-1
-May
lO-May
-0.2
60 63 65 63 28
86 78
4.6
3.9 3.2
6.5
7.2
6-May 4-May
1-May
30-Apr
4
8
-4.7
-1.8
6.3
3.4
10
9.1
-0.1
-0.2
23-Apr
46
1.3
6.6
Graphs
gigervanance
-
cont \ar
humidity
12 10
100
90 80
6 4
70 60
50
40
A A
30
^l|lZQ2_
-4
4/24/0?
5/9/0?
3lMh
10
-6
counter variance over the period of the ten experiments. Note that the variance
always
positive:
more did were recorded with the Qoud Buster on than off. Furthermore,
in
notice
how, as stated
proportional to the
high
humidity equal
more dicks per minute. While not actually showing that water vapor tends
this
is
making
something happen.
The purple
line is
the change
in
the
it
human
error,
the variance
is
strengthen
Cloud Buster
green
line
Finally,
the
the variance
in
02% was
at least
partially
original
mirra the
02% variance, the graph actually seems to indicate quite the opposite, showing a
fajriy
relation
between atmospheric
in
the water.
Graph 5
10
8 6
Of
4
2
.1
20
Seriesi
Linear (Seriesi)
40
60
100
-2
-4
y = -0.1809x+ 13.197
Ff = 0.7458
-6
humid Hy
This
final
(humidity) and
shows the
in
best
Bnear-fit
It
the
and line. The data's R^2 value (.7458) therefore indicates the strength of the correlation.
it is
Once again this relation seems to be incScative of some kind of phenomena taking
place
in
this
is
energy or of the working of the Cloud Buster, but once united with the Geiger counter
results,
it
CONCLUSION
The approximate 1 5 week research
period had available for this project, allowed
I
me to get in touch with the history and reality of a phenomenon that could be called the
Reichian Revolution.
me to conduct an equally
some interesting
Irnited
results.
My research
frst
into Reich
shows
his wori<
his colleagues.
It is
begns to detach
psychological
his
bridging a
unusual
it is
it
is
where
Reich's
more controversial
ideas
where he
falls
from
his highly
hcomplete findings he brought to light make some believe this once highly regarded
professa had
lost his mind.
Ultimately
energy",
most certainly provides scientific evidence to the reality of the situation. Data
is
used. This
is illustrated
by the
in
my collection of data, cannot be explained easily or logically by any other factor other than
an "unknown something" whether it be Orgon or other.
regsters higher radation
showed an
the
air.
So, while
much of Reich's criticism is due to the fear of the knew and different,
was incomplete and shoddy, fed compelled, thanks to the
I
successflil conclusion of
my project, to think
it
lack of fijnding
and
objective,
enough to
more
people, ftjnds or
man who stumbled upon a lucl<y cascade of coincidental evidence that led Nm to felse
conclusions, or
if
life
References
Reich,
W.
(1
945).
X De Marchi L
[
Life
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W.
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W.
(1
Publication
by Orgone
Institute in
"CORE" July
954 Vol. VI
Nos.
-4;
appendix
A" X
The microHlms
find ODrrect
title.
directly quoted:
FBI -
Wilhelm Reich
httpy/foia.ft)i.aov/reich.htm
X
X
Orgonomy - American
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Reich,
W.
(1
Appendix
176
Microfilmed journals
WILHELM REICH
first licsi(;Uiiig
I'Vom the
aftcmjits to
at
Orgonon,
mcirc
as
rain-making and stopping of rain began to develop successfully over several months, till the first two C.OR.E. "CLOUDIJUSTER" units were finally constructed a*. Portland, Maine, in September-October, 1952, for more elahnratc
C^OKE operations.
"(.'LOUD-HUSTINCi"
(C.OR.H).
in a broader context of
II.
Cosmic Orgone
"
I'.ngineering
The
Principles of 'Cloud-Busting"
1,
"Clood-Bosting"
The term "CMoud-Busting," as used in this paper, shall denote all engineering techniques which deal with the destruction as well as tlte formation of clouds of water vapor in the atmosphere and of orgone energy concentrations
of
to
all
ir
briefly,
with
all
related
ity,
"DOR-clouds," energy changes of all kinds, the origin of deserts as well as of arras of green vegetation, and all
rainfall per imit of time, storms, hurricanes,
amount of
OR
al>sence,
or pleniifulness of
I
OR
heir interaction.
2.
The "orgonomic
{x:nd
potential"
6,
(see
Bibliography,
all
Tme Oroone
Enemiv
dc-
11)'
denotes
from low to high or f''om SYSTEMS. Tlius thc orgouomic potential is the basis of
putentiul,
thc
mechanical
potential,
etc.
heat,
electromagpoten-
The orgonomic
most clearly expressed in thc maintenance in most animals on this planet of a temperature higher than that of thc environment, and in the function of gravitatiomd attraction. In both cases, the stronger energy system draws energy from or attracts a weaker system nearby; in both cases thc
potential
is
directed
from
lotv to high, or
Gravitation
177
i(
it
technique of cloud-busling
is
no wholly,
j^ovcrns the
hiisfil n
OR ciurjy
I'lic
orgonomic
|X)ltMuial
can be divided,
basically,
into
A.
INCREASE of the OR
potential:
OR
energy and
bttiUl
up
a stee{Hrr or strongir
OR
IL
DECREASE
we
of the
OR
potential:
In this case
difference
the
disperse or dissipate
OR
energy;
we
less
equal distribution of
plaiiet.
OR energy
We
act
Rain clouds, thunder clouds, hurricanes and tornadoes arc, seen from the
viewpoint of orgonomy, clifTcreni expressions of basically
ttiiction, i.e.,
combinations of concentrated
OR
vapors.
to the
On
related
OR energy
(H;:0
still
conditions depend;
logical
comprehension.
and decrease
OR
moment
to
make
comprehensible.
If
we
wisli to destroy
clouds
we must
manner
If
we wish
their
power of
existing clouds,
we
and
manner, we
and use
which
is
capable of adtling
OR
OR
we must
construct a
which
will
OR
T.NVEi.oi'K in
such a manner
Since at present,
adding energy
to the
atmosphere
is
we
ATNfosi'iii'.KH.
178
3.
WILHELM REICH
OR Energy
draw off atmospheric OR energy, we must accomplish two tasks: a) wc must use a device which draws OR energy; b) wc must know into what place to draw this energy.
This
is
The
"lightning"
atmospheric
()ointed rod, reaching into the atmosphere, attracts the lightning discharge
and conducts
it
drawn ^rom
thus, the
orgonomic
j^xitential
o|xrrative also in the case of the lightning rod. If the electrical potential
high to low were operative in the lightning rod system, the direction of flow
would
from the earth's crust toward the atmosand atvay from the point of the Ught-
ning rod.
Cloud-busiing operates in agreement with, the functioning of the lightning
rod, only
if
we
common
OR potential.
to
to
draw and
gnund
draw
clouds. In doing
deals Avith
same kind of force as in the lightning, with one imivirtant difTerence: ctotid-hiister draws the charges slowly, in small amotinti at a time, dispersed, as it were, in time as well as in concentration, and not in the form of sudden lightning. It dtK'S so by way (2) of long, hollow pipes, and not of
The
any number of them, and any length beyond a minimum of our first cloud-busting ex{)criments, havc the function (.?) of triggering the atmospheric OR energy flow info certain 1 he
pipes,
.ihi'iit
directions.
The
is fullillcd is
with
tiojial flow.
Once
OR
energy flow
directed at will,
continues to flow
it
in the
same
again.
The
lightning rod.
is
OK
179
(not into the ground but) into water, flowing water of brooks, flowing lakes and rivers. draw into water since the attraction is greater between water and energy than energy. Water not only attracts between other elements and speedily
preferably into
The
only functions as a conductor toward the ground in case i.c., lightning, liappcns to come its way,
We
OR
OR
it,
as especially in clouds.
DECkE/iSE
^ClOVD
OP^
CLOVDBUSTER
GROUND
WATER
aOUDBUSTING
Destruction of
throuofli
Gouds
DECREASE of OR-POTOinAL
180
WILHELM REICH
It
does not
all existent
many
busters (various as to
size of clouds,
The
however, may
OXE DISSIPATES CtOVDS OV WATER VAPOR BY WITHDRAWING, ACCORDING TO THE DRCONUMIC POTENTIAL, ATMOSPHERIC (cOSMIc) OR ENERGY FROM THE CENTER OV THE CLOUD. THIS WEAKENS THE COHESIX'E POWER OF TILE CLOUD: THERE WILL
BE
LESS
CLOUD AND
ITS ENVIRON-
The
is
the
same
as that in the
we draw energy
EXISTENT CLOUDS
we draw iilT energy from the cloud proper, from the close vicinity of the cloud if we wish to enlarge AND TO PROCEED TOWARD RAIN-MAKING. The chari on pagC ISl
The
dissipate
when
'
ffrotv
when we aim at the close vicinity One may create clouds in the
OR
'
energy:
thai
ot
1
air.
it
The more
to induce
difficult
it
clouds
easier
is
growth
is
The fewer
clouds, the
more
and
the
longer
it
up
'
distinction exists
No matter what the variations, the principle remains the same as descrihcd:
.Drawing from an makes it grow.
It is
Drawing from
its vicinity
in
on far-away regions
is
due
OR
envelo|K;
ll
CLQUQ
.-d^
M CWVDBUSTER
GROUND
VWTER
CLOUDBU STING
Majdiig 0f Clouds
through liCHEASE of OS-POTEiWi/i
tlic
Wc
ciuiious not to
changes o winds linvc been observed beyond any reasonable doubt. Also, one occasion, heavy, prolonged rain occurred upon faulty opcraiioji,
on
Qoud
busting as a
ia5k
of
WILHELM REICH
and
[X>tenualitic& of
is
any single
institution
and even
state or coun-
no regard for national borders. There arc neither passport controls nor custom oificcrs in the sky where the weather is being made. This is good and as it sliould be in Cosmic
Cloud-busting
truly
an
OR Engineering
IS
(C.OR.E.).
CIjOUD-MUSTINC WILL VKOVZ INDISPENSABLE IF CliAOS
!
LAWtVL KEVULATION OF
TO BE AVOIDED.
.".(iiK
Siw
Appendix
4/23/02
II:
experimental data
Geiger
before
during variance
at
at
10x
3 8 5
at
50x
5
mostly sunny
8 5
15 10
mg/l
%
before
during variance
ms
9.2
ms
ppt
temp
7.05
6.9 -0.15
92.8
94.1 1.3
92.8
94.1 1.3
92.8
94.1 1.3
29.06
29.37
0.31
44.22
28.2
9.6 0.4
44.88 0.66
28.6
0.4
16
14
12
'^
^
before
during
10
8 6
4
2
-
asMi
at
1
Bi
variance
at
Ox
at
50x
4/30/02
Geiger
before
during
at 1x
at
lOx
4.1
at
50x
4.1
4
13.2
9.2
13.2
9.1
13.2
9.1
variance
%
before
during
control
mg/l
ms
29.69
ms2
47.45 47.86 47.02 47.05
0.41
ppt
temp
5.3 5.3
91.3 89.5
91.3 89.4
91.2
9.13
9.23
11 .32 11 .35
0.1
30.12
30.6
89.4
104.2
29.86
29.81
104.2
104.2 104.2
-1.9
30
30.2 0.48
6 6
control 2
104
-1.8 -0.2
104
-1.8 -0.2
29.812
0.17
variance cont.varianc e
14
1"?
10
8
4
2
-
at 1x
at
10x
at
50x
before
g D D
during
control
\ariance
III]
mg/l
F-f~l
temp
ms
ms 2
ppt
5/1/02
Geiger
before
during
control
at 1x
at
10x 15
at
50x
15
15
25 26
10
25 25
10
26 26
11
variance
H2 TEST
before
during
control
%
80.6
85.2 80.7
rmg/l
ms
8.1
ms2
48.52 48.75
44.5
44.51 0.23
ppt
temp
30.1
5.9 5.7
80.5 85.3
30.79 30.88
30.84
85.4
8.59
31.3
117.7
117.7
117.7
4.7
117.7
11.27
28.5
8.9 8.9
-0.2
control 2
117.6
4.6
-0.1
117.6
4.8
-0.1
variance
cont var
11.26 0.49
30.85 0.09
28.52
1.2
26 24 22 20
18 16 14 12 10
8
T^i^m
m
J
at
1
50x
H B
before during
control
1
6 4 2
m
at 1x
at
10x
before
during
control
variace
5/4/02
at
1x
9.5
at
10x
9.6
atSOx
9.5
before
during
control
I
13 10
3.5
13 10
3.4
13
10
3.5
variance
o2test
before
during
control control
87.8
95.5 91.6 91.5
7.7
-0.1
87.2 95,5
86,4
95,5
90.5 90.6
8.3
0.1
90,5 90,5
9,1
'WW
at
m before
during
controll
1x
at
10x
at
50x
120
100
80
60
40
20
before
during
control
control
variance
cont var
-20
5/6/02
at
1x
at
10x 17
at
50x
17
before
during
controll
15
20
16 5
24
17 7
24
17
7
variance
o2test
%
before
during
control
93.2 97.6
93.2 95,8
91.1
95.8
111.3 111.4
4.4
0.1
106
109
109.1
4.7
0.1
control
106
2.6
variance
5/7/02
at
1x 7
at
10x
7
at
50x
7
14.8
11
before
during
control
I
14
11
14
11
variance
7.8
o2test
a
before
during
control control
b
78.1 80.1
78.2
78.2 81.2
81.8
126.5
126.6
126.5 126.5
126.42
3.6
-0.08
126.55
2
-0.05
variance
m
n
at 1x at at
10x
50x
I I
e^
during
%
a
Db
during
5/8/02
at
1x 7
13.5
11
at
lOx
7 13.5
11
at
50x
7.2
before
during
controll
13.6
12
6.4
variance
6.5
6.5
o2test
before
during
78.4
78.1
78.2
81
2.8
82.3
3.9
82.1
variance
control control
4
126,6
126.6
126.5 126.4
-0.1
126.5
126.55
0.05
16
14 12
10 8 6
at 1x
4
2
before
during
control
m
at
at at
lOx
50x
90 80
70 60
before
50
during
40
D variance
30
20
10
5/9/02
at 1x at
lOx
7.4
50x
7.2
before
during
control!
7.4
13.5
13.5
13.6
11.5
6.4
10
6.1
10
6.1
variance
o2test
a
before
during
b
78.1
78.4
82.9
4.5
78.2 82.2
83.5
5.4
variance
control control
4
126.5 126.5
126.5 126.4
126.6
12663
-0.1
0.03
14
1210
-
at 1x
86 4 2
n
^ -
at
10x
at
50x
1
before during
m
controll
variance
80
60 40 20
before
during
control
5/10/02
at
1x
at
10x
4.1
at
50x
4
12.8
before
during
controll
4
12.6
11
12.8
11
12
8.8
8.6 o2test
8.7
a
before
during
control
77.2
76.5 75.4
76.5
75.5
75.5 24.5
-1.7
124.6
-1.1
125.5
-1
variance
control
124
-0.5
124.2
-0.4
125.3
-0.2
14 12 10
8
at 1x at
10x
at
50x
4
2
before
during
controll
before
during
control
variance
5/11/02
at 1x at
10x
8.6
at
50x
8.9
before
during
controll
12.5
12.4
11
12.6
11.5
3.7
11.5
3.7
variance
3.8
o2test
before
during
77.4
77.1 83.1
77.2
83.5
6.1
82.8
5.6
variance
control control
6
124.1
123.85
124.3
124.9
124.2
124.7
0.45
0.1
-0.2
14 12 10
8
6 4 2
m
before
at 1x at
1
0x
at
50x
-fE
during
control
before
during
control
5/12/02
at
1x
8.2
at
10x
8.2
at
50x
8.3
before
during
control
11.7
11
11.6
11
11.7
12
3.4
3.5 o2test a
3.4
b 77.5
before
during
control
78
83.8
5.8
77.4 83.5
6.1
83.9
6.4
variance
contorsl2
cont variance
124.2
124.9
124.7
-0.2
124.4
0.2
14
12 10
8
at 1x at
10x
6 4 2
at
50x
before
during
controll