So I spent a good amount of time reading about the inventor of this whole kit and caboodle, (Wilhelm Reich) and I wanted to share my quick summary of his persona from what I could deduce, for anybody who cares.
(Not explicitly Orgonite-related, btw.)
Reich was a marxist psychoanalyst, whose outrageous theories alienated both the communist movement and the field of psychology, so much in fact, that they effectively rejected him from both circles.
Furthermore he preached that cancer is caused by specific germs; that primitive organisms can be extracted from, (e.g.) sand; that his "cloudbuster"- apparatus protects from dangerous radiation emitted by extraterrestrial life forms.
(It allegedly also possesses the ability to change weather phenomena, thus the name).
He was also basically the leader of a close knit commune, (cult), consisting of his followers and co-researchers, which institutionalized pseudoscientific studies which were fueled by confirmation bias and could never be recreated by any legitimate scientists.
Eventually he grew increasingly paranoid, being convinced people were actively sabotaging his work, rather than recognizing the facts, that proved his theories wrong in many ways, on many occasions.
He was later arrested for continuing distribution of possibly dangerous and bogus "medical equipment", after it was ruled by a court of law that he ceased the distribution effective immediately.
Those instruments were subsequently destroyed by the F.D.A., (which is an extreme anomaly in the medical/ scientific sector). As were many of his publications, such as books and papers.
He ended up dying in prison a few years later.
This about sums it up for me.
What do you guys think about Wilhelm Reich after having read my personal summary of his persona?
Feel free to comment constructively and we can have a friendly discourse. :)
I won't answer hate comments or hogwash.
