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2024 Online Summer Conference – Wilhelm Reich Museum

2024 Online Summer Conference – Wilhelm Reich Museum

Article by James Strick

PULSATION & PLEASURE 2024 Online Summer Conference   ABOUT THE CONFERENCE After Sigmund Freud, Havelock Ellis and others had established the study of human sexuality as a theme not only for biologists but also for psychologists and scientists of human behavior, Wilhelm Reich made sexuality a prime focus of his research and practice. Through groundbreaking […]

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Wilhelm Reich’s Bion Experiments: an unusual origin of life research program

Wilhelm Reich’s Bion Experiments: an unusual origin of life research program

Article by James Strick

"Wilhelm Reich: Bion Experiments" Contribution to the orgonomy conference, "Wilhelm Reich's Bion Experiments: an unusual origin of life research program, 1934-1939" November 9, 2019, NYC. Abstract: Wilhelm Reich’s "bion experiments," conducted in Norway from 1934-1939 represent an unusual intersection of many important developments and changes in life sciences research in the 1930s, and it is […]

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A Time Line – Wilhelm Reich and the Science of Life Energy

A Time Line – Wilhelm Reich and the Science of Life Energy

Article by Dr. Harry Lewis

"Wilhelm Reich: A Time Line" Contribution to the orgonomy conference, "Wilhelm Reich and the Science of Life Energy-Orgonomy" November 9, 2019, NYC. Introduction of Dr. Harry Lewis by Dr. Alexander Bingham, moderator of the conference: The first speaker who is Doctor Harry Lewis and he is my mentor as well as one of the only […]

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Love, Work and Knowledge – The Life and Trials of Wilhelm Reich

Love, Work and Knowledge – The Life and Trials of Wilhelm Reich

Article by Kevin Hinchey

It was a combination of inspiration and disgust that motivated me to make this film. The inspiration, of course, came from Wilhelm Reich himself whose books I began reading in 1972 when I was 18 years old. The disgust came from the continual distortions and false narratives about Reich that persist to this day in […]

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Summer Conference at the Wilhelm Reich Museum

Summer Conference at the Wilhelm Reich Museum

Article by Stephan Simonian M.D.

Summer Conference at the Wilhelm Reich Museum July 8-12 2019, Orgonon, Rangeley, Maine WILHELM REICH’S WORK DEMOCRACY Between the years 1938 and 1945, Wilhelm Reich wrote six important texts on work democracy: 1939: The Natural Organization of Work in Work Democracy 1941: Further Problems of Work Democracy 1942: "The Biological Miscalculation in the Human Struggle […]

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Orgonomy Conference November 9, 2019 in NYC

Orgonomy Conference November 9, 2019 in NYC

Article by Stephan Simonian M.D.

8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration. 9:00 am – 9:15 am Welcome and introductory remarks by Dr. Alexander Bingham (Moderator). 9:15 am – 9:30 am Wilhelm Reich: A Time line Dr. Harry Lewis and Dr. Philip W. Bennett 9:30 am – 10:15 am From Libido to Orgone. Stephan Simonian M.D. 10:15 am – 10:30 am […]

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Orgonomy Conference November 17, 2018 in Glendale California

Orgonomy Conference November 17, 2018 in Glendale California

Article by Conny Huthsteiner M.D.

On November 17, 2018 an Orgonomy conference was held in Glendale, California titled, "Wilhelm Reich and the Science of Life Energy – Orgonomy". Dr. Conny Huthsteiner gave welcoming and introductory remarks. She stated: I want to welcome everybody here. If there is any problem with the sound please let me know. My name is Conny […]

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Mary Boyd Higgins 13 October 1925 – 8 January 2019

Mary Boyd Higgins 13 October 1925 – 8 January 2019

Article by James Strick

Mary Boyd Higgins 13 October 1925 – 8 January 2019 Mary Boyd Higgins was born on 13 October 1925 into a well-to-do family in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Educated at Vassar College, she graduated in May 1946 with a degree in Theater (Dramatic Production).  In January 1947 she moved to New York City and became involved in […]

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A Letter from THE WILHELM REICH INFANT TRUST

A Letter from THE WILHELM REICH INFANT TRUST

Article by James Strick

PO Box 687 – Rangeley, ME 04970 December 2018 Dear Friends of the Work of Wilhelm Reich: As the time for year-end charitable contributions approaches, I urge you to remember the Wilhelm Reich Infant Trust in your giving. The generosity of so many of you earlier this year has helped us begin to stabilize our […]

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Conference: Wilhelm Reich & The Science of Life Energy

Conference: Wilhelm Reich & The Science of Life Energy

Article by Stephan Simonian M.D.

8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration. Coffee and light breakfast. 9:00 am – 9:30 am Welcome and introductory remarks by Conny Huthsteiner, M.D. 9:30 am – 9:45 am Introductory movie, "Man’s Right to Know" produced by Wilhelm Reich Museum. 9:45 am – 10:45 am Stephan Simonian M.D. "Evolution of psychiatric orgone therapy from psychoanalysis and […]

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The End of an Era, A Reflection on Dr. Morton Herskowitz

The End of an Era, A Reflection on Dr. Morton Herskowitz

Article by Stephan Simonian M.D.

  On Monday, August 6, 2018, members of the Institute of Orgonomic Science received the sad news that Dr. Herskowitz had passed away that morning. "He gave so much and brightened so many lives,". After this news, Dr. Harry Lewis, a member of the IOS, wrote the following:     Dr. Morton Herskowitz died, it […]

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Dr. Morton Herskowitz 100

Dr. Morton Herskowitz 100

Article by Stephan Simonian M.D.

Morton Herskowitz 100 On May 26, 2018 we celebrated Dr. Herskowitz’s 100th birthday. The celebration was held at his daughter, Robin’s home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. A few weeks before to his 100th birthday Dr. Herskowitz officially stopped his practice of psychiatry and psychiatric orgone therapy and announced his retirement. Family members, friends, students, […]

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