Wilhelm Reich - Here's to the orgasm!

Now that I have grabbed your attention...

Reich, a psychoanalysist and Psychiatrist was an avid follower and supporter of Freud's theories about sexual repression. One of the most radical and unconventional figures in psychiatry he was a MASSIVE believer in the power of the orgasm. He believed that every living thing had an energy inside them that could only be released by an orgasm. The bigger the orgasm the more pent up energy was released.
He believed the orgasm was an energy regulator. But because people are constrained by social conventions and expectations we have developed this armour to block sexual energy from being released leading to a build up and potential mental health issues. A theory that is compatible with those views of Freud.
Reich also claimed to have discovered 'orgone' energy. This is a cosmic energy that Reich claimed could be collected in orgone energy accumulatores or 'cloud busters', which he would often make his patients sit in. He believed it had a healing potential.




All in all, reich believed we had an orgiastic potency. Basically, people who were abe to really free themselves and surrender themselves to the orgasm were trully happier people and had a greater 'ogiastic potency', but those who were more confined by their armour, or social constraints had a low potency, and were more at risk of poor mental health.

Well then!