Orgone

Orgone is a hypothetical universal energy proposed by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, who claimed it underlies life, health, and cosmic processes. Scientific evidence does not support its existence.

Wilhelm Reich: Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian psychoanalyst who proposed orgone as a universal life energy. Reich formulated orgone and made it central to his later work.
Orgone accumulator: An orgone accumulator is a box Reich designed from alternating organic and metallic layers, claiming it concentrated orgone. It was Reich's principal device for exposing people to supposedly concentrated orgone.
Vitalism: Vitalism is the view that living organisms depend on a life principle distinct from ordinary physical and chemical processes. Orgone resembles a modern life principle, though Reich presented it as a measurable physical energy.
United States v. Wilhelm Reich: United States v. Wilhelm Reich was a federal court case concerning Reich's interstate distribution of orgone accumulators. The case turned orgone devices into the subject of a major legal dispute.
Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalysis is a method of investigating mental life through unconscious processes, conflict, and early experience. Reich's account of orgone grew from his psychoanalytic theories of libido and emotional repression.
Orgone energy cloudbuster: An orgone energy cloudbuster is a pipe apparatus Reich claimed could alter atmospheric orgone and influence weather. Reich extended his proposed energy mechanism from bodies to the atmosphere with this device.
Bioenergetics: Bioenergetics is the study of energy transformations in living systems, including metabolism and cellular energy use. Unlike orgone theory, bioenergetics describes experimentally supported chemical and physical processes.
Food and Drug Administration: The Food and Drug Administration is a United States agency responsible for regulating food, drugs, and related products. The agency investigated Reich's medical claims and sought an injunction against accumulator distribution.
Libido: Libido is a concept for psychic or sexual drive, especially in psychoanalytic theory. Reich recast libido as a bodily energy and eventually identified it with orgone.
Bions: Bions are microscopic vesicle-like formations Reich claimed arose from disintegrating organic and inorganic matter. Reich treated bions as observable manifestations of orgone at a microscopic scale.

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