ORGONE?

So I had a great weekend. Fun, friends, MANY moose. I will recap the entire weekend at another time, suffice to say, it was a much needed few days away with a few favorite people.

I did want to touch upon one thing we DID do this weekend.

We went HERE.

THE WILHELM REICH MUSEUM

It sounds like some kind of Nazi death museum. And I won't lie, the whole way there we were saying "I will kill you" in German accents.

So funny story about Wilhelm. He was a scientist that worked with Freud. Long story short, he believed that the libido existed, and that it could be measured as "orgone" or energy on the surface of the body. He hypothesized (wait for it) that repeated inhibition of this "release" of energy (and yes, this "release" is exactly what you're thinking) would result in psychosis. One of his books is actually titled, "The Function of the Orgasm".

Here's Wilhelm himself...


Not much in the hair department. But a smart guy. I mean come on, we all know that not getting any makes people nuts, but this guy actually tried to PROVE it!!!


There was some very interesting stuff happening in this museum.

Wilhelm's artwork

The Lovers. VERY SCIENTIFIC.

We learned that Wilhelm was afraid of fire and took outdoor showers on his roof. (His roof was flat, which is rare for Maine since it snows a lot. This led to us saying, (In German Accents) "Wilhelm will not shovel the roof!"

Long story short, we spent several hours in this museum. We saw his private library. (There was a bed just off his office near the balcony...perhaps for "experiments?"

We went down to Reich's tomb. He had a cloud buster right next to him. That's right. He makes clouds and makes them go away with his CLOUD BUSTER.

I shit you not.

So anyway, it was quite a day. For more info on Wilhelm Reich, visit http://www.wilhelmreichmuseum.org/

Or just visit his museum. You WON'T be disappointed!!! You can even stick your hand in a box that "traps" the orgone energy...it made my hand tingle for an hour!!!