Reich Is Dead; Long Live Orgonomy

Nothing I or anyone else can do can hurt Reich. He has been dead for nearly 50 years. It is a measure of the stagnation and lack of originality of the Reichians that there is still so much emphasis on Reich instead of on the scientific field that he started. Is there any physics journal in which every issue leads off with a reprint of something by Newton? Does any astronomical journal devote countless pages to biographical trivia about Copernicus? Do modern biologists constantly refer to themselves as doing ''Pastuers' work''? Those sciences have moved on and orgonomy remains ''sitting on the same spot'' where it was when Reich died. Read what Reich said in the Murder of Christ about ''sitting on the spot''. Look around you. The best work based on Reichs' discoveries, and extending those discoveries further has been done by people like Charles Kelley, Alexander Lowen, and even Trevor Constable, all of whom have abandoned any attempt to identify themselves with Reich and the formally designated field of orgonomy. The ACO proclaimed itself the custodians of Reichs' legacy and attempted to excommunicate anyone who would not accept their control. Jim DeMeo has split with them, but carries on their tradition by recognizing as part of the field of ''orgonomy'' only those who he agrees with. Look at the links section of his website. Think of all the names, such as Charles Kelly and Trevor Constable that you don't see there. If there were a functioning scientific community of people doing REAL work in orgonomic science, that is, doing THEIR OWN work, something original, not endlessly replicating what Reich did 60 or 70 years ago in a foredoomed effort to convert unbelievers, then I would be happy to be a part of it. But those using the name ''orgonomy'' today are not a community of scientists. They are a cult of followers of Reich by proxy. And the proxy is James DeMeo, who for all practical purposes is the de facto leader of orgonomy, and accepted as such by the majority of Reichians, or if not, then those who do not accept him as such have so far neglected to speak up and say so. Look, Reich was a brilliant scientist. Perhaps the most brilliant the world has ever known. But he was not infallible. He made some breakthrough discoveries. That was a couple of generations ago. I am not interested in ''Reichs' work''. I am interested in MY OWN WORK in the field of the life energy. And it does not matter a hoot if I call it orgonomy or something else, or if I give Reich the credit for it or claim it all as an original discovery of my own the way Constable does. Endlessly promoting Reichs' name and reputation will not find out one single new fact about how the life energy functions, or result in one new method of treating disease or helping to heal the environment. Reich is dead. The fate of his discoveries is in our hands now.