#17 - The Function Of The Orgasm by Wilhelm Reich - Character Armour - The Fight For Freedom - Sexual Life Energy

“Religiosity that is hostile to sex is the product of authoritarian society." & “The socially irresponsible man is the man absorbed in sexual conflicts.” Wilhelm Reich, The Mass Psychology of Fascism, which was banned by the Nazis - These quotes point to what I share in this experimental episode. It is a tapestry of the messages of Wilhelm Reich (24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) who was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Aries, sexuality fight, Mars in Cancer in square, for emotional, healing reasons, fighting against limited freedom in the family- Mercury in Pisces holstic thinking I mention Reich carried trauma, but of course we do not exactly know about a persons internal condition- but facts are that his mother committed suicide in 1910 after his father discovered she had had an affair and little Reich was involved in admitting to his father about the affair. Imagine the weight of that. And then his father died and WW1 broke out and Reich had to flee from his home and join the army. After this is when he studied with Freud at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute But this talk is a lot more about the message Reich was fighting for and tragically he really had to fight for his right to speak about it. The way I talk about it is completely none-linear, meaning I blend his points from The Function of the Orgasm, 1942, with Mass Psychology of Fascism, 1933, and The Sexual Revolution, 1936............ Find something a lot more organized and contextualized here: https://wilhelmreichmuseum.org/about/research-and-publications/ Orgone energy is orgasm meeting organism; a vital cosmic force all around us- he started to built orgone accumulators and was imprisoned and his works burned and he died! Tragic! But we have access to much of his writing today, so in this episode I swirl in his theories and hope you can manage to hang in there as I talk. Some core themes: • The physical basis for neurosis ...childrens blocked impulses • Trauma blocks the life force, Orgone • The ability to have an orgasm is an attribute of a healthy person • With neurosis you need more Orgone • Repressed feelings and sexual needs manifest as chronic muscular tension and creates character structure as a protective armour to keep the person from contacting his own underlying feelings • Character structure is protecting unwanted emotional reaction; that is the product of mass suppression • Distorted sexuality in a capitalistic society • Exploitation of sexual interest ...and more... I hope it entertains you in a substantial way - for any comments and critique text me at [email protected] Again - I am no expert and this is mix a mans work throughout around 20 years - I am just reading, sharing and want you to join me in free associations to the theme... find me on https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/ - Mannah

Release date

Lydbog: 14. september 2023