Wilhelm Reich's Contribution To The Sexual Revolution (and Psycho-sexual Health)

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The energy associated with sex has always interested me. I have felt an energy field in certain encounters, felt flooded with energy in others, and, in still others, drained of energy. Doesn't seem to me that "established science" has an adequate explanation for what I have experienced. Wilhelm Reich, one of Freud's Vienna Circle, had elaborate theories about sexual energy, what he called Orgone as explained in his book, The Function of Orgasm. Here's a summary of Reich's ideas by one of his more recent followers: (No, I'm not endorsing all of Reich's thinking by any means--I realize the physics he assumed is very unlikely, but. . . .}

http://www.orgonomy.org/articles/Baker/Sexual_Theories_of_Wilhelm_Reich.pdf