HW:Orgone Accumulator

[Paul Mather]

On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Christian Mumford wrote:

> Derrick Chilton wrote:
> >
> > Don't know if this has arisen before, but I found out that this mad
> > scientist called Riech? invented a Orgone Accumulator in the 1930-40's.
> > Apparently 'Orgones' were given off during sex, and the machine was
> > supposed to collect this 'energy', this was carried out in a small roon
> > where the unsuspecting couple were lead......
> >
> >                 Derrick...
> >
>
> There was a chapter in DC/Paradox comic book of weirdos and crackpots
> about this guy. Its a while since I read about it, but I got a kick out
> of the fact that Hawkwind based the song on real-life weird science.
> Anybody remember the full story? I think he believed in his theory to
> his death.

Ages ago, I wrote a long post on the story of Dr. Reich and his Orgone
Accumulators (cloudbusters, space guns, etc.).  His name resurfaced at
the time of the compilation of the HW trivia file, but my post was deemed
too long for inclusion.  Jill did repost it to BOC-L, though (like Ken
Alexander, she must archive *everything*, just about, on this list:).
Maybe she could e-mail you a copy, if you asked her nicely enough?

Of course you knew of the Hawkwind/Kate Bush connection, didn't you? :-)
(They both wrote songs about Dr. Reich.)

Cheers,

Paul.

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