Yes, Reich's books were among the very few in American history to be officially burned by a U.S. government agency—in this case, the FDA, acting under a court order. In 1956 and 1960, tons of his books, research papers, and even laboratory equipment were seized and destroyed, including copies of The Cancer Biopathy and The Mass Psycholog…
Yes, Reich's books were among the very few in American history to be officially burned by a U.S. government agency—in this case, the FDA, acting under a court order. In 1956 and 1960, tons of his books, research papers, and even laboratory equipment were seized and destroyed, including copies of The Cancer Biopathy and The Mass Psychology of Fascism.
This level of suppression was extreme, even for a so-called "quack" scientist. The government justified it under the claim that Reich was selling fraudulent medical devices (his "Orgone Accumulators"), but the outright destruction of literature was unprecedented. The FBI and other agencies had been monitoring Reich for years, partly because of his radical political views and his unconventional scientific ideas.
As for the Einstein connection, it’s intriguing. If Reich had successfully demonstrated a fundamental flaw in mainstream physics—especially something that challenged relativity—it would have been deeply inconvenient for the establishment. While there’s no direct evidence that Einstein was involved in Reich’s later suppression, it is suspicious that after initially acknowledging a temperature anomaly, Einstein quickly dismissed it and ceased all discussion on the matter.
It’s worth asking: why did Reich's work attract so much suppression, including book burnings, when other fringe scientists were simply ignored? If his ideas were nonsense, why go to such lengths?
Possibly afraid of his power? That if we knew how powerful our bodies are that they’d lose their control over us? That energy is everywhere, that all we have to learn is how to harness it to move it through safely and effectively? Reich came up with a theory and a machine to help in that process; amazing and beautiful. True science is no doubt discovering the wonders of the universe and nature, that Chinese Medicine/energy medicine has been working with for thousands of years, though of course western medicine denies it’s proven. I’m thinking anything having to do with energy and healing had to be squashed to deny the common man understanding of this personal power.
Yes, Reich's books were among the very few in American history to be officially burned by a U.S. government agency—in this case, the FDA, acting under a court order. In 1956 and 1960, tons of his books, research papers, and even laboratory equipment were seized and destroyed, including copies of The Cancer Biopathy and The Mass Psychology of Fascism.
This level of suppression was extreme, even for a so-called "quack" scientist. The government justified it under the claim that Reich was selling fraudulent medical devices (his "Orgone Accumulators"), but the outright destruction of literature was unprecedented. The FBI and other agencies had been monitoring Reich for years, partly because of his radical political views and his unconventional scientific ideas.
As for the Einstein connection, it’s intriguing. If Reich had successfully demonstrated a fundamental flaw in mainstream physics—especially something that challenged relativity—it would have been deeply inconvenient for the establishment. While there’s no direct evidence that Einstein was involved in Reich’s later suppression, it is suspicious that after initially acknowledging a temperature anomaly, Einstein quickly dismissed it and ceased all discussion on the matter.
It’s worth asking: why did Reich's work attract so much suppression, including book burnings, when other fringe scientists were simply ignored? If his ideas were nonsense, why go to such lengths?
Possibly afraid of his power? That if we knew how powerful our bodies are that they’d lose their control over us? That energy is everywhere, that all we have to learn is how to harness it to move it through safely and effectively? Reich came up with a theory and a machine to help in that process; amazing and beautiful. True science is no doubt discovering the wonders of the universe and nature, that Chinese Medicine/energy medicine has been working with for thousands of years, though of course western medicine denies it’s proven. I’m thinking anything having to do with energy and healing had to be squashed to deny the common man understanding of this personal power.