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Subject: Re: copyreich, conspiracy etc - Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:01:07
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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:01:07 -0500
To: orgonomy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
From: "true paranoia..reads" <orgone@shore.net>
Subject: Re: copyreich, conspiracy etc
Sender: owner-orgonomy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
>Shawn , you're so right about Reich's complex influences. Reading *Function of
>the Orgasm* in that way - trying to reinsert Reich into his period and milieu -
>is a mindblowing experience. If anyone's interested in reading my MA
>dissertation on The Body in Psychoanalysis, which is largely about how Reich's
>ideas *complete psychoanalysis*, contact me and I'll send it by e mail.
Seems to
>me that many people now read Reich 'ahistorically'. He is a figure of his time
>and place; and that makes him more, not less, extraordinary!
>
I would like a copy if you would send one please.
>About conspiracy. All I know about the workld is that I don't know much. It
>seems entirely likely to me that a *LOT* of secret power-oriented activity goes
>on and always has gone on. (There's certainly plenty of it in the small worlds
>that I know intimately!) However, I am extremely doubtful of my ability *ever*
>to establish the reality behind the nonsensical spectacle that is 'public
>reality'. Each thread I start to follow, I soon realise would take huge
amnounts
>of my time to do justice to - and even then I might never know one way or the
>other.
>
One of the drawbacks to understanding conspiracies is the enormous amount of
research needed to get a "feel" for what went on. It's nearly impossible to
know all the facts because conspiracies by their nature are secret so much
or the information is in pieces or second or third hand. Mix this with
disinformation and the tendency of human beings to modify information that
they recieve then transmit and you've got herculean task.
>So I'm broadly neutral about conspiracy theories - or rather, I believe the
>general thesis (They know more than we do, etc) but doubt the precise details/
>However, reich's own work does seem to offer a powerful and adequate
explanation
>of the circumstances around his imprisonment and death, without invoking
>conspiracy: i. e., the Emotional Plague. According to Reich, the perception of
>unarmoured vitality *automatically* sets off reactions of persecution in anyone
>with a high energy level combined with pelvic armouring. No conscious
conspiracy
>is required.
>
This is an important point. Much conspiracy theory falls under this heading.
Plotting in secret is often not so much vindictive or selfish as it is
neurotic dysfunction that manifests itself subconsciously, i.e. emotional
plague. The realization of this can make one feel quite helpless and
vulnerable which may explain why some people are unable to accept that
conspiracies exist. To my mind this situation makes the likelyhood of human
beings acknowledging and solving their problems remote indeed. I hope I'm
overly pessimistic.
- Dave Huisken
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