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Title: The Function of the Orgasm : Discovery of the Orgone by Wilhelm Reich, Vincent R. Carfagno ISBN: 0-374-50204-8 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Ignore what you have heard
Comment: Wilhelm Reich doesn't have the best reputation these days, but then again, his reputation was never that good. People now say that he was crazy, or had a god-complex, that his experiments can't be reproduced, and so on. I think that he had an unusual sensitivity to human problems and developed novel ways of thinking about them. Whether the cosmic orgone exists or not is not as important as what Reich had to say about society and its effects on the happiness of those who live in it. TFOTO is worth reading if one keeps an open mind and is not distracted by Reich's terminology. There's truth in what he says, even if you don't believe every word.
Rating: 5
Summary: On the biological and social implications of "love making"
Comment: The book focuses on the function of orgasm as an important PART of "healthy" love making. The issues discussed are timeless and at the same time not given the proper importance in our everyday life. Why? The author gives his opinion which is informed by the biological, psychological and social scientific domain.
Nothing to do with the endless numbers of books that come up when one puts in the keyword "orgasm" in any search machine...
It's not about trying to improve your orgasm or trying improve your sex-skills or trying to become that lover that will be able to seduce every female. On the contrary, based on the function of orgasm which is parallelised with that of relaxation it discusses how through, not trying, but SURRENDERING to the function of orgasm one can let go, may unblock muscular and character armouring in that experience, and perhaps unexpectedly but naturally come to a new way of perceiveing life.
Despite the fact that it may be necessary for the reader to be slightly familiar with Reich and his terminology (or psychoanalysis in general) I undoubtedly recomend it to someone who wonders why humanity looks blocked, stressed and cannot let matters go. Why humanity is afraid to surrender to nature and thus discover its function and power, instead of persistently trying to conquer it...
I am afraid I cannot resist to reply to a previous reviewer. Yes, one may say that this book briefly says "Make love, not war", like everyone college freshman says.
"Make love, not war". Simple stuff, nothing new, we know the possible biological, psychological and social threads that turn acts of love to acts of war and if we look around us we can see that humanity has turned this knowledge into lived-life, humanity's life is in harmony with nature...
I don't think so...
Rating: 5
Summary: A superb book for anyone interested in Reich
Comment: Wilhelm Reich was many things in his lifetime- a student of Freud, a political activist, a research scientist, and an inventor. His work was decades ahead of its time and is finally being rediscovered and reevaluated by the public. If, like me, you are interested in Reich and his work, you might want to check out a novel called We All Fall Down, by Brian Caldwell. it draws heavily on Reich's theories, particularly Listen Little Man and The Mass Psychology Of Facism. It's a great introduction to Reich's work and the entire novel draws heavily on his theory. It's very interesting watching an author explore his theories in a fictional setting. Well worth reading.
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Title: Character Analysis : Third, Enlarged Edition by Wilhelm Reich, Vincent Carfagno ISBN: 0374509808 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1980 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Bioelectrical Investigation of Sexuality and Anxiety by Wilhelm Reich, Marion Faber, Derek Jordan ISBN: 0374517282 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1983 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Listen, Little Man! by Wilhelm Reich, William Steig, Ralph Manheim ISBN: 0374504016 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1974 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Bioenergetics by Alexander Lowen ISBN: 0140194711 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Genitality in the Theory and Therapy of Neurosis : In the Theory and Thearpy of Neurosis by Wilhelm Reich, Philip Schmitz ISBN: 0374516413 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1981 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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