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The following list includes all available, in-print published works by Wilhelm Reich, M.D., plus several biographical titles. We sell only new copies of Reich's books, and do not sell used or photo-copies of his out-of-print titles. Photocopies of Reich's out-of-print titles may be ordered from the Wilhelm Reich Museum Bookstore, PO Box 687, Rangeley, Maine 04970 USA, Telephone (207) 864-3443.
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* INVASION OF COMPULSORY SEX-MORALITY by Wilhelm Reich. A discussion of the sex-economic implications of Bronislaw Malinowski's work on the Trobriand Islanders. Reich noted the high levels of sexual freedom among the Trobriand islanders, as recorded by the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski ("Sexual Life of Savages"), did not lead to pornographic sexual chaos, as is the usual claim. Instead, the Trobrianders were spontaneously but not compulsively moral, and self-regulated, without noticable social violence.
* FURY ON EARTH: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich, by Myron Sharaf A penetrating, fact-filled & definitive biography of Reich, illuminating the man's greatness & genius. Traces Reich from his early psychoanalytic, Marxist & anti-fascist periods in Vienna &Berlin, his sex-economic & later orgone biophysical discoveries in Scandinavia & the USA. Masterful, emotion-stirring. 550 pp.
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* SELECTED WRITINGS: An Introduction to Orgonomy, by Wilhelm Reich. A selection of articles and monographs by which the reader can follow the logic of Reich's scientific development as he pursued his energy research, from the early days in psychoanalysis, through his breakthrough into the biological realm, to his later work in orgone biophysics and astrophysics. An excellent guide to the though of this pioneering physician-scientist for a new generation that is increasingly receptive to his groundbreaking work. This anthology is not intended to replace any of Reich's works, but rather to serve as an introduction to them. The Chapters include materials from The Function of the Orgasm, The Cancer Biopathy, Character Analysis, Ether, God and Devil, Cosmic Superimposition, The Oranur Experiment, and The Murder of Christ. Also included are several of Reich's articles on biophysical subjects not found elsewhere. 557 pp. 
* CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE: On the Prevention of Sexual Pathology, by Wilhelm Reich. Foreword by William Steig. Details the importance of the social-family environment of the infant and child, and how disastrous is the exclusion of genitality to the young. Includes his 1932 work "The Sexual Rights of Youth", where Reich speaks to the essential nature of sexuality and the rights of youth to genital gratification. Other chapters detail the affects of parental attitudes towards infantile masturbation, the source of the human "no", special disturbances of the young -- all of which is substantiated by Reich's clinical observations, including case studies from the Orgonomic Infant Research Center. 223 pp. 
* THE FUNCTION OF THE ORGASM, The Discovery of the Life Energy, Vol.1, by Wilhelm Reich.
Follows Reich's initial work with Freud; the discovery of the energetic connection between the psyche and soma; the role of sexuality, especially in orgasm, in establishing emotional and physical health, and the discovery of the orgone, or life energy. Covers Reich's therapeutic method, as it evolved from the early character-analytic vegetotherapy, into orgone therapy. A milestone set of discoveries, nearly lost to the world due to the actions of angry psychoanalysts and psychiatrists, who were (and continue to be) champions of sex-repression and psychopathological "normalcy" as "health". 400 pp.
* THE CANCER BIOPATHY: Discovery of the Life Energy, Vol.2, by Wilhelm Reich. Outlines Reich's discovery and investigation of a specific biological energy, the orgone, and how this led to a radically different understanding of cancer. Cancer is a systemic disease caused by the chronic thwarting of natural sexual function. The term "biopathy" describes a disturbance in the natural function of energy pulsation in the body. Its central mechanism is the inability to adequately discharge biosexual excitation in the orgasm. Reich presents a functional theory which explains the origin and development of cancer, as well as the specific origins of the cancer cell. He also offers possibilities for its treatment, using the orgone therapeutic measures (which include use of the orgone energy accumulator), but emphasizes the prevention of sexual misery and the resulting stagnation of bioenergy. 433 pp. 
* THE BIOELECTRICAL INVESTIGATION OF SEXUALITY AND ANXIETY, by Wilhelm Reich. Presents three of Reich's milestone papers on the subject, undertaken in Europe. "The Orgasm as an Electrophysiological Discharge", "Sexuality and Anxiety: The Basic Antithesis of Vegetative Life", and "The Bioelectrical Function of Sexuality and Anxiety". The papers follow one another in a logical sequence, clarifying aspects of human physiology which even today are presented in a most confused manner in textbooks, due to the constant down-playing and overlooking of the central role of sexual pleasure and the orgasm function. Basic information for understanding the increasing incidence of anxiety attacks, depression and sexual dysfunction, as seen in sex-negative social structures. 161 pp. 
* THE BION EXPERIMENTS: On the Origins of Life, by Wilhelm Reich. Presents Reich's original microbiological experiments, published in Germany in 1938, now available in English. Documents his Oslo experiments of 1936-37, in which Reich applied the formula of tension-->charge-->discharge-->relaxation, derived form his research on the function of the orgasm, to the microscopic biological world, thereby opening a route to an understanding of the origin of life. The work is divided into two parts: the first, a detailed report on the experiments; the second, Reihc's conclusions and exposition of his research method. Important to note, Reich's experiments on the vesicular microscopical bions predate all later work on similar micro-particles and proto-cells, which are the mainstay of today's research on the "origins of life" question. The bion experiments have been repeatedly replicated by other researchers, as provided in other publications on our booklist. 161 pp. 
* THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION: Towards a Self-Regulating Character Structure, by Wilhelm Reich. First published in 1936, but immensely relevant in today's world, where 30-40 percent of American men and women suffer from severe sexual dysfunction. Reich believed we are living through a true revolution in all values regarding sexual life, especially those relating to infant and adolescent sexuality. Unfortunately, moralism and pornography dominate the human viewpoint. Reich introduces a fundamentally different view, of a natural sexuality, bioenergetically rooted in nature. Contains also a revealing study of the sexual revolution which occurred briefly in the Soviet Union immediately following their revolution in 1918. 288 pp. 
* ETHER, GOD AND DEVIL / COSMIC SUPERIMPOSITION, by Wilhelm Reich. Companion volumes. Ether, God and Devil describes Reich's functional approach to objective social and natural phenomenon, and how this led to the discovery of the cosmic orgone energy. Cosmic Superimposition steps beyond the human character structure to reveal our orgonotic roots in nature. The superimposition of two orgone energy streams as demonstrable in the sexual embrace is revealed as a common functioning principle in all of nature. Reich paints with a broad brush in these two works, describing the basic unity of all life in nature, and the relationship between living functions to meteorological and cosmological functions.. 307 pp. 
* CHARACTER ANALYSIS, by WILHELM REICH. The development of Reich's therapeutic techniques which establish the biological and emotional/sexual basis of neurosis. Presents case histories as well as thorough discussions of the methods he developed. Used as a psychiatric textbook with important discussions on the emotional plague and life energy functions. 545 pp.
* THE MASS PSYCHOLOGY OF FASCISM, by Wilhelm Reich.
Reich's study on the origins of authoritarian political and social phenomena, as rooted in irrational character structures that arise from the suppression of primary biological needs. Reich analyses the role of sexual repression in the rise of the Nazis in WWII Germany. 400 pp.
* LISTEN, LITTLE MAN, by Wilhelm Reich.
Reich's personal response to the emotional plague's attempts to defame and kill his sex-economic and orgone research; a scathing portrayal of Homo normalis; clearly shows how the emotional plague functions. Drawings by William Steig. 128 pp.
* REICH SPEAKS OF FREUD: Wilhelm Reich Discusses His Work and His Relationship with Sigmund Freud, edited by Mary Higgins & Chester Raphael The core of this book is a tape-recorded interview of Wilhelm Reich, conducted by a representative of the Sigmund Freud Archives. Published here for the first time, it is a profoundly human and an unusually candid document that supplies a long-awaited clarification of the relationship between Reich and Freud. Reich discusses the personally tragic, but scientifically vital implications of his relationship with Sigmund Freud. The book also contains previously unpublished materials from his archives -- letters to Freud, Adler, Ferenczi and others involved in the early struggles within psychoanalysis -- as well as documents revealing the unrelenting hostility of the psychoanalysts toward Reich. 296 pp.
* GENITALITY In the Theory and Therapy of Neurosis, by Wilhelm Reich. First published in 1927 and revised in 1944, presenting Reich's clinical findings on the significance of genitality in psychotherapeutic practice. Chapters on: Orgastic Potency, Neurotic Conflicts, Orgastic Disturbances, Sexual Stagnation (the energy source of neurosis), Genital Impotence, and on Aggression, Destruction and Sadism, and the Social Significance of Genital Impulses. A must-read item for psychotherapists and psychiatrists. 225 pp. 
* THE MURDER OF CHRIST: The Emotional Plague of Mankind, by Wilhelm Reich. In this profound and moving work, Reich explores the meaning of Christ's life and reveals the hidden, universal scourge that caused his agonizing death - the Emotional Plague of Mankind. Reich contends that man is faced with full responsibility for the murder of Christ all through the ages -- for the murder of fellow human beings, no matter what the circumstances. Here is the blunt truth about people's true ways of being, acting and emotional reacting. 228 pp.
* PEOPLE IN TROUBLE, by Wilhelm Reich. First published in 1953 as Vol. II of The Emotional Plague of Mankind, presenting Reich's development of his sociological thinking 1927 to 1937, his personal experiences with major social and political events and ideas (Marxism and Nazism), and how these experiences gradually led him to an awareness of the deep significance of human sexuality and character structure in shaping and responding to social processes. The story of one man's courageous struggle to understand the social activity of his fellow men. 283 pp. 
* AMERICAN ODYSSEY: Letters and Journals 1940-1947, by Wilhelm Reich. Compilations from Reich's correspondence and diaries, covering the time of his first years in America: the period of development of the orgone accumulator, meetings with Albert Einstein, new marriage and groups of American students, new laboratory at Orgonon, and various new discoveries in social pathology, biology, physics, astronomy. Provides many previously unknown details about Reich's life and work, his feelings about America and his American students, illuminating the life of an embattled scientist during a period of dynamic historical change. 453 pp.
* ON WILHELM REICH AND ORGONOMY (Pulse of the Planet #4) Edited by James DeMeo. Contains: The Bioelectrical Experiments of Wilhelm Reich: The Basic Antithesis of Vegetative Life Functions, The Orgasm as an Electrophysiological Discharge, and Experimental Investigation of the Electrical Function of Sexuality and Anxiety. Also: Wilhelm Reich in Denmark with photographs, by Ellen Siersted, Why is Reich Never Mentioned?, by R. D. Laing, Ph.D., plus other papers discussing the bions, orgone accumulator, cloudbusting, FDA assaults, AIDS mythology, and more. Over 18 articles by 13 different authors. 176 pp. Full Table of Contents listed 
* WILHELM REICH: VIVA LITTLE MAN. A Documentary Movie in DVD or Videotape by Digne Meller-Marcovicz. An intimate time-capsule of people and places recalling the controversial natural scientist, Wilhelm Reich, M.D., his trial, imprisonment, and the court-ordered burning of his books in America. Viva Little Man includes interviews with many of Dr. Wilhelm Reich's former friends, associates, family members and scholars who have personally investigated the facts surrounding his life and work, to include: Dr. Richard Blasband, Willy Brandt (former German Chancellor) Prof. Bernard Grad, Prof. Jerome Greenfield (author of Wilhelm Reich vs. the USA), Mary Higgins (Trustee of the Wilhelm Reich Museum), Grete Hoff, Jo Jenks, Heiko Lassek, Elsa Lindenberg, Thomas Mangravite, Renata Moise (Reich's granddaughter), Ilse Ollendorff (Reich's wife), Dr. Eva Reich (daughter and co-worker), Tom Ross, Prof. Bernd Senf, and Dr. Myron Sharaf (author of Fury on Earth). 90 min. 
* IN CONVERSATION WITH DR. EVA REICH A candid and intimate discussion of Wilhelm Reich's final years, by his daughter and close co-worker. Covers orgone energy, UFO sightings, cloudbustng, & scientific/legal persecution. 60 min. 1/2" VHS 
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* INTERVIEW WITH MYRON SHARAF, Ph.D., Author of FURY ON EARTH: A BIOGRAPHY OF WILHELM REICH Conducted by Jim Martin. The late Myron Sharaf discusses Reich's continuing influence on therapeutic techniques, his speculations on UFOs, the conspiracy against his work, and the legal difficulties which led to Reich's imprisonment. 60 min. 1/2" VHS.