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Crossing the Forbidden Highway: The Untold Story of Orgone, Body Therapy, and Suppressed Emotion

Book by Laurence Galian · 3 quotes · Reich, Body, Orgone

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“Wilhelm Reich, on the other hand, saw mysticism as a symptom of unresolved sexual energy and a key driver of neurosis. He argued that mystics channel repressed libido into spiritual pursuits. This creates a cycle of emotional blockage and physical tension.”

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“This notion of a vital force knows no single home, no lone epoch. It resounds in the ancient East as the breath of being, in indigenous rites honoring the earth’s spirit, in the quests of early thinkers to name the spark of life. Wilhelm Reich, a seer across psychology and science, reframed this timeless thread, naming it orgone and tying it to the body’s silent rhythms, to the pulse beneath our skin.”

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