Ether, God and devil : cosmic superimposition by Wilhelm Reich


Ether, God and devil : cosmic superimposition
Title : Ether, God and devil : cosmic superimposition
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ISBN : 0374149070
ISBN-10 : 9780374149079
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 308
Publication : First published January 1, 1949

These companion volumes, long out of print, are presented together for the first time so that the reader may better grasp their essential unity. In Ether, God and Devil, Wilhelm Reich describes the process of functional thinking and reveals how the inner logic of this objective thought technique led him to the discovery of cosmic orgone energy.

In Cosmic Superimposition, Reich steps beyond the character structure of man to an understanding of how man is rooted in nature. The superimposition of two orgone-energy systems which is demonstrable in the genital embrace is revealed as a common functioning principle that exists in all of nature. Concluding this work, Reich returns to the human sphere "to ponder about the greatest riddle of all: the ability of man to think, and by mere thinking to know what nature is and how it works."

Chapters 1-4 in Ether, God and Devil and Chapter 4 of Cosmic Superimposition have been newly translated by Therese Pol from the original German manuscripts of Orgonomischer Funktionalismus, Teil I. All other parts of these works were written in English by Reich. In this edition, minor editorial revisions have been made.

Ether, God and devil : cosmic superimposition Reviews

  • Staffan

    Incredible. Reich's contribution is so misunderstood and ignored by "armored man" and "armored thinking" (mystical or mechanistic thinking). Reich (as always logical) explains why that is. I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who is well-educated in both the "hard sciences" (physics, chemistry etc) and the "soft". I have spent the last 10 years seeking to understand myself, humanity and the cosmos. This search has been carried out through research and experimentation with the latest thinking in adult human development, psychology, philosophy, integral theory, biology, neuroscience, mindfulness and spirituality. Little did I know that Reich had already handed us a powerful comprehension of the psyche, society and cosmos as a whole.

  • JK

    Ben gave me this book to read. Friends get you/get through to you w/books when it matters. Reich is a poet.

  • Kapinga Henry

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