Report on Orgone Energy Accumulators

in the U. S. A.*

By ILSE OLLENDORFF, Orgonon, Rangcley,

In giving this report, I would like to star- with the orgone energy accmnu-!ator production over the past 9 years. We had 3 accumulators made in October 1941 for use in the laboratory at Forest Hills. Besides the workers in the laboratory, the accumulators were used by experimental patients who were coming to the laboratory and used the accumulators there. In 1942 some of the Glose co-workers expressed a desire for accumulators in their honres and 6 more accumulators were constructed, mainly for this purpose. During 1943 a number of experimental patients preferred to have the accumulators at their honres to avoid the daily journey back and forth to the laboratory, and it was decided to construct more accumulators. In 1943 the number constructed and ordered amountcd to 20 accumulators. These were 1-foid accumulators which were built in Oquossoc, Maine, first by Mr. Tem pieton and 'ater by his daughter in their workshop. The accumulators were at that time given only to people who were in dose contact with the Orgone Insti-tute Research Laboratories. They signed an affidavit which is substantially the same as we still require it now, and they started to pay the $10 monthly reata]. In the following 2 years during 1944 and 1945 only 21 new accumu-lators were ordered, which brings the total accumulators in our possession in 1945 to 50 accumulators.

Through experimentation at the laboratory, it was found that an increase in layers of the accumulator will bring about an increase of the orgone energy conccntration although not proportionally. We, therefore, equipped

• Read ai the Second International Orgonomic Convention, Orgonon, Maine, August 24, 1950. t Administrative Director of the Orgonc Institute Restareis Laboratories and member of the

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most of these 50 accumulators with additional layers which were added to the outside of the accumulator, thus bringing them up to 2-fold by adding these layers. Then in 1946 the demand for accumulators began to increase suddenly. Fifty-six new accumulators were ordered in 1946, bringing the total up to 106. These 56 accumulators were constructed as 2-fold accumu-lators with the middle layer consisting of a solid sheet of metal. The organic material used at that time was already rock wool or glass fibcr. In the fali of 1946, we discovered that the use of steel wool for the 2nd layer rather than solid metal enhances the strength of the accumulator, and beginning with accumulator No. 98, ali accumulators were now constructed with an inner layer of steel wool and rock wool. In 1947 the new orders amounted to 65, bringing ihe total up to 171. In 1948, the total number of accumulators ordered reached 91, bringing the total to 262.

During 1948, we decided to huild 3-fold accumulators for general use and to have special 5-fold accumulators for cases which were under strict medicai supervision, where a strong orgonotic etfect was desired. Sixteen 5-fold accumulators werc constructed and are being used wherever indicated. In 1948 the construction of accumuiators was shifted from Maine to New York where a small carpentry firm in Forest Hilis took over the building. In 1949 and the beginning of 1950, 100 more accumulators were ordered and built and the construction was shifted back to Maine where the firm of S. A. Collins & Son took over manufacturing. At the present time, we have 322 accumulators in use in the U. S. Twenty-seves of these accumulators are given out free of charge, 11 accumulators built by private people for their own use, and 20 accumulators are used at a reduced rate. All of these accumu-lators are still given out on an experimental basis. Every user has to sign an affidavit to that effect, and each affidavit nas to be signed and the diagnosis fiiled in by either the treating medicai orgonomist or, in cases where thc patient is geographically too far removed, the affidavit has to be accompánied by a statement on the physical status of the patient by his own physician. In the New York arca, persons who are not in treatment but would like to use the orgone accumulator are now being refcrred to the Orgone Energy Clinic before giving tilem an accumulator. Here I would to add that we

are, naturally, willing to let anybody in need of the use of an accumulator benefit from it; however, it has becotne increasingly frequent that people have asked for an accumulator without wanting to pay for it. We have, therefore, made it a principie in each such case to get a written statement

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from the attending physician as to the absolute medicai necessity of the use of the accumulator in that case and a detailed explanation of the financial situation to find out whether the rcduced rate or accumulator free of charge is indicated. The fact that up til( now, through the courtesy of Drs. Oscar and Simeon Tropp, the use of an accumulator free of charge was available to such patients and that in the future the use of accumulators at the Orgone Energy Clinic will be available to such persons will help to reduce this practice.

Most of the first 50 accumulators have been exchanged by this time for stronger ones. The material is being used over as far as possible in the build-ing of new ones. Over the past 9 years, it can be safely assumcd that more than a thousand people have beco using the accumulator more or less regu-larly over periods ranging from 3 months to 9 years, since in most cases family members and friends have availed themselves of the use of the accu-mulator, together with the original signer of the affidavit. The average use is approximatdy 1 year 9 months.

I would like to mention how widely known the orgone energy accumulator has become recently. We know the role which the accumulator plays in ali the slander stories. It has recently corne to our attention that in a current novel the accumulator is mentioned as the "sexone box" and last winter a social and educacional group in Greenwich Village announced a lecrure and demonstration of the orgone accumulator. They called on us to provide an accumulator and lecturer, which was refused because of the clearly non-stientific character of that organization. They insisted that they would be able to provide an accumulator anyhow; whereupon, we immediately had our lawyer intervene and threaten them with remova( of the accumulator through police interferente if they showed it against our wishes. We learned that they not only did not show the accumulator or mention any word about orgonomy, but they also hastily had a new announcement of their lecture made, leaving out any mention of Reich, his work, and the accumulator. Alrnost the same experiente was had with a pseudo-scientific radio program.

The incorre from the accumulators has risen in accordance with the rise in the demand from $4,594 in 1946 to $23,000 in 1950. TV! cost of the accumu-lators altogether from the beginning until now is $20,400. I would like to stress at this point the fact that neither Wilhelm Reich nor any of thc other physicians connected with the work on the orgone accumulators has earnrd any rrinney in conneetion with that work. The income from the accumulators

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was never sufficient to cover the expenses cif the research work. The medicai use of the orgone accumulators has beca donated by Reich to the Wilhelm Reich Foundation and is worth approximately $25,000 a year.

Let me first say that the following figures about the incarne and the expenses of the Orgone Institute Research Laboratories are taken from the

financial .opor t ending with thc fiscal year May 31, í950. There is, therefore, a slight difference in the figures between those cited by Dr. Bakcr for the income from the Orgone Institute Diagnostic Clinic (cf. p. 41, chis Bulletin)

and my figures since they do not include the entire month of june. The expenses for the research work, the laboratories, maintenance of Orgonon,

and the Forest Hills Laboratory, including the salaries, have likewise risca from $9,000 in 1946 to $21,800 in 1950. The income of the corporation during

the period 1946 to 1950, aside from the income derived from the accumulators carne from the following sources: Wilhelm Reich contributed $29,214 toward the expenses apart from lcans. He had also spent $110,565.39 for the work

in the course of 15 years. The professional co-workers, including the regular contribution from the American Association for Medical Orgonomy, con-

tributed $19,466.10. General contributions and &mations amounted to $6,89830. When, in 1948, it was decided to construct the Organe Energy

Obscrvatory, a special construction fund was set up and many of the co-workcrs donated money for chis specific purpose. The construction fund was

also the recipient of consultation fees which Reich designated for chis specific purpose; other physicians did the same with certain of their consultation fees ar monies received for blood tests and examinations. Money from the

A. S. Neill lecture in 1948 likewise went into the construction fund which, by the end of the fiscal year May 31, 1950, amounted to $23,947.30. In 1950, there was a net income from the Orgonomic Infant Research Center for fees of $1839, and clinicai consuitations ar the Orgone Institute Diagnostic Clinic

brought in $696. The asseis of the corporation before depreciation included

the following:

Orgonon, Laboratory and Obscrvatory $75,255.99 Orgone energy accumulators 20,389.13 Apparatus and equipment 4,976.10 Office equipment and furniture 281.17

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This does not include the laboratory equipment which Wilhelm Reich brought to the U.S.A. in 1939 and which is worth about $20,000.00.

The liabilities cif the corporation include the following:

Loans payable $13,286.79 Accounts payable 3,949.99

Total $17,236.78

At the present time Wilhelm Reich holds the tida for most of the land and the Orgone Energy Observatory in trust for the Wilhelm Reich Foundation, and these assets will gradually be transferred to the Foundation. At the present time 19 acres of land, plus approximately 31/2 acres of land on which the Students' Laboratory is standing have been transferred to the Founda-tion, rogether with the following othcr assets and liabilities:

Liabilitìes transferred: Loans payable Accounts payable

Total Assets transferred:

Students' Laboratory with adjacent buildings Depreciation as of May 31, 1950

$15,889.99

$16,940.44 2,473.98

Full value as of June 1, 1950 $14,466.50 Apparatus, located in the Students' Laboratory $1,059.54

(Includes full laboratory equipment, lathe, vacuum cleaner, etc.) Depreciation as of May 31, 1950 296.67

Full value as of June 1, 1950 Accumulators $20,389.13

762.87

Depreciation as of May 31, 1950 4,756.66

Full value as of June 1, 1950 15,632.47

Total assets transferred .......... $30,861.84

The Orgonc Research Fund is still in existence as a subsidiary of The Wilhclm Reich Foundation and is paying ali of the overhead expenses while The. I.Vilheim Rcich Foundation directly pays expenditures in connection

$12370.12 3,519.87

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with the capital assets such as apparatus, construction, etc. Our overhead, according to last year's financial report, was approximately $21,000, which was distributed as follows (figures are approximations):

Salaries and wages $10,500

Maintenance of Orgonori $2,200

Laboratory expenses $1,400

Great expenses in our work, especially with the high rates of electricity in Maine, are the items light, heat, and telephone, which last year amounted to

over $2500.

Hospital Project last year $857

Legal and accounting expenses $1,000

insurance $675

Real estate taxes $870

Maintenance of laboratory in Forest Hills $500

Stationery, travel, postage, etc.

$1,000

We hope that through the planned sale of the accumulators this overhead will be amply covered and that those research centcrs which are already functioning will be able to cover their own expenses, thus relieving Wilhelm

Reich from his annual loans and contributions.

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Projeto Arte Org Redescobrindo e reinterpretando W. Reich Caro Leitor Infelizmente, no que se refere a orgonomia, seguir os passos de Wilhelm Reich e de sua equipe de investigadores é uma questão bastante difícil, polêmica e contraditória, cheia de diferentes interpretações que mais confundem do que ajudam. Por isto, nós decidimos trabalhar com o material bibliográfico presente nos microfilmes (Wilhelm Reich Collected Works Microfilms) em forma de PDF, disponibilizados por Eva Reich que já se encontra circulado pela internet, e que abarca o desenvolvimento da orgonomia de 1941 a 1957. Dividimos este “material” de acordo com as revistas publicadas pelo instituto de orgonomia do qual o Reich era o diretor. 01- International Journal of Sex Economy and Orgone Research (1942-1945). 02- Orgone Energy Bulletin (1949-1953) 03- CORE Cosmic Orgone Engineering (1954-1956) E logo dividimos estas revistas de acordo com seus artigos, apresentando-os de forma separada (em PDF), o que facilita a organizá-los por assunto ou temas. Assim, cada qual pode seguir o rumo de suas leituras de acordo com os temas de seu interesse. Todo o material estará disponível em inglês na nuvem e poderá ser acessado a partir de nossas páginas Web. Sendo que nosso intuito aqui é simplesmente divulgar a orgonomia, e as questões que a ela se refere, de acordo com o próprio Reich e seus colaboradores diretos relativos e restritos ao tempo e momento do próprio Reich. Quanto ao caminho e as postulações de cada um destes colaboradores depois da morte de Reich, já é uma questão que extrapola nossas possibilidades e nossos interesses. Sendo que aqui somente podemos ser responsáveis por nós mesmos e com muitas restrições. Alguns destes artigos, de acordo com nossas possiblidades e interesse, já estamos traduzindo. Não somos tradutores especializados e, portanto, pedimos a sua compreensão para possíveis erros que venham a encontrar. Em nome da comunidade Arte Org. Sobre o Instituto Wilhelm Reich e Bibliografia About the Wilhelm Reich Institute and Bibliography ---------------------- International Journal of Sex Economy and Orgone Research ----------------- -------------------- The Orgone Institute -------------------- 01 Wilhelm Reich About the History and the Activities of our Institute 1942 International Journal of Sex Economy and Orgone Research Volume 1 Number 1 1942 Interval 6-15 Pag. 1-10 02 Outline of Present Activities of the Orgone Institute 1945 International Journal of Sex Economy and Orgone Research Volume 4 Number 1 1945 Interval 98-101 Pag. 96-99 03 The Annals of The Orgone institute 1947

McF 207 Annals of the Orgone Institute, Number 1. 1947 Interval 5-5 Pag. 3 04 Walter Hoppe. Sex-economy and Orgone Reserarch in Palestina 1947 McF 207 Annals of the Orgone Institute, Number 1. 1947 Interval 40-44 Pag. 73-81 -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Orgone Energy Bulletin ------------------------------- ------------ Orgone Institute ------------ 01 Myron Scharaf. The First Orgonomic Conference at Orgonon 1948 McF 208 Orgone Energy Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1. Jan. 1949 Interval 15-18 Pag. 23-29 02 Orgonomic Movement 1949 McF 209 Orgone Energy Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2. Apr. 1949 Interval 17-19 Pag. 77-81 03 A. E. Hamilton. Reaction to the First Orgonomic Conference 1948 McF 301 Orgone Energy Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 3. Jul. 1949 Interval 14-17 Pag. 117-123 04 Notes Editorial. A Letter to the American Medical Association 1949 Wilhelm Reich 302-Orgone Energy Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 4. Oct. 1949 Interval 25-25 Pag. 186-187 05 Notes Editorial. A correspondence 1949 McF 303 Orgone Energy Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 1. Jan. 1950 Interval 25-26 Pag. 44-46 06- Our Biosocial Base of Operation 1950 McF 305 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 2, No. 3. Jul. 1950 Interval 3-4 Pag. 97-98 07 Wilhelm Reich. Orgonomy 1935-1950. A brief Aecount 1950 McF 305 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 2, No. 3. Jul. 1950 Interval 27-35 Pag. 143-151 08 Orgonomie Literature Ordered from Russia 1950 McF 305 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 2, No. 3. Jul. 1950 Interval 36-40 Pag. 152-160 09 Wilhelm Reich. The Orgone Energy Obsevatory (1948) McF 306 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 2, No. 4. Oct. 1950 Interval 33-34 Pag. 217-219 10 Elsworth F. Baker. The Orgone Institute Diagnostic Clinic. 1951 McF 307 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 3, No. 1. Jan. 1951

Interval 22-23 Pag. 39-41 11 Ola Raknes. Orgonomic Work in Sacandinavia 1951 McF 307 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 3, No. 1. Jan. 1951 Interval 24-29 Pag. 42-52 12 Ilse Ollendorff. Orgone Energy Accumulators in U.S.A. 1951 McF 307 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 3, No. 1. Jan. 1951 Interval 29-32 Pag. 53-58 13 The Wilhelm Reich Foundation 1951 McF 307 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 3, No. 1. Jan. 1951 Interval 32-33 Pag. 59-60 14 An Esperiment in Social Administration 1952 McF 313 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 4, No. 3. Jul. 1952 Interval 3-5 Pag. 130-134 15 Fron The Charter of the Wilhelm Reich Fundation 1952 McF 313 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 4, No. 3. Jul. 1952 Interval 5-6 Pag. 135-136 16 The Wilhem Reich Fundation By-Laws 1952 McF 313 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 4, No. 3. Jul. 1952 Interval 6-10 Pag. 137-145 17 Financial Report of the WRF 1952 McF 313 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 4, No. 3. Jul. 1952 Interval 11-14 Pag. 146-153 --------------------------- Bibliography on orgonomy --------------------------- 01-Glossary 1949 McF 209 Orgone Energy Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2. Apr. 1949 Interval 25-27 Pag. 93-96 02 Orgonomie Leetures January 1948 to Date Jul 1949 McF 301 Orgone Energy Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 3. Jul. 1949 Interval 20-20 Pag. 128-129 03- Bibliography of works on Orgone Energy 1951 McF 310 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 3, No. 4. Oct. 1951 Interval 83-84 Pag. 342-344 04 Ola Raknes. FroM Libido Teoria to Orgonomy 1952 McF 311 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 4, No. 1. Jan. 1952 Interval 8-11 Pag. 13-18 05 Bibliography (1950.1951) 1952 McF 313 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 4, No. 3. Jul. 1952 Interval 15-18 Pag. 154-161

06 History of Orgonomy (1897-1952) 1953 McF 315 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 1,2. Mar. 1953 Interval 47-49 Pag. 90-94 7 Literature on Orgone Energy 1948-1951 McF 517 Oranur Project. Orgone Energy Emergency Bulletin No. 1 1950 Interval 6-7 Pag. 10-12 08 Wilhem Reich Biography Material 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 2-3 Pag. I-II 09 Prefatory Note 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 6-8 Pag. 1-4 10 BackGround and Scientific Development of Wilhelm Reich 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 8-10 Pag. 5-9 11 Glossary and Abbreviations 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 11-13 Pag. 10-14 12 Books, Articles and Seminars by Whilhelm Reich 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 13-25 Pag. 15-36 13 Articles on orgonomy by Coworkers 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 25-33 Pag. 37-53 14 Books and Articles about Orgonomy 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 34-37 Pag. 54-61 15 Books, Articles and Reviews with References to Orgonomy 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 38-59 Pag. 62-105 16 Listings and Compaign by Wilhelm Reich (1949) 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 60-66 Pag. 106-119 17 Index by authors 1953 McF 316 Orgone Energy Bulletin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep. 1953 Interval 67-76 Pag. 120-137 --------- CORE. -----------------

----------------------- The Orgone Institute and Bibliography ----------------------- 01 Wilhelm Reich - Response to Ignorance 1955 McF 512 Wilhelm Reich Biographical Material, History of the Discovery of the Life Energy.1955 02 Grossroads Ahed - Wilhelm Reich at the Supreme Court (E.U.A.) in 1956 McF 504 A Court Case VII 1954-1957 Interval 4-29 Pag. 1-51 03 Appendix - Orgonomic State of Maine (1948-1952) 1956 McF 504 A Court Case VII 1954-1957 Interval 38-46 Pag. 17r-33r 04 Bibliography of Works on Orgone Energy (1937-1951) 1952 McF 504 A Court Case VII 1954-1957 Interval 49-51 Pag. 39r-43r 05 Texts of the orgonomy indicated at the Court Case in 1956 McF 509 A Court Case XII 1954-1957 Interval 4-4 Pag. IV-V 06 Backgroud and Scientific Devolopmente of Wilhelm Reich 1956 McF 509 A Court Case XII 1954-1957 Interval 43-45 Pag. 11a-15a 07 Glossary 1956 McF 509 A Court Case XII 1954-1957 Interval 45-48 Pag. 15a20a