Wilhelm Reich and his theory of orgasmic energy, orgone accumulator and relaxation trance chamber. In this article I would like to share the information I received during the development process, construction and research of a relaxation trance chamber, the prototype of which is the orgone accumulator developed by Wilhelm Reich. Wilhelm Reich is the founder of body-oriented psychotherapy. One of the first and best students of Z. Freud, who separated from him and created a new method - vegetative therapy. Wilhelm Reich, using his new method, for the first time began to work with the body, which contradicted all the rules and norms of classical psychoanalysis. In psychoanalysis, any physical contact between the psychoanalyst and the patient was completely excluded. Wilhelm Reich was the first psychoanalyst to sit opposite the patient, observe him and, if necessary, perform various manipulations with the patient’s body. In 1939, Wilhelm Reich discovered orgone radiation, and soon the term “vegetative therapy” was replaced by the term “orgone therapy.” The essence of the method is that any person develops a character-shell throughout his life. About the formation of such a shell, Wilhelm Reich wrote in his book “Character Analysis”: “Character consists in a chronic change in the ego, which can be called rigidity. This is the basis of a chronic characteristic pattern of human behavior. The meaning of such behavior is to protect the ego from external and internal dangers. A defense mechanism that has become chronic would be more accurately called a shell, which inevitably reduces overall mental mobility.” Wilhelm Reich showed that the enclosure of character in a shell is associated with a muscular shell and does not allow the manifestation of feelings and sensations of the organs, especially fear, rage and sexual arousal. Wilhelm Reich established that the muscular carapace has a segmental structure. The armor segments, or armor rings, are located perpendicular to the spine. The shell consists of seven segments and each of them, in certain life situations, restrains reactions to these situations. Restrains the following reactions: 1. Eyes - crying. Ocular segment (includes the orbicularis oculi muscles, the muscles of the eyeball, the temporalis muscle, the frontalis muscle and the occipital muscle, which are connected by the tendinous helmet). Externally, the eye block looks like motionless, expressionless eyes and a motionless forehead. The armor of the eye segment appears in childhood and becomes significantly stronger throughout life. You can tell a lot about a person from the eyes. You can see a person crying, sad, angry, lying, withdrawing, scared, ashamed, laughing, etc. It’s not for nothing that the eyes are called the mirror of the soul. Probably everyone has once heard the phrase: “Look into the eyes,” and at that moment, in order not to show what was happening to you, you put on a mask, froze your eyes, and froze your soul. Very often, clients with an eye block suffer from various eye diseases, headaches, and also find it difficult to express their feelings by crying. 2. Mouth - crying, screaming, anger. Oral segment. Mouth (muscles of the jaw, chin, throat, orbicularis oris, muscles of the back of the head). The tension of the muscles in this area restrains our desires, feelings and reactions that arose in infancy, such as screaming, crying, anger, grimacing, biting and sucking. Our mouth, as a rule, is closed, the jaws are constantly clenched and very often even in sleep. 3. Neck - anger, screaming, crying. The cervical segment includes the deep muscles of the neck and the muscles of the tongue. Here the shell holds back anger, screaming and crying, emotions seem to be swallowed (“lump” in the throat). The block occurs in early childhood due to the prohibition of crying, screaming, and getting angry.4. Chest, shoulders, arms - laughter, rage and anger, sadness, love and passion. The thoracic segment includes the broad muscles of the chest, muscles of the shoulders, shoulder blades, the entire chest and arms and hands. Reich noticed that the thoracic segment is expressed through the posture of inhalation - holding the breath, shallow breathing and immobility of the chest.And, as you know, holding your breath is one of the main tools for suppressing any emotion, which is what happens here. The most human feelings according to Reich, “unbridled passion,” “heartbreaking sobs,” “screams,” or “unbearable languor,” are chained in the thoracic segment. “These natural emotions are inaccessible to a person shackled in a shell. His passion is “cold”, he believes that crying is “unmanly”, that it is “childish” or something “inappropriate”, and that experiencing “passionate attraction or longing” is “softness” and “lack of character”. People with a block in the thoracic segment are uninitiative, constantly control themselves, restrain and limit themselves. Blockage in the thoracic segment spoils a person’s posture. Reich considered the thoracic segment to be the central part of the entire muscular armor and one of the most important segments influencing a person’s life and health: “Chronic expansion of the chest may be accompanied by a tendency to high blood pressure, tremors and anxiety, especially In severe cases, hypertrophy of the heart muscle may develop. Various heart diseases arise directly from chronic chest expansion and indirectly from anxiety syndrome. Pulmonary emphysema is the result of chronic expansion of the chest, hence the predisposition to pneumonia and tuberculosis. Chest armor manifests itself in clumsiness of the hands and is expressed in “stiffness” and “inaccessibility.” The lives of such patients are characterized by a lack of initiative and impaired performance based on their inability to use their hands freely. In women, due to the breast shell, sensitivity in the nipple area often disappears; Lack or insufficiency of sexual satisfaction and aversion to breastfeeding are also a direct result of this armored segment." Chest tightness is manifested by several symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, tense, wet and cold hands, tensely raised or slumped shoulders, sunken or enlarged chest, lack of body flexibility.5. Diaphragm - strong anger, rage, social fears, as well as disgust, disgust and inability... to vomit or, conversely, frequent attacks of nausea. Diaphragmatic segment. This segment includes the diaphragm, solar plexus, various internal organs, and muscles of the lower vertebrae. The protective shell is expressed by lordosis, i.e. curvature of the spine, convexity facing forward (people with strong blocks in this segment are practically unable to vomit or, on the contrary, suffer from a constant feeling of nausea). Also, a person with a diaphragmatic block experiences difficulty breathing, especially exhaling.6. Belly - anger and hostility. Back and lower back - fear of attack, fear of being caught doing anything. Abdominal segment. This segment includes the broad abdominal muscles, the muscles of the lower back and the back. If there is an abdominal block, a person experiences a loss of strength, lethargy and apathy, and often suffers from indigestion. Opening the upper segments allows you to achieve relaxation of the abdominal block quite easily.7. Pelvis - inhibits the natural need for pleasure, feelings of sexual arousal and satisfaction, and spontaneous expression of anger. The pelvic segment includes all the muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities. The stronger the protective shell, the more the pelvis is extended back. The gluteal muscles are tense and painful. The pelvis appears emotionless and unsexy. This block occurs earlier than other blocks and is considered the most difficult. V. Reich in his book “Character Analysis” describes quite a lot of pathological symptoms associated with the presence of the pelvic segment: “There are constipation, lumbago, various types of rectal tumors, inflammation of the ovaries, uterine polyps, benign and malignant neoplasms, irritability of the bladder, vaginal insensibility, insensibility of the surface of the penis with irritability of the urethra. In men, pelvic anorgonia causes erectile impotence or premature ejaculation. Among womenComplete vaginal numbness or spasm of the vaginal muscles (Vaginismus) may be detected. Leucorrhoea often occurs, and tests show the presence of microorganisms in the vaginal epithelium (Trichomonas vaginaüs). There is specific pelvic anxiety and specific pelvic anger. Like the shoulder segment of the shell, the pelvic ring accumulates emotions of anxiety and anger. Orgastic impotence generates a secondary impulse to achieve sexual satisfaction through force. When the impulse for sexual intercourse begins to correspond to the biological principle of pleasure, the following happens: pleasant sensations inevitably turn into impulses of anger, because the shell prevents the development of involuntary convulsive movements of this segment; a painful feeling of “the need to break through” arises, which can only be described as sadistic. As elsewhere in the sphere of life, pleasure pent up in the pelvic region turns into anger, and curbed anger turns into muscle spasms. In clinical studies, it can be seen that no matter how much the breakdown of the pelvic shell has progressed and no matter how mobile the pelvis has become, there will be no pleasant sensation in that area of ​​the body until the pelvic musculature releases anger.” From Reich's point of view, it is impossible to experience positive feelings until the discharge of negative emotions has occurred. During life, due to containment, the shell becomes more and more strengthened, becoming a strong armor that inhibits the movement of vital energy, the movement of orgone energy in the body and does not allow a person to live a full, rich life, both physical and spiritual. Wilhelm Reich said: “The central task of orgone therapy is the destruction of the shell, in other words, the restoration of plasma mobility. In a shell-bound person, pulsation in all organs is reduced or limited to one degree or another, and orgone therapy is designed to completely restore it. This is done biophysically, by breaking the holding posture. The ideal result of orgone therapy is the appearance of an orgasmic reflex,” and therefore the effect on the muscular shell leads to the individual’s response in body language and can be a tool for solving psychological problems, and as a consequence of a person’s psychosomatic problems. It is interesting that the Chinese teaching about the energy meridians of the body along which the cosmic energy Ki or Chi, as well as the Indian teaching about the energy channels that connect the seven main chakras, with the help of which a person absorbs vital cosmic energy Prana, have the same principles as the teachings of Wilhelm Reich, namely, that the inhibition of the flow of cosmic energy or the lack of this energy in the human body leads to psychological problems and physical illnesses. And the main task is the harmonious saturation of the human body with cosmic energy and the restoration of the unhindered flow of this energy in the body. In 1940, W. Reich made his first orgone accumulator. It was a wooden box, the inside of which was lined with steel sheets. The size of the first battery allowed experiments only on mice.V. Reich, since his discovery of orgone, has been trying to prove its existence by making it visible or using modernized radiation counters. He discovers that the temperature in the orgone accumulator increases by 1 degree. This increase in temperature can only be explained by the accumulation of orgone or vital energy inside the accumulator. The results of work with orgone accumulators arouse the interest of Albert Einstein, with whom Reich met and corresponded. But due to disagreements in assessing the results of the experiments, correspondence with Einstein was interrupted. W. Reich creates various modifications of orgone accumulators for treating people in the form of blankets and boxes in which patients are placed. Conducted research on orgone accumulators allowed Reich to draw conclusions about the capabilities of orgone to heal various mental and physical diseases, including cancer.V. Reich.