| 单词 |
orgone |
| 释义 |
orgone|ˈɔːgəʊn|
[f. organism, orgastic a. + -one as in hormone.]
In the psychoanalytical theory of Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), a vital energy or life force which supposedly informs the universe and can be collected and stored in an orgone accumulator or orgone box for subsequent use in the treatment of mental and physical illnesses. Also attrib.
1942T. P. Wolfe tr. Reich's Discovery of Orgone I. ix. 341 This energy, which is capable of charging non-conducting substance, I termed orgone. Ibid., The orgone energy can be demonstrated visually, thermically and electroscopically in the soil, the atmosphere and in plant and animal organisms. 1942― tr. W. Reich in Internat. Jrnl. Sex-Econ. & Orgone Res. July 138/2 Our orgone therapy experiments with cancer patients consist in their sitting in an orgone accumulator. Ibid. 143/2 The patient left the orgone box. 1948― tr. Reich's Discovery of Orgone II. iv. 95 The orgone accumulator consists of an outer wall of organic material such as wood or celotex and an inner wall of sheet metal. 1949Orgone Energy Bull. Apr. 95 Physical orgone therapy, application of physical orgone energy concentrated in an orgone accumulator to increase the natural bio-energetic defenses of the organism against disease. Ibid., Psychiatric orgone therapy, mobilization of the orgone energy in the organism, i.e., the liberation of biophysical emotions from muscular and character armorings and the establishment of orgastic potency. 1952M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) ii. 24 A senior girl's voice, plaintive, ‘Dr. Mulcahy, really, do we have to believe in orgones?’ 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 194 Max was discussing orgone boxes as though he had lived in one all of his life. 1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) 152 Why don't you fellows try my orgone accumulator? 1959N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 295 God who is It, who is energy, life, sex, force, the Yoga's prana, the Reichian's orgone. 1973A. S. Neill Neill! Neill! Orange Peel! ii. 141, I could not understand Reich's theory of Orgone Energy... He had a small motor which was charged by an orgone accumulator. 1973Sat. Rev. World (U.S.) 6 Nov. 4/1 Reichian orgone therapy. |
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