Education Department as you have to take it. I know how you feel about
it. And I understand more and more why so many men who were forced
or preferred to stick to the principle of some truth had to withdraw from
social life completely. I am afraid that will be my fate in the end too.
But please, don't blame me for that. As my friend I ask you to under
stand the position I am in.
In the meantime, my work in the laboratory goes on quietly, and
brick is added to brick in the understanding of the tremendous puzzle
of life. I don't care when and how many others will know it too. I can
wait 200 and even 500 years. When you succeed in drawing biological
energy from earth into water, testing it on an exact instrument; when
you filter this highly charged water clean of particles; when you auto
c1ave* it to make sure that no bacteria are ali ve; when you then freeze
it and let it thaw again and you see life matter in that orgone water,
then I beg you to understand, you have the right, more, the duty, not
to care, because that amazing experiment explains how life originated
on this planet. No other reward can compete with the satisfaction of
decent and honest insights into the origins of what has been talked
about for millennia in dark, mystical terms of poetry and philosophy.
Some weeks ago some biochemists of a famous research foundation
visited my laboratory to see the bions. Their amazement, their humble
ness and at the same time their fear of getting in touch with the life
process showed me again where I stand and where my way is leading.
Sex-economy of human beings, to be frank, has become rather un
important, compared with the steady progress into the realms of the
origin of life.
I really hope that we shall see each other soon and talk things over.
A talk of a few hours will do away with many a misunderstanding.
Summerhill School
Festiniog, North Wales
My dear Reich,
- I •
March 14, 1945Your letter of Feb. 9 plus Journals to hand. Excellent number.
I seem to see in this number an optimism, a "having arrived" sort of* Autoclave, a strong, pressurized, steam-heated vessel used to establish special
conditions for chemical reactions, for sterilization, and for cooking.