said it was odd that Judas had to betray his master with a kiss when
every cop must have known who Jesus was anyway. Interesting from
your angle that Judas must have represented the pest. Possibly the kids
saw that the man who carries out the dirty work of the pest is generally
more of a weakling than a viIIain. I guess your study wiII go much
deeper than Stekel's theory that Judas was a homosexual jealous of the
beloved disciple John. The difference (or one of them) between Reich
and Stekel ... S. could think only in terms of the personal (jealousy)
while R. thinks in terms of life itself.
I was 66 the other day and hate the idea that time runs so short.
I am hoping to have a local conference on self-regno at Easter.
Parents and teachers but no doctors ... not that I exclude them, only
that I don't know any to ask.
Oh, have you seen the news that Poland and Czechoslovakia have
stated that they will not give divorce on personal grounds; it wiII be left
to the judges to decide if a divorce is beneficial to the State. Brave new
world indeed.
P .S. Re age ... I find my love powers diminishing too fast for my liking,
but I am fairly philosophical about it.
Summerhill School
Leiston, Suffolk
My dear Reich,
•••November 23, 1949But I don't want to come to U.S.A. and do nothing for three
months. I don't want to take any salary or money from the Institute.
And I want to reach as many students as I can without over-exerting
myself with travelling long distances.
Lectured to 300 people in Watford outside London last night. Lot of
young psychiatrists, doctors there, all interested in Reich. All grumbling
about the difficulty in getting your books in England. One said: "Freud
ianism has gone barren and Reich is the new discovered land. " Your
influence is growing among these young fellows.
I'll send you the government report on S'hill. On the whole it is
favourable and there is no chance of our being closed down.
I am much troubled with a riddle ... A child frightens Zoe by saying
cows will eat her. We tell her that is nonsense but she doesn't believe