The Bion Experiments, 1979, 1938. Although the findings of this book are more concisely
summarized in The Cancer Biopathy, the first work contains more experimental detail.
The Cancer Biopathy, 1973, 1948. This work is a marvel of concise, clear presentation of
Reich’s laboratory work from 1938 to the mid-i94os. It shows the path to the discovery of
orgone energy and also depicts Reich’s many-sided approach to the etiology, treatment, and
prevention of cancer.
Ether, God, and Deviland Cosmic Superimposition, 1972, 1950 and 1951. The first work in this
two-book volume gives the most complete picture available of Reich’s functional method of
thought. It is as important as it is neglected, even by students of orgonomy. The second
work is less accessible to the layman save for the last and important chapter on “the rooting
of reason in nature.”
Listen, Little Man!, 1975, 1948. This is a forceful, vivid critique of the armor of the average
person, written in a way that is accessible to anyone willing to bear the discomfort of its
truths, which are often stated belligerently.
People in Trouble, 1976, 1953. This book contains Reich’s most personal, vivid account of his
participation in the Marxist movement during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
The Murder of Christ, 1979, 1953. In simple, blazing prose, Reich relates the attacks on Christ
to those on other pioneers, including himself.
Reich Speaks of Freud,1967.This is Reich’s most vivid statement of the relationship between
his work and himself to psychoanalysis and Freud.
Record of a Friendship: The Correspondence between Wilhelm Reich and A. S. Neill, 1982 (Ed. by
Beverly R. Placzeck). NeilFs light touch and varied interests stand in sharp contrast to
Reich’s inexorable scientific march. Withal, a fascinating exchange.
Wilhelm Reich,Sexpol Essays, 1929-1934 (Ed. by Lee Baxandall, New York: Random House,
1972). This is the only available collection of some of Reich’s sex-political papers that were
written during his Marxist phase. The book is well translated and a superb contribution.
Reich, “Biophysical Functionalism and Mechanistic Natural Science,”JO, 8, 1974, 4-18. This
is one of Reich’s most profound theoretical statements. Reich, “Character and Society,”JO,
8,1974,116-129. This contains one of Reich’s finest sociopsychological papers, written with
masterful clarity.
Reich’s unavailable articles on his method of thought: Orgonomic Functionalism.Orgone
Energy Bulletin,II,1950,1-16;49-62; 99-123.OEB,IV,1952,1-12; 186-196. In these papers
Reich presents his work from the viewpoint of his method of thought. These are sharp, pro-
foundly original, and badly needed today.
Reich’s unavailable articles on children: “Children of the Future: I,”OEB,II,1950,194-
206.“Armoring in a Newborn Infant,”OEB,III,1951,121-138.