and most important field of human life, which I have just begun to look
into. My greater worry now is that I might make some mistakes due to
my own difficulty which might spoil the further development of the boy
in the direction in which he is moving. Would you believe that a child
of three months, or even two, does not like to be all the time in his
crib, where it cannot see things move and change their position. But it
is true. When it does not sleep, it wants to have things happen, and it
rewards you with the most moving thankfulness if you give it the
opportunity to see things happen around it. During the first few weeks
for instance, I could not get to work because the boy cried when he lay
awake in the crib. Then we learned that we could work, my wife could
type and I could dictate even very difficult stuff, if only we put the crib
close to the typewriter, so that this boy could watch mother's fingers
move along the typewriter.
Well, these are only a few examples about the course of study I am
going through now.
I hope you are all well. Write again soon, and if I can be of any help
to you in your vegeto-therapy work, I shall be only too glad to do so.
Summerhill School
Festiniog, North Wales
My dear Reich,
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August 30, 1944Your latest letter to hand. Your description of the biting and
hitting defence makes me feel I have a hell of a lot to learn.
Just off to Scotland to play golf, after a distressing time of disunion
in the staff. Section against the lady in charge who happens to be very
near to me in all ways. Tired of dealing with women; feel like having a
male staff only!
My long awaited Akku is again off. Physicist who promised to make
one says he can't get it done in his lab; the reason no doubt is that un
consciously he thinks it mad. When I say that I can't buy a tin funnel
for petrol in England you may realise my difficulty in getting metal and
wood too. But is it not possible for you to send me one? I'd rather have
one made by an expert than trust to luck and the village carpenter.
Sex Econ is spreading fast among the young here, but the scientists
still explain away all your orgone work. Curiously enough, they never
seem to pick out any specific points and say that you are wrong; they