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C O R E's Research and Reference Library

   At present C O R E’s library possesses the following publications. (We are continually acquiring new items. Please enquire if you are seeking a particular text. If we know it is important to the study of orgonomy we will be happy to purchase a copy for the benefit of future students of orgonomy.)

  • A collection of orgonomic literature, including all Wilhelm Reich’s main works in English, a few in German, almost all texts in English on or about orgonomy published since Reich’s death,

  • some orgonomic journals from Germany and the USA, photo-copies of important articles from Reich’s own journals,

  • a number of books on subjects connected with orgonomy, particularly on the history of medicine and science, and some on other alternative models or theories of science and medicine that touch on the concept of a life-energy.

 Many of these books and articles are rare and difficult to replace and are not available for loan. Interested students are welcome to visit C O R E by arrangement to use this collection. (When C O R E has its own premises the collection will be made available in a reading room.) It includes;

  • complete sets of Orgonomic Functionalism, the journal of the Wilhelm Reich Infant Trust Fund, which contains reprints of Reich’s own articles published in his original orgonomic journals, 

  • a complete set of Pulse of the Planet, the journal of James DeMeo’s Orgone Biophysical Research Laboratory, 

  • a complete set of Annals of the Institute for Orgonomic Science, 

  • the recent six-volume reprint of Bastian’s major works and a set of Thoemmes Press’s anthology on Molecules, Cells and Generation, which is relevant to orgonomy and C O R E’s current research.

 We have, miraculously, acquired a copy of Pouchet’s priceless, very rare text Hétérogénie, published in 1859. This is a forgotten classic on the origin-of-life question. Another invaluable acquisition is a virtually perfect copy, possibly even unread, of Bastian’s Studies in Heterogenesis, published in 1903. There are no loan copies of these rare works, essential to the study of orgonomic biology, in any of the great UK libraries. Apart from C O R E’s copies, you will have to study reference copies in the major reference libraries such as the British Library in London or Manchester Central Reference Library. We purchased a large collection of new items at the 2005 OBRL research conference. This contains books on cosmology, history, anthropology, and biology, all with significant relevance to orgonomy.

 

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