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1897-03-24 |
birth; Wilhelm Reich |
Wilhelm Reich was
born March 24, 1897 in Dobryzcynica, Austria.
His father's name was Leon and his mother's name
was Cecilie. He grew up on a farm. His mother
language was German. |
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1898 |
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A sister is born but
dies shortly after. |
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1899 |
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1900 |
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A brother, Robert is
born. Cecilie is not well after birth and is
away for medical attention for about 2 years. |
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1901 age 4
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Reich overhears and
observes housemaid and coachman during their
sexual act. Reich remembers that this causes
erotic sensations of great intensity. Wilhelm
spends nap time with house nurse and
occasionally is allowed by her to explore her
genital area but soon Wilhelm is not allowed to
nap with the nurse. |
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1902 |
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1903 - age 6 |
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Wilhelm begins
learning primary school subjects. Both parents
participate but his father is impatient with
Wilhelm's distractions and resorts to sending
him to a corner to stand or hits him. His mother
often stands between them to protect Wilhelm.
Soon Wilhelm requests that his mother teaches
him only and agrees to work without distracting.
He excels in all subjects.
Wilhelm later refers
to his father having a ferocious temper yet he
was extremely kind, intelligent and
knowledgeable person. Wilhelm was his mother's
favorite while Robert was his father's favorite
son. |
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1904 |
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1905 |
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1906 |
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1907 *10 years old |
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1908 |
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1909 |
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1910 |
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Cecilie, Wilhelm's
mother, dies from second attempt at suicide. |
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1911 |
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1912 |
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1913 |
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1914 |
WR's father dies |
Wilhelm Reich's
father dies from pneumonia. WR continues to run
farm and his studies at school. |
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1915 |
WR leaves home
WWI in Army |
Farm and property is
destroyed as a result of WWI, Reich joins
Austrian Army. |
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1916 |
WWI in Army |
Reich becomes a
lieutenant in Army. |
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1917 *20 years old |
WWI in Army |
Reich a lieutenant
in Army at Italian front. |
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1918 |
WWI ends
WR at Medical school |
WR at end of war
enters University of Vienna to study law but in
short time shifts to the study of Medicine at
the Medical School of University of Vienna. As a
war veteran he is allowed to complete the 6 year
course in 4 years. |
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1919 |
WR at Medical school |
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1920 |
WR at Medical school |
In October 1920 WR
attains membership in Vienna Psychoanalytic
Society under Professor Sigmund Freud. |
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1921 |
WR at Medical school |
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1922 |
WR at Medical school |
WR graduates from
Medical school in July 1922 with distinction of
excellent in all the pre-medical subjects. He
enters postgraduate work in Internal Medicine at
University Clinics of Ortner and Chvostek at
University Hospital in Vienna. He also begins
postgraduate work in Neuro-Psychiatry at
Neurological and Psychiatric University Clinic
under Professor Wagner-Jauregg. WR begins his
own private practice in psychoanalytic and
psychiatric medicine. WR was the First Clinical
assistant to Freud's Psychoanalytic Polyclinic
in Vienna from its beginning in 1922-1928 under
the directorship of Dr. Edward Hitschmann. |
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1923 |
WR post graduate
work
in Medical Work |
WR works with
patients in the disturbed wards of Neurological
and Psychiatric University Clinic under Paul
Schilder. Wr's post-graduate studies included
attendance at polyclinical work in hypnosis and
therapy at Neurological and Psychiatric
University Clinic. |
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1924 |
WR post graduate
work
in Medical Work |
WR is Director of
the Seminar for Psychoanalytic Therapy at
Psychoanalytic Polyclinic in Vienna from
1924-1930. He is also a member of the faculty of
Psychoanalytic Institute in Vienna from
1924-1930. |
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1925 |
WR publishes |
Der Triobhafte
Charakter 1925, 132 p |
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1926 |
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1927 *30 years old |
WR publishes |
Die Funktion des
Orgasmus. 1927, 206 pp |
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1928 |
Medical work |
WR is Vice-Director
of the Polyclinic in Vienna from 1828-1930 |
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1929 |
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1930 |
WR publishes |
Geschlechtareife,
Enthaltsamkeit, Ehemoral. 1930, 184p |
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1931 |
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1932 |
WR publishes |
WR separates from
Annie Reich; begins to live with Elsa Lindenberg...
later to be considered his 2nd wife until 1939.
Der Sexuelle Kampf
der Jugend. 1932, 152 pp. |
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1933 |
WR publishes |
Charaktaranalyse.
1933, 288 pp
Massenpsychologie des Faschismus. 1933, 292 pp
WR is force to leave
Germany as Hitler takes complete control of
Germany. |
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1934 |
WR publishes |
WR's divorce with
Annie Reich is finalized with Annie retaining
full custody of both daughter Eva & Lore. She
fills children's minds with negative thoughts of
their father.
Publishes:
Dialekticher Materialismus und Pychoanalyse.
1934, 60 pp
Research and
lectures at Psychological Institute of the
University of Oslo, Norway from 1934-1939. |
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1935 |
WR publishes |
Massenpsychologie
des Faschismun. 1935, 288 pp
Der Einbruch Der Sexualmoral. (Second Ed.) 1935.
155 pp.
Psychischer Kontakt und Vegetative Stromung.
1935, 61 pp
Religionestreit in Deutschland. 1935, 112 pp
by "Karl ?Teschitz" a pseudonym for W.R.
WR does research
into Orgone Biophysics and lectures at
Psychological Institute of the University of
Oslo, Norway |
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1936 |
WR publishes |
Die Sexualitaet im
Kulturkampf. 1936. ; 250 pp.
(date?? Zeitschrift
fur Politische Psychologie und Sexualokonomie;
Heft l, Band 1, by
E Parell a pseudonymfor W.R. (?)
Zeitschrift fur Politische Psychologie und
Sexualokonomie; Heft 2, Band 1, 167 pp ??date)
Research into Orgone
Biophysics and lectures at Psychological
Institute of the University of Oslo, Norway |
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1937 *40 years old |
WR publishes |
Experimentelle
Ergebnisse Ueber Die Elektrische Funktion von
Sexualitaet und Angst. 1937; 55 pp.
Orgasmusreflex, Musskelhaltung und
Koerperausdruck, 1937; 30 pp.
Research into Orgone
Biophysics and lectures at Psychological
Institute of the University of Oslo, Norway |
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1938 |
WR publishes |
Die Bions. 1938, 205
pp (German,
Research into Orgone
Biophysics and lectures at Psychological
Institute of the University of Oslo, Norway |
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1939 |
WR publishes |
Bion Experiments on
the Cancer Problem. Drei Versuche am Statischen
Elektroskop. 1939; 30 pp.
Research into Orgone
Biophysics and lectures at Psychological
Institute of the University of Oslo, Norway.
Moves to New York to take position as Associate
Professor of Medical Psychology at "New School
for Social Research" in New York City. Moves the
Orgone Energy Lab from Norway to Forest Hills,
N.Y. |
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1940 |
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1941 |
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1942 |
WR publishes |
The Discovery of the
Orgone, Vol. I: The Function of the Orgasm;
first English edition. 1942; xxxvi + 368 pp.
IJSOR Vol. 1. 1942
The Orgone Institute
is founded by WR in New York City. WR purchases
200+ acres of land in Rangeley, Maine USA and
names the land area "Orgonon" which will be the
new place for research in Orgonomy "the science
of life energy". |
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1943 |
WR publishes |
IJSOR Vol. 1. 1943 |
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1944 |
WR publishes |
IJSOR Vol. 1. 1944 |
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1945 |
WR publishes |
Character-Analysis.
; second revised edition; 1945; xxii + 328 pp.
The Sexual Revolution; first English edition;
1945; xxvii + 273 pp.
IJSOR Vol. 1. 1945 |
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1946 |
WR publishes |
The Mass Psychology
of Fascism; third revised edition; first english
edition; 1946; xxiv + 344 pp. |
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1947 *50 years old |
WR publishes |
Annals of the Orgone
Institute. Number 1. 1947 |
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1948 |
WR publishes |
Listen Little Man!;
1948; 126 pp.
The Discovery of the Orgone, Vol. 1: The
Function of the Orgasm; second edition. 1948;
xxxvi + 325 pp.
The Discovery of the Orgone, Vol. 2: The Cancer
Biopathy; 1948; xxi + 409 pp. |
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1949 |
WR publishes |
Character
Analysis; 3rd revised edition 1949;
Ether , God, and Devil. 1949 --
(also appeared in Annals of the
Orgone Institute)
Orgone Energy Bullitin.
Vol. 1, No. 1. Jan. 1949
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Apr. 1949
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Jul. 1949
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Oct. 1949
The Wilhelm Reich
Foundation is founded in Rangeley in 1949 by
friends and students to preserve the Archives of
WR and support further research in Cosmic Orgone
Energy. |
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1950 |
WR publishes |
Orgone Energy
Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 1. Jan. 1950
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Apr. 1950
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Jul. 1950
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Oct. 1950 |
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1951 |
WR publishes |
Cosmic
Superimposition. 1951, 130 pp --
(make a note,
on page 56 a picture of Orion Nebula in our
Galaxy was inadvertently substituted for the
Magellenic Cloud, an irregular Galaxy. The same
error, captioned irregular Galaxy, still wrong
photo, appears in the 1973 paperback.)
Orgone Energy Bullitin.
Vol. 1, No. 1. Jan. 1951
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Apr. 1951
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Jul. 1951
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Oct. 1951 |
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1952 |
WR publishes |
People in trouble.
1953 --(The Emotional Plague of Mankind Volume
II)
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 1. Jan. 1952
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Apr. 1952
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Jul. 1952
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 1, No. 2. Oct. 1952 |
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1953 |
WR publishes |
The Murder of
Christ. 1953, 228 p --(The Emotional Plague of
Mankind Volume I)(photos
were omitted in later editions by writf)
Orgone Energy Bullitin.
Vol. 5, No. 1,2. Mar. 1953
Orgone Energy Bullitin. Vol. 5, No. 3,4. Sep.
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1954 |
WR publishes |
CORE. Vol. 6,
No. 1 - 4. Jul. 1954
(space ships, DOR, and Drought)
In February 11, 1954
the FDA (Federal Food and Drug Administration )
initiates a complaint for an injunction against
Wilhelm Reich and Wilhelm Reich Foundation to
specifically bar the distrubution and
transportation of Orgone Accumulators across
State lines as a medical device. Injunction
isuued by default on March 19, 1954. |
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1955 |
WR publishes |
CORE. Vol. 7, No.
1,2. Mar. 1955
CORE. Vol. 7, No. 1,2. Dec. 1955 |
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1956 |
WR |
Court trials for WR
vs USA concerning WR not obeying the 1954
Injunction (an associate Michael Silvert moved
orgone accumulators across State Lines). WR was
found guilty of criminal contempt of court by a
jury and was sentenced to 2 years in jail. WR
appeals decision. |
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1957 |
WR publishes |
WR publishes book
"Contact with Space".
WR loses court
appeals and is ordered to jail in March 1957.
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1957-11-03 |
death; Wilhelm Reich |
Wilhelm Reich died
overnight in his jail cell at Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania. It was determined by prison Doctor
that he died of a heart attack. His person
effects and writings while at jail were never
released to his family. |
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