The Mass Psychology of Fascism

[Billy Genocide]

On 5/15/06, Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> There is a member of this list who has, I think, ahieved the status of
> Reichian Therapist.
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> That said, I just can't believe so many educated people take this stuff
> seriously (sorry if this offends, but if you believe in Reich then
> comments
> like my own must be very familiar to you - so just ignore...).  This
> hocus-pocus energy ajusting seems very similar to Scientology's silliness.
>
> I guess it's all just various forms of what could be called "magic,"
> somethig which may or may not actually work, but which many believe in
> strongly.  The believing may just be the source of its "effectiveness."
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If there wasn't anything to Reich's work, then why do you suppose the US
government was so threatened by it that they chose to destroy his labs, burn
all of his books, and put him in prison?

Granted, I haven't experienced any Reichian therapy first hand. But I have
read a hand full of literature by respectable and intelligent people who
either practice it, or claim to have been cured by it.
-- 
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
-Chaucer
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