Name: The Murder of Christ
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Author: Wilhelm Reich
ISBN: 9781952000157

Type

Physical Book

Author

Wilhelm Reich

Publisher

WRM Press

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

13 x 20 cm

Weight

0.28 kg.

ISBN13

9781952000157

Synopsis "The Murder of Christ"

In this profound and moving work, physician/scientist Wilhelm Reich explores the meaning of Christ's life and reveals the hidden, universal scourge that caused his agonizing death--The Emotional Plague of Mankind.Reich contends that man is faced with full responsibility for the murder of Christ all through the ages--for the murder of fellow human beings, no matter what the circumstances. Here is the blunt truth about people's true ways of being, acting and emotional reacting.Here, also, the lesson of the murder of Christ is applied to the contemporary social scene. The tragedy of Reich's own death points up the fact that the problems presented in THE MURDER OF CHRIST are acute problems of present-day society.

Wilhelm Reich

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Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was an influential Austrian psychoanalyst and physician, known for his controversial theories on sexuality and vital energy. He was born in a Central European context marked by social and political tensions, which influenced his thinking. Initially, Reich was a disciple of Sigmund Freud, but soon developed his own ideas that challenged psychoanalytic orthodoxy. In the early 1930s, he introduced the concept of "orgone," a supposed universal vital energy that, according to him, influenced physical and mental health.

Reich was also an advocate for sexual freedom and opposed the repression of sexuality, arguing that sexual inhibition caused emotional and psychological disorders. His works on sexuality and psychotherapy were innovative, but generated great controversy.

After the rise of Nazism, Reich emigrated to the United States in 1939, where he continued his research on orgone and developed devices such as the "orgone accumulator." His theories were widely criticized and, in 1956, the U.S. FDA confiscated his equipment. Reich died in 1957 in prison, leaving a controversial and pioneering legacy in psychotherapy and alternative medicine.

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