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My first experience with "chi" (aka "orgone") was pretty dramatic.[1] Being a rational materialist I went looking for equations for this "energy" (y'know, phys

My first experience with "chi" (aka "orgone") was pretty dramatic.[1] Being a rational materialist I went looking for equations for this "energy" (y'know, physics?) I didn't find anything conclusive ("Chi" might be standing waves in light? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) But I did find out that it has been discovered and rediscovered in the West several times over the last couple of centuries, starting with Mesmer[2]. (E.g. Reichenbach's "Odic force"[3][4], and Reich's "orgone" of course.) Aaaaaanyway, I'm not a physicist so I can't begin to guess what "chi" is in the physical sense (although, like I said, it maybe could be something to do with light? Certainly luminosity is one of it's characteristics despite it being technically invisible. I'm sorry, that's the best I can do.) Over the years I've tried to interest scientists I've met in "doing science" to this "energy", but so far no takers. (I knew a guy who had access to an MRI machine, but I was too chicken to try it. No one has any idea if/how this phenomenon would interact with such intense magnetic fields, eh?) If anyone is in the San Francisco area and would like to try recording this phenomenon with sensors of some kind, or just experiencing it for themselves, let me know. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22542102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22542102 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesmer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesmer [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Reichenbach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Reichenbach [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odic_force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odic_force

akomtu 3y ago
The irony is that Reich suspected that "orgone" is the elusive energy of vitality and sexuality, while medics since times immemorial have been using the caduceus as the symbol of healthcare, the very symbol that schematically explains that "orgone".
- nico 3y ago
  The use of the caduceus as a symbol of healthcare is a modern American thing. Someone used the caduceus instead of The Staff of Aesculapius, and it stuck The symbol most universally, and historically, used for healthcare is The Staff of Aesculapius, which is a staff with just one snake and no wings
carapace 3y ago
Just to be clear: this is a "fifth force" that's intelligent and which engenders broad-spectrum healing on physical, emotional, and mental levels (a panacea) and nobody's interested?

akomtu 3y ago

The irony is that Reich suspected that "orgone" is the elusive energy of vitality and sexuality, while medics since times immemorial have been using the caduceus as the symbol of healthcare, the very symbol that schematically explains that "orgone".

nico 3y ago
The use of the caduceus as a symbol of healthcare is a modern American thing. Someone used the caduceus instead of The Staff of Aesculapius, and it stuck The symbol most universally, and historically, used for healthcare is The Staff of Aesculapius, which is a staff with just one snake and no wings

carapace 3y ago

Just to be clear: this is a "fifth force" that's intelligent and which engenders broad-spectrum healing on physical, emotional, and mental levels (a panacea) and nobody's interested?