This is the infrequent ~Quarterly version of the OBRL-News-Bulletin,

from the Orgone Biophysical Research Lab (OBRL) in Ashland, Oregon, USA.

(A non-profit foundation. If you wish to continue getting this Quarterly,

be sure to address point #9 below. Or point #10, if you do not.)

8. Funding/Donation Appeal

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Once again, a reminder: OBRL will be hosting a two day "Conference on New Research in Orgonomy", on 6-7 August 2005, at the OBRL Greensprings Center near Ashland, Oregon. The Conference will focus upon new research findings in the field of social and orgone-biophysical orgonomy, and will include lectures, with slides and demonstrations.  The event will be open to the general public for attendance. This is NOT a re-cap discussion on "Life of Reich" or on "basic orgonomy", but rather a meeting of scientists and researchers in the field of orgonomy, presenting their original findings to their peers.  So if you've wanted to know what working scientists think of Reich's discoveries, and how they have been applied in recent years, this is where you want to be.  A preliminary list of speakers and presentations, as well as other pertinent information (including a CALL FOR PAPERS -- space is still available for a few additional speakers) then visit the Conference webpage.

http://www.orgonomyconference.org  or

http://www.orgonelab.org/Conference2005.htm

2. Greensprings Summer Seminars 2005.  In addition to the above Conference, OBRL will host two additional weekend workshops (immediately before and after the Conference) plus the on-going Independent Study program, as follows:

* 30-31 July 2005: Orgone Physics and the Cosmological "Ether Drift"

http://www.orgonelab.org/events.htm

* 6-7 August 2005:  Conference on New Research in Orgonomy

http://www.orgonelab.org/Conference2005.htm

* 13-14 August 2005: Microscopy Workshop: Bions, Biogenesis and the Reich Blood Test

http://www.orgonelab.org/events.htm

* 26-27-28 July, 2-3-4 August, 9-10-11 August 2005: Independent Study Program

http://www.orgonelab.org/events.htm

Above are notices for our forthcoming Summer seminars and Conference, but I wanted here to give a brief discussion of activities at OBRL during the Winter months.  At that time, all public activities cease, aside from the occasional professional meeting, allowing me to focus upon experiments and writing.  The Greensprings region is at that time blanketed with snow, and wonderfully quiet.

        This Winter, a lot of attention was paid to technical adjustments with the new rotating To-T apparatus, which I can report gives some of the best-available support for Reich on the Orgone Accumulator Thermal Anomaly question.  All known classical thermodynamic considerations -- ie., minor environmental thermal radiation variations and problems associated with Heat Capacity and Thermal Resistivity of the ORAC versus Control -- have been confronted and compensated for, and yet the To-T variation persists.  The goal is to produce a "bullet-proof" design, that will withstand the rational criticisms of classical thermodynamics, and we are approaching this important goal.  Data collection continues using automated computer acquisition, and there are two of these systems, one operating in an outdoor shelter, and another indoors.

        Measurements are also being constantly made of the electrical potential of a long-wire antenna.  This experiment -- which follows as much from the work of the late Harold S. Burr as from Reich -- shows variations in background atmospheric electricity, with correlated behavior to the To-T measurements, as well as to lunar cycle and precipitation cycles.  It all fits together quite nicely.  Both of these systems will be on display during all the Conferences and Seminars this summer.

        To keep these experiments running, this Winter we also had on-going with computer repair -- we use older-model Mac G3 portable computers, and so have also learned how to keep them working via spare parts purchased on eBay.  This new method of data acquisition allows round-the-clock gathering of data, every minute, in a way that otherwise might occupy the time of an entire team of workers (which was the case in Summer of 2003).  These portable laptop computers have proven essential for the task.

        We also continue with VACOR experiments, charging up several of our tubes now into the fourth year.  These are locked away in special outdoor accumulators, but when Summer permits, they are transferred into our Orgone Energy Darkroom, which then allows them to be studied and demonstrated during Seminars.

        Another unusual experiment occupied some time over Winter -- a chemical experiment to evaluate the alchemical "transmutation of gold" from mercury waste.  While it seemed a long shot, a new approach appeared promising, and who could pass up the opportunity to "make gold" from toxic waste!  Unfortunately, it did not work as claimed, so I guess we will all have to keep our day-jobs.  Not every experiment turns out with positive results -- which is why they are called "experiments".

        Writing also occupied a large part of my time this Winter.  As noted below, my book "Saharasia" must be reprinted, and so a few pages required redrafting, along with a new Appendix document "Update on Saharasia" which presents newer archaeological findings.  We also reprinted the "Orgone Accumulator Handbook" -- English version -- which now is into its 7th printing.  Several new chapter articles also are nearing publication in mainstream journals and books, which is a refreshing change from the "blacklisting" which Reich's name and work suffered under for so many years.  I'll announce those shortly, once they are nearing completion.

        In coordination with the USA Core Network, a series of cloudbusting operations was also undertaken in the Pacific NW since around mid-March, leading to a collapse of the regional drought, and a re-opening of the "storm doors".  Thankfully, it appears the worst effects of the drought will be avoided in our locality, but much of the West still suffers.  As I write this, light rains and new snow is blanketing the ground outdoors and across the region.

        We also firmed up the schedule for our Summer Seminars and the Conference on New Research in Orgonomy, which promises to be a wonderful new event at OBRL, with an international list of speakers.  Be there, or be square!

        All the above activities continue, in addition to time devoted to our Natural Energy Works book service, to generating the various OBRL-News-Bulletin reports on world events and historical issues, to generating replies to various inquiries from students and professionals regarding the larger issues of Wilhelm Reich's research legacy, and to such mundane tasks as removing an accumulated 4-ft. of snow from the driveway.  All in all, a busy Winter, and we are glad Spring appears just "around the corner", allowing a shift towards more outdoor activities.

More details will become available soon. If you are interested, let us know and we can add your name to a special notifications list.

* In Munich, Germany and Thessaolniki, Greece.

November 2005: One-day Seminar on "Saharasia" and/or on "Reich's Biophysics".

* In Ashland, Oregon, USA.

Presentation on "Primitive Peaceful Societies" to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division meeting at Southern Oregon University.

The first edition of Saharasia is nearly sold out of the printing run of 2000 copies.  This is an important milestone, and proceeds from the book were donated by Dr. DeMeo to the OBRL, to help fund ongoing research and other OBRL needs.  Our problem is, reprinting of this large book will cost around $10,000 and we simply do not have that amount available.  The first printing of Saharasia was funded by a donor who understood the importance of the Saharasian discovery, and so we are hoping another interested donor might step forward, who also would appreciate the critical importance of keeping this unique book available and in-print. It stands as the most important validation study of Wilhelm Reich's theories on human behavior, set into a global cross-cultural anthropological and historical-archaeological evaluation.  If you are interested to help out on this particular project, please contact Dr. DeMeo.

File this under the "Ai Yi Yi!" department.  In addition to the above positive work-accomplishments, we regret to inform you of an on-going and even amplifying situation, where Dr. DeMeo is being maliciously attacked, even as bits and pieces of his work is being stolen away by the persons making the attacks.  Efforts have already been made by these individuals to disrupt Dr. DeMeo's planned seminars and the OBRL Conference as well.  This will not be tolerated, nor permitted to succeed, but the help of the responsible and interested public is solicited to help spread the word about this socially-poisonous situation.  The individuals behind these attacks include well-known emotional pests and troublemakers in the field of Orgonomy, but also some new figures who have fallen under the siren-song of the Emotional Plague.  They have been quite successful inserting themselves into previously-existing social arrangements by which to spread their poison, in a manner fully described by Reich as one of the typical methods of Emotional Plague functioning.  A full accounting of the facts is now posted to this website:

http://www.orgoneab.org/trettin.htm

Read it all, and be astounded...

7. The OBRL/NEW Bookstore List. Our Internet Bookstore continues to offer some of the most controversial and difficult-to-obtain titles on new science discoveries and social concerns, including many "timeless" titles by scientist-authors whose findings only grow in significance with passing years. The booklist includes the available published works by Wilhelm Reich, A.S. Neill, Harold Burr, Frank Brown, Dayton Miller, Giorgio Piccardi, Viktor Schauberger, and many others. We also offer meters for detection of low-level electromagnetic and nuclear radiation, and the newly-developed Life Energy Meter. If you haven't visited our Internet Product and Bookstore recently, come take a look. http://www.orgonelab.org/naturalenergy

Specifically we can recommend our latest publication Heretic's Notebook: Emotions, Protocells, Ether-Drift and Cosmic Life Energy, with New Research Supporting Wilhelm Reich. If you have an interest in Reich's discoveries, this book provides some of the most substantive, objective and up-to-date research on the subject:

http://www.orgonelab.org/cart/xpulse.htm

8. Funding/Donation Appeal. OBRL continues to suffer from financial difficulties. There always is a pressing need for new laboratory apparatus, and the small reservoir which was used to help finance our Summer seminars over eight years is now depleted. If you are in a position to donate to OBRL, please do so at this webpage:

http://www.orgonelab.org/cart/donation.htm
For more details, please review our most recent Funding Letter:
http://www.orgonelab.org/funding.htm

In the meantime, we will reprint our email fundraising letter below.

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Twenty-seven years ago, I founded the Orgone Biophysical Research Laboratory (OBRL) as a means to support my research into Wilhelm Reich's orgone biophysical and sociological discoveries.  Since then, this work has relied upon the generosity of a limited number of donors and subscribers.

As participants at past OBRL Seminars, readers of our publications (Pulse of the Planet, Heretic's Notebook, Saharasia, Orgone Accumulator Handbook) and of the OBRL-News internet postings, you are familiar with my research as well as the OBRL circle of informal associates, including laboratory findings, desert-greening field work, and educational efforts aimed at maintaining clarity and furthering Reich's work. All of this important work, our seminars and publications, as well as the maintenance and development of OBRL offices and website, requires substantial resources.

We request that you, as a valued participant in our efforts, please consider sending a financial contribution.  Your donation will help us continue with this vitally important work and our  innovative services, which include the following:

* Laboratory Studies on the Orgone Energy. The current focus is upon the Orgone Accumulator Thermal Anomaly, and the properties of Orgone-Charged (structured) Water.   http://www.orgonelab.org/research.htm

*  Historical and Analytical Research, on the subject of "Ether-Drift" research since the 1900s, including the work of Dayton Miller, and their relationship to the findings of Reich and others on cosmic orgone energy, and planetary/atmospheric dynamics.

http://www.orgonelab.org/miller.htm    http://www.orgonelab.org/MillerReich.htm

* Field Research with the Reich Cloudbuster. Our past programs in the American Southwest, Namibia, Israel, and Eritrea were only possible with significant help from donors.

http://www.orgonelab.org/PressResease2.htm

*  Archaeological and Historical Research on Saharasia, Peaceful Societies and the "Origins of Violence" question.

http://www.orgonelab.org/PressRelease1.htm

*  The On-Line Bibliography on Orgonomy (1920 to the present) posted to the OBRL web site, available globally without charge.

http://www.orgonelab.org/bibliog.htm

*  Video/DVD Archives. Our considerable archives of videotaped lectures and documentation of field expeditions and laboratory work is now up to 15 years old.  An effort is now underway to transfer this important historical material to DVD, for permanent archival and safekeeping.

*  Books and Publications, including our in-house journal Pulse of the Planet, continue to spread accurate and timely information supporting Reich's discoveries world-wide.  My new book Greening Deserts is also under organization, along with another issue of Pulse.       http://www.orgonelab.org/naturalenergy.htm

*  Reprinting of Saharasia. We have a special need this year, to reprint Saharasia. The first 2000 copies are today nearly sold out, and a new printing is planned which will mention new findings from archaeology which support the overall Saharasian Thesis. This work remains one of the most solid cross-cultural evaluations of human behavior around the world, fully confirming Wilhelm Reich's findings, and it has attracted an intensive international interest, as well as some incredibly hateful and irrational attacks.  For this reason, it remains hotly controversial, and so it has been impossible to find a mainstream publisher who would take it on for publication.  Costs for this project alone are anticipated to run around $10,000.

*  Greensprings Conference & Seminars. Held every summer at the OBRL Greensprings Center near Ashland, Oregon, since 1996.   This year, we have a special new offering, a Conference on New Research in Orgonomy, with an international list of presenters.     http://www.orgonelab.org/events.htm    and   http://www.orgonomyconference.org

*  OBRL-News and OBRL-Quarterly, our free on-line internet newsletters, which circulate our general announcements, as well as many rare and lesser-known items of public interest. To get "plugged in" to our announcements, please subscribe using the links near the bottom of the OBRL homepage, http://www.orgonelab.org.

As 2005 proceeds, OBRL needs to meet its financial goals for this fiscal year, while planning ahead for the future. To continue with this important work, we need your support.

Please consider making a donation, by mail, check, or using your credit-card on-line. Donating on-line is a simple and secure method.

Donation checks can also be mailed to OBRL, to the letterhead address.  OBRL is a 501(c)3 status non-profit organization, and your donation is fully tax-deductible.

To request more information, or to inquire about making a large gift or bequest, please call, e-mail, or write to us. 

Thank you in advance for your support, and I hope you can make it to our summer events.

Sincerely,

James DeMeo

Orgone Biophysical Research Laboratory
Greensprings Center

PO Box 1148, Ashland, Oregon 97520 USA

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http://www.orgonelab.org

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