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The orgone term is not scientifically recognized and is used only in the circles of the Reich- or orgone supporters. Some of them believe that orgone energy is identical with the phenomenon of the so called ''floaters'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater floaters in Wikipedia]) or ''orgone energy waves'', brief flashes of light (flickering before the eyes) or the sensation of high-frequency noise from tinnitus or circulatory disorders and brief loss of consciousness.
The orgone term is not scientifically recognized and is used only in the circles of the Reich- or orgone supporters. Some of them believe that orgone energy is identical with the phenomenon of the so called ''floaters'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater floaters in Wikipedia]) or ''orgone energy waves'', brief flashes of light (flickering before the eyes) or the sensation of high-frequency noise from tinnitus or circulatory disorders and brief loss of consciousness.
==Orgone accumulators, orgone rays, orgone generators==
==Orgone accumulators, orgone rays, orgone generators==
* Karl Hans Welz (born. 1944). The Austrian, living in California, combined [[Radionik]] with the orgone theory, is considered the inventor of the substance [[Orgonit]] and has build with the "orgone generator" in his view "the first device on the planet that creates life energy or orgone". Weiz also claimed that he had examined orgone "with scientific means" and made evident "even with thermometer, electroscope and Geiger counter".<ref>http://www.orgon.net/ A website of Karl Hans Welz</ref>
* Karl Hans Welz (born. 1944). The Austrian, living in California, combined [[Radionik]] with the orgone theory, is considered the inventor of the substance [[Orgonit]] and has build with the "orgone generator" in his view "the first device on the planet that creates life energy or orgone". Weiz also claimed that he had examined orgone "with scientific means" and made evident "even with thermometer, electroscope and Geiger counter".<ref>http://www.orgon.net/ A website of Karl Hans Welz</ref>
==Wilhelm Reich OrgonInstitut Deutschland in Nümbrecht==
==Wilhelm Reich OrgonInstitut Deutschland in Nümbrecht==
[[image:Joachim Trettin.jpg|Joachim Trettin (Bild: facebook<ref>http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Joachim-Trettin/100000667616090</ref>|thumb]]
[[image:Joachim Trettin.jpg|Joachim Trettin (Bild: facebook<ref>http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Joachim-Trettin/100000667616090</ref>|thumb]]
[[image:Orgonomiestudium.jpg|Werbung für ein "Orgonomiestudium" beim "Orgoninstitut Nümbrecht" von [[Joachim Trettin]]|360px|thumb]]
[[image:Orgonomiestudium.jpg|Advertisement for a "degree course of orgonomy" of a "Orgone institute Nümbrecht" of [[Joachim Trettin]]|360px|thumb]]
In North Rhine-Westphalia Nümbrecht a "Wilhelm Reich Orgone Institute Deutschland" (IOO, short "Orgoninstitut Deutschland") is located. It is headed by [[Joachim Trettin]].<ref>Orgone Institute Deutschland, Headmaster Joachim Trettin, House of Dr. Hermann Trettin, Spreitger Weg 20, D-51588 Nümbrecht</ref> Trettin claims to be "the first professor of orgonomy at all". Trettin also claimed to be "Prof. h.c. Dr. (unem)". The abbreviation unem refers to the Costa Rican [[Diploma mill]] "Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica" (UNEM), that offered false professor and Ph.D. titles for "donations".<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,597705,00.html</ref><ref>http://kupferhammer.blogspot.com/2008/12/donnerstag.html</ref> The "orgone institute" in Nümbrecht offers [[orgone accumulator]]s (1630 Euro) and orgone blankets.
The Orgoninstitut also offers a so-called "study of orgonomy". It will be an 18-month correspondence course with 18 days of attendance (one per month). On the days of attendance "lab work" in form of a certain Reichian blood test, the observation of [[bion]]s and "measurements of orgone energy" should be conducted. The cost is 6750 EUR (375 EUR per month). An obscure "foreign private high school" (AMRI) collects a further "graduation fee" in the amount of 1500 € which was later increased to 2500 €. In 2008 it was surprisingly stated on the websites of Trettin that graduation was not at the AMRI (where Trettin is listed as a "Professor") but at the title mill "Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica" (Unem) in Costa Rica (To cite):
:''PS: update September 2008. This announcement isn't up-to-date anymore. The study is purely a course at the Orgone Institute. Subsequent graduation resides with Unem University. See update www.orgonomiestudium.de''<ref>http://www.psiram.com/ge/images/2/27/Unem2.jpg</ref>
According to the orgone institute graduations at the foreign institution
:''...are not recognized in all countries, for example not in Germany, unless a conference of the ministers of cultural affairs allows to bear the title... In the wake of the merger of Europe, we hope, though perhaps unfounded, on an improvement.''
"Students" can start with their training in any month. Teaching content should be the writings of Reich, orgonomist training, the history of psychoanalysis and "legal issues". Trettin is the auditor.
"Studierende" können zu jedem beliebigen Monat an ihre Ausbildung beginnen. Lehrinhalte sollen die Schriften von Reich, orgontherapeutisches Training, die Geschichte der Psychoanalyse und "rechtliche Fragen" bereffen. Als Prüfer tritt Trettin auf.
Graduates will be allowed to call themselves "Orgonome". According to the orgone institute a typical orgonome would have a
:''...technically new career in the fields of alternative medicine and therapies, therapeutics, religious philosophy, meteorology, biology and physics, desert greening, education, social work, midwifery practice, the prophylaxis of neuroses and the [[wellness]] area.''
:''...fachlich neuer Beruf auf den Gebieten der alternativen Medizin und Heilverfahren, im therapeutischen Bereich, der religiösen Philosophie, in der Wetterkunde, Biologie und Physik, der Wüstenbegrünung, der Pädagogik, der Sozialarbeit, der Hebammenpraktik, der Neurosenprophylaxe und dem [[Wellness]]bereich.''
The graduating foreign private institution is the "AMRI University" (College of Alternative Medicine) where Trettin and a Prof. Dr. h.c.(MD honoris causa, honorary degree) Beate Freihold(professor in orgonomy) should be working as lecturers.<ref>http://www.altmedresearch.org/AMRI/faculty.htm</ref> The AMRI is according to information on its own website member of an "Alternative Medicines Research Organisation (AMRO)" with mailbox in Vancouver (Canada)<ref>Alternative Medicines Research Organisation (AMRO), Prof. Dr. E.G. Phipps, Chairman & Founder, Post Office Box 74178 RPO Hillcrest, Vancouver, B.C. V5V 5C8 Canada</ref> and also part of an "University Consortium International" (UCI). UCI President and founder of AMRO is a "Prince Egbert Phipps of The ISLE of MAN". As a reference for the alleged seriousness of AMRI's a shady private organization and fake title trading company [[International Parliament for Safety and Peace]] of Vittorio Busa in Palermo is given.<ref>In August, 2004 AMRI was granted a Parliamentary Charter by the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, Palermo, Italy. This charter enhances the document of Recognition and Accreditation previously granted by the same body and attests to the international standing of our institution.</ref>
==Literature==
==Literatur==
*Martin Gardner: Reich the Rainmaker: the Orgone Obsession. Skeptical Inquirer, 13(1):26-30, 1988
*Martin Gardner: Reich the Rainmaker: the Orgone Obsession. Skeptical Inquirer, 13(1):26-30, 1988
*Irmgard Oepen, Horst Löb: Der Orgon-Strahler – eine funktionslose, aber offenbar gewinnbringende Attrappe. Skeptiker 11 (4/98) 148-152
*Irmgard Oepen, Horst Löb: Der Orgon-Strahler – eine funktionslose, aber offenbar gewinnbringende Attrappe. Skeptiker 11 (4/98) 148-152