Freshmen Construct New Device To Accumulate 'Orgone' Energy Seek
to Apply Theory Three freshmen have built an "orgone
accumulator," which, they claim, collects a nearly unknown form
of energy that may prove of value in the treatment of several
diseases, including cancer. The three, Jeremy H. Griffith '60,
Paul A. Jordan '60, and George W. Benedict '60, built the
accumulator after reading a book by Dr. Wilheim Reich,
"discoverer of orgone energy." Reich is also the author of
several books on psychology. The device is a wallboard box,
about one cubic foot in size, which contains a smaller box made
of galvanized iron. Between the two boxes are alternating layers
of rock wool and steel wool. A tube from the inside draws off
the accumulated orgone. The operation of the device, Griffith
explained, is based on Reich's principles of the behavior of the
energy. Orgone is attracted to both organic and metallic
materials, but is absorbed by organic matter, while being
repulsed on contact with metals. The organic-and-met