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Leon Southgate
Biography
My interest in orgone (life-force) probably started when I was still a child. My dad had a library with most of Wilhelm Reich's books. I think Peter Reich's, A Book of Dreams caught my eye and started my interest in orgonomy (Peter was Wilhelm's son). Orgonomy is the science of life-force named after orgone, Reich's term for this energy.
I did not know what I wanted to do till much later in life. Music seemed a good idea at the time. A soul/pop type band that I was a part of broke up just as we were about to be signed to Sony - after many years of hard slog. I had also trained as a nurse so after the music folded I went back to this occupation. Eventually I trained as an Chinese medical acupuncturist.
Then at the end of the acupuncture course we were offered the chance to do a Master's research degree. Someone, or something sparked my childhood memory of Wilhelm Reich's work. I decided to to a research degree looking at the common foundation of Reich and Chinese medicine. Little did I know then what I had taken on. It was hard both in terms of work and from the sheer opposition I encountered. From this came a controversial practical and theoretical study which became my first published book (look me up on Amazon to find it).
I have a leaning toward academia and I love fiction, quiet music and mountains. The Elif Chronicles is my novel - it took me years to write so don't know if I'll ever do another one. My main interest now research wise is orgone and consciousness. See the Journal of Psychiatric Orgone Therapy for my more formal research papers on life-force (orgone).. There is a cross referenced annotated bibliography of the post-Reich research literature available here on smashwords. And new for 2023 a Collected Volume of my research from 2000 to 2023 including all my main scientific and philosophical papers and a overview of my MSc too.
I did not know what I wanted to do till much later in life. Music seemed a good idea at the time. A soul/pop type band that I was a part of broke up just as we were about to be signed to Sony - after many years of hard slog. I had also trained as a nurse so after the music folded I went back to this occupation. Eventually I trained as an Chinese medical acupuncturist.
Then at the end of the acupuncture course we were offered the chance to do a Master's research degree. Someone, or something sparked my childhood memory of Wilhelm Reich's work. I decided to to a research degree looking at the common foundation of Reich and Chinese medicine. Little did I know then what I had taken on. It was hard both in terms of work and from the sheer opposition I encountered. From this came a controversial practical and theoretical study which became my first published book (look me up on Amazon to find it).
I have a leaning toward academia and I love fiction, quiet music and mountains. The Elif Chronicles is my novel - it took me years to write so don't know if I'll ever do another one. My main interest now research wise is orgone and consciousness. See the Journal of Psychiatric Orgone Therapy for my more formal research papers on life-force (orgone).. There is a cross referenced annotated bibliography of the post-Reich research literature available here on smashwords. And new for 2023 a Collected Volume of my research from 2000 to 2023 including all my main scientific and philosophical papers and a overview of my MSc too.
Where to find Leon Southgate online
Books
Elif Chronicles
by Leon Southgate
Price:
Free!
Words: 96,220.
Language:
English.
Published: April 5, 2020
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Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
(4.00 from 1 review)
Danny and Abhay are two psychic, disabled kids living in supported care in Liverpool. Join them in their battle against the evil space creature the Elif, the top secret PSI agency and its sinister leader, Alistair B. Civil. They befriend assorted spirits and inter-dimensional entities as they travel through dimensions and towards the end of the world! A fantasy sci-fi novel for 14 yr olds upwards.
Annotated Bibliography of Orgonomic Journals
by Leon Southgate
Price:
Free!
Words: 122,050.
Language:
English.
Published: August 9, 2012
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Reference
Ten years in the making and originally intended to be a private reference for a PhD. I hope it will help those wishing to study Wilhelm Reich and orgone life-energy theory. It is an indepth synopsis, with commentary for most of the major post-Reich (post-1957) orgone journal articles, especially experimental papers.