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SO, YOU WANT TO BUILD A CLOUDBUSTER?

On the Problem of

Growing Irrationalism and Mis-Application

of Reich's Atmospheric DiscoveriesA Personal View

by James DeMeo, Ph.D.Director

Orgone Biophysical Research Laboratory

Firstly Written in 1989, Updated PeriodicallyLast update in July 2010.

Copyright (c) All Rights Reserved by James DeMeo

"Love, Work, and Knowledge are the Wellsprings of our Life.They Should Also Govern It"

- Wilhelm Reich

About the AuthorJames DeMeo has undertaken experimental reviews and verification studies of the works of the

late Dr. Wilhelm Reich, starting in the early 1970s, to include field applications of the techniques


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and devices for cloudbusting. He undertook the first systematic research investigating thecloudbuster within a mainstream academic institution, the University of Kansas at Lawrence,

producing a published university thesis with positive conclusions. Since that time, he has ledcloudbusting expeditions for drought abatement in various parts of the United States, with

overseas desert-greening operations in Israel, Namibia and Eritrea, Africa, with numerous

published articles on the subject, indicating widespread beneficial rains as an outcome. DeMeoformerly was a professor of geography and atmospheric-environmental science subjects atIllinois State University and the University of Miami. He currently is Director of the Orgone

Biophysical Research Lab in Ashland, Oregon, and is a senior working member of the USA Core Network, a group of scientists, physicians and naturalists engaged over many decades in

socially-responsible applications of the cloudbusting technology against drought andatmospheric stagnation. Links to more info are provided at the end of this article.

Introduction

The following paper is a personal view about how the growing interest in the techniques ofcloudbusting, or Cosmic Orgone Engineering (CORE), might best be channeled and developed

for the long term benefit of life on Earth, and a frequently suffering but chaotically dangeroushumanity. The purpose of this paper is to stimulate discussion among those currently engaged in

honest and serious research with the cloudbuster, as well as to sound a warning regarding thosewho are just learning about this new discovery, or who are already abusing it, mixing it with all

kinds of false claims and mysticism. I assume the reader is generally familiar with the works ofWilhelm Reich, to include both his sex-economic and orgone biophysical findings. Both are

necessary to understand the functions of the life-energy. If the reader is not familiar with bothareas of research, and is contemplating, or has already undertaken use of a cloudbuster-type

instrument, then this discussion is particularly pertinent to them.

Let's firstly give an overview of the issues and some of the problems involved.Over the last decade or two, Reich's findings on the existence of a powerful atmospheric energy

continuum, which underlies most weather phenomena, have been verified and strengthened.Reich's invention, the cloudbuster, has been used to break many droughts, and on occasion, to

even bring rains to deserts. We know the cloudbuster has a powerful influence, and this has beenproven out in any number of systematically-undertaken experiments. When properly used, it can

trigger the genesis of large isolated storms, or even entire frontal systems, which can quench parched lands and change a stagnant atmosphere back to its more natural sparkling character.

The technique has the general capability of affecting jet stream movements and steering largestorms; even hurricanes may be diverted. Cloud cover can be increased to generate widespread

rains, and possibly reduced to dry up rains during times of flooding. Fogs can be lifted orcreated. In skilled hands, the instrument has a variety of effects which can benefit a region,

primarily in restoring natural cycles of rainfall to areas of drought or desert. There is evidencecloudbuster-produced rains have a more basic pH, thereby reducing the acidity of rainfall, or it

can be used for smog-reduction more generally. However, there is a dark side to all of this, in thepotential mis-application and distortion of Reich's findings.

There currently are two major methods by which Reich's works are being distorted today, and

both fall under the category of what Reich called the Emotional Plague of Mankind, or moresimply the Emotional Plague (EP). One is exemplified by the more rigid, protective aspects of


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the human character, which often casts a suspicious eye towards anything new. This approachkills new findings by attacking them with outright lies, and then repressing them, or simply

stomping them to bits, using censorship or Police State tactics. People suffering from this firsttype of disorder tend to be attracted into high government positions, or into top influential spots

in public media or scientific organizations, where they can do a lot of damage to anyone who

innocently comes through their doors offering some new idea or invention which can benefithumankind. This is like the leftist New Republic magazine which attacked Reich with smears,which then provoked similar EP characters as in the US Food and Drug Administration, which

used the Big Lie and legal "dirty-tricks" to persuade unsuspecting courts and policeman to "getReich" and smash him down.

The other method for tearing down a new, disturbing discovery is more devious and hidden, less

direct and straightforward, and therefore much more difficult to deal with. This method pretendsto be a friend of the new discovery, but is actually secretly at work to kill it. This is done by

diluting the discovery with peripheral issues, or injecting it with "friendly lies", until it is devoidof any power or strength. Parallel to this, the new finding has its core elements cut away,

particularly those of a more socially-challenging nature. Proponents of this latter method oftenpretend to be friendly towards Reich's works, even though they have ripped the guts out of it.

These pretenders also engage in attacks against anyone who does not accept their watered-downor pirated and distorted version as the truth, especially against those who dare to criticize them.

Publicly, they may actually spread wild exaggerations, half-truths, or blatant distortions, whichare designed, consciously or otherwise, to invoke rational skepticism among professionals and

officials who might actually be able to open doors and apply the new discoveries in a rationalmanner. Instead, the mystic exaggerators attract groups of uncritical salvation-seeking followers,

even as new and more extremely wild and unsupportable claims are made. Reich's work thenbecomes inappropriately associated with totally crazy things, such as the "chemtrail" claims, or

the David Icke fairy-tale novels about "shape-shifting space aliens". It gets all mixed up withhuge government conspiracy theory and other things which go well beyond the rational concerns

about air pollution or even the rational examination of ufo phenomenon. And this, of course,obstructs progress in manner that is almost as efficient as censorship, as wherever a serious

scientific inquiry about Reich's work is made in a professional organization, they have alreadyheard about the "crazy Reich" a long time earlier, and nobody wants to hear anything more about

it. In this paper, I will explore some of these social trends as they relate to Reich's atmosphericresearch. But first, let's discuss the issue of just what are the problems when people take up the

cloudbusting method without sufficient background knowledge or training, even if theirmotivations are rational and heart-felt.

Rational Versus Irrational Use of a Cloudbuster

Cloudbusting must never become a tool for "weather modification" per se, for forcing or "fine

tuning" the weather to do this or that. This concept of "modification" is as foreign tocloudbusting as "rape" is to a loving sexuality. The cloudbuster is simply a help to nature, an

assist, only to be used at the right time and place, when the natural process of atmosphericpulsation is blocked, and stagnation sets in. It is only used to remove the "obstacle in the way" of

natural functioning, to restore the natural, self-regulatory functions of atmospheric pulsation. Theultimate repository of the cloudbuster will be, perhaps a thousand years from now, in a display


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within some grand museum, after the crises of population, pollution, and atmospheric stagnationhave been overcome, and world's deserts have been made green, or at least stabilized and pushed

back to their present core regions.

To accomplish this goal, rational cloudbusting efforts, and centers where orgonomic education

takes place, must discriminate among candidates for cloudbusting, avoiding at all costs thepitfalls of political or dogmatic positions. It is important to recognize that at least part of theincreased interest in cloudbusting is derived from a recognition of very real environmental

problems, such as droughts or heat-waves, massive forest fires and desert-expansion. Manypeople are attracted to Reich and cloudbusting solely due to a rational, honest feeling and desire

to do something helpful and constructive. Each individual I have had approach me forinformation regarding cloudbusting has presented a unique set of circumstances which could

only be evaluated on an individual basis. These sources of interest can be either rational orirrational. Some examples of a rational interest in cloudbusting might include:

* A health professional who notes the negative influences of certain stagnated weather

conditions upon the health and behavior of his family, friends, neighbors and town.

* A farmer or agricultural scientist who notes the devastation of drought upon the landscape.

* Any contactful individual who is personally distressed by recurring episodes of atmosphericstagnation and air pollution, or drought and wildfires.

* An atmospheric scientist or other researcher who wishes to better understand the dynamics of

the atmospheric ocean, or the phenomenon of drought and heat-wave.

Obviously, not all of the above persons should go out and build or use a cloudbuster, but thesources of their interest are rational. They may simply be unaware of the potential effects and

range of influence of the instrument, or be ignorant of the personal health-hazards involved.Hence, these individuals are encouraged to engage in as much preliminary work as is possible

while another person with more experience and training undertakes to remedy the atmosphericproblem in their area. Specific proposals for training of cloudbuster operators are given below.

Now, let's talk a bit more about the irrational use of the cloudbuster. Examples of this are all too

common today. In the United States, we have people who build cloudbusters, develop their own"theory" on how it functions, throw away Reich's scientifically-developed findings (but perhaps,

keeping his name and terms attached to their ideas, for "credibility") and in general make anuisance of themselves. Most of these people are harmless, but others do damage by creating

drought, or making a drought even worse, or generating or amplifying very severe storms. A fewexamples include:

1) Persons who, without ever doing any substantive preliminary reading, experimentation, or

other work in orgone biophysics, build a cloudbuster and begin using it, in secret, avoidingcontact with other researchers. This aspect of secretiveness and hiding is a dead give-away for

irrational motives.


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2) Persons with glaring characterological armoring who consistently refuse to undertake therapy,to include contactless, narcissistic and exhibitionistic characters, mystics wanting to "make

contact with god", to "drive away evil demons", or impotent characters wanting to prove theirpotency, etc.

3) Persons who use, advocate, or imply the benefits of drugs: pill- heads, pot-heads, psychedelicusers, and alcoholics.

4) Persons who wish to learn the technique solely for personal economic gain, to "make amillion...".

5) Persons who wish to "save the world" through loud grandstanding techniques, calling great

attention to themselves, or using Reich's discoveries and the details of his unfortunate death andthe book burning (promoted primarily by left-wing "do-good" fanatics) as a club to pound the

heads of "evil capitalism", or emphasizing the "need" to loudly expose the "governmentconspiracy", the "dor-menace", "ufo menace", "chemtrail menace", or whatever menace.

Sometimes these people have worked singlehandedly, while others have organized larger groupsof equally ignorant, frightened and/or aggressive-sadistic people to start building and using

cloudbuster-type devices en masse, without much knowledge or capacity to receive even theslightest constructive criticism.

6) Persons who, without a shred of evidence, claim to have "advanced beyond Reich" in their

understanding of how Nature and the cloudbuster works. This includes all those people whoattempt, solely by empty declarations and wishful leaps, to merge Reich's findings into the

mystical, unproven theories of Rudolph Steiner, or into the fascistic antisexual cult of "SaintGermaine", or who, without any evidence or factual discussion, proclaim the cloudbuster to be a

"particle sink", "electromagnetic projector", a "chemtrail buster", "proton beamer" or whatever.

Anyone exhibiting the above characteristics is a poor candidate for training or working with thecloudbuster. There are, unfortunately, a number of cases where such individuals have built

cloudbusters to the greater or lesser detriment of themselves and their surrounding communities.

Here are some more specific examples, which prompted me to write this article, the first versionof which appeared in 1986.

7) A young fellow in Canada built and erected a large cloudbuster. He later left town, leaving the

apparatus operating, haphazardly pointing to the sky. Several months went by without rains. Thecloudbuster was later discovered by accident, by other persons who knew about the dangers and

dismantled it. Rains resumed shortly thereafter.

8) A man in California built a cloudbuster and went about making demonstrations, claiming thepowers of god.

9) Another man in California undertook operations with a modified cloudbuster, which he called

a "chemical ether generator", to bring rains during the dry season. He rejected Reich's theory onthe orgone energy, and the role of atmospheric stagnation and dor in blocking rains. Through


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improper operational techniques, he built up a large orgone-energy potential in an areacharacterized by stagnant, desert conditions. This predictably triggered a strong electrical storm,

and six people were struck by lightning. Nonetheless, he was still very pleased with the results ofthe operation. He did the same thing a few years later, bringing a major coastal storm to Southern

California, which did a lot of damage and killed a few people. This same man earlier wrote a

book largely focused upon the cloudbuster, in which he claimed that all the problems of theworld were the doings of "evil beings" in other dimensions, and alluded to the use of LSD.

10) A young man in Ireland built a cloudbuster and operated it while in a "trance state". Majordevastating coastal storm occurred; boats were sunk and people were killed. The man later

circulated a "newsletter", in which he bragged about his role in it all, and urged people to buildcloudbusters and point them at nuclear power plants.

11) A skeptical classical scientist, reading only one or two articles, constructed a cloudbuster in

his backyard. He aimed the unit at the sky but did not observe any instant effects. He left theinstrument operating for several days, and let it run while he was out of town for a week.

Persisting, heavy rains developed thereafter, bringing a flood, for which he denied responsibility.He later "souped up" the cloudbuster by adding high frequency electricity to it, but still failed to

note any instant miracles. He finally lost interest, proclaiming the cloudbuster to be ineffective.

12) A mystic who communicated with spirits erected a cloudbuster and claimed great benefit tohis local area. Climate charts subsequently indicated the onset of drought conditions in his area.

He later published an article in which Reich's theory was abandoned in favor of Steiner's "fourethers".

13) A man in the northeast USA concocted various schemes to make money and attract national

attention through cloudbusting. Responsible workers refused to have anything to do with him.He became very impatient and angry, and burglarized two orgone research facilities, stealing

documents and other items. After being caught and sentenced to jail, he reported several orgonetherapists to the Food and Drug Administration, saying they used the orgone accumulator on

their patients. FDA officials began visiting and harassing various orgone therapists in the Northeast. Later, he secretly helped a long-time enemy of Reich, Martin Gardner, to write a

horrible magazine article, which branded Reich a lunatic.

14) Another man meditated into a near trance condition while using some kind of "cloudbuster",dutifully reporting his "feelings" and observations to government officials, who dismissed him

and everyone else working with the cloudbuster as a crackpot.

15) Another mystic in the southeastern USA, skeptical about the cloudbuster, built one andgenerated a huge thunderstorm with a funnel cloud. In a panic, he destroyed the instrument. After

his death, his wife began selling ineffective "cloudbusters" to desperate farmers, for thousands ofdollars.

16) A man wrote a book with a chapter devoted to Reich and cloudbusting. In it, he claimed

Reich was wrong about the orgone, that the cloudbuster really was a "particle sink", that it taps a"chemical ether", and works on the basis of one's "consciousness". His book stimulated a lot of


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people to go out and build cloudbusters, without any attempt to study the question seriously. Hisbook also claimed, without any credible evidence or proof, that you could run a car off of orgone

energy by attaching an orgone accumulator to the air intake of the carberator. Dozens of peopletried this and, predictably, when it did not work, they began to question "Reich's work".

17) A farmer in Maryland, during a major drought affecting the entire Northeast USA, writes tome: "I am part of a group which has built 60 cloudbusters in the region. I have build fourcloudbusters on my land, and I've left them running for several months, but so far the rain has

not come. Can you please inform me what I might be doing wrong?" When informed to takethem down, as he is overcharging the atmosphere and making the drought worse, his only reply

is silence.

18) A mystic from the Saint Germaine cult began making "chembusters" because he thought theblue orgone energy of Reich was the same as the mystic "violet ray" of his cult. He claimed the

jet contrails were poison chemicals sprayed into the atmosphere by space aliens, who had takenover the bodies of the airplane pilots and ground crews. Predictably, many "new age" and

"spiritual" magazines and internet sites which had never shown one ounce of interest in WilhelmReich's original discovery of the life-energy, began to post out his claims. Reich's work then

became associated with with "shape-shifting space reptiles", from this man's fantasy. He gaveworkshops and sold his devices to people for several hundred dollars each. The problem was, the

device was an inexact form of the authentic cloudbuster, and he also advised people -- against allprior recommendations from Reich and others -- to set up the device permanently, 24 hours a

day, 365 days a year. This "overworking" as Reich and others have noted, works to create asemi-permanent atmospheric expansion which triggers drought conditions. Of course, this

expanded atmospheric condition reduced or eliminated the formation of jet contrails, but it alsokilled off all other clouds, as would be necessary for rains. His devices thereby were optimally

constructed and used to create drought. Networks of his devices were subsequently set up in thePacific Northwest, in Australia, in Namibia, and in Europe, triggering massive drought in every

case. In one case, where huge wildfires were created along with the drought, I wrote to him,asking him to please shut down his network of devices, even if only as an experiment to see if it

might end the drought conditions. His response was one of utter contempt and denial. Thedrought and wildfires persisted for additional months until being extinguised by winter rains.

19) When Hurricane Katrina approached the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico, several persons

on uneducated "cloudbuster-chemtrail-orgonite" e-groups began discussing how to "repulse thehurricane" with their devices. Whatever they did, it was not beneficial, and may have stimulated

its amplification and arrival on shore with added fury.

20) Two hobby-science businessmen in Seattle, Washington, constructed a large cloudbuster,and used it to bring cool air into their local region during a time of larger West Coast drought

and heat-wave. Working mechanically, without addressing the core reasons for the droughtconditions, they amplified a large high-pressure system just off the coast in the Pacific Ocean,

which rotated the cool air west to east into their region. But the southern half of the high-pressurerotation brought hot desert air from the region of Arizona west into Southern California, where it

fed hot and dry Santa Anna desert winds. Several wildfires were triggered which created a blast-furnace effect in the narrow valleys between the open desert plateau and the populated regions of


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coastal Southern California. This could be seen on weather-maps, the cool westerly oceanbreezes in Seattle creating a spinning effect which rotated southwards and then fed the strong

easterly winds which fanned the Southern California wildfires. Several thousand homes burnedto the ground in the first days. The two businessmen had no idea what they had done, however.

When warned about the problem, even while disbelieving, they shut down operations in Seattle.

The dry winds almost immediately ceased in Southern California. Refusing contact anddiscussion, they re-started operations a few days later, and the same thing happened, again! WithSouthern California in flames, more telephone calls went out to the businessmen, one of whom

refused further communications, and the other of whom was off having a vacation at a ski resort.Finally contacted and convinced to again shut down operations, the hot dry winds far to the south

once again quickly subsided. In spite of this prima facia evidence of a connection between theiroperations and the wildfires at great distance, they voiced denial and petty outrage against those

who had warned them of the problem. The businessmen were "well connected" and "friends"with a group of Reich therapists on the East Coast (none of whom were experts in weather

science or cloudbusting), who rallied to their support. Those who issued the warnings were thentreated with contempt and subjected to malicious rumor-mongering. Neither businessman ever

apologized for their angry denials to those who warned them about their flawed operations, andtoday still deny they did anything wrong.

21) A computer engineer in Germany with family roots in Algeria set up a cloudbuster project in

the Algerian Sahara, where operations proceeded around the clock, over weeks and months oftime, in spite of being warned this was a dangerous mechanistic technique. Knowing little about

Reich's work, he refused any kind of deeper study of orgonomic science, of classical weatherscience, and had ignored warnings that he was playing dangerous games with the weather. At

one point, while he boasted of having brought some rains to his dry region, the nearby areas ofTropical Africa were suffering under massive rainstorms and flooding which displaced hundreds

of thousands of villagers, killing many hundreds. The dry air over his region also had not beenneutralized, due to mechanistic operational techniques. His operations had merely pushed the dry

Sahara air mass off to the Northeast, where it contaminated the Eastern Mediterranean, bringingdrought and massive wildfires to Greece, where additional tens of thousands had to run for their

lives, and additional hundreds were killed. I informed the central persons responsible for theAlgerian project about these bad weather reactions immediately after observing the patterns.

They were fully ignorant of the two weather disasters on-going at the time, in Greece andTropical Africa. Following my warnings, they temporarily halted the operations, and this was

quickly followed by a subsiding of the disastrous long-distance effects. Still in denial about whatthey had done, they subsequently demanded exacting documentation, which I provided, after

which they continued to deny there were any problems. Once again, I became a "bad person" forpointing out the dangers. They continued to operate, this time with great secrecy, even erasing

details from their website which showed they were working at the time of the disasters. Later, Ilearned they were trying to promote cloudbusting methods and devices to an Islamic group in

Egypt which was fully unprepared to use it in any responsible manner. (Reich used to cautionthat his discoveries would one day be "sold like dish-soap" by those who held his larger work in

contempt.) For warning them against this action, and raising the issue the violent Islamic worldmight use Reich's discoveries as a terror-weapon, doing deliberately to the hated Europeans and

black Africans what had firstly been observed only through accident, I was accused of "racism".


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22) A young man in Italy who had only recently learned about Reich's work and discoveries wasrationally distressed by terrible air pollution, and obtained from internet a set of half-way

cloudbuster plans and fully wrong instructions on the methods. He then immediately and quiteirrationally started to work. He had come across my warnings on internet about the dangers --

this article in fact -- but ignored it in favor of the "action-ism" attitude of those who egged him

on to "just do it" without further study. His actions with the cloudbuster triggered a massivestorm system in the Mediterranean Sea which hit land and created massive flooding in his localregion, killing ten people. He then contacted me with much misery and remorse, confessing what

he had done.

23) A group of hydrologists and meteorologists from a major Western water agency invited meto lecture to their group about my work. I had submitted a proposal to them for a rational plan to

bring increased rains across the Colorado River basin area, and thereby relieve the chronic watershortages and droughts. It appeared, they were interested to sponsor my project. Instead, when I

arrived, the professionals acted coldly, and hardly spoke. During my presentation, they tooknotes furiously, asking many specific questions about "how to build a cloudbuster", which they

could not accurately discern from the photographs in my presentation. I told them, I would notdiscuss those details. Afterwards, they somewhat stiffly thanked me for the lecture and I flew

home, not to hear anything from them again. A few weeks later, however, I heard a radio new broadcast announcing a "freak thunderstorm wipes out Imperial Valley date orchards".

Thousands of date-palm trees, which take a very long time to grow, had been blown down andkilled by a massive unforecast thunderstorm which "appeared out of nowhere". This suggested to

me, an errant cloudbusting operation. A week later, I got an unsolicited telephone call from oneof their younger members, a professional who still had some honestly and who felt remorse

about how I had been brushed aside, and how their group had proceeded to build their ownapparatus and "do it themself", without any serious background or knowledge. I was informed,

they were professionals with PhDs in hydrology and atmospheric science, who also had all the"top" university connections. I had a PhD also, but had severed my old university connections,

and was in any case widely known as an "academic heretic" with "trouble-making ideas". Sothey felt license to treat me with contempt. Their attitude was, apparently, "this is so simple, we

don't need any advice from this DeMeo guy".

So they tried to pick my brains for whatever they could discover, without intention to support mywell-constructed proposal. They wanted to use the cloudbusting technology without reference to

the atmospheric orgone energy, to steal away Reich's inventions without regard to the long lineof research which led to them, and which in fact logically explains their functioning. Reich used

to say "they want my roses, but not my thorns". In this case, the academics rejected Reich'stheory and precautions, and created a small disaster. Afterwards, having been frightened to their

core at the appearance of such a massive and damaging thunderstorm, they abandoned the effort,also being afraid they might be sued by the farmers who lost their orchards.

And so on...

There also are major issues raised about when and for what exact reasons a cloudbuster project is

undertaken, the question of it's necessity. Ending a severe drought or heat-wave, or workingagainst wildfires are certainly good reasons, assuming one knows what they are doing. Working


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in ignorance of the basic fundamentals of orgone biophysics can actually worsen a drought, orinflame a wildfire, so in-depth study and training is a must. Beyond that, a serious issue has

arisen in recent years on the subject of desert-greening, which constitutes a potentially risky formof climate modification, and about which the current knowledge from both orgone biophysics

and classical environmental and climate science warns us against. I have personally used this

term, "desert-greening", to describe my own past operations in the regions of the AmericanSouthwest, Israel, Namibia and Eritrea. However, in retrospect, none of those operationsproceeded towards long-term climate-change goals. All were prompted by existing exceptionally

dry conditions even for those marginal drylands. Once a rainy episode was initiated, our workended. And we used operational procedures which led to a neutralization ortransmutation of the

stagnant atmospheric dor conditions into rainy conditions, rather than to merely "shove away"the stagnant air mass into someone else's back yard. It is therefore important to keep in mind that

any kind of long-term desert-greening project runs the risk of long-distance and possibly long-term negative effects. A desert land might benefit from such a greening, but it becomes a disaster

if accomplished only by displacing the dry desert air mass off to plague some other world region, placing an adjacent moist region under severe long-term drought. Several catastrophes along

these lines have already been witnessed, from haphazard operations undertaken by inadequatelytrained individuals in Seattle (point #20, above) who merely wanted to cool down their vicinity

and had not the wisdom to look how their operations were affecting other regions, or by fullytrained persons in Algeria (point #21, above), in efforts towards greening the core region of the

Sahara, but again being contactless about long-distance effects. This makes no more sense thantrying to warm up the polar regions so one might grow bananas, or make the warm rainy tropics

drier and cooler.

Evidence from ancient climates suggests, a wetter Sahara is found only when Europe and NorthAmerica are under ice-box conditions, given how the polar jet streams move far to the south

during the Sahara rainy periods. Could "greening the Sahara" bring about this same result today?

This list on irrational activities can be closed with the following fully insane example which isrelated to the above points #18 amd #19: There are today many individuals who have made

"cloudbusters" (sometimes called "chembusters" - click for more info) which are of a slightlydifferent design from those of Reich, solely for the claimed purpose of "eliminating chemtrails".

They believe the US government, or some conspiracy of government with evil space aliens, aredeliberately spraying toxic chemicals into populated areas, and this is the reason for people's ill

health. While the issue of toxic chemicals from jet aircraft exhaust, possible cloudseedingexperiments, and air pollution in general is certainly an important subject requiring critical

analysis, the accusations made by some in these groups go well beyond such a simpleinterpretation, and border into blatantly paranoid and psychotic territory: Accusations are made

that "shape-shifting reptilian aliens" from outer space, and "evil entities" from other-worldlydimensions, have "taken control" over highly-placed persons in the government and military, and

that they are now working, in conspiracy with the United Nations, to poison the citizens of theworld. Some of the impulse in this direction comes from followers of the Saint Germaine cult,

who mix up their mystic belief in a "violet ray" with Reich's blue orgone energy. One couldignore these people, except for the fact that its leadership has convinced them to construct these

cloudbuster-chembuster type devices, for the claimed purpose of "repulsing evil entities", or"dissipating chemtrails"-- in the latter case, the aim is to dissipate the contrails of jet aircraft.


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Perhaps a hundred or more of the "chemtrail-busters" are already constructed, mostly in the USAbut with a growing number in overseas locations. According to Reich's findings, however, the

presence of well-formed jet contrails is a general indicator of a healthy cloud-formingatmosphere. The advocates of the "chemtrail" theory, however, "know better" than poor old

stupid Reich and his followers; they consider jet contrails to be "bad", or evidence of concealed

space-aliens and demons, or treasonous government and military people trying to poison thecountryside. Consequently, the "chemtrail-busters" are set up andpointed into the atmosphere ona permanent basis, around the clock, month after month, year after year. The advocates of this

madness claim, with much enthusiasm on special "cloudbuster" and "chembuster" email groups,how the clouds dissipate over their property, and sometimes how larger thunderstorm complexes

were "deflected" or dissipated. Consequently, it appears the modified "chembusters" do havesome kind of atmospheric effects. Since very few of them are farmers or foresters, whose

primary consideration is the health of the natural landscape, one has no assurance that theywould stop what they are doing if a drought began to develop. Indeed, many of the "chembuster"

enthusiasts seem happy when the sky is clear and dry, but sad and worried when clouds appear.

For these and other reasons, international regulation and oversight of cloudbusting activity will

eventually become necessary. Reich wrote about this also, including his fear that his discoverieswould be abused. He was wrong on one account, however. The abuse has not taken place by

"government officials" or "conspiring academics" so much as by the self-righteous anti-establishment and self-proclaimed "spiritual" types of the "alternatives" scene.

We currently have no clear certainty about what the long-term atmospheric effects will be from

all of this, but assuredly it will not be a good thing, and will only add to broader atmosphericchaos. The "chemtrail-buster" network began in the Pacific Northwest USA in late 2000, for

example, which is roughly correlated with the onset of a larger drought pattern across this sameregion, spreading eventually to the entire Western USA. Massive forest fires of historical

magnitude subsequently appeared in Western States, as the normal rainfall cycles were disturbed.The atmospheric reaction to so many "chembuster" devices seems to be primarily a massive

expansion of nearby desert regions into wetter regions, with around two years of heat-waves,drought and forest-fires! After the two years (our current estimate), the atmosphere finally self-

adjusts and is no longer irritated by the chronic stimulus of the "chembusters". In 2003, the"chembuster" fad spread to Europe, which similarly had massive heat-waves, drought and forest

fires, with around 3000 people dying in France alone from the horrible heat. Similar conditionsmight be projected to develop in Europe once again in 2004, with a lowered Wintertime

precipitation as well. The atmospheric reaction in Europe was worse than in the USA, as the"chembusters" actually were expanding and attracting the Sahara Desert northward. The leaders

of these cultish "chembuster" groups -- who also sell "Holy Hand Grenades", "orgonite", "orgonegenerators" and similar trinkets and gadgets, including devices to exorcize demons from inside

the home -- none of which have any connections to Reich, but they will abuse his name andterms anyhow. They were informed of the dangers on many occasions, but dismissed them with

arrogant contempt. (One primary person leading this "chembuster" movement basically told thiswriter to "fuck off" when the problem was pointed out to him, and he threw out of his his internet

group anyone who dared to openly raise such questions.) Here, once again, we see the real-worldeffects of a deeply mystical self-proclaimed "expert" who has never studied Reich, never


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attempted Reich's basic experimental proofs, never apprenticed with any knowledgeable personso as to know what he was doing, never had a any orgone therapy to remove his own biophysical

armoring... but who makes huge claims and assertions about "saving the world", and in theprocess helps to wreak horrible disaster around the planet. The "chembuster" groups are, in fact,

the most dangerous of the mystical distorters of Reich's work today, given their great potentials

to create massive droughts and heat-waves through deliberate mis-representation and mis-application of Reich's discoveries. As of2005, the chembuster fad had invaded Australia, whichbegan experiencing increasing drought, of historical proportions by 2007. If the two-year rule

holds, nature will begin compensating naturally by 2008 -- but after what gigantic damages andloss of life will have occurred!

As a general rule, enormous hatred is provoked from these individuals when responsible

cloudbuster operators try to speak with them and get them to stop or change what they are doing.Experience shows, luckily, that these irrational individuals eventually run from the work and,

assuming they do have the sustained energy to actually build and use a cloudbuster, willeventually make themselves sick, and run from the work. Any program of cooperative work and

learning exchange is impossibly irritating to such individuals, and one usually spots them rightoff. Their history is one of secrecy, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, public grandstanding and

politicking, alliance with the enemies of orgonomy, and slander of rational work efforts.

The Problem of Operator Character Structure

Cloudbusting requires more of the people who engage in it than the mere "desire" to "getinvolved", or to "make rain", or the mere mechanical ability to assemble a few pipes and wave

them about in the air. For safe and effective operations to occur, the operator must firstly have ahigh degree of personal health, and secondly to know exactly what they are doing, and why.

They must have a good working knowledge of the cloudbusting techniques and methods whichhave been worked out over the last 35 years. They must be educated in basic climatology and

atmospheric dynamics. Additionally, and most importantly, the cloudbuster operator must not possess any significant degree of biophysical, emotional armoring. They must be emotionally

fluid, with a capacity for full bioenergetic contact with the natural environment. They mustpossess the capability of perceptively understanding the unspoken language of the living, which

is energetically expressed in the atmosphere and landscape. This is important both for theoutcomes of cloudbusting operations, that they not produce erratic or damaging weather

reactions, but also because biophysical armoring places the cloudbuster operator at great risk fortheir health.

It must always be kept in mind that the cloudbuster is a tool by which the atmosphere is restored

to a state of self-regulated functioning. It is not a "weather modification" apparatus, likecloudseeding, where the atmosphere is forced to do this or that, or is "pushed about" to do

something it normally would not do. Anyone wishing to work with a cloudbuster must thereforehave an intuitive, gut-level grasp of the concept ofatmospheric self-regulation. For this, they

must themselves be self-regulated people, free from significant biophysical emotional armoring.They must, as much as is possible, be what Reich called unarmored, genital characters, that is,

individuals who have maintained, or regained through therapy, the capacity for making fullcontact with their deeper emotions, and who are orgastically potent as defined by Reich. They


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must not be openly or secretly cruel, sadistic, or domineering towards the opposite sex, nor betimid or fearful. This question of how the individual relates to the opposite sex is, aside from

other characterological considerations, a give-away as to their deeper emotional self, and a clearpredictor of the attitude and behavior towards the natural environment. Men who are sadists with

women, for example, being cruel or rapine in attitude, will not be able to suddenly "change

gears" and become contactful and gentle men, filled with a love of nature in the next moment.And the same is true for the guy who only sees dollar-signs in his eyeballs when thinking aboutthe cloudbuster, which would also be a disaster for the atmosphere and environment. Likewise, if

the operator is stoned on pot, or drunk on alcohol, they could no more undertake an effectiveoperation than a similar drunkard or stoned-head could fly a multi-engine jetliner. It is an art and

science that requires people who are serious of mind and character, who generally eschew the"big noise" of modern neurotic society, who are more comfortable with open living nature than

in a sport's bar, and who don't frequent either brothels or sex-repressive churches.

Reich's initial point of departure from conventional modes of thinking was, as he put it, thediscovery of"the bioenergetic function of excitability and motility of living substance". Through

this discovery, he eventually clarified the relationship between psyche and soma, which areunderlain by the deeper common functioning principle of the biological orgone energy, or life

energy. As this energy flows or pulses through the body, it gives rise to a spectrum of psychic,emotional, and somatic, organic phenomena. The first volume of Reich's monumental work

Discovery of the Orgone was subtitledFunction of the Orgasm, as the orgasm was identified tohave an important discharge function, the capacity for which was always present in emotionally

healthy, non-neurotic people, but always absent in people with neuroses, or any other form ofmild or severe mental illness. Disturbances in orgastic functioning, and pathological attitudes

toward the opposite sex, underlay every neurotic, self-destructive, or sadistic component in behavior. Indeed, Reich came to view the love life of his patients as a primary indicator of

emotional and mental health. He wrote extensively on the sexual psychopathology amongpower-hungry politicians and dictators, and among the masses of people who chased after them,

doing their dirty work, casting off their social responsibilities for the comfortable yoke ofdespotism. Emotional health and sexual health were inseparable, and formed the basis of clear,

unimpeded bioenergetic contact between the individual and the larger natural environment.

Just as Reich found that the unimpeded flow of life energy in the body was essential to psychicand somatic health, he also discovered, some years later, that a similar unimpeded flow of life

energy in the atmosphere was necessary for maintenance of atmospheric pulsation and rainfall. Indeed, the properties and movements of the mass-free orgone energy in the atmosphere gave

rise to similar life-like behaviors in the animal world, where the same energy pulsated inside anorganisms's skin and organs. This life-like quality in the natural environment has actually been

seen and felt by many of the more gentle, non-violent peoples of the world, and their verynaturalistic religions were based upon such direct perceptions; among these non-violent peoples,

the creative, spirit forces charged and animated the natural world, and were not "beyond thesenses". But the capacity to feel, and make deeper contact with these forces, which Reich

experimentally objectified as a specific life energy, named the orgone energy, has largely beenlost among the authoritarian, sex-negative, war-making peoples of the "civilized" world. They

simply cannot see it, or feel it, and therefore have greatly mystified perceptions of nature, toinclude the basic biological and sexual nature of their own selves and children. They may have


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an inkling or residue of feeling of this larger force at work within the cosmos. But because of alack of direct perception, they project a human face upon it, claim that it is "non-physical" in

nature, that it exists only in another dimension, in some far-removed "heaven" or "nirvana", andlook to "spiritual experts" and "gurus" for assistance in restoring the lost contact. Or, they project

their own inner demons into the outer world, claiming the beneficial life-force is filled with "evil

entities", which are, in fact, only a misperception of their own bottled-up angry emotions. Themajority of politicians, businessmen, scientists, priests, and yes, "spiritual experts" and "gurus"also, have lost this perceptive connection with nature, and so are more ready, willing, and able to

participate in the wholesale destruction of natural pusling life-energy in the child, and in thenatural world and atmosphere also. They do little more than lead a compliant and fearful

humanity from one social disaster to another. Even so, many contemporary people have retaineda bioenergetic perception of their connectedness with the natural world, and are very

uncomfortable with the destructive nature of industry, Church, and State.

Unlike so many other scientific discoveries, which have been perverted into weapons to destroyor thwart life, Reich gives us a criteria for evaluating the character structure of those who wish to

involve themselves in life-positive works. How can we best recognize the individual who isemotionally capable of restoring the flow of life energy in the atmosphere? The criteria are fairly

simple, in principle at least. If a person can fully express their emotions, has a deep and fullrespiration and relaxed physical posture, does not possess tendencies of sadism and violent

aggression, but is neither timid nor lacking in healthy, aggressive seeking-out for fulfillment oftheir needs, if they are gentle with children, capable of a warm and loving relationship with the

opposite sex, and spontaneously respectful of nature and wild creatures, then that individual is areasonable candidate for training in the authentic methods of cloudbusting. For if their bioenergy

can flow and pulse freely, if they are emotionally fluid and contactful, they will possess the gutlevel feeling necessary to use the cloudbuster in a perceptive and effective manner.

On the other hand, it is not possible for a person who has devoted their entire life to the

sequestration of emotion, to the negation of sexuality, through either antisexual celibacy oremotion-killing pornography, to maintain the kind of feeling necessary for being a good

cloudbuster operator. Persons addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who hold fast to extreme religiousor political viewpoints (ie, Nazism, Communism, Islamism) are likewise not candidates for this

work. It does not matter if the individual is "highly respected" in the community, or if they are asuccessful farmer, rancher, or businessman, or if they have a Ph.D. or M.D. degree, or if they are

a member of the National Academy of Sciences, or whatever. Nor does it matter if they arecertified critics of mainstream scientism, outraged because Reich was thrown into prison, and are

well-known "free energy" advocates. Desire alone is insufficient. Just as good vision and reflexesare necessary for being a good aircraft pilot, or good muscles and slim figure a necessity for a

ballet dancer or ice-skating champion, a mobile and emotionally fluid bioenergy system, asReich defined it, is a necessary prerequisite for engaging in cloudbusting. Nothing given above

should be distorted to presume formal academic degrees or high social standing are intrinsicallya barrier to this work. In fact, study of classical weather science is a definite prerequisite for this

work. By themselves, however, they are simply not enough.

This emphasis upon maintaining a lively, self-regulated character structure, and a deeperemotional contactfulness, is the most important foundational consideration for a cloudbuster


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operator. With it, they can learn techniques and classical knowledege of weather science. But allthe classical weather science in the world, and even fully intellectual study of Reich's findings,

won't grant to people the deeper bioenergetic capacities which are necessary. The cloudbusteroperator must be capable of organically feeling the various bioenergetic phenomena at work in

the atmosphere. They must be capable of discriminating between states of atmospheric

expansion or contraction, high or low charge, and stagnation or agitation. They likewise must beable to see the phenomenon of atmospheric sparkle and lustre, and the pulsing orgone units. Theexpressive "language of the living" is manifested in cloud forms, sky, atmosphere, and

landscape, and is vital to understanding the functions of weather. Most importantly, they mustalso be capable of recognizing any traces of emotional plague or pestiness within themselves,

any tendencies towards contactlessness or contraction or overcharge or dor-saturation of theirorganism, and learn to withdraw from the work at those times their own structure gets in the

way, or when they are at risk for health deterioration.These considerations of emotional contactfullness and health are most important, for the

cloudbuster operator works with a tool capable of affecting broad regions of the atmosphere, forbetter or worse. Also, the operator can receive an overcharge, or dor contamination in their body

which can bring on life-threatening sickness, or exacerbate latent or chronic aspects of existingcharacterological armoring. While therapy certainly reduces these tendencies, it is not an

absolute guarantee either. Cosmic orgone engineering with a cloudbuster places one in a highlycharged environment which can stimulate energy-overcharge and emotional flare-ups. For these

and other reasons, cloudbusting must be carried out in a perceptively clear and emotionally cleanmanner, with cooperative oversight by other skilled workers in a spirit of scientific open critique

and cooperation.

The Question of Operational Theory

Let us firstly acknowledge there are many things we do not know about Nature and the Universe,and about the orgone energy and cloudbusting as well. We are more like the Wright Brothers

with the first models of the airplane. Of what could be know about jet engines and supersonicaircraft design, or about the Jumbo-Jet?! Even so, the basic designs and principles of the Wright

Brothers remains valid and is incorporated into even the wings of the most advanced fighter-jetsand commercial transport aircraft. The basic aerodynamic principles also remain basically the

same, even if nearly all else has dramatically changed. There also always is a rational interest toexplore new theoretical approaches which might be more clarifying, and offer something new.

However, this does not mean throwing overboard what is already well-known and established,nor does it give anyone license to claim, without evidence, that by "revealed truth" they "know",

without having done any serious work at all, so much more than what has already beenestablished by the hard and patient work of others. Reich was clear about not only the properties

of the orgone energy itself, but also about the kinds of materials which interacted with orgone ina good way, and those which reacted in a toxic manner (ie., copper or aluminum are not healthy).

His discussions on the life-energetic properties and behavior of the atmosphere, its relationshipto cloud formations and weather, on the cloudbuster's operational mechanism, and on self-

regulatory and pulsatory orgone energy functions, the orgone energy streams in the atmosphere,etc., are known to everyone who has any kind of beneficial success with the apparatus. The more

serious and dedicated persons surely have very large questions about the orgone energy itself,how it relates to the larger cosmic questions of life, about love, and human feeling of unity with


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the cosmos. The relationship of orgone energy to the cosmological ether of space, and to bioelectricity, or the "dark matter" claimed by astronomers, for example, are points of lively

discussion among those who know and respect the authentic Wilhelm Reich. Reich alsodiscussed these issues, and had many serious open questions. But they were specific questions on

specific issues, and never stood as any kind of standing point for the aggressive dismissal of

everything else that was known and established.A few individuals who have undertaken cloudbusting in an irrational, untrained, and ill-preparedmanner, are most emphatic in their desire to substitute their own theory for Reich's regarding the

cloudbuster's functioning. For years they may have been working with electromagnetic energy,radionics machinery, or various other "subtle energy" phenomena, often with minimal

effectiveness in demonstrating any kind of influence upon natural processes. Or they are studentsof oriental or metaphysical/religious philosophies which accept the existence of some form of

"life energy", but not anything which governs our character structure and sexuality in the mannerdescribed by Reich (ie, they are often antisexual celibates, following the life-negative dictations

of one or another guru, and consider life-energy to be something separate from, and subordinatedto an other-worldly "spirituality".)

Then they build an orgone accumulator, or a cloudbusting instrument, and observe some kind of powerful biological or atmospheric response, which is greater than anything they have

previously experienced. But this causes much confusion, because it casts doubt upon their ownrelatively ineffectual theories and philosophies, to which they strongly adhere for emotional

reasons. Consequently, in such cases, Reich's theoretical discussions must be thrown out thewindow. Reich's inventions may then more easily be captured into their mysticism with a

"reinterpretation" which discards the more socially-difficult aspects. Or, to preserve theirdedicated interest in quantum mechanics or "twelve-dimensional reality" (Etc.) orgone energy is

discarded in favor of abstract mathematics and invisible particles. In either case, Reich's ideas areconfusedly picked at, diced up, and made into a casserole with other bits and pieces of every

other kind of imaginable speculation! What indigestion!

The question of theory is therefore more important than most people recognize. Consider thefollowing analogy: One man designs and builds a large suspension bridge according to the

experimentally tested strengths of steel and concrete. Another man designs and builds asuspension bridge using a design and materials suggested to him in a drug hallucination, or from

numerological interpretations of a Bible passage. Now, if I gave you the keys to a 20 ton truck,which bridge would you want to drive over? Which bridge would you want a school bus carrying

your children to drive over? There is no question that you would not want to take a risk with thebridge built through "divine revelation". This is what the science of engineering is all about, and

we have a natural respect for good engineering, with necessary laws and regulations to make surebridges are build according to experimentally determined Natural Law, and not according to one

or another person's conjured-up speculations. Now, a person could speculate about a new bridgedesign which was truly revolutionary, but then we would want to see it tested first, before being

put into use. The same is true with aircraft design. Nobody wants to fly in a jet that has not beenproperly tested or which had expired maintenance. Even so, we still get bridges and jets with

both design and construction flaws. But these can be recognized as such and, when uncovered,quickly corrected. Let's now take the example of cloudbusting.


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A lot of people are concerned about drought, particularly farmers. But many are distressed byReich's writings on sexual matters, and on matters regarding character structure. Reich holds up

a mirror which exposes their personal misery and shameful behavior, and they don't like this onebit. They may also be hostile to people with advanced degrees, or towards German-speakers, or

Jews (Reich was all these). Or they have been using radionics machines, or have been reading

Steiner, and are used to speaking in very vague terms, about "vibration energy", the "ethers", andso on. To the unstudied person, Reich's "orgone" may appear likewise vague, but it is not really.It is a very specific term attached to a class of phenomena which have been empirically, or

experimentally derived. It is a ubiquitous energy, filling all space, pulsatile (expanding andcontracting), water-attracting, self-attracting, absorbed by non-metals, and reflected by metals. It

is the medium though which electromagnetic waves are transmitted, but is not the wave itself. Itcan be excited by EM waves, however. It can absorb electromagnetic energy, and attenuate it.

These are very specific details, for which specific experimental proofs have been developed. But,no matter. Those who wish to be rid of Reich's theory usually first dismiss the energetic aspects

of sexuality and character, followed by difficult, but necessary concepts such as oranur(over-excited, agitated orgone) and dor(stagnant, or dead orgone). Or, "dor" is mystified, as they don't

understand it. They take Reich's terms and use them confusedly, without clarity or knowledge ofwhat they actually mean. The cloudbuster becomes a "particle sink" or "chembuster", and the

orgone, one of the "ethers". Or "Dor" is confused with "demons". By doing this, a cloudbusteroperator no longer needs to be a contactful and perceptive individual, capable of gut-level

sensation of the atmospheric energy. Indeed, the atmospheric energy, by virtue of intellectualslight-of-hand, is made vague and intangible, beyond the senses. Oranur and dor therefore don't

matter anymore, and Reich's findings about the energy streams in the upper atmosphere, well,who cares! So out into the fields they march, beating a drum, and waving cloudbuster tubes

about in a phallic manner, making "grand connection with the cosmos"! And all the while, theybad-mouth those who at great personal sacrifice and risk, preserved and extended Reich's works

over many decades! I previously outlined a number of examples of the results of this kind ofirrational approach.

Like the bridge built upon questionable designs, the improperly performed cloudbusting

operation yields either no result, or an atmospheric disaster! In many cases, these people state"my operations brought good rain here, when all around it was dry". Aside from the fact that

they don't corroborate their observations with weather data, they are ignorant of the fact that animproperly used cloudbuster can stimulate widespread expansion and aridity, with a small

localized center of slightly more humid conditions near, and only near, the working cloudbuster.In short, while they may have created the slight increase in moisture at the one place, they likely

stimulated an intensification of more widespread drought conditions across the surroundingcountryside! In the worst cases, the cloudbuster location may show some small persisting clouds

overhead, but not much more, while the rest of the region totally dries out! But they willcontinue with this failed approach, on the basis of false hope conjured up by those few isolated

clouds. This latter danger appears particularly acute where cloudbusters are used continually, forlong periods without a break.

Often, out of sheer frustration with a drought, and from lack of immediately apparent

atmospheric reactions to the cloudbuster, the errant operator will continue working theinstrument, day after day after day, without a break, attempting to squeeze a drop or two of


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moisture from what appears to be a stubborn, unrelenting atmosphere. In this case, the operatorwants to "make" the overcharged atmosphere contract and rain, but the continual operations only

add to the excitation and overcharge. They may actually successfully convert a hazy dorishatmosphere into something which is clear blue and more transparent. However, the natural

process is where clouds build and rains clean out the atmosphere, after which the bluish

transparency is achieved. In those cases, by errant use they have by-passed the needed process ofclouds and rain, and gone directly from hazy-dor to oranur-blue conditions. Oh, they will feelproud and omnipotent, about "what they have done", but the drought continues, on and on.

Now, there are techniques which can be successfully used in such a situation, which might turn

things around. The first "technique" is that everyone using a cloudbuster in such a persistingdrought condition -- and who obviously is not having any success -- must fully shut down all

their devices. Sometimes, that measure alone will bring on a restoration of clouds and at leasttemporary rains. But what happens when you ask these people to try a different approach, to

examine more closely what they are doing? From experience, I know. You get an outburst ofself-righteous anger! "How dare you question our motives or techniques!" "We are saving the

planet from drought," they say, when the facts, derived from the weather maps and climatologyof the region, speak otherwise. Or worse, they say: "Our work has driven away the demons", or

chemtrails, or shape-shifters... One cannot speak with pot-smokers or LSD consumers about suchmatters, and by hallucinations, they are living their worst nightmares.

Another example of the danger of improper operational technique, derived from a contemptuous

dismissal of Reich's orgone theory, shows itself when individuals attempt cloudbusting indroughty or desert regions, which are charged with dorish, immobile, stagnant energy. One

fellow designed a "better" cloudbuster by eliminating certain essentials from Reich's design.Using only the known principle of atmospheric excitation, which he falsely claimed as his own

discovery, he went about creating large energy potentials in the dry areas of Southern California.So, in the midst of all that stagnation, large storm potentials appeared, and, predictably, the

storms behaved furiously, much in the manner of a wild elephant caught in a trap, or a chainedbull being hit stuck with knives. The storms raged, and many people were hurt or killed. The

man claimed to be working with a superior theory, but in reality was working with a patentlywrong, mystical theory. His theory of atmospheric functioning, like the bridge built upon faulty

principles, did not help him to work properly. Just the opposite, in fact. There is, in my view, noexcuse for this kind of arrogant, dangerous behavior.

As a society we do not allow untrained individuals to jump into the pilot seat of a large

passenger-jet aircraft, nor hand over the controls of an oil tanker or aircraft carrier to justanybody who "wants" to do it. We require training, education, and specific physical

characteristics necessary for safely doing the job. Today, there are places where one can go toobtain the necessary counseling, therapy, education, and training in cloudbusting. There also is a

small network of trained individuals who share data and engage in critical review of each other'swork: The CORE Network. Everyone doing good, rational, and effective work with the

cloudbuster places great emphasis on emotional contact and training. Just as a pilot must havegood eyesight, a good cloudbuster operator must be emotionally fluid, and this means, for most

people, orgone therapy. So today we observe, without exception, that the decent, rational peopleinterested in cloudbusting undertake this therapy, educate themselves, and apprentice in a


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careful, step-by-step manner, which requires commitment and years of dedicated work. If thereal motivations for cloudbusting are clean and honest, with a desire to be genuinely helpful, the

therapy will only reinforce those feelings, and make the individual feel more alive andperceptive. If not, the therapy will clarify one's limitations, or the lack of necessity for doing the

weather work, or even unmask other hidden motivations. Unfortunately, the worst of the

irresponsible cloudbuster operators run from therapy, and from contact with anyone who urgesthem to undertake it, as a means of hiding their sadism and hatred of nature, or with a running-away from deeper feelings of sadness or anger, and to preserve their facade.

Such individuals who undertake cloudbusting thereby become a danger to themselves and to the

larger community in which they live, and must firmly be referred to the therapist's couch as anabsolute prerequisite for any transfer of information or knowledge to take place. And if they

persist in "cloudbusting", and continue to bring severe damaging effects upon the surroundingcommunities, they must be isolated from all support and association with rational efforts, and be

pointed out to the appropriate legal authorities. The challenge here is for rational efforts todevelop a system of documentation and evaluation that will provide proof of the cloudbuster's

influence, and of the biophysical character of the orgone energy, in a form that can be understoodby any open-minded scientist.

Orgonomy must break with the "tradition" of armored science, wherein so many potentially good

discoveries are turned into weapons for the further destruction of life and nature. In this regard,the larger scientific community cannot be blamed, for they do not yet take Reich's energetic

theories seriously. The major damage being done with the cloudbuster today is from the variouscontactless mystics and secret nature-haters of the "alternatives" crowd, those who, without a

shred of evidence, claim great "benefits" from their atmospheric meddling. We presently do notknow if this situation will diminish, or intensify when the larger community of classical

scientists rediscover Reich's works. It is a major problem of human characterology, which can beovercome only by strongly resisting and countering any attempts to remove cloudbusting from

the general body of orgonomic theory, out of which it developed. Indeed, every individual I havemet who has done decent and helpful work with a cloudbuster has previously undertaken to clean

up their own character structure as a necessary first-step. The men and women who will do thiswork, both now and in the future, must be an exceptional lot, responsible, contactful people,

capable of deep emotional expression, love relationships, and also capable of grappling withimportant concepts and demanding work responsibilities. They must have a stick-to-it attitude

based upon love, work, and knowledge, and do their very best to be well educated on importantenvironmental and scientific issues. They must not shrink from either receiving, or giving

rational constructive criticism.

Negative Biophysical Effects on Cloudbuster Operators

There are other reasons to insist upon good training and therapy for cloudbuster operators. The biophysical effects of the cloudbuster upon the operator's own organism can potentially be

mildly sickening (headaches, nausea, sinus problems, etc.) or even life-threatening. This realdanger has often been dismissed by various armored persons who were incapable of feeling the

movement of the life energy within their own body, and who could not feel or see it move in theatmosphere. As a result, many people have been made sick. However, accidents can also occur


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even when the cloudbuster operator is skilled, and precautions are taken. For the reasons givenhere, cloudbuster operators must learn about the mechanisms governing atmospheric charge, and

also techniques for dissipating an overcharge within their own organism, and for protectingthemselves. For example:

1) Several of Reich's assistants were immobilized and greatly sickened by the field effectssurrounding his laboratory during the oranur experiment. Later on, similar reactions occurred inthe surroundings of operating cloudbusters, particularly during desert and drought operations.

2) A man using a cloudbuster in a California desert touched the pipes with his bare hands. He

was paralyzed on one side of his body, and never completely recovered.

3) A cloudbuster operator developed a walnut-sized tumor one day after handling a cloudbusterduring a drought. The tumor was eventually eliminated through orgonomic first-aid, involving

therapy, use of the accumulator, dor-buster, and detoxification techniques.

4) A medical doctor in Germany used a medical dor-buster on his patients for many years. Theapparatus resembles a minature cloudbuster, and functions similarly. He developed a paralysis in

the arm he used to work the apparatus, which later spread to his shoulder and the side of his face,after which he died.

5) A man who used a manually operated cloudbuster for many years in droughty situations

became quite ill, in spite of many precautions. He eventually developed scleroderma and cancer,which killed him.

6) A man with a history of high blood pressure and a stroke had another debilitating stroke a few

days after working as an informal helper on a cloudbuster operation, where his exposure waslimited to no more than 15 minutes per day over three days. All the usual precautions had been

taken.

7) Other cloudbuster operators have been made very ill from standing too close to the instrument.The biological effects of overcharge, and of what Reich called dor-sickness, have included high

fever, muscle cramps, nausea, and diarrhea. Severe skin rashes, hives, and "flu" symptoms havealso been observed. Reich noted, the effects of the toxic field around the cloudbuster tends to hit

a person at their weakest spot, causing old health problems to flare-up.

Recommended Cloudbuster Operator Education and Training

The above facts speak loudly for ambitious and top-notch education and training for allcloudbuster operators. The responsibility for the rational development of cosmic orgone

engineering now largely rests upon the shoulders of those who have continued to work with andresearch the technique in an open way, publishing the results of their experimental research.

Individuals involved in irrational efforts also bear the responsibility for their actions, which, because of narcissistic bragging and loose talk, eventually do come to the light of day. An

informal procedure is presently in place whereby individuals harboring irrational motivations are


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strictly excluded from the work, irrespective of their academic degrees, political standing, oreconomic power.

An informal procedure also is presently in place to assist those rational, responsible individuals

whose character and work, and the environmental conditions in which they live, dictate a need to

know more about cloudbusting. It is anticipated that these informal procedures will become moreformalized in the future, in a work-democratic manner, when the needs of the work require it.Presently there are around a dozen or so well-trained, senior cloudbusting operators, and their

apprentices, who work on these questions in an open, responsible, and cooperative manner.The following outline covers the kind of preliminary work which all candidates for cloudbusting

should undertake. The ideas presented here are proposed for the younger student and wouldnecessarily be tailored where a person's prior work and experience is firmly established. For

more information on any of these points, or for specific information on courses and workshops,and the names of qualified orgone therapists, contact the Orgone Biophysical Research

Laboratory, at the address given below.

I. Character-Analytic Reichian Orgone Therapy for Emotional Fluidity: with a skilledand qualified therapist. Every skilled cloudbuster operator has at least some background in a

personal program of emotion-release therapy. This is necessary to bring the candidate intocontact with any buried feelings or hidden characterological tendencies; fears about taking

responsibility, chronic anxiety which inhibits the capacity to feel the energy, or the narcissist'sattitude to "save the world", or "make a million dollars" with cloudbusting are counter-

productive traits, for example. While this form of therapy is no absolute guarantee of emotionalhealth, and there are some people who are already in reasonably good shape biophysically, it is

the best method known to address and soften or eliminate biophysical, characterologicalarmoring, deepen the respiration, and make the individual more alive and contactful.

II. Formal Orgonomic Coursework:

A. In-depth reading of Reich's works, his books and the several journals he published, from start

to finish, and related published works by those who have confirmed his findings in one oranother aspect.

B. Lab Seminars and Workshops: on the bions, cancer biopathy, and general orgone biophysics,

as offered by researchers and institutes who maintain a focus upon the authentic Wilhelm Reich.

C. University Courses: on the "Life and Work of Wilhelm Reich", where offered.

D. Tour of the Wilhelm Reich Museum: to get a feel for the man and his times.

E. Attending of larger Conferences devoted to Reich's discoveries.

III. Traditional Education:

Undergraduate and/or graduate-level studies in the traditional sciences, apart from any study oforgonomy. The major topic of study would be of the student's choosing, but should include


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coursework in Climatology, Meteorology, Earth Science, Physical Geography, Biology,Environmental Science, Ecology, Chemistry, Astronomy, and Physics. Exceptional scholarship

of an interdisciplinary nature is strongly encouraged, but orthodox, classical views must besupplemented with the findings of various dissenting scientists as cataloged in the various books

offered at the OBRL On-Line Bookstore. Knowledge of classical findings on atmospheric

circulation, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, cloud dynamics, atmospheric electricity,and so forth would be absolutely essential. Courses on the methods and history of science arealso encouraged.

IV. Independent Research in Orgonomy:

1. Students (of whatever age) should develop their own small laboratory, or gain access to one.

Student should develop a working relationship or correspondence with other orgonomicresearchers familiar with the experiments they are undertaking, for critical review, feedback, and

response to questions.

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. Students would have to develop a familiarity with the following devices and areas oforgonomic research:

- millivoltmeter.- bion observations.

- naked eye and orgonoscope observations of atmospheric orgone energy.- the orgone energy field meter; high-frequency coils.

- the orgone energy accumulator; start with small seed-chargers, and, environmental conditionspermitting, progress to building larger multiple layer chargers, and human-sized units. Engage in

a good part of the biological and physical experimental proofs.- the electroscope.

- observations of dor and oranur.- the medical dor-buster.

V. Cosmic Orgone Engineering:

A. Students would engage in a systematic study and review of all the literature on cloudbusting,

and the procedures used in all past cloudbusting operations, to understand the various situationswhich confronted operators in the past, and the solutions which were applied.

B. Under supervision, students might engage in small, short term experiments with single lengths

of pipe, or a small array of short hollow tubes in the local atmosphere, much in the manner of ador-buster.

C. Student Apprenticeship.

1. As assistant to a principal operator with greater experience.

2. As co-operator to other principal operators as the atmospheric need and occasion may arise.


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D. Operator candidates would later engage in independent cloudbusting work, either inconjunction with established principal operators in a given region, or more independently in new

areas.

E. Operator candidates would also evaluate the results of all major prior operations undertaken

by others. Evaluations would emphasize the reasons for particular operational techniquesemployed, and the energetic basis of the original atmospheric problem.

F. Operator candidates would develop ongoing communication with other cloudbuster operatorsin more distant regions, so that each person has a general idea of research under way in different

areas. More specific notification would be given when major operations were undertaken.

Every phase of the prior work outlined above would help to prepare the individual for the nextstep in their work, eventually leading to actual experiments with the cloudbuster. For example,

experiments with the bions, or orgone energy vesicles, yields evidence of energetic charge andmovement at the micro-level, and bioenergetic phenomena that are correlated with the weather.

Certain bionous forms, such as ameba and vorticella, often behave in a pulsatory, expansive-contractive, energetic manner, similar to what can be seen in a much slower form, with

individual thunderstorms and larger weather systems. The observational similarities between amicroscopical ameba and a macroscopic thunderstorm are quite striking, for one example.

Likewise, cloudbusting candidates must also undertake extended work with the orgoneaccumulator, to gain an organic feel for concentrated life energy, and an understanding of

atmospheric pulsation, as seen in its thermal, electroscopical, and other properties. They mustlearn about what the concentrated energy in the accumulator can do to living creatures by

running biological experiments, to see for themselves, and to obtain a gut level feeling for theenergy as a real, physical phenomenon.

The cloudbusting candidate must also learn about contamination of the life energy through

secondary energies, such as friction, electromagnetism, and nuclear energy. Observations should be made of highly excited orgone, or oranur conditions, and stagnant dead orgone, or dor

conditions, by taking short trips to the desert, or to regions close to nuclear power facilities.Oranur and dor conditions may occur in the immediate vicinity of an operating cloudbuster, and

these conditions are significant for both the safety and outcome of the operations, as well as forthe operator's health.

The cloudbusting candidate must also eventually work with the medical dor-buster, which is a

small, laboratory-sized "cloudbuster", to develop a feel for this apparatus, and gain a workingknowledge of its practical applications. This apparatus is also necessary for orgonomic first-aid,

which may be needed during cloudbusting operations to keep one's own organism alive andmoving, particularly in the face of stagnant, dorish conditions.

The merely curious individual would likely be satisfied by the understandings gained from this

preliminary work, and leave it at that, assuming any atmospheric problems in their area arerelieved. However, the preliminary work may heighten their interest and accentuate the need to

deal with an unresolved atmospheric problem, particularly when therapy melts the armor, andmakes them more sensitive. If the preliminary work has been responsibly undertaken, if the


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individual gains an appreciation, functional grasp, andfeelingfor the atmospheric orgone energy,and if they have displayed the seriousness and responsibility of character vital to such work, then

a move into the active learning and apprenticeship during actual cloudbusting operations mightbe justified. Such individuals must, of course, display a-priori a willingness to learn and work

cooperatively with other researchers in the field of orgone biophysics, particularly those already

working with a cloudbuster in a given region.

For the younger individual, this preliminary work might be performed simultaneous to a

traditional university education in the classical sciences. It is a worthwhile goal to possess thetraditional degree certificates by which scientific work is generally evaluated in this era.

Orgonomic education, however, should maintain an emphasis of self- regulated independentstudy. For the older individual, a program of independent study might substitute for formal

university education. Indeed, many naturalists and artists have maintained a greater feeling for,and contact with life and nature than the typical university professor or graduate, and possession

of this feeling for life is more important for successful cloudbusting operations than anyuniversity degree. There is also the problem inherent in obtaining a university education, in that -

- depending upon the specific degree program and institution -- it runs the risk to emotionally dryone up, push one towards an increasingly intellectual approach to life and nature, and thereby

increase one's emotional armoring. This is particularly so where the student must hide theirfunctional interests in the life energy, due to hostile prejudice on the part of professors. For those

who choose the university approach, the need for therapy may become all the more acute.

There is no educational program in "cloudbusting" per se, as we do not wish to attract persons

who otherwise would not have been drawn to the work, eg., those incapable of proceeding in acommitted, responsible, cooperative and self-regulated manner. Nor do we offer a program of

"cloudbuster education" which is set apart from general orgonomic research. It is desired toattract the cooperative interest of workers whose work has prompted their interest in

cloudbusting. A step-by-stepapproach is necessary, handled at each student's own pace, to gradually introduce them to the

atmospheric work -- first as student, then assistant, and later as co-worker. It is expected thatmany students will not continue with the atmospheric work, but will become fascinated with the

energetic basis of the emotions, with orgone therapy, with the bions, cancer research, theaccumulator, or the orgone motor, all the various fantastic discoveries of the genius, Wilhelm

Reich. Hence, the educational program outlined here is a mixture of classical climate or weatherscience, plus a focused study of general orgonomy, of which the atmospheric work is but a

subset.

If You Can't Do Cloudbusting Yourself, What Can You Do?

The Orgone Biophysical Research Laboratory (OBRL), in cooperation other responsibleindividuals and organizations, has become a vehicle for the Drought Abatement Outreach

Program which I developed in the 1980s. Together with different volunteer associates, we haveundertaken field expeditions in the USA and overseas, bringing trained and skilled cloudbuster

operators and the necessary equipment, to areas suffering from drought. A Desert GreeningProgram was also developed, successfully demonstrating (in Israel, Namibia and Eritrea) that


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harsh dry areas within large semi-arid deserts, or those at the borders of the most severe deserts(ie, the Sahara), can also be greened, with a halt to their prior rates of degradation and spreading.

A Research Summary was developed describing this work. Other articles on past cloudbustingoperations also have been internet-posted and are linked to the above Research Summary. If you

require assistance with such an atmospheric problem, you can directly contact Dr. James DeMeo

and OBRL for details. There are financial costs involved,

so, you want to build a cloudbuster?

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