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INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT
ALPHA and BETA are represented by luminous surfaces on a cubicle device resembling an ORGONE ACCUMULATOR.1
⚹ (ALPHA)
Be logical with measurable,
rememorable subtle.
⚹ (BETA)
The Orgone, force for good.
Wilhelm Reich,2 a visionary, a rebel scientist.
⚹ (ALPHA)
"The living is a specific and special case of energetic functioning,"3 he claimed.
⚹ (BETA)
He sought to harness this energy, to heal the planet. Fight fascism.
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CLOSE UP - The ORGONE ACCUMULATOR
A strange device made of alternating layers of organic and inorganic materials. It glows faintly.
⚹ (ALPHA)
The orgone accumulator: a device for concentrating life energy,
or a forgotten relic of a superstitious past?
⚹ (BETA)
Reich's assertion: "Masses are not born, they are made."4
⚹ (ALPHA)
A path to liberation, or yet another form of control?
or a tool for research and healing
for Burroughs?5 For Korzybski?6
⚹ (BETA)
心理 (xīnlǐ - psychology) of the masses,
now amplified by the 模因 (móyīn - meme).
"I know of no better definition of love than the one given by Proust. Love, said Marcel, is space and time made sensitive to the heart." - Oscar Wilde7
^1 Orgone Accumulator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone
^2 Wilhelm Reich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich
^3 "The living is a specific and special case of energetic functioning": Paraphrased from the work of Wilhelm Reich.
^4 "Masses are not born, they are made": Paraphrased from the work of Wilhelm Reich.
^5 William S. Burroughs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs
^6 Alfred Korzybski: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski
^7 Oscar Wilde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde