Humanity suffers from an Emotional Plague, declared Dr. Wilhelm Reich. For his controversial ideas, his books were banned and burned, and he died in prison. Robert Anton Wilson explores the trials of Reich in this essay and play script. In his introduction, Dr. Christopher S. Hyatt writes, "
Wilhelm Reich In Hell
is an appropriate title for the horrific experiences that Dr. Reich, our hero, endured. Dr. Wilson's sensitive and insightful expression, using two literary forms, provides the reader who is interested in the effects of the "Whirling" Inquisition against the Mind with insights both subtle and daring."
"Wilson managed to reverse every mental polarity in me, as of I had been pulled through infinity. I was astonished and delighted." - Philip K. Dick, author of
VALIS
,
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
(
Blade Runner
) and other great books
"A dazzling barker hawking tickets to the most thrilling tilt-a-whirls and daring loop-o-planes on the midway of higher consciousness." - Tom Robbins, author of
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Jitterbug Perfume
and other great books
"Erudite, witty and genuinely scary..." - Publishers Weekly
"One of the leading thinkers of the modern age." - Barbara Marx Hubbard,
Foundation for Conscious Evolution