Tantra and tantric yoga spoke of kundalini energy; Wilhelm Reich talked of orgone energy in the body.
The former in Sanskrit literally means "coiled". It has not only been conceived but also sensed as a libidinal force - that is the source of all life energy - sitting coiled at the base of the spine like a sleeping serpent in hibernation, forced to do so by the introduction of chakras in the body, which do not allow it to remain dynamically active.
As the Kundalini energy is awakened, it rises through a subtle channel at the spine up to the head, enlightening both - the body as well as the mind. Tantric yoga does it by dissolving chakras through physical, respiratory and mental maneuvers; whereas tantra does it by dissolving chakras through special sex games called tantric sex.
In the western world, Wilhelm Reich in 1930s conceived of a new form of energy, which he claimed to be the source of the Freudian concept of libido. He also went up to the extent of claiming orgone energy as a universal bioenergetic force responsible for being the creative substratum of the basic cosmic existence and constructed accumulators to store the same.
The said energy was conceived to be a variant of sexuality making it the basic expression of life. The name was intentionally made to rhyme with orgasm, conceived to be the basic parameter for measuring the level of psychological health.
We can very well see some striking similarities between the two descriptions that the two bodies of knowledge are presenting while trying to deal with the source as well as the expression of energy that governs all life on earth!
We shall go into the details of both in our next posts to come.
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