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LIFE FORCE
by Charles R. Kelley
US $24.00, C $30.00, EUR 20.00, £14.00 Add shipping
321 pages.
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- Introduction to the Life Force
- Science and Religion
- Muscular Armor and Organ Energy
- Why Human Beings are “Armored”
- De-Armoring to open the feelings
- Purpose
- The Radix Discharge Process
- The Algebra of Radix Discharge
- Centering, Source, Self and Soul
- Superimposition and Mating
- Autonomy
- Radix and Physical Science
Appendices:
Cloudbusting and Rainmaking
Convergent Radix Forms and Devices
The Radix Charge of Living Places
For in Spain
Dor, Desert, and Unmated Radix Charge
Reich’s Organe Accumulator
Sheldrake and Morphic Resonance
Landmarks in the Evolution of the Life Force Concept

The Radix Reader A Neo-Reichian approach to human growth
US$15.00 (Includes Postage & Handling in US)
Edited by Linda Glenn, Ph.D. and Rudolf Müller-Schwefe, 1999. Heron Press. Published by The Radix Institute.
The Radix Reader is a compilation of writings extending over the history of the Radix movement, and conveys something of the aliveness and creativity of this body-centered approach while, at the same time, setting forth its unique identity and contributions.
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- Introduction and History
- Narelle McKenzie: Our Eyes
- William Thrash: An Introduction to Radix Education
- Werner Pitzal: The Radix Approach: A Brief Description
- Rudolf Müller-Schwefe: Roots of Radix
- Basic Concepts
- Lillian Davis: Introduction to Basic Concepts
- Rudolf Müller-Schwefe: Pulsation
- Lillian Davis: Integration
- Linda Glenn/Austin Glenn: An Adaptation Model of Ego
- Character and the Way of Working
- Joel Isaacs: Anger Blocked by Fear
- Will Davis: An Introduction to Instroke
- Stephen Atkinson: The Journey from Symbiosis to Differentiation
- Development and Radix Work
- Mark Ludwig: Swimming in a Human Sea
- Werner Pitzal: Contact and Relationship
- Clinical Issues
- Mary Ann Kilmartin: Verbal Work in Radix Education
- Pam Morgan: Radix Education and Codependency
- Wendy Yellen: Radix Techniques in Verbal Work with Incest Survivors
- Babette Rothschild: Shock Primer for the Radix Teacher
- Language and Passion of the Practitioner
- Andrea Pitzal: Love and Relationships
- Rudolf Müller-Shwefe Radix Glossary
- Lillian Davis
- Werner Pitzal
- Nelly Pasque
- Micha Krenz
- Deborah Motley
- Bibliography
- 7.1. Bibliography
- 7.2. Authors
Engaging with the Intensity of Life – Living Fully
US $11.50 + shipping
(Shipping: Domestic postage US $6.00. International postage US $20.00)
PDF version: US $5
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An Introduction to Radix Body Centered Personal Growth Work by Narelle McKenzie & Jacqui Showell.
“The Radix Process teaches each person a deep respect for their being”
This booklet is for:
People doing Radix work or considering starting Radix work, who want a conceptual understanding of the approach,
Anyone wanting to refer clients to Radix, Those who are simply curious about Radix work and what it involves.
Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Aims of Radix Work
- Assumptions about Healing
- About some Terms Used
- What is Radix? Key Concepts of Radix
- The History of Radix
- The Radix
- Pulsation of the Radix
- Body Segments
- Centering and Grounding
- Boundaries
- Containment
- How is Radix done? Therapeutic Tools
- The Role of the Therapist
- Verbal Work
- The Breath
- Vision
- Sound
- Touch
- Movement
- Why do Radix? Benefits and Perspectives of Radix
- Radix and Emotions
- Trauma and Abuse
- Physical Health
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Issues
- Radix and Relationships
- Radix, Spirituality and the Purpose of Life
- How can you do Radix work?
- Training undertaken by Radix Practitioners
- Licensing
Charles Kelley – PDF Downloads
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PUBLICATIONS
Table of Contents and Sample Pages from Life Force… The Creative Process in Man and in Nature, the final publication of Charles R. Kelley, Ph.D., 2004
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
Autobiographical account of Kelley’s relationship with Reich during Reich’s last years, and the evolution of his thinking away from the medical model of orgonomy to the development of Radix Education. In CK’s Radix Journal III (1) 1982, reprinted in The Radix 1992.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
Summarizes the nature of, and the uses of physical contact in, Radix work. Outlines possible issues for both teacher and student involving physical contact, and suggests guidelines for touching.
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Transcription of an Interview of Charles (Chuck) Kelley by Sandy Shore of Somatics Coalition, Portland, Oregon, February 1998Informal summary of Radix history and programs, description of sessions, how Kelley/Radix helps under- as well as over-armored people, and tips for finding meaning in life.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
Discussion of the root conflict between emotional and intellectual behavior in human beings, and its relationship to ethics and morality. Includes the “Radix Algebra of Purpose” using the author’s formal system of identity and antithesis. In The Radix Journal II (3&4), 1980, reprinted in The Radix, 1992.
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by Charles R. Kelley, Ph.D.
Dr. Kelley’s seminal work concerning muscular armor, programs in “Feeling” and “Self-Direction/Purpose” with examples, and methodology for finding balance between the two. This publication is available in either English or Russian below.As in THE RADIX compilation of 1992. The original booklet of 1970, revised in 1974, is out of print.
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by Charles R. Kelley, Ph.D.
This is an updated combination of basic conceptual information about the radix, pulsation, charge and discharge, and its application in mobilizing the armor in the characterological pairs of pain/pleasure, fear/trust and anger/love. First presented by Kelley in “Opening the Feelings” 1975, and his Radix Journal of 1978, and revised in THE RADIX, 1992.
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by Charles R. Kelley, Ph.D.
The Yad Vashem memorial; Understanding the Holocaust; Factors in Jewish Achievement; Culture and Biology; Personal Growth and the Jewish Religion.followed by
Reader Commentaries and Author’s Replies, 1991
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
This perspective of Reich was written in 1962, only five years after his death. It summarizes Reich’s life, his work, and his struggles with the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) culminating in his imprisonment and death.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
An author’s note of 2004 states that the ideas in this article are as relevant now as they were in 1976. Indeed, they have dominated human thought for centuries. He compares and describes character structures as they are predisposed to either mechanistic or mystical thinking.
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by Charles R. Kelley, Ph.D.
Synthesizing the work of Wilhelm Reich and of the ophthalmologist William H. Bates was a revolutionary concept in 1971 and, along with the techniques described here, remains valid today. Detailed work with the ocular segment is a unique feature of
Radix bodywork.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
Clarification of issues underlying medical versus educational models of psychosomatic practice. In J. Radix Teachers’ Association IV (3) 1991, reprinted in The Radix 1992.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
An analysis of the thinking of Janov and Reich with regard to the curing of neurosis, exposing the fallacies of each. Kelley traces problems to their medical-model view of blocks to feeling, and recommends an educational model as an alternative.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
An account of the author’s experience with melanoma and the holistic program he devised to free himself of it, based on the understanding that weakened radix pulsation underlies the development of cancer.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
Describes radix overcharge and its effect on the environment and on human life; gives tips for handling radix overcharge including which types of environments are most favorable to productive charge levels.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
Autobiographical overview of the evolution of the author’s concepts and techniques, with personal experiences of several purpose-oriented programs. In CK’s Radix Journal III (2) 1983, reprinted in The Radix 1992.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
The Garden of Eden myth; the cosmic dimension in sex and religion; sex as sin; the splitting of love and sex. Answers to questions.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
Review of Reich’s observations about the muscular armor and Kelley’s subsequent insights into its positive value as the mechanism of the human will. The dawn of purpose and the mass distortions it can create in society. In CK’s Radix Journal II (1&2) 1979/80, reprinted in The Radix 1992.
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by Charles R. Kelley Ph.D.
A summary of the discovery of orgone energy by Wilhelm Reich, with a listing of its manifestations, properties and applications. Resistance to acceptance of the concept is interpreted by the author as a split between mysticism and mechanism.
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AUDIO CD’s
Interview of Charles Kelley by Herschel Lymon of Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles, CA, 1974, concerning Personal Experiences of Wilhelm Reich, Neo-Reichians, and Kelley’s Approach to Opening the Feelings.
42 minutes in length
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The Relationship of Emotional Release and Conceptual Understanding
Dialog between Charles Kelley and Nathaniel Branden on The Relationship of Emotional Release and Conceptual Understanding. Santa Monica, CA, 1978.
52 minutes in length
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summary…
1 hour in length
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VIDEOS
On the occasion of his 80th birthday celebration, Chuck sings his favorite blues song!
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