Armoring Quotes

“The rigidity of religious practitioners is exactly like the rigidity of the muscles that Reichian therapists encounter in the bodies of those people who have had their emotions repressed by their parents, society, trauma, and other factors. Why do you think that the Christian Revivalist movements in which people shake (The Shakers), quake (The Quakers), and generally shout and roll around on the floor in all sorts of gyrating movements (Christian Evangelical Revivalist Meetings), are so popular?”
― Laurence Galian, 666: Connection with Crowley

“I therefore posit that bathing in such environments, therefore, might theoretically allow the body to immerse in an orgone-rich medium, potentially alleviating chronic muscular tension known as "armoring" and fostering emotional release.”
― Laurence Galian, Crossing the Forbidden Highway: The Untold Story of Orgone, Body Therapy, and Suppressed Emotion