What exactly is "Orgone Research"?

It's an allusion to the work of Wilhelm Reich, a student of Freud, who became progressively more insane as time went on. He felt the life force of the universe was something called the "orgone", a neologism that I believe derives from the word "orgasm".

And why am I posing with a dead armadillo in this picture? Well, I think that's obvious don't you? The vital orgone has left this poor creature, and I am "researching" the result...

Here is the obligatory Wikipedia entry on Reich: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich