If you’ve spent time in orgonite communities online, you’ve almost certainly come across the term tower buster. It’s one of the most widely discussed forms of orgonite — and one of the most controversial. This guide explains what tower busters are, where the idea came from, and what people actually report when they use them.
What Is a Tower Buster?
A tower buster — often abbreviated as TB — is a small, simple orgonite device typically cast in a muffin tin or similar mould. The basic formula is straightforward: metal shavings, polyester or epoxy resin, and a small quartz crystal, poured into a disc or cylinder shape and left to cure.
The name comes from their intended use — placing them near mobile phone towers, electrical substations, smart meters and other sources of electromagnetic infrastructure that orgonite practitioners consider sources of DOR, or dead orgone energy.
Where Did the Idea Come From?
The tower buster concept emerged in the early 2000s within the orgonite community, largely through the work of Don Croft — an American orgonite practitioner who popularised the idea of gifting orgonite near sources of electromagnetic pollution.
Croft and others argued that mobile phone towers and similar infrastructure not only emit EMF but are specifically designed to broadcast DOR — and that placing orgonite nearby could neutralise this effect and restore positive orgone energy to the surrounding area.
While these claims go well beyond what Karl Hans Welz himself maintained about orgonite, the tower buster became one of the most widely produced and distributed forms of orgonite in the world.
How Are Tower Busters Made?
Tower busters are among the simplest orgonite devices to make. The basic recipe is metal shavings — aluminium is most common — mixed with catalysed resin at roughly a 50/50 ratio by volume, with a small quartz crystal point added before the resin sets. The mixture is poured into a muffin tin and left to cure for several hours.
Do Tower Busters Work?
This is where the community divides. Within orgonite circles, countless people report positive changes after placing tower busters near electromagnetic infrastructure — improved sleep, reduced tension, a greater sense of calm in the surrounding area.
From a mainstream scientific perspective, there is no evidence that tower busters affect EMF levels or that DOR exists as a measurable phenomenon. The claims made by some practitioners — particularly around deliberate mind control via phone towers — move well beyond what the evidence supports.
What can be said is this: tower busters are simple, inexpensive to make, and widely used by people who report genuine benefit from them. Whether that benefit comes from orgone energy, intention, placebo, or some combination of all three is a question each person must answer for themselves.
Getting Started
If you want to make your own tower busters, visit our DIY Orgonite guide for step by step instructions. If you prefer to buy ready-made orgonite, the Orgonite Shop Guide has independent recommendations for quality devices.