Ambra grisea as deliverance from the trauma of dying.
A depressed patient, whose physical and psychological symptoms clearly point to the remedy Ambra already tested by Hahnemann, reveals in a nightmare a deep and moving message from the whale about the deaths of its fellow creatures. The author shows, using the history of whaling, how the suffering in the remedy picture of Ambra resembles that which humans have inflicted on whales for centuries.
KEYWORDS: Ambra grisea, asthma, depression, avoidance of people, fainting, paraesthesia, sperm whale, psychotropic drugs, sleep disorder, dizziness, suicidality, death