Although it is undoubtedly true that homeopathy often achieves very good results using various methods (keynotes, epidemic remedies, simple repertorisation, etc.), this article concerns how important and meaningful it is to develop a spiritual perspective in our homeopathic work.
At present our repertories treat the spiritual experiences of provers and patients mostly under conventional psychological terminology. They are analysed and classified under terms such as "delusion" — when a patient or prover experiences "the presence of God" — or "arrogance", when someone perceives themselves as "above the others, all others appear tiny" — as Hering once described a personal experience.
The first chapter of the full article provides an overview of the history of homeopathy. Hahnemann's personal spiritual attitude is explored, e.g. his view that homeopathy was a gift from our heavenly Benefactor to humanity, his conception of disease as a "discord in the spiritual dynamics", his advice on how to conduct drug provings from both an inner and an outer perspective, etc.
It is shown by example that the scientific and philosophical understanding before and during Hahnemann's times included spirituality, which is also true for many prominent homeopaths after Hahnemann.
Many examples — both historical and from our modern times — are given. Eastern and Western spiritual wisdom mix and complement one another, illuminated poetry by spiritually advanced or ascended masters is quoted, and prominent homeopaths of the past two centuries comment on the value of a spiritual understanding for the entire practice of homeopathy.
In the second chapter the data of numerous modern provings of rose species are analysed from spiritual perspectives, and in doing so the inadequacy of the conventional psychological view in interpreting proving results also becomes apparent. This of course has implications for the application of proving results in therapy.
Furthermore, a conventional psychological interpretation — as in the published proving reports in the "Tandem" — is presented alongside a deeper spiritual understanding. The modern rose provings with the three essential personality aspects: ego, heart and mind are analysed.
This analysis examines the effects of a spiritual life on the provers of Rosa spp., using both psychological and spiritual terminology.
In this analysis the psychological interpretation usually proves valid; however it is often limited and sometimes does not accurately reflect the actual experiences of the provers. For example, synchronicity, purification and transformation are three themes that may seem less adequately addressed from a psychological perspective, while they can readily be interpreted from a spiritual perspective.
Both the table of contents/introduction and the summary serve to outline the aim of the work. Two appendices have been added to foster a deeper understanding, together with a bibliography of more than ten pages for further reading.
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