The Praying Mantis – Transformation of Cosmic Energy |
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by Pauline Wilson |
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| This is the case of a woman in her thirties who came to the clinic with general health problems. She had suffered from epilepsy since puberty. Although it was clear from her account that she would need a remedy I had never prescribed before and did not know, I found the remedy after the first consultation by applying Rajan Sankaran's method. This method goes beyond the medical history into the deepest sensation, into something that is "not human". By the end of the consultation I was certain I was in the insect kingdom, but that was only the beginning. | |
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The themes of the animal kingdom of victim, attacker and survival are obvious; the feeling of being trapped and paralysed, however, can occur in any kingdom. It was the description of the transmutative energy attributed to the insect kingdom (as I have since experienced in my practice) that steered me in the right direction. In this case the patient's language led me into previously unknown territory. |
The case presentation is abbreviated to highlight particular aspects of the language used and also to streamline the account. The case was first presented in 2009 at the Homeopathy Conference in Tauranga, New Zealand. |
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G., a 30-year-old woman, came to my clinic in July 2007 with general health problems. She had suffered from epilepsy since puberty. She described her symptoms as follows: "I am constantly on the move, I feel happy in the car." Epilepsy "I want out of this room, my arms are stiff, the hands relaxed, I can only move my hands, like in a straitjacket. I don't want to be in this body, I want out. Inner fetters, as if I am rigid, paralysed, as if I am trapped within myself, but I have lost control of my body. My body is cramped, tingling and feels cold - but I can do nothing to give myself more energy." The antiepileptics cause nocturnal anxieties: "I fought beasts, fought for my life. A monster was waiting to pounce on me to kill me; black animals with red eyes, black panthers, bats, man-high rats. When something happens in the world, you cannot hide anywhere." "I feel pinched, cannot get out, cannot hide anywhere. Inside me is disgusting – a green-brown muck. This stuff sticks in me, so I transmute energy; change the energetic state – that is metamorphosis. I take the bad and make it into something good: That is me, a metamorphosis." Music "Musical energy does not act as healing on me, I cannot escape it, it acts on me like oppressive dance music. I change the music, I transmute it. When I take the energy into me, it comes out changed. That feels really good, I am no longer afraid, it is like singing. It resonates with an energy that comes from elsewhere, from another planet or another star, it creates an energy channel. It is like a lightning bolt, but it flows in the opposite direction: into the feet and out through the mouth again." "It is as if many different forces acted on me, and I take on their energy. Otherwise I would fall into a foreign energy field, and the energetic exchange would be to my disadvantage. I am energetically limited by the finiteness of time, yet I conquer time and dispel chaos. I take a certain energy into me that defines how I stand in the world. It is agonising, I have gone through all this and survived: a struggle of energies." "Since I was 7 years old, I have sung the land and the sea as if they were prayers. If I were to sing, the world would listen to me. It was a survival strategy, as if I possessed supernatural powers." "I wrap a lot of my identity up." What do you mean by 'wrap up'? "Paper wraps the stone; the stronger is the victor. (Hand gesture: left fist - wrapped by the right, the dominant hand). Wrapping means I cannot move, I am hidden." "As a child I wanted to be an astronaut, an explorer in space." |
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| The Praying Mantis | |
N.O.: Dictyoptera. Family: Mantidae |
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A carnivore and cannibal: the female may eat the male after mating if she is hungry. The female protects her approximately 200 eggs against weather influences and enemies. It strikes with lightning speed - invisible to the human eye - and seizes its prey with its forelegs like a vice grip; the sharp spines are 'predatory grasping arms'. The praying mantis deceives its prey by swaying and thus imitating the movement of leaves in the wind. It changes colour to intimidate and keep rivals at bay. It camouflages itself by blending visually with foliage. It stands on its hind legs. Some species have a cavity in their body that enables them to receive certain sound frequencies and flee in time from their enemies. The most feared enemies of adult praying mantises are bats, spiders and birds. The praying mantis is an unsocial insect that remains solitary and isolates itself from others. Analysis and Prescription Rx: Mantis religiosa C 200: 7/2007, repeats: 3/2008, 12/2008 Follow-ups 3/2008: G. stated that she was beginning to feel like an adult and felt supported by her family. Previously she had claimed: "I take on a lot of responsibility" and "everyone is potentially drug-dependent." The significance for G.'s history lies in the recognition of the victim/attacker role and its connection to the animal kingdom using Sankaran's 'sensation' method, which brings the case to resolution. "Since I got the remedy I have experienced an amazing transformation: I am master of my destiny, and no longer dependent on the grace of someone else. We are all powerful like giants, superhuman." Here the contrast between the insignificance of the insect and the magnitude of the giant becomes evident. 05/2009: G. is affected by the appearance of new symptoms: a twitch, an involuntary convulsion, still reminiscent of the epilepsy. She again has the same feeling that the energy is leaking away; a twitch like when falling asleep. She has a stiff, locked neck; she tends to walk with her left shoulder raised and has the feeling of being cheated, deceived, tricked and lied to in daily life. |
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Against my better judgement I was persuaded that Mantis religiosa was not the similimum, and I prescribed Mygale based on keynote symptoms and according to Mangialavori's indications. In hindsight I understood, as in all my cases, that the right similimum needs its time and repetition doses are necessary to work through all stages and reach a state of healthy balance. |
Rx: Mygale 1M. Spider remedy for deceit and excessive sexuality. Mantis religiosa 1M. |
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Indications for the animal family Victim/attacker. Pursued and hunted. |
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Typical insect themes - developed in Sankaran seminars etc. |
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Vital Quest Rubrics / Chabbra
Unfeeling, hard-hearted (Androc) |
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INSECTS; suggestions following several themes arising from insect cases. "Channeling" of energy |
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Comparison with themes of bird families Ravenous hunger |
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Pauline Wilson BA Hons; LCH; graduated from the London College of Homoeopathy in 1985 and has practised since in Wellington, New Zealand. Pauline's homoeopathic passion as a lecturer at the Wellington Homoeopathy College and President of the NZCH (New Zealand Council of Homeopaths) arose through her inspired teachers such as Misha Norland, George Vithoulkas and the Bombay school. |
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Category: Cases |
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