Seminar with Ulrich Welte in Japan, November 2010 |
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At the end of November 2010 Ulrich Welte gave a three-day lecture at the Japan Royal Academy of Homoeopathy on the new ordering of remedies (periodic table, botany and colour preference) in homoeopathy. |
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| Centre in Tokyo | Torako Yui & U. Welte | Torako Yui gives the introduction | |
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The seminar spanned three days and was held in Tokyo for the first two days, while the third day took place in Nagoya. | ||
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In total eight Japanese centres and the centre in London were connected live, allowing around 300 listeners to take part. The morning begins with the chanting of sutras and paying respects to a Buddha statue in the lecture room. This is followed by six hours of lecture with rapt attention. The technical perfection of the "College of Holistic Homoeopathy" fits naturally with the technical perfection of this culture, which, despite all its precision and discipline, shows a very friendly reception to strangers. |
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| Seminar topics were: the systematics of mineral remedies according to Scholten's interpretation of the periodic table – with a focus on stages 11–15 and many case examples of nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, thulium and bismuth. Also the Asteraceae with case examples of Cichorium, Lactuca and Scorzonera. Then, on the third day, an introduction to the meaning and assessment of colour preference with live case histories and colour assessments of volunteers, partly also via video without the person's direct presence. | |||
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This intensive week involved many journeys and interesting events. For example the institute in Atami, where homeopathic and phytotherapeutic remedies are manufactured, then the trip to Nagoya, the industrial heart of Japan with its Toyota plant and a very friendly reception from the homeopaths working there. Afterwards the journey to Ise with the spiritual heart of Japan in the form of a wonderfully simple, archaic shrine to the sun goddess of Shinto. |
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We were there early in the morning and felt deeply moved by the primeval power of nature at this site. |
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Afterwards we went on to Osaka to the workshop of a Buddhist artist and his wife, who produce wonderful statues from camphor and cedar wood and create painstaking inlay work of rare beauty intended for the region's temples. | |
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Then on to Kyoto, the old capital of Japan, delightfully set between mountains glowing with autumn foliage and a large inland lake. | |
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The temples of Nanzen-ji, which cling to the edge of town against the mountains, were particularly beautiful and atmospheric with their Japanese garden layouts. |
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Then we travelled by Shinkansen, probably the most beautiful and punctual high-speed train in the world, back to Tokyo and then back home to good old Germany. | |
| All in all an intensive week full of interesting impressions and a seminar that offered many suggestions for the Japanese homeopaths (few men among them) and received much positive feedback on the usefulness of the information, which is now to be put into practice. It was pleasing that most participants were young, around 20–35 years on average. Perhaps it really is the land of the rising homeopathic sun? | |||
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