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SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS
SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY
Olga Fatula
¦ Nephila
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TIGHTROPE WALKER
Nephila and the spiders of the periodic table
AUTHOR ¦ Olga Fatula
SUMMARY:
In a depressed patient humour, tricks,
cunning, deception, control, and power but also bit-
terness and self-pity indicate the spider remedies. The
specific depression symptoms and the signature lead
to the prescription of a golden silk orb-weaver spider.
The classification by phase and stage of the periodic
table as well as the differential diagnosis of various
plant and mineral remedies is also discussed.
KEYWORDS:
Araneidae, depression, golden silk orb-
weavers,
Nephila
, periodic table, phases, spiders,
spider web, stages
CASE: 44-year-old man, depression, referred by
psychologist
Initial casetaking September 2018
Initial observations:
Normosthenic build, dressed in a bright
yellow silk T-shirt and a knitted sweater. He sits slouching,
playing with his fingers. His speech is a monologue as if
learnt by heart. He uses many psychoanalytical terms. He
whines and weeps a lot. His chief complaint is depression,
unwillingness to get up in the morning, and no desire to
work – worse in gloomy weather without sun. He sleeps
badly. He tried different sleeping pills and antidepressants.
Previous prescriptions by other doctors:
Ars-alb, Rhus-tox,
Aconite, Naja, Lucilla
(a green fly), without success.
He is a lawyer inventing tax reduction schemes working from
home. He lives alone after leaving his second wife, but he
helps with the child and provides money for them.
Patient (abbreviated):
“I sink into a nostalgia that leads to
idleness. The current reality does not suit me. My reality is
different from the world’s state of affairs. My efforts are not
appreciated adequately. I would not strain myself if others
do not value me, or even put me down. They don’t pay any
attention to me, no respect. My work results produce nega-
tion or indifference.
“I have a drive to the sublime, but have to do earthly things.
I inherited my parents’ complexes. I will not fly if I’m born
to crawl.”
History:
“My parents led a cat and dog life. My father spoiled
my life with his late night partying. I did not sleep, expecting
sounds of another scandal upon his return. I was afraid of
him and I hated him. I left my home town; and I did what-
ever possible to get them divorced. But they called a halt to
their feud and my mother lied to me that they are at peace.
I suffered all their sufferings. But she does what she wants
despite everythingthing: she is cheerful and flourishing. She
is happy, and I hate her, because she stole my childhood. I
remember many episodes that nobody else can recall; people
tend to forget the essence. Everybody hides it all from me.
I recognise that I am different, but it’s them who made me
what I am now.
“I analyse everything to make an impeccable decision. I don’t
have the right to make a wrong move. Others do not hesitate
to make mistakes.
“The cycle goes on. I pass yet another loop and lose heart.
My second marriage lasted ten years and now it is falling
apart. I left all my property to my wife and children – took
nothing for myself. They do not appreciate it; they take it for
granted. I will give away everything, but please relieve me
from responsibilities. They use my brain, ‘you are so clever,
so, solve our problems, and we will make use of it, but we
will not say thank you, you owe us.’ I am soft and they make
use of it. They manipulate and get their profit. I switch into
a sabotage state.
“I am not sure. I accumulate knowledge but am wasting my
life. Knowledge will save me from poverty. My salary has