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Olga Fatula
¦ Nephila
SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY
SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS
“There are long periods of enlightenment. I do what others
want from me, I try to be useful. The list of things to do is
long, many everyday plans, gigantomania. I got back into
contact with my wife.”
No collapse into despair and fear. “I wake up without any
fears. General well-being. And my energy level is much
higher. Sometimes I am flying winged. I still lack aggression,
I’m too submissive. I go deep into other’s needs. I forget
about my own needs, and I am not afraid of it.”
Prescription:
Nephila sp.
1M, single dose
April 2019:
“Very quiet feelings in my soul. Cheerful in
the morning, waking up in a good mood. There is much
positive around, I have many desires, I am enthusiastic and
ready to work and to accept information. Recent talks to
my wife and my child have been very nice and pleasing. I
ponder a bright future.”
ANALYSIS
Animal kingdom:
The ‘animal’ language is there from the
very start. “Me and others; it’s their fault that I suffer; I am
not a bad man but they have made me one.” In addition
from the very beginning we recognise the right hand side
of the periodic table. We have to deal with nostalgia, bit-
terness, resentment, no desire to work, no perspective or
sense to do anything. He gave everything away and things
are falling apart.
Spider:
There are tricks and cheating, inducing self-pity. His
bad situation is the fault of others. Competition aside, it’s
more resentment to others. No desire to work. No desire to
communicate and a need to be alone, refuge and retreat
into grudge and alcohol, breaking relationships. A need for
a long sleep. Megalomania, with weakness and resentment.
Vindictive:
He recalls and ponders over situations that no
one else remembers. Keeps on recalling some old offence,
feels self-pity and anger to others, wants revenge.
Domineering women:
This is the cause of his suffering.
Depression, suicidal, manipulations, cheating. Intellectual,
well-educated, talented. A lawyer. Obstinate, seems to agree
to everyone but does things his own way.
Teasing, humour, jokes:
He offends others. Music and
rhythm are an important part of life (spiders often have an
absolute pitch). Sensitivity to sounds
Running, marathon or short-distance (in my statistics, spider
patients love marathons, to the point of mania).
Energy:
cycles, repetitions, circles (web pattern). Fear of
suddenness, leading to immobility, then death. A pattern
of hunting and poisoning. Numbness, coldness (poison).
Balancing, equilibristic in the open space. Cheating, pre-
tending.
It resembles phases 6 or 7 of Jan Scholten’s plant theory.
I often apply numbers of the plant theory to the animal
kingdom. In my experience phases 6 and 7 (and the corre-
sponding stages) are most prominent in reptiles and spiders.
They may be present also in other groups, but they must
prevail in poisonous animals.
Which spider? I had no doubt about a spider case. The case
fits into many spiders’ pictures by various criteria. However,
I have never come across this kind of combination of mental
and physical symptoms. Have I ever prescribed this remedy
before?
A search for ‘spiders weaving largest webs’ gave the result of
‘Golden silk orb-weavers’. Luckily, I had
Nephila
in my home
collection. Even more luckily, I had proving results of it. It
was an informal proving. Back in 2017 one of my students
took
Nephila
in an attempt to find a remedy for herself, and
I recorded her diary. So I found a lot of coincidences between
her proving symptoms
1
and this patient’s symptoms.
•
Mental pain, feeling bitter and lonely
•
No emotions or feelings, internal coldness,
and emptiness
•
Delusions as if she is dead
•
There is no energy to get up; there is no lucidity ahead.
•
Unwillingness to live, to get up and to function in any
way
Golden silk orb-weavers:
They are widespread in warmer
regions throughout the world. Many species have a violin-
shaped print on the back.
Nephila spiders produce large asymmetric orb webs of 1.5m
or more in diameter. They stay in their webs permanently,
so they have a higher predation risk. Yellow threads of their
web shine like gold in sunlight. The colour may serve a dual
purpose: sunlit webs ensnare bees that are attracted to the
bright yellow strands, whereas in shady spots, the yellow
blends in with background foliage to act as a camouflage.
Nephila spiders display large sexual dimorphism in size, with
females being greatly larger than males. The venom of the
golden silk orb-weaver is effective against prey, but no danger
has been reported to humans. The web is very tough and
strong. Fishermen of the Indo-Pacific region pick
Nephila
webs, and form them into a ball, and throw it into the water.
There it unfolds and firmly catches bait fish. Aboriginal natives
even ‘milk’ Nephila to obtain its firm silk threads.
Spiders and the periodic table:
Spider remedies have the
qualities of every series of the periodic table, as defined in Jan
Scholten’s elements theory and plant theory. However, their
greatest pain lies in the Silica series. They want to be valued
in relationships with the mother and, later, their partners.
This strikes a chord with
Sulphur
and
Chlorum
(phases 6 and
7) dictating their patterns. They quarrel with their partners;
they destroy relationships. Resentment and bitterness is ac-
companied by a loss of motivation to do anything. There are
depression, suicidal thoughts and addictions, including to
1 The proving symptoms of
Nephila
are omitted due to reasons of space. You can
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