Introduction- Part 1

[Ardavan Shahrdar]

Introduction - Part 1

Newcomers to homeopathy, influenced by the vastness of knowledge of diverse remedies, mental states, attractive philosophy and anthropocentric nature of this science are immediately lost in its charm; the charm being an excellent motivator but greatly confusing.

Without understanding the limitations of a tool, the real efficacy is also lost. But rarely the real field in which homeopathy is efficient is found in its literature. What is usually got from the first pages of most of the books is the advertisement of miracles, the sacredness of holism and rescue of human from the sufferings of ignorance of individuality through the light of paying attention to 'more' symptoms to make 'more' colorful gestalt pictures.

The incorrect take from the prima principa of homeopathy, Similia simillibus curantur, leads the newcomers implicitly to that the fact that as logically 'everything' observed has a simillimum, so every individual can be cured by bowing to the sacred principle. We will later see that this omnipotence is an illusion and the usual take from Simillimum principle is misleading.

With these first statements, I hope not to be judged as a pagan to homeopathy. You will later see that all these critical views stemmed from my love for homeopathy. The love, I believe many like the founder have experienced. You will see later that even my reluctance to metaphorically use the term of 'bible' of homeopathy is the reflection of my eagerness to transcend it to a much more pure experimental science; the way it was itself born. The 'Organon' is just the beginning of the story.

I was greatly interested in how the concepts of homeopathy originated and evolved especially in the early days. So I went through an extensive study of those early days beginning from Hahnemann. To my surprise and in opposition to what is usually believed, I found that Hahnemann went through remarkable metamorphoses in his journey through the fetal period of homeopathy. The Simillimum principle did not have the same taste for Hahnemann while he was in Paris as had the early days around 1796.

..... to be continued.

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