Shannon
Scholten:
Silica is a very well known remedy. Its chemical name is Silicium
oxide, or quartz.
Many people have written about this remedy, amongst them Sankaran
and Vithoulkas, who have described different types of Silica. The group
analysis can help us tie all these different aspects together.
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Concepts.
Silicatum: Image, Relations, family, Family-image, Father, Home,
At home, Timid, Stubborn, Pointed, Family-minded
Oxydatum: Selfishness, Demanding, Indignant, Abused, Victim, Lazy,
Corruption, Begging, Tramp
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Group analysis
Fragility gets abused.
Relations create problems with giving and taking.
Abused by your family.
The victim image.
Using your family for your own gain.
Demanding attention from your father.
Father is a victim.
A selfish family.
The family image should not be polluted.
Timid and lazy.
Obstinate and indignant.
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Picture of Silica
Essence: fragility gets abused.
--Fragility gets abused--
They feel very fragile and are inclined to feel that others will
abuse this. As soon as another person voices his opinion or sticks up
for his own cause they feel neglected and humiliated. Criticism makes
them feel even worse, causing them to cry or get very angry. And when
others show them sympathy they feel humiliated because they believe it
is done out of pity for their weakness.
Relationships cause problems in giving and and taking
They have difficulty finding the right balance between give and
take and they feel it could easily disturb their relationship with
family and friends. If they take too much the others might think them
too selfish and if they give too much and don't stick up for themselves
the others may think them too soft.
--Abused by the family--
They often feel that they have to put aside their own wishes for
the sake of the family. The rules at home are too strict, there is no
space for what they want for themselves. There is little privacy and
little time for their own hobbies. There is no balance between private
and family matters. But they don't feel safe enough to stand on their
own feet and that is why they allow this situation to continue, for
fear of losing the family altogether.
Victim within the family
It may be that one of their family members is severely ill or
handicapped and therefore needing a lot of extra care and attention.
Then they feel that they should help their family to take care of this
person, that they can't just leave and let others do the job. A family
should stick together in such circumstances. But they may feel unhappy
and abused, especially if the 'victim' is unkind to them and doesn't
seem very grateful.
Another situation may be where the family uses them to keep up
their image, for instance by forcing them to take up a study that
doesn't interest them but which 'looks good' to the outside world.
--The victim image--
They may start to cultivate this image of being a victim. They'll
show the world how good they are, how much they give without asking
anything in return. This then becomes a means in itself, and their
self-worth and their image become dependent on this role. But
underneath they feel worthless, as if they don't deserve to ask
anything for themselves.
Using the family for your own gain
They may also use their family for their own purposes. They start
to lean on their father, always depending on his advice and his
support. They let themselves be carried like a prince or princess on a
throne.
Or they may impose their own rules on the household, their own
desire for stability driving them to enforce a strict regime of order
and punctuality on every single member of the family. It feels as if
their image will collapse if everybody doesn't strictly follow the
rules.
A selfish family
Because the family image is so important, it may be difficult for
them to accept if there are any irregularities, for instance a brother
who is handicapped, a sister who hasn't finished her studies, a child
who is a drug addict, etc. If it becomes too embarrassing or they feel
too many fingers pointed at them from the outside world, they will
withdraw and shut off the outside world altogether. Their only focus
becomes the family, as here they are safe and if they stick together
they don't need anybody else anyway. They become totally family
orientated and society ceases to exist for them.
--Timid and lazy--
They can be very shy, especially when they first meet someone. But
they also want to be liked so they will behave in a kind and pleasant
manner, without going to the other extreme of actively putting
themselves out to be kind. They are too lazy to make much effort to
ingratiate themselves with other people.
Obstinate and indignant
They can also be extremely obstinate and independent, where they
go their own way and won't tolerate any contradiction. Advice is
something they don't want to hear, their attitude has become cold and
hard. In order to maintain their image they will highlight one facet of
their character and stubbornly persevere with their plans, almost in a
sort of monomania. They can appear arrogant but also courageous and
daring.
--Expressions--
Fears: needles, injections, trifles, narrow spaces, not waking up,
failure, exams, heights, vague, unknown, thieves, burglars, corruption,
life, strangers, future, travelling, flying, open spaces, crowds,
disease, death. Acute panic attacks.
Dreams: crystal, ice, mirrors, clairvoyant, cobwebs, needles,
friends, school friends, family, thieves, worms, Sahara sand being
criss-crossed with sticks.
Mood: refined, delicate, aristocratic, artistic.
Mental: forgetful caused by exams, absorbed by rifles and reading,
Monomania agg. trifles, precise, punctual (crystal), mathematical,
perfectionist, confusion, slowness, dementia.
Contacts: sympathetic, clairsentient, clairvoyant.
Causes: loss of parents, family, friends.
Characteristics.
Build: thin, tall, fragile, looking old.
Locality: right.
Weather: cold (3), blue with cold, blue/purple nails caused by
cold, agg. cold water, agg. undressing, agg. cold wind; cold hands and
feet (2); amel. heat; agg. draught (3), agg. outside.
Perspiration: profuse, stinking foot sweat (3-keynote); night
sweats.
Time: agg. 11 am; agg. full moon; agg. winter, December.
Desires: egg, salt, cold food, fruit, milk, alcohol.
Aversion: milk (2), mothers milk (3), salt, meat, broccoli.
Food: agg. fat, milk (3), cheese, butter, pork, broccoli, alcohol,
fasting.
Sleep: much (2), light, much tossing and turning.
Physical: onset after vaccinations, radiation; amel. massage,
magnetising; agg. coition; agg. soap; agg. exertion, agg. smoke.
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