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HYDROGEN CASE (FROM REFERENCEWORKS)
Steven Olsen ND, DHANP
A CASE OF PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA
Steven Olsen is a graduate of Bastyr College of Naturopathic
Medicine and for the past six years has been in private practice in
Coquitlam, British Columbia. Steve has taught homeopathy at both Bastyr
College and the Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine. He also
teaches acute and first-aid homeopathy in his community. Steve regularly
has attended George Vithoulkas' seminars in Germany and elsewhere over
the past several years.
[Editors' Note: Before beginning his formal presentation, Dr. Olsen
took the audience through a guided meditation involving music and
visualization. The music was expansive, at times bombastic. The images
invoked were those of unity — moving beyond normal boundaries of
identity to a oneness with the universe, a universal truth. "You are a
microcosm of the universe, a tapestry of all that has existed before.
You are a living consciousness. You are an expression of many elements,
energies working in harmony and balance.... Imagine yourself walking
toward the center of your own being. There you find a unity, a oneness,
the center of your own creativity. There you find the possibility of all
things...you break the boundary...you have touched the invisible...."
Dr. Olsen's comments made while presenting the case are bracketed and
italicized.]
Introduction
-- When I was about 14 years old I had a type of existential
crisis. I told my parents this whole western world we lived in was
"totally useless." I begged them to send me to India or Tibet. There I
would be taught to meditate, I would reach a higher state of
consciousness, and then I would be free and find total happiness again.
They said they wouldn't send me. I wept in despair and then said, "Well,
I may as well stay here and make the best of it." What was the element
within me that had such a yearning?
-- This is a case of a 45-year-old man who was treated successfully
for paranoid schizophrenia. His main symptoms were delusions of
persecution, paranoid ideas, delusions of grandeur, thought disorder,
flaws of reasoning, and auditory hallucinations. The only treatment he
received was two doses of homeopathically prepared Hydrogen.
-- The idea for this prescription came from the proving done by
Jeremy Sherr, RS Hom. I am sincerely grateful for the very excellent
work he has done. The text of the proving states:
In the beginning was hydrogen.... It was the first element to be
formed in the universe.... Being the first, it is a link with "the time
that was before" (a phrase from the Kalahari Bushman). It is the "first
born element" being both positive and negative and possessing pattern,
or structure. It is also the most abundant element in the universe. (The
Proving of Hydrogen, Jeremy Sherr, The Society of Homeopaths, Artizan
Road, Northampton NN1 4HU, England.)
-- Hydrogen is also the source of all things. Every other element
is made of this basic unit. It is the unity of all things. It makes all
things possible. It is the source. It is the beginning of energy and
matter.
-- Was there an energy or consciousness that brought this first
element into being, or is this energy the great creator itself? Can this
element still have a memory of this event or of its creator, or how did
it create itself? Does it know itself, know all the other elements it
has been infused into, know all other molecules in the universe, know
all living things, know human consciousness so it now can ponder itself
and continue on its mission? Is it therefore the essence of "life"
itself? Does it know what it wants from us and where it is going? It
seems to be very creative, creating more and more complex forms of life.
It has a big ego to take on such a task.
-- There are literally billions of hydrogen atoms in each person.
What role does it play in the developmental process? Does it try to
impress its "will" on us to return to the source of all things — a
higher state of being, back to divinity — to complete its goal? What
happens when this element becomes too powerful within us, what symptoms
are created, and how does the balance become restored so that the
healthy development of the person can once again continue?
-- This case is the story of a man's journey into the unknown. He
describes it as "an important mission with global implications." He
spent many hours, weeks, and months in meditation, reading esoteric
literature and thinking about how to make positive and creative
solutions in his life and the lives of others. Then there was a
breakthrough. His mind made a connection with a supreme life force. Here
he found eternal truths, revelations, and experienced excitement about
the possibilities before him. Just as in The Allegory of the Cave by
Plato, it is the most difficult of tasks to have a revelation, to see
"another reality," and then to come back and try to explain it to people
who see only the "shadows on the wall."
-- Along the path to complete his mission something went wrong. His
perception became distorted, the information did not integrate into the
real world, the ego became too inflated, and past unresolved conflicts
came to the surface. Eventually, the state of higher consciousness
became too much to handle. It is at this point that I had the
opportunity to work with him and help him to find a way back.
-- I hope that I have given credit where it is due, minimized
errors, and maintained respect and dignity for the patient who gave me
permission to present his very personal story.