Minutus

YOU WROTE If there is as you say, a "tug" to do find "great things" to do, then that
would seem to me significant in terms of constitution/susceptibility. But
Frodo simply did the necessary task that was put in front of him. I think
rising to the task was a sign of his *health*, not his weakness. YES I agree

IMO to *do* the necessary things comes with good health and balance; to
*fear or fail* to do the good and necessary, is part of dis-ease. IS it not possible to be inspired to do the "good" and still hold the fear along side of that feeling. Correct me if I have misinterpreted what you are saying but I see it that we all hold the unhealthy and healthy side by side and intertwinned?So that when you analyse a constitutional picture for example like Lycopodium there is the bravado and the timidity as exactly like Hahnemann describes it ?If not,
then what *would* be signs of a good, balanced and proper relationship
between self and the environment (which is part and parcel with "good
health" as Hahnemann defines it)??
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Hi Liz,

on 9/25/04 7:41 PM, liz lalor at lalor@ozonline.com.au wrote:

...IS it not

Sure! But my feeling was that in Frodo's case we haven't seen any signs of
fear that seems in *any* way unreasonable. We can guess that he's
constitutionally more inclined toward a gentle, hobbit-like remedy rather
than a brazen, aggressive one, but to *not* feel any fear in such a
situation would be the peculiar thing (tho I suppose not necessarily
unhealthy either); for a little country hobbit to feel fear as he goes off
on a suicide mission, pursued by the minions of darkness -- what's peculiar
in that??? You can't find a remedy by repping responses which are "normal
to the situation", that's my point, I guess.

But OTOH if our goal is to paint an "archetype" rather than to do "real
presecribing", then we can reasonably include outside and "common" factors
in the picture -- like those cartoon materia medicas where e.g. a knife is
drawn to indicate "stabbing pains", etc.? ( That's a fun idea, but
also I like the idea of doing "real prescribing" on a hobbit! I do think
it's a nice exercise!).

Shannon
Correct me if I have misinterpreted what you are saying but I

"Whereas Anacardium is known for its hard-heartedness, cruelty, want of
moral feeling, a compensated Anacardium cannot be cruel even when the
situation demands. He will, perhaps, be unable to kill even an irritating
mosquito." P.7. [Sankaran].
Saruman after being spared by Frodo at the end on the journey comments to
Frodo "Yes, you have grown very much. You are wise, and cruel." P.362 [J.R.R
Tolkien] The Return of the King.

I guess it just turns on how one sees "the case". i just can't see Frodo as
damaged in the way (or to the degree) that Anac is damaged. But -- so it
goes! Seems to be one of those "agree to disagree" things.
Thanks for the delightful journey!

on 9/25/04 11:28 PM, liz lalor at lalor@ozonline.com.au wrote:

Thankyou it has been good fun, and it has been invaluable for me to
reexamine EVERY detail, BUT Frodo is not necessarily the romantic hero that
Lord of the Rings fans love to hold on to, he did on the chasm of the Fires
of Mount Doom put the Ring on and Declare it "MINE"!!!!!

Yes, he was succumbing to its power (see my just-prior post).
It would be fun to find a remedy for the ring itself! Hee-hee, we could
*really* drive some people nuts!
on 9/26/04 12:30 AM, liz lalor at lalor@ozonline.com.au wrote: