This site is about Classical Homeopathy, about better ways to study older texts in general (see the Organon Blog!), and Materia Medica in particular.
There’s a tendency to go to the most modern writers to read up about remedies and then perhaps glance at the Old Guys – maybe a little Kent, maybe a little Phatak. But why bother when you have Sankaran, Scholten, even Vermuelen! Why bother? Because if you only rely on later sources, if you never pick up a book with proving symptoms, if you never really delve into Kent, Clarke, Hering, Lippe et al – you know nothing. It’s as if you come to a gourmet restaurant to sit and eat a meal that’s already been chewed over by someone else. The modern writers are important – but you’ll only know how important once you go to source (as these modern writers did!). Read Hahnemann. Read Boeninghausen. Read materia medica and lesser writings. Then you can judge, you can decide how you’re going to design your personal style of homeopathy, which writers you’ll work with more, which you’ll work with less.
OK – this is all very well, but there’s a problem. It’s difficult to say this out loud, almost impossible, but the Old Guys, well, they’re kinda (whisper) boring… I didn’t say that, who said that, not me, BUT IT’S TRUE! IT’S BORING! However dedicated you are, unless you are a total masochist or a very strange person, it is not the most fascinating thing in the world to read through proving symptoms. To read about the many exciting smells and skin eruptions of psorinum. To wade through endless material on Sulphur and come out – well, some people never come out…
I’ve developed methods to bring some method to the madness, to help you navigate chaos with joy. Get ready to be creative, to think a bit, and look deep inside yourself, it’s in there if you look carefully, and try to find that sense of humour that got lost when you started studying homeopathy. If you’ve found this site it looks like that might interest you – yes?
Lighten up, loosen up, and let’s get started!
Vera
By the way, I’m playing a lot with the themes and appearance of this blog – please let me know when something works really well! Thanks.
Vera,
I am a little confused about how to jump in here. I see comments on aphorisms in the 200′s. Do I need to start at the beginning and catch up?
Suzan
Hi Suzan,
As I responded on the HWC page, for someone fairly new to the Organon, this approach requires a leap of faith, really jumping into the deep end. The first groups of aphorisms we’ll be studying relate more to the practical part of the Organon, rather than the theoretical part. I suggest you follow along with the radio show rather than trying to read the aphorisms as presented here on their own, and see how you feel with it. Feel free to contact me directly with any questions.
Thank you for your response Vera,
I have read parts here and there but not the complete book yet.
It was difficult to hear you on the show.
Did you say to read anything yet or is that coming?
Are you recommending not participating in the blog then?
Thanks,
Suzan
Hi Suzan,
You can see what aphorism is coming next on the group page at HWC – once we’ve completed the aphorisms already up on my Organon Blog here I’ll be giving a heads up on what’s coming up within this framework too. I wouldn’t recommend not participating in the blog, but you have to see what you’re comfortable with. If you do participate, you can use the radio show as a tool. Read the upcoming aphorism in advance, and if you like, post a question or comment on the group page at HWC and we’ll try to relate to it on air. I think if you can go with the flow on this, listen without expecting full understanding or perfection (from us or from yourself!), you could gain from it. Really depends on whether you’re comfortable with the format.
Good luck with this!
Vera,
I am a little confused about how to jump in here. I see comments on aphorisms in the 200′s. Do I need to start at the beginning and catch up?
Suzan
Hi Suzan,
As I responded on the HWC page, for someone fairly new to the Organon, this approach requires a leap of faith, really jumping into the deep end. The first groups of aphorisms we’ll be studying relate more to the practical part of the Organon, rather than the theoretical part. I suggest you follow along with the radio show rather than trying to read the aphorisms as presented here on their own, and see how you feel with it. Feel free to contact me directly with any questions.
Thank you for your response Vera,
I have read parts here and there but not the complete book yet.
It was difficult to hear you on the show.
Did you say to read anything yet or is that coming?
Are you recommending not participating in the blog then?
Thanks,
Suzan
Hi Suzan,
You can see what aphorism is coming next on the group page at HWC – once we’ve completed the aphorisms already up on my Organon Blog here I’ll be giving a heads up on what’s coming up within this framework too. I wouldn’t recommend not participating in the blog, but you have to see what you’re comfortable with. If you do participate, you can use the radio show as a tool. Read the upcoming aphorism in advance, and if you like, post a question or comment on the group page at HWC and we’ll try to relate to it on air. I think if you can go with the flow on this, listen without expecting full understanding or perfection (from us or from yourself!), you could gain from it. Really depends on whether you’re comfortable with the format.
Good luck with this!
Vera
Great work