Using Realms in Homeopathy

From the Book

It is very difficult to classify ailments to the different Realms as it is not the ailment itself but the nature and character of its expression that differentiates between them.

It is quite possible to find any ailment in any Realm and the fact of its presence alone is not helpful. However, ailments and especially affinities are useful when they form part of the pattern and when they reflect characteristics found elsewhere in the case.

The Earthly Realm has an affinity to the musculoskeletal system and ailments involving stiffness and inflexibility in this area are often associated with the Realm. The back is the most structural part of the system both practically and metaphorically and so is an area that is often chronically affected.

The skin as the organ that holds contains and defines the body also has some affinity to the Earthly Realm. However, the skin is the least defined of all organs and tends to be the place of first preference for the body to express disease in almost all cases. The qualities and modalities of skin symptoms are therefore always important.

Nutrition and digestion are important in both the Sea and the Earthly Realms but in different ways. When it is a question of assimilation and providing the nutrients that are used to build structure, such an ailment might be indicative of an Earth remedy.

When an ailment involving digestion is part of a pattern around issues of nurturing and being nurtured, then it is more likely to be indicative of a remedy from the Sea.

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One way to understand a case is to understand its relationship to the four Realms: Sea, Sky, Earth and Underworld. When we understand which Realm a patient inhabits, we can narrow our remedy choices and recognize potential inconsistencies.

Fraser draws from mythology and psychology to help the homeopath recognize the characteristics of the different realms and the patients who need corresponding remedies.

This book is part of Fraser’s series, Using Maps and Systems in Homeopathy, which explores the methods behind understanding a case and prescribing accordingly.

Other volumes include Using Philosophy in Homeopathy and Using Correspondences in Homeopathy.

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Author

Peter Fraser

Peter Fraser was a bookseller and publisher before discovering Homeopathy. His work on many provings of new remedies led to an interest in contemporary disease which resulted in his book The AIDS Miasm.

Having taught in many parts of the world he realized there was a need for basic instructions to many of the concepts used in homeopathy, which this series, Using Maps and Systems in Homeopathy, aims to fill.

He is the Director of the Institute of Homeopathy and practices in Bristol and London.

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Reviews

"Here is a beautiful book written by an author who lives and breathes the subject — this knowledge permeates the writing making it a useful work-book for the committed student. "
— Misha Norland

"Peter has quite brilliantly drawn together the threads of the higher realms of human experience and brought them down to earth to be immense practical use in our everyday practices. "
— Janet Snowdon

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Contents

Using Maps and Systems in Homeopathy -- viii
Introduction -- 1
Mythology -- 5
Psychology -- 9
The Earthly Realm -- 12
The Realm of The Sea -- 16
The Realm of The Underworld -- 20
The Realm of The Sky -- 24
Attitudes and Ways of Knowing -- 28
Emotions -- 30
Pattern Thinking -- 32
Ailments and Affinities -- 34
Remedies -- 37
Realms Summary Table -- 40
Movement and Transformation -- 42
Using The Maps -- 45
References -- 51
Index -- 52

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