An interview with George Vithoulkas An interview with George Vithoulkas (S.

Waldstein) Though many people today consider me a fanatic ! have not accepted theories without having direct knowledge of a concept. ! never accepted the concept of miasms for instance as "ahnemann or #ent did. A"$ %irst ! &ust want to say how much ! appreciate the opportunity to talk with you. 'any years ago (ack when ! was really lost studying homeopathy on my own you were the first person who helped me to understand it. ! really appreciate this. )an you e*plain how you got to homeopathy+ The story of your (ecoming a homeopath+. Vithoulkas$ !n ,-.- ! was in South Africa and ! had an accident with my car. /ecause the car went for repair and ! could not visit some friends ! asked for a (ook to read concerning homeopathy that had (een mentioned to me (y a friend. "is name is Alain 0aude. ! don1t know if you know him. A"$ 2es !1ve heard of him. Vithoulkas$ ! telephoned him and said ! could not come to visit (ecause ! had a car accident. 3What was that (ook that you had on your desk+3 "e said 3!t1s /oericke1s'ateria'edica.3 3Where can ! (uy it+3 "e said 3!n 4ohannes(urg.3 ! took the (us ! went to 4ohannes(urg ! (ought that (ook and ! read it right through. /oericke1s'ateria'edica is the first (ook ! read and ! read right through it till the end. !t was such an e*citement for me to read these stories all these possi(ilities of human diseases5 !t was very e*citing for me. !t was like reading a detective story. Alain 0aude was connected at that time with a guru who was practicing mi*opathy6he was using mi*tures of medicines from different companies. ! remem(er one for hay fever 7enoplasm. !t contained Arsenicum and all the #ali1s and 8uphrasia and Allium )epa and all that. Then ! read this (ook and ! said to him 3'y God this is wrong. What you are doing here+3 "e said 3Why+3 ! went (ack the ne*t day and ! (ought several (ooks from that same shop. The ne*t time ! met with Alain 0aude ! told him that what his guru was doing and he was involved in also was totally wrong. 8ventually Alain understood the falseness of that guru and he left him. "e understood the correct homeopathy what homeopathy was. That was the (eginning. There are a lot of stories a(out my time in South Africa. A"$ So that was the first step6reading the (ooks. /ut how did you get from there to actually practicing+ Vithoulkas$ Well for a(out three months ! was reading every day. !n my work as a civil engineer ! &ust had to do some supervising and ! had a lot of free time. 9ut of the twelve hours that ! had to (e on the &o( ! was working two hours and ten hours ! was reading. Then ! would go home and ! continued to read. ! would go to the restaurant and ! would continue to read. !n the restaurant where ! used to eat the man got intrigued: day after day ! would &ust sit down and eat and read the (ooks. 3What are you reading+3 ! said 32eah it1s interesting it1s homeopathy.3 "e said 3Well ! have rhinitis my nose is closed and !1ve use a decongestant for the last twelve years. )an you do something3+ ! said 3Well we1ll try.3 ! took his case and ! gave Sulphur one dose. The reaction was his nose opened. Then his colleague was spitting (lood. %rom time to time he &ust vomited (lood. ! took his case and ! gave Sepia. "e was cured. Then people started coming. That happened three months after my initial study. !n these three months ! had studied most of

the homeopathy literature that was availa(le. Soon after that ! had cases coming from all over South Africa to (e treated. ! treated some severe cases with e*cellent successes. Then 0oel ;uddephat another good homeopath from 8ngland came. "e had a group with one or two medical doctors and the others were non6medicals. ! went to meet him and after two or three hours of discussion he said 32ou know ! cannot teach you anything. /ut ! have a group here and if you like since !1m going (ack to 8ngland you can take over the group. So you are the teacher now.3 So then ! started teaching. !n the group actually was Sheilagh )reasy and some other people also. ! can1t remem(er their names. So ! started teaching a year after studying homeopathy myself. Then ! went to !ndia where ! went to different colleges met different people. ! was not impressed. ! had a lot of knowledge (y that time. The teachers did not like me getting up and saying 3Well ! don1t think this is so.3 ! was correcting them and things like that. Actually ! would say ! was self6taught. !t was very difficult for me many times (ecause ! had no(ody to turn to no(ody to ask. ! had understood homeopathy in a different way than was taught at that time. At that time everyone was practicing mi*opathy. 8veryone. !t was impossi(le to find some(ody e*cept for some South Americans like ;as<uero. When ! tried to contact him he did not answer. 8ventually when we met he said 3!1m sorry ! did not answer your letter (ack in ,-=>. 3 We met in ,-=- in Athens. So that1s the story more or less. A"$ When ! learned homeopathy from you you (ased your teachings on the ?th edition of the 9rganon. What do you feel a(out the recent attempts to incorporate the changed practices of the .th and =th 9rganon especially those of li<uid doses @ (A') potencies and repetition of dose+ Vithoulkas$ Well (asically for me there are no real differences. The difference is only the dosage and the dilutions6from centesimal to <uintessimal and from giving one dose to repetition with the A' potencies. 9therwise there are no ma&or differences (etween the .th and the =th edition. 0ow you say when you started all the editions were out+ A"$ Well there were five editions out (ut it seems like you were teaching #entian practice which was mostly from the ?th edition. /etween the ?th and the .th was the change where he went to using li<uid potencies though still using centesimals. Vithoulkas$ 2es that is true. #ent was using centesimal potencies like ! was. When ! tried to use the <uintessimal ! found them much weaker6not the same effect. When you are dealing with contemporary pro(lems in health especially with mental and emotional pro(lems we are facing today ! feel that the A' potencies are not as strong not as deep and as long6lasting as the centesimal potencies. 0ow the <uestion of repetition of the dose is a (ig one that ! have not solved myself yet. ! feel that we don1t know everything a(out the repetition of the dose. When can we repeat how long we can repeat what kind of potencies can we repeat+ %or instance can we repeat the ,>' potency+ %or how long+ )an we repeat the )' potency+ "ow long+ )an we repeat ,Bc+ This is pro(a(ly solved. According to my understanding unless you repeat low potencies there is no visi(le effect. Cnless it1s a very sensitive case. Very seldom you &ust give one dose of ,Bc and there is an effect. So in that respect ! would say that we don1t know a lot of things yet and we have to e*periment (efore we have the final answer. A"$ What a(out "ahnemann1s concept of it not (eing okay to repeat the same dose twice+ !n Aphorism B?D he says 3!t is an une*ecuta(le pro&ect to repeat the same unmodified dose of a medicine even once let alone many times.3 "e goes on to say 3The

life principle does not accept such entirely identical doses without opposition.3 "e is talking a(out using li<uid doses and modifying the dose each time through succussion. Vithoulkas$ 2es. A"$ /ut when ! was studying "omeopathy originally ! would read this in the 9rganon and then ! would go (ack and look at what ! would read in #ent and what you would say and ! would get confused. So ! was wondering what do you think of all that+ Vithoulkas$ The truth is that we don1t know. "ahnemann was an e*perimental man6a man who liked to e*periment. "e changed his mind several times concerning doses repetitions etc.6he was always e*perimenting. !n his cases for instance you will see how fre<uently he repeats the dose. /ut when ! say repetition of dose ! don1t mean only after si* months or after a year. ! also include the possi(ility of repeating the dose every day even with a B>>c. ! am e*perimenting in this area and !1m also getting information from people who have done it6repeating a high potency in diseases which are <uite hard to cure repeating a high potency every day. What "ahnemann was saying in any case must (e true. That means that repetition has to (e modified. !t1s (etter if it1s modified6if it is raised actually not &ust simply modified. /ut how far+ To B>, or B,>+ What is the ne*t potency that1s optimal+ These are <uestions that are not solved yet and ! do not have the answers myself. ! have done <uite a lot of e*perimentation and ! hope (efore ! die that ! will (e a(le to state precisely some rules that really hold. 2ou see ! don1t like the idea that every(ody &ust states his opinion without having real hard facts to support it. ! don1t like to come out pu(licly and say 3Well you do this or you do that3 or 3This is the (est 3 (efore ! am convinced myself through repetitive e*perimentation. So at this moment there is <uestion a(out repetition of a dose and a(out repetition of high potencies especially. !t is a (ig <uestion for me. A"$ !n the past two years ! have (een e*perimenting a lot with @ potencies (A'). Actually the first thing ! tried were the .th 9rganon prescri(ing techni<ues. ! was doing repetition with li<uid ) potencies. 'ore recently !1ve (een doing them with A's. Truthfully ! have (een finding that !1m really impressed (y them. %or years ! refused to consider using them (ecause all the people who were using them seemed to (e doing so in a very routiniEed way. What ! have (een doing is using them in a very non6routiniEed way6even with an A', giving one dose watching the reaction very carefully and only repeating when ! see it1s appropriate. Csing it that way ! have found that it1s actually <uite a powerful techni<ue. Vithoulkas$ Well !1ll tell you there are still a lot of secrets in that respect that !1m not prepared to talk a(out. This much ! can tell you. With the repetition of the dose the organism which is not aligned towards the remedy e*actly eventually gets aligned. So eventually you may (e getting some results with repetition of a dose that are more impressive than if you &ust gave one dose. /ut these things are not to (e discussed at this moment. ! think it1s a very dangerous issue. ! know a lot of !ndian homeopaths don1t care a(out one dose. They prescri(e usually on pathology they prescri(e several remedies and ! know they prescri(e high potencies repeatedly6.>' for si* months every day. 9nce when ! was in !ndia teaching at a seminar with F>> people attending ! asked them pu(licly 3;lease give me some information if you have.3 9ut of F>> people only one came up to me and said 32es ! am repeating.3 3What are you repeating+3 3.>' ,>'.3 38very day+3 38very day.3 3%or how long+3 3%or months.3 3What are your results+3 38*cellent.3 30o side effects+3 30o

side effects.3 0ow how can ! (elieve this kind of thing+ The first time ! went to !ndia ! was invited (y 7a&esh Shah and Sankaran and they were practicing in this way. They said to me 3Are you giving one dose+3 32es one dose.3 39ne time only+3 39ne time. Why+ What are you doing+3 They said 3We repeat.3 32ou repeat ,>'+3 32es ,>'.3 3%or how long+3 3Si* months.3 32ou repeat Aachesis ,>' for si* months+3 32eah sure.3 30o side effects+3 30o side effects.3 A"$ ! recently heard of a case where someone was giving the patient Aycopodium ,' a few times a day and then started changing it to Aycopodium ,>'. !t went on like this for a(out two years and the patient developed very serious heart pathology. Vithoulkas$ 9kay (ut !1m &ust telling you what ! heard. A"$ ! understand. Vithoulkas$ /ecause ! was really interested. !n !ndia any(ody can do anything to their patients no pro(lem. They can give high potencies low potencies they can repeat it no pro(lem. So their e*perience is very crucial. 0ow when Sankaran heard a(out me and they showed my video they totally changed their way of teaching. They said 39h Vithoulkas teaches like this so we have to teach in the same way.3 So they came and started teaching and now they keep <uiet a(out their e*perience in repeating high potencies. !t is a pity. They should o(serve write down their o(servations and then it can (e useful. ! am a(solutely sure that if some(ody wanted to do some really serious investigations in !ndia he could go to these people and speak with them and see the end results of what happens after repetitions. ! think this is important (ecause ! feel in some cases at least we need repetition. A"$ 9ne of the most important things ! learned from you was to carefully o(serve a patient. ! remem(er one seminar you gave a(out thirteen years ago in /erkeley in which you started showing a videotape of a case you had &ust taken a couple of hours earlier. 2ou started the tape and all of us homeopaths in the room were still fidgeting not totally focused yet. We watched the video of the patient walking in you standing up to greet her shaking her hand and sitting down. Then you stopped the tape and asked what we had o(served. ! remem(er that my and almost every other &aw in the room dropped open (ecause we were waiting for the case to (egin and hadn1t yet o(served anything. 2ou then e*plained all the information you already had collected in this first G> seconds or so. This forced me to ree*amine how ! took cases and ! made changes in it afterwards. What would you like to tell our readers a(out how to o(serve a patient and how to take a case+ Vithoulkas$ This is a matter of e*perience6an a(ility that comes with e*perience and with interest. !f you are really interested in the case that you are seeing ! am sure you will o(serve a lot of things6(ecause you are immediately connected with the person who is walking into your room to ask for help. 8verything that happens to that person is of great importance. And your o(servation must (e correct6not a pro&ection. !1m afraid many times homeopaths interchange o(servation for pro&ection. That means they would like to see something they pro&ected onto the patient and they see it of course. The real secret is to o(serve without pro&ecting anything on the patient and to get the real facts on the patient and work with those facts. This is very important for making a correct prescription. The moment that you start pro&ecting you can make any case. 2ou can make a case for )austicum you can make it look like )alcarea or Sulphur or whatever. A"$ When you started teaching homeopathy you taught only medical doctors. 9ver the years the professional practice of homeopathy (y non6licensed practitioners has grown

tremendously. 0ow the vast ma&ority of homeopaths in the C.S. )anada 8ngland and many other countries are not medical doctors. What do you think of this development+ "ave your views changed+ Vithoulkas$ 2es. 'y views have changed. %irst of all ! have to say that ! taught e*clusively medical doctors in Greece. /ut in 8urope and America ! followed6at least ! wanted to follow6a different path. There was kind of a controversy in the (eginning where medical doctors did not want or some of them did not want any non6medical practitioners to (e in the class. We pushed the issue and eventually we accepted osteopaths nurses etc. as well as professional homeopaths. 'y argument was if these people were going to continue to practice homeopathy it would (e (etter for them to (e well educated. !t would do no harm to educate a professional homeopath properly: it will only raise his standards of practice. That argument prevailed eventually and in my seminars they were allowed to attend. ! think that professional homeopaths need to raise their level of medical knowledge and medical doctors need to improve their knowledge a(out classical homeopathy: ! feel (oth are lacking in different areas. 0ow what would ! say concerning who is (etter+ The medical or the non6medical+ 7eally ! cannot say. ! think that professional homeopaths need to raise their level of medical knowledge and medical doctors need to improve their knowledge a(out classical homeopathy: ! feel (oth are lacking in different areas. Some professional homeopaths are very good in making prescriptions (ut !1m afraid they sometimes misdiagnose a case and that is not good. Actually ! don1t know if you know that ! was invited (y the 8uropean ;arliament6the )ouncil of 8urope6to discuss this matter. ! discussed it with the 'inister of "ealth and with the group that was studying alternative medicines in general. ! made the point that classical homeopathy is apart from all other so6called alternative therapies. They were trying to put homeopathy together with all kinds of other things like aromatherapy yoga meditation and all these other kinds of 0ew Age therapies. ! told them that classical homeopathy is a very serious therapeutic modality that should (e and could (e practiced as an alternative a real alternative. That means it can treat acute or chronic diseases (y itself as a system. There is no other alternative that could (e called alternative in this sense. 0o other modality can treat completely as a separate system. They accepted this view actually and they tried to separate classical homeopathy from all these other things going on in the therapeutic field. ! was invited to discuss this matter and for several hours ! was <uestioned (y the ministers of ;arliament of different countries. ! would like to make this point very clear6! don1t like all the nonsense that is going on with these other therapies. A"$ "ow many years ago were your meetings with the 8uropean government+ Vithoulkas$ 2ou know that ! got the Alternative 0o(el ;riEe+ A"$ 9f course. Vithoulkas$ !mmediately after that. A"$ 9h suddenly you got attention. Vithoulkas$ 2es immediately after that and (ecause of that actually (ecause of that award. !t is a custom for the 8uropean ;arliament to invite one of the people who were awarded and they chose me. They invited me officially to meet the president of the 8uropean ;arliament the 'inister of "ealth the mem(ers of ;arliament of different

countries and then the specific group that was studying alternative medicine. So ! visited Stras(ourg and /russels for two or three days met all these people discussed the issues and tried to (ring homeopathy out from the dark. They had put homeopathy into that (asket with everything inside. Acupuncture is okay6it1s a serious methodology and chiropractors and osteopathy also. /ut ! don1t like this other stuff that is going on. So ! created three categories. 9ne is alternative6it includes only homeopathy. The ne*t is complimentary6that means osteopathy chiropractors her(alists and acupuncturists: they can (e complimentary to orthodo* medicine. Then there is para6medical6everything else like aromatherapy music therapy all kinds of supernatural therapies opening the chakras and things like that. So ! separated out these three groups and ! pushed classical homeopathy as a serious alternative. A"$ What do you think of the attempts of the Society of "omeopaths in the Cnited #ingdom the 0orth American Society of "omeopaths in the C.S. and )anada and other similar organiEations to register well6<ualified professional homeopaths and to promote the practice of homeopathy as a separate discipline not &ust a specialty of medicine+ Vithoulkas$ ! think it1s a correct move. ;rofessional homeopathy has to (e esta(lished as a different profession. !t has to have different schools in which some medical knowledge will (e taught like the old homeopathic medical schools. A"$ 'ost of the homeopathic schools in the C.S. now do teach medical topics (ut they1re pro(a(ly not on the level they should (e. They teach (asic anatomy physiology and pathology. Vithoulkas$ 2es. A"$ They could do more. Vithoulkas$ 'y idea is that this should (e more much more. ! think it1s very elementary. Also it has to (e a regular school6a school which you go to for five years and you go every day to learn the art and science of homeopathy. A"$ 7ight. All the schools in the Cnited States at this point are two to three year part6 time schools. 8veryone knows it1s not enough. /ut since people cannot get financial aid to attend them unlike other colleges it1s unfortunately the reality right now. Vithoulkas$ 2es that is true and that1s unfortunate. /ut ! think we have to push towards the esta(lishment of separate schools for homeopathy. A"$ At the time ! was studying with you you never talked very much a(out miasms a(out what "ahnemann discussed in )hronic Hiseases. 2ou mentioned the concept and also discussed it in your (ook The Science of "omeopathy (ut it never seemed to affect how you analyEed cases very much. !s this still true or have you changed your use of the principles of miasms at all+ Vithoulkas$ That is true. There is no change. ! have discussed these issues at length in my school here in Alonissos. /ut ! can give you a very (rief idea of the miasms now. !t1s an idea that means there are levels that have to (e treated in a person (efore he is really as good as he could (e. There are levels there are several remedies that have to (e prescri(ed in se<uence etc. /ut to say from the (eginning that this is a syphilitic case or a sycotic case (ecause of several reasons (which 9rtega was talking a(out)6these reasons ! do not accept ! do not feel comforta(le with them. !f you wear (lue you are psoric if you wear red colors you are sycotic6all this ! (elieve is nonsense. !f a case comes to 'edorrhinum ! would say yes the uppermost miasm is sycotic. !f it comes to Thu&a ! would say yes. /ut ! have seen these people start with 'edorrhinum and then go may(e

to Thu&a and later on they will go to )alcarea )ar(onica and then to 'ercury. So we are talking a(out really severe complicated cases right+ So the idea that there are several levels that have to (e treated (y several remedies6it is true. The idea that you have to find the miasm in order to (e a(le to prescri(e correctly6 that is false. ! know some people in !ndia were giving Syphilinum .>' three times a day for si* months and then some other nosode at ,>' for another si* months6things like that. These are dangerous things and ! don1t accept it. A"$ "ave you heard 4eremy Sherr1s description of miasms+ Vithoulkas$ 0o. /ut there is no remedy that is the deepest. This is wrong as an idea. There is a first correct remedy a second correct remedy and a third correct remedy.... !t1s not a matter of finding the core remedy. This core remedy does not e*ist in complicated cases. A"$ 4eremy e*plains things very interestingly. "e talks a(out an understanding of the miasms in terms of larger totalities. 9ften we1ll (e &ust looking at one little aspect of a person. !f we step (ack and step (ack and step (ack we can see much larger totalities. The smaller totality may indicate a remedy that won1t cure (ut if we can step (ack far enough to see the much larger picture of a person then we can find the one that can cure. Vithoulkas$ Steve ! feel these are nice words. "owever if you can1t apply them in practice they mean nothing. Step (ack6what does that mean in real actual practice+ 2ou always step (ack you always look you don1t involve yourself. !f you involve yourself if you pro&ect yourself onto the patient then you go wrong. !f you look o(&ectively if you don1t look with pre&udice then you will (e getting the right remedy. /ut there is no remedy that is the deepest. This is wrong as an idea. There is a first correct remedy a second correct remedy and a third correct remedy. And ! know this to (e true (ecause ! have prescri(ed for instance )alcarea )ar(onica as a (road picture. 0othing5 And then ! prescri(ed 0atrum Sulphuricum. 0othing5 And then ! prescri(ed Aralia and the case opened. Then after si* months he got )alcarea )ar(onica again and it acted. ! have this case on video and ! have shown it again and again. !t1s not a matter of finding the core remedy. This core remedy does not e*ist in complicated cases. !t e*ists only in very simple cases very healthy individuals who will need only one remedy like )alcarea )ar(onica or Sulphur or Aycopodium to (e cured. These are simple cases without the pathology and of course the results are very good. ! want to tell you a(out something new that is coming to America. 2ou know that ! teach in my Academy here the !nternational Academy of )lassical "omeopathy everything that ! have taught all these years from A to I. ! teach several groups of people who are coming from different countries6actually a(out B. countries. These classes are translated: ! speak in 8nglish. !n these groups ! have taught a series of lectures that take a total of four years. 0ow this course has (een videotaped and is going to (e pro&ected through satellite into 0orth America. So any(ody who is interested will (e a(le to (uy a dish and have this teaching. Actually if someone wants to they can answer the <uestions and write the test papers and get the diploma with the school. A"$ When are you going to (e starting this+ Vithoulkas$ This is going to (e started soon. !t1s very new technology. 2ou will see me teaching and on one side of your computer what ! say is will (e pro&ected in words. So while !1m teaching you will (e a(le to read whatever !1m saying in case you don1t

understand my accent. !n America they are very e*cited a(out it. This is the first time !1m talking a(out it. A"$ This is very e*citing. Ho you have any sense of what the e*pense is going to (e like+ Vithoulkas$ 2ou need a computer you need this dish and all the hardware which will cost a(out J,.>> plus the tuition which has not (een esta(lished yet. /ut it1s going to (e <uite afforda(le. A"$ And roughly how many hours of instruction+ Vithoulkas$ ! think it will (e around .>> hours or something like that. A"$ !s this e<uipment that would (e used only for this or is it one of the esta(lished systems+ Vithoulkas$ 0o it would (e a special dish for distant learning. A school for instance with B> students who all want to attend could (uy a dish together. !t will (e very availa(le any time that suits the students. The reception can (e at any time6it can (e evening night Saturday Sunday whatever. A"$ Great that1s very e*citing. Anyway let me ask you a few more <uestions. Some homeopaths give a remedy the patient improves and then they let that remedy work for a very long time. 9thers prescri(e new remedies for every symptom picture that appears in the patient. What do you think of those two approaches+ Vithoulkas$ !f the remedy initially is correct it has to (e left alone. This is something which again shows lack of homeopathic knowledge. ;eople have a totally wrong idea of what is a good reaction. They spoil a good reaction (y interfering with other remedies. 9n the other hand there are people who go too far in e*pecting the to do <uite a lot that is not possi(le to do and then they miss the opportunity to give a second remedy and complete the cure. A"$ ! know that when you started studying homeopathy you spent all your time studying the repertory and materia medicas with very great intensity. ! find now that many homeopathic students seem to love going to seminars (ut have trou(le really putting in the thousands of hours necessary in studying the 9rganon )hronic Hiseases provings 'ateria 'edica and repertories. !s there anything you would like to say to homeopathic students a(out the importance of these studies+ Vithoulkas$ Well this is true. What !1ve found out more and more is that younger homeopaths try to find shortcuts try to find easy ways. There are no easy ways. This has to (e understood very well. 2ou have to study the provings you have to study the 'ateria 'edica. The e*isting 'ateria 'edica actually (ecause ! don1t trust so much the recent provings. ! have written an article a(out that. 0ot that ! don1t agree with provings (ut provings have to (e done correctly in order to (e relia(le. 9therwise people are &ust memoriEing nonsense. When some(ody gives a remedy and says 3Sleep on the remedy tell me what dream you have3 and then all these dreams are recorded as having a theme etc.6this is gar(age. A"$ 7ight yes the dream provings are one thing (ut what a(out say the provings of 4eremy Sherr+ Vithoulkas$ The provings of 4eremy Sherr are unaccepta(le for me. /ecause he gives one remedy one time and suddenly everyone in the group develops symptoms. So he writes a whole (ook of symptoms. This is totally misleading the issue the <uestion of provings. !t is not possi(le with one remedy one dose of a ,Bc or G>c that everyone will

develop all this host of symptoms. ! have repeated e*actly the "ydrogen e*periment in a group of !talian medical doctors and there was nothing there nothing to tally with all this information he is writing. A"$ With all those many years of e*perience where do you see the limitations of "omeopathy+ Who can homeopathy not help+ "omeopathy has a lot of limitations. %irst of all it cannot cure any disease when it has reached the final stages in pathology... /ut in the (eginning stages homeopathy can (e a fantastic tool in the hands of some(ody who knows what he is doing. Vithoulkas$ "omeopathy has a lot of limitations. %irst of all it cannot cure any disease when it has reached the final stages in pathology6cancer final stage (whatever cancer) neuromuscular diseases muscular dystrophy multiple sclerosis especially in the last stages6forget it homeopathy can do nothing. !n heart diseases in the last stages nothing. /ut in the (eginning stages homeopathy can (e a fantastic tool in the hands of some(ody who knows what he is doing. 2ou know the pu(lic German television came here to make a documentary and ! showed them a case a man F, years old. ! met him a(out ,= ,D years ago when he was ;arkinsonian. "is hand and his lower &aw were &ust trem(ling all the time. 0ow you cannot see anything. "e is still trem(ling (ut after ,= years and at the age of F, (he is my gardener) you could not see that he is ;arkinsonian. !t1s not totally cured it1s not gone (ut it is (etter than it was ,= years ago when this thing was starting. This is what homeopathy can do. /ut if they ask us can you cure cancer+ We say no we cannot cure cancer. 0o(ody should say we cure cancer even if we have some cures in (eginning stages of cancer. We cannot come out and say we cure cancer. A!HS also the last stages of A!HS forget it. "omeopathy cannot do anything. !n the last stages of chronic diseases even in acute diseases when it has gone too far it is not possi(le to reverse the process. A"$ What a(out !1m trying to remem(er6was it /urnett who treated lots of cancer cases+ Vithoulkas$ ! have seen some cases also. /ut to say that you have cured cancer6it1s a (ig statement. At the same time we can say that we can improve a situation (ut not cure a situation. A"$ !t1s so hard to know in advance though what is possi(le and what is impossi(le in any one person. Vithoulkas$ Well with e*perience you are a(le to actually. A"$ 'ost homeopaths ! know get so e*cited a(out homeopathy that they have trou(le having a (alanced life with time for family rela*ation travel and other interests. "ow do you (alance your life+ Vithoulkas$ Well you have to (e a genius. /ecause homeopathy really overtakes you and takes all your enthusiasm and your energy. 2ou know ! think the (alance is in the pleasure that you have seeing cured cases. That is the (alance as far as ! am concerned. ! feel the same pleasure the same elation as the patient who has (een cured and is now saying 3Thank you ! feel so much (etter.3 This is really the pleasure. 2ou know some(ody who goes to the disco plays cards and goes to these kinds of places6for me forget it. A"$ What makes you a good homeopath+ What gifts and strengths ena(le you to (e as good as you are+ Vithoulkas$ ! don1t know... what ! do know is that ! am interested in helping people. ! found this tool which works. And if you have that secret ! mean there is a point where !

(elieve there is a click and there is a change when you really have it. 30ow ! know.3 This comes after a lot of application a lot of enthusiasm a lot of study a lot of devotion to this science. !t1s not an easy science. 0o(ody who is looking for shortcuts is going to get it forget it. ! mean there are a lot of teachers who are not a(le to really use homeopathy correctly. They teach a lot of fantasies. /ut when it comes to the real test where you have a severe case... 2ou know when the //) was here they said to me 3We1ll make a documentary a(out you (ut we1d like to (ring you four cases ourselves. 2ou see these cases in front of the video and then you don1t see them again. We1ll contact them and ask them what happened after the treatment. Ho you agree+3 ! said yes. That1s how the //) made a documentary on me (ack in ,-F.. To say yes to that means you have to have this knowledge and the conviction that you can use it correctly. A"$ The homeopathic community has many pro(lems. 8ven within classical homeopathy we fight a lot we criticiEe each other. Hoes it have to (e this way+ !s there any way we can recogniEe differences still within classical homeopathy6any way we can heal the splits+ Vithoulkas$ !1ll tell you something that ! (elieve and ! have written a(out it. )riticism for me is necessary. 8veryone who comes out into the pu(lic eye should (e su(&ect to criticism: they should (e glad to receive criticism. )riticism is not (ad when it1s (ased on ideas and principles. !t is (ad when it1s (ased on personal matters6! don1t like him he1s an egoist he1s this he1s that. /ut if criticism is (ased on ideas63This idea !1ve found it is nonsense for this and that reason3 6this has to (e discussed. 9therwise homeopathy will go to pieces. !f everyone &ust says639h that1s another idea don1t criticiEe him don1t criticiEe her36this for me is the death of homeopathy. "ahnemann felt the same #ent felt the same. That1s why "ahnemann and #ent stayed and all the others disappeared. A"$ What do you think is "ahnemann1s most misunderstood concept+ Vithoulkas$ The idea of how the remedy works. "e did not e*plain it well. ! think my e*planation is much clearer and is correct. A"$ Ho you mean the e*planation in The Science of "omeopathy+ Vithoulkas$ The e*planation in Science and The 0ew 'odel. A"$ !f "ahnemann was to come and look at current practice today what do you think would make him turn over in his grave the most+ Vithoulkas$ A few things come to mind. %or instance the idea that a patient looks like an animal or like a flower. !f he looks like a flower that means his remedy is a flower6you know that kind of idea. 9r potentiEing anything6a song or the /erlin Wall. ! couldn1t (elieve it. ! was in 8ngland giving a seminar and they said 3What do you think a(out the /erlin Wall remedy+3 3What is this did they take some cement from the /erlin Wall and potentiEe it+3 They said 30o no. They &ust sit around in a circle and put a powder in front of the /erlin Wall and meditate. Then they take this powder.3 3And when do you prescri(e that+3 39h you prescri(e that in cases of a divorce. !f some(ody wants to divorce he gets /erlin Wall.3 ! mean these kinds of things are laugha(le (ut people take them seriously. !t1s craEy. These ideas discredit homeopathy. 9f course there are also serious people dealing with homeopathy. /ut this other type of homeopathy ! feel should (e severely criticiEed. A"$ George what1s going on with your 'ateria 'edica pro&ect+

Vithoulkas$ ! have finished eight volumes and ! am now printing volume si* in 8nglish. There is a possi(ility now that the pro&ect will go a little (it faster. There may (e another eight volumes of which ! have prepared let us say fifty percent. A"$ "ow many will there (e in all+ Vithoulkas$ Around ,= to ,F volumes. A"$ Since you treat people from many parts of the world do you notice any difference in which remedies come up or differences (etween the people+ Vithoulkas$ 2es. 8specially whether a remedy is easy to find or not. ! find that definitely with people from the Southern "emisphere it is much easier to find the remedy. A"$ Why do you think that is+ Vithoulkas$ The more you go to the north the more difficult the more mentaliEed the more emotionaliEed and the more complicated the cases are. Hefinitely. !f you practice in !ndia you can have a lot of successes. !f you practice in 0orway or )anada or Sweden6forget it. 2ou will have a lot of mentally6centered cases where you have a (lock. A"$ "ave there (een any remedies where your concept of the remedy has changed over the years+ So what you would have taught ten or fifteen years ago is very different than now+ Vithoulkas$ 9h yes definitely. A"$ )an you give me one e*ample+ Vithoulkas$ )aladium. ! could not understand this remedy ten years ago like ! do now. ;alladium is another remedy in which ! have a different understanding of what1s going on. Also to a certain degree almost every remedy for which ! had a concept ?> years ago when ! started homeopathy almost every remedy has changed more or less. Some concepts have changed much more some concepts have changed less. /ut there is definitely additional understanding of remedies as the years go (y and there is no end (ecause there are several facets of a remedy.