All that Glitters is...Gold...Silver...Platinum
a) The Gold series
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1998 May / Jun VOL VII NO 4.
Abridged from
JanScholtens Homoeopathy and the Elements from HOMPATH
Caesium To Radon
Leadership Management
The theme of this series is leadership and management. They are
The leaders in the family and in the business. They try and steer
The firm towards success. They are the people who take on large
Projects, people like managing directors, mayors etc.
Organization Structure
They are involved in the larger structures of society. They think
About the organization of businesses, town councils, matters
Involving the whole of society, the whole country. They are
Always busy delegating and planning to make the organization
work.
Responsible
Responsibility is another important theme, as we have seen in
Aurum. The most characteristic aspect of this series is that is that
Their sense of responsibility includes the whole of society. They
Feel responsible for their family, their employees, and their fellow
Citizens or their subjects.
They can also be very helpful, or at least appear very helpful.
But it is not the helpfulness of a servant, it is the helpfulness
Of a king who tries to assist his subordinates. The theme of help
May also be expressed in the feeling of receiving (divine)
Guidance.
They don't feel they have to justify their actions to anyone. On
The contrary, they are very independent people who feel their
Only judge should be either themselves or God.
Serious Heavy
The sense of responsibility can make them very serious. They
Carry the burden, not only of themselves but of their whole
Country. All these people are dependent on him and this can be a
heavy load. Like the director of a company that is about to go
Bankrupt feels that it is not only his job, but the job of all
his employees that is on the line.
Even as a child they were probably quite serious. They didn't play
a lot, didn't laugh a lot, they remained calm and composed. Their
face can often appear bloated and congested.
Kings Emperors
The theme of leadership is most pronounced in the case of a king
or an emperor. But their are other people in society who come
under this heading. People like judges, directors, lord mayors or
bishops. The preciousness of the metals is a reflection of the
preciousness or nobility of these people, even if the nobility is
only an outer facade. The most precious metals are the ones
Around the top stages, i.e. Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Aurum and
Mercury
Power Death
Power is a key word in the Gold series. Like the king who waves
his scepter and has total power over his people. They like to
exercise their power over others. They may even feel they have
power over life and death, as if they are the representative of
God here on earth. This is why we see so many murderous impulses
in this group of remedies, as well as suicidal impulses, which is
the projection of the murderous impulses towards themselves. When
someone commits suicide he takes the law into his own hands and
Doesnt allow life to determine its own course.
Rubrics we often see: death, desires, death, thoughts of, dreams,
Dead bodies.
Dictatorial
The love of power can lead to dictatorial behaviour. Instead of
Using their power they begin to abuse it. The elements that are
at, or just past the top are particularly prone to this kind of
Behaviour, elements like Platina, Aurum, Mercury's and Thallium.
This is the shadow side of power, the pitfall to be aware of. It
is also the lesson the Gold series has to learn: power is an
Illusion, everybody is equally powerful and everybody deserves to
be respected.
The dictatorial behaviour also calls forth the opposite force:
The enemy that breaks down power. This theme is very strong in
Mercurius and Thallium as we see in the Mercurius symptom:
delusion surrounded by enemies.
In the Complete repertory (Zandvoort) we also find rubrics like:
dictatorial, obstinate, headstrong.
Dignified Haughty Respect
They carry out their managerial tasks in a very dignified manner.
But the position of king can make them feel haughty. They are so
high up on the ladder that they can only look down on the
ordinary people. This feeling is very strong in Platina who feels
that they are bigger, better, and stronger than anybody else.
This feeling of being raised above the crowd is also expressed in
symptoms like: fear of heights, dreams of falling and dreams of
walking up or down long staircases. They like to blow themselves
up, impress other people, appear bigger than they really are.
The haughtiness is expressed in various ways, depending on which
stage they are in. In the beginning stages we hardly see any sign
of it. In the later stages it is there but it doesnt really come
out. It isn't until we get to the top stages that we can clearly
recognize it, particularly in Platina. In the following stages we
see a gradual decline again, the feeling becomes less intense and
it is less openly displayed.
The solution to this whole problem of power and haughtiness lies
in the ability to let the power flow through you, not as
Something to hold onto, but as something to pass on to the people
You are responsible for.
In the complete repertory of Zandvoort we find this theme under
The rubrics: haughty, egotism, self-esteem.
Courage
There is also a strong element of courage in this series. They
feel there is a mighty task to complete that takes a lot of
courage. It is almost too much for an ordinary mortal to achieve.
But the fear of failure has to be conquered and they have to
understand that their is no such thing as failure in the end.
Even if you do fail you will have completed your task. The only
failure is not trying. The fear of failure is also linked to
haughtiness, because failure means your air of superiority was
only show.
Another link between failure and superiority can be: as long as
you fail you don't have to be afraid of becoming too haughty. This
variation is often present in the beginning stages, where they
darent manifest their abilities out of fear of becoming too
arrogant. These rubrics are found in the Complete Repertory
under: audacity, cowardice, discouraged, irresolution,
indecision, obstinate, headstrong, timidity.
Workers
They tend to be real workaholics. They want to achieve what they
have taken on as their responsibility and they will go on without
a break if necessary. They put a lot of pressure on themselves
and this shows in their face which is often congested and blown
up. They are also prone to high blood pressure resulting in heart
problems or strokes.
The other side of this picture can present itself as a complete
lack of interest in work. They feel like a king who doesnt have
to work anymore, who only has to order other people to do the
work for them. This aspect is found in the rubrics: indifference,
apathy, indolence, aversion to work, work, aversion to mental,
work, impossible.
Offended Hurt
Because they feel so superior to other people they are easily
offended. The slightest remark is taken as a great insult and
they tend to feel that they are not being treated with due
respect and consideration. They may feel mortally wounded in
their pride and this is the cause of the murderous impulses.
Their reaction to being offended can vary according to the
stages. Baryta would probably hide it and withdraw and Tantalum
would think that it is better to quit the task they have taken
on. Osmium will try to do even better, Platinum will be most
indignant and superior, Aurum and Mercurius will show increasing
anger and Plumbum and Bismuth are likely give up altogether.
Here we see the Complete repertory rubrics: ailments from
mortification, humiliation, ailments from anger, vexation,
indignation, with, contradiction, intolerant of, offended easily.
