Well, the different vantage points comment was meant more like this: The laws of homeopathy can be seen in other bodies of knowledge and understanding because it is so correct and true. Take disease, for instance. The symptoms are only a manifestation of a disorder. Every allopathic practitioner can agree with this. What the disorder is caused by is the first fork in the road. But allopathy creates chaos, and many who have learned this course of treatment can see this and they may begin to look deeper for better answers. Well and good. Homeopathic principles have been there since before Hahnemann and he happened to be the right man at the right time to pull the pieces together and develop it. Many people do not know about homeopathy and most that know of it don't have even a fundamental grasp of what it really is. But still the laws and principles are there and are understood, just not in the totality. I hope this makes sense.... I have a terrible tendency to use too many words to make a simple point.

In all of these posts, though, the question of susceptibility in pandemics hasn't been discussed enough. What creates the susceptibility? What KINDS of influences? Why DO populations of people fall prey to something like T.B. when the only difference in their way of life is the presence of new people with different motives, morals, and, of course, microbes. If the entire population of the northern hemisphere were supplemented with vitamin D would they still succumb to MS? Yes, of course.

As Vithoulkas says, there are not instruments known to man that can measure what we know to be true through practice and observation. Our knowledge has to remain rooted in the principles and we must keep observing. Speculation is a good thing as long as it doesn't move away from this. It is not quite the right word because it implies that we are making guesses, but I can't come up with a better one at the moment. I'd love to hear thoughts more directly about susceptibility. Also, an expansion on the physical and emotional seats of MS in individuals..... anyone have a thought on the miasmatic influence. Would they be the same?

warm regards to all,
Kathy