Dear Carol,
As David said, this may not be termed "Sankaran thinking" but probably a broader psychological phenomenon of reaction that Sankaran has used in explanation of a phenomenon he has observed in practice.
I'm glad you mentioned your SINCERITY in questionning, as its also good when people ANSWER with sincerity.
From what I understand about Sankaran's ideas, is that he observed that people seemed to be in a fixed mode of reaction emotionally and physically similar to a miasmatic state - and this state is what he terms a "delusional".
In a TUbercular state (Pseudo Psora), its like a last ditch attempt and survival mechanism presenting in their emotional responses as well as physical responses of which the disease of tuberculosis is an expression.
Similarly in a sycotic state, the person reacts sluggishly with lack of reactivity emotionally, and physically and there is overgrowth of tissues - warts, benign tumours.
Sankaran has taken this type of understanding to the individual remedy level where a "delusion" that was obtained in the proving has been made use of to understand a facet of this reactive state both at the emotional and physical level.
Eg: Droscera
The (central)delusions is: persecution
(This is similar to a situation at a concentration camp - since you mentioned it)
Anxiety, restlessness, rage, mistrustful [Check for the complete proving symptom to understand this.]
Physically: Indicated in condition like Pharyngeal and pulmonary Phthisis, whooping cough.
(All tubercular or Pseudopsora expressions.)
Similarly he has done so for other remedies.
ITs important to remember here that there are various ways of LEARNING remedies and understanding them for application.
One can simply learn up symptoms by rote as important 4 and 5 grade proving symptoms confirmed clinically.
OR one can have another method of understanding a remedy as a live picture of a patient presenting to you, which can have various facets of expression.
The trick is in being able to recognize the picture of disease and finding a suitable similimum, whatever the method. The method used should be suitable to ones capacity and to the patients presenting symptomatology.
Then the remedy should surely prove curative.
Hope this sheds some light on your question.
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