Ruth and Kara,
Ruth - I have the same issue, but I want to make it the central focus of my life for next few years and CAN study full time. I empathise with what I know to be a difficult choice.
Kara - I have applied for PCCH in Lancashire Uni and would be most interested to have a bit more communication with you.
RSVP, Lila

If you wish to know about the Lancashire course I have students that come to my tutorials together with those from another local college. Contact me via private mail if you wish.

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Lila

Decision made... I am applying to Devon.....Wish me luck!!!!

Ruth

Ruth, congratulations, I've heard it's one of THE best. It has been suggested to me that if I'm going to move to the UK, it should be that course I choose.....but, we'll see
Lila

Lila,

Not sure Devon does a full time course....Not many places do!!

I intend to undertake the attendance course. 10 weekends per year plus some extras.

The is also a correspondence course (no attendance).

Good luck whichever course you undertake.

Ruth

i was in this postion 8 years ago - and the devon course was recommended as 'the best' so that is what i took.

the devon school and the lch are the 'parent colleges' in the uk. other schools were started by their students.

the history of the devon school and the london college [the two oldest in the uk that are for non-medics] is that they were both started by the students of two druids [damonte and maugham]who taught homoeopathy from an estoteric perspective in london in the 60's.
so what resulted in the uk is an esoteric practice of homoeopathy, far from the hahnemannian concept.

'locally' teaching the scientific method there is hans weitbrecht in donegal and sheilagh creasey at the lch and westminster. also george dimitriadis in sydney australia, gypser in germany and david little in india.

david little runs a good correspondence course which i would think a good way to start if you don't live in donegal, sydney etc.
if you are interested, chris gillen might be able to advise.

The Devon School teaches the principles of Homeopathy as written in the Organon...it provides many tools over the course for the purpose of repertorizing and analyzing a case which leads to the READING OF MATERIA MEDICA in order to select the correct remedy... this is the same purpose as repertorizing with the 'Boenninghausen Method', as made clear when one reads the original preface of his Pocket Book and in my reading, no where has Boenninghausen asked practitioners to confine themselves to his repertory in the process of selecting a remedy, always final selection is made by confirming with Materia Medica...we come back to the same old arguement about interpretation of the materials available and each individuals tools....just because one person cannot grasp and use a tool does not mean the tool is not fit for others to use... what amazes me most about this discussion site in general is the amount of predjudice and judgement exhibited by those who profess to be homeopaths... Denise

Anna,

Sorry Devon didn't work out for you.

It's always in the eye of the beholder.

Discernment is certainly of importance. Not everyone is drawn to the scientific approach and I for one would take a druid any old day over a scientist. A scientist's mind does have limitations because he/she by definition limits him/herself by negating the spiritual laws that exist and govern our lives. Whereas those venturing and expanding their consciousness to include the spiritual realms learn to understand and use these laws.

I'm not too sure that Hahnemann was only a scientist. I have this creeping suspicion that he was a scientist with a spiritual bend (which he had to keep quiet or strictly nobody would have believed him). As any inspired being who pulls down something previously unheard of from the Realm of Creation, there must have been some spiritual contact for Hahnemann to achieve this.
No pure science at Hahnemann's time alone could have come up with homeopathy as a system. (I declare this to be my opinion and there cannot be any proof in the physical world)

Claudia

Ruth - thanks for your reply, I think you've made a good choice.
Anna - Thanks for your empathy from having been in a similar position. When you say teaching perspective in the UK is "esoteric" and not "Hahnemann", my understanding here is limited. I thought Homoeopathy was based on the provings initiated by Hahnemann, so I don't understand the "far from Hahnemannian" bit. Is this applicable to all schools (i.e. PCCH @ Lancashire Uni.) in the UK, recognised by the SoH? And if so is it a bad thing/is there a better way? Is that the "scientific" method?
The courses described in other countries eg. David Little, are they of the same/similar perspective? How do I get in touch with Chris Gillen? Who is he/she?
Thanks for explaining, as you know, this is no easy decision.
I'm even thinking that if I study at Uni. there may be an opportunity for me do study a year abroad - my particular interest is in India, so your suggestion of a reputable(?) teacher there got my heart going a bit faster.
Best regards
Lila
from Lila

Anna

It is my understanding that Sheilagh also teaches at the London School of Homoeopathy as well at the London College of Homoeopathy. Is this correct?

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