Dear Friends of Homeopathy,

I am saddened to report that Ananda Zaren, famed and respected homeopath
who practiced for several decades in Santa Barbara, California, was killed
in a car accident on September 20, 2008.

Ananda Zaren was initially trained as a nurse and as a midwife, but once
she was introduced to homeopathy in the late 1970s, she was totally smitten
by this science and art. She was one of the early students of George
Vithoulkas, and she was a very serious student of Vithoulkas' style of
classical homeopathy. Early in her career in homeopathy, she integrated
homeopathy into her midwivery practice, though after a short time, she
realized that she loved homeopathy more than she loved practicing midwivery.
She then specialized in homeopathic family medicine, ultimately opening a
practice in Santa Barbara, California, and calling her clinic "Family
Medical and Homeopathic Clinic."

George Vithoulkas is known for having little respect for most
homeopaths, not only because they didn't practice precisely as he did, but
also because he doubted the depth and breadth of their materia medica
knowledge. I remember George once telling me that he respected Ananda and
her vast knowledge of homeopathic medicines.

Ananda wrote two books: Materia Medica: Core Elements of the Materia
Medica of the Mind (volumes I and II). The premise of these books were that
people have a wound, a wall, and a mask, and she sought to understand what
was underneth each symptom and each characteristic of a person. Sadly,
these books were initially published by a German publisher who never paid
her any sales, and she then re-obtained the legal rights to these books and
published them herself. Sadly, she had so much more knowledge of homeopathy
and of homeopathic materia medica than are in these books.

Ananda was a well-respected teacher of homeopathy who only wanted
students who had a similar degree of high passion for homeopathy. Ananda
did not teach a lot in the United States in part because she was so
well-loved in Europe, especially Germany. I remember that she once gave a
day-long seminar at a NCH annual conference, and she insisted upon having 8
(!) televisions in the room so that each attendee could see the interview
up-close. She wanted and even insisted upon people getting as close to the
case as possible (and somehow, she felt that having many televisions in the
room where people in the back rows could also see the case helped them to
learn more).




Dana Ullman, MPH
Homeopathic Educational Services
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