How Does Homeopathy Work?

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How Does Homeopathy Work?with a focus on the
Law of Similars

• Amy L. Lansky, PhD
• www.impossiblecure.com
• www.renresearch.com
• lansky_at_impossiblecure.com

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My background

• Im not a physicist, chemist, biologist, doctor
  But I am
• A homeopath (www.impossiblecure.com)
• A computer scientist / mathematician with
  expertise in logical modeling (e.g., for
  artificial intelligence applications)
• Ive been interested in consciousness-related
  subjects since long before my Homeopathy days

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Check out

• www.renresearch.com/consciousness.html
• Consciousness As An Active Force
• Also published in
• The Noetic Journal, Volume 2, Number 1 (January
  2000).

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Lets sort out what we know(also see Chapter
7 Impossible Cure)

• Clinical studies show that Homeopathy is not
  working because of the placebo effect see
  meta-analyses -- e.g., Linde,et al, Are the
  Clinical Effects of Homoeopathy Placebo Effects?
  A Meta-Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Trials,
  The Lancet, Volume 250, pp. 834843 (September
  20, 1997).
• Well-done clinical studies (including some
  replicated studies) show that Homeopathy works,
  beyond placebo effect, in humans and animals.
  e.g., Jacobs, et al., Treatment of Acute
  Childhood Diarrhea with Homeopathic Medicine A
  Randomized Clinical Trial in Nicaragua,
  Pediatrics, Volume 93, Number 5, pp. 719725 (May
  1994)

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What you have already learned in this
seriesThere is something in those remedies!

• Medicinal properties are carried within
  homeopathic remedies (even beyond Avogadros
  number levels of dilution) due to the structural
  properties of water and other substances.
  Chemical molecules are not necessary because
  structure can carry information too.
• Physical chemistry studies have now shown that
  unique signatures can be found for different
  remedies and even different potencies of the same
  remedy. E.g., Rao, et al, The de?ning role of
  structure (including epitaxy) in the plausibility
  of homeopathy, Homeopathy (2007) 96, pp.175-182
  (2007)

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What you have also learned in this
seriesScientific studies have shown how the
information embedded in remedies spreads
throughout the body (and vital force) -- and
quickly too

• The medicinal properties of remedies are quickly
  carried throughout the body water (80 of blood,
  60 of body) likely due to the electromagnetic
  transmission of information. In fact, allopathic
  medicines probably work this way too. The
  signatures of potentized substances can even be
  sent electronically and transmitted into water
  and still work in laboratory settings.
• E.g., Benveniste, et al, Transatlantic Transfer
  of Digitized Antigen Signal by Telephone Link, J.
  Allergy Clin. Immunol. 99S175, 1997.

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So we know remedies work, and we know how their
information may be encoded and how this
information gets to its targetBut why the Law
of Similars? How does THAT work?

• What do Homeopaths say about this?
• Theory 1. Action/Counteraction (Hahnemann)
• We know this is general mode of operation of the
  physical body for maintaining homeostasis.
• So, if a remedy somehow produces an action on the
  physical plane, the body will produce a
  counteraction on the physical plane.
• We do see this manifested in homeopathic
  treatment -- e.g.,aggravations. But it is not
  the whole story, since we dont always see
  physical action, just the counteraction.
  Something is going on beyond the physical body as
  well. Perhaps Action/Counteraction occurs in the
  vital force as well? Or

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Whats going on beneath the surface?

• Theory 2. The remedy is a counterfeit disease and
  replaces the disease state in the vital force.
  (Hahnemann)
• This may be getting closer to the truth.
• Hypothesis
• Vital Force Qi Etheric plane
• Baron Karl von Reichenbach (mid 1800s) - Odic
  Field
• Like pole attract
• (instead of opposite poles).
• So, do similar diseases attract and cancel each
  other? Or operate more conventionally and repel
  each other?

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Hahnemann was pretty clever because he
intuitedChaos and complexity theory (Bellavite
and Signorini)

• The body is a complex system.
• Although chaotic, stable patterns can occur due
  to attractors.
• Such systems can also be extremely sensitive to
  very small signals
• e.g., The Butterfly Effect --
• especially if the signal is extremely
  precise.
• the quality of information is far more
  important than the quantity. The nearer one is
  to the bifurcation point, and the greater the
  freedom of choice, the lower will be the energy
  needed to shift the system in one direction or
  another
• Disease pathological attractor
• Remedy high quality attractor that gets the
  body unstuck because of its similarity to the
  disease-producing pathological attractor.

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But there is probably even more going on at
deeper levels

• There is evidence that Homeopathy may be working
  at quantum levels -- because it exhibits some of
  the same properties as Psi e.g. time/space
  anomalies
• Hypothesis Qi (etheric level) IS NOT Psi
• (Because Qi can be blocked by some materials
  but Psi cannot).
• Therefore, homeopathy (and Psi) is probably
  working at even a deeper level than Qietheric
  level

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Quantum Levels and beyond -- the spooky stuff

• Transcend space and time
• distance is irrelevant non-local effects, no
  material contact required, how far makes no
  difference -- same effect.
• time is irrelevant precognition, actions can
  even affect the past.

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We do see these properties in homeopathyeven if
we dont like to admit it!

• Paper remedies (no material required)
• Proving phenomena (manifesting symptoms
  immediately upon intention to participate) -- may
  be retroactive causation?
• But all of this may even be true for allopathy
  too (no surprise!) -- e.g, the placebo effect,
  doctors beliefs about their medicine makes a
  difference too.
• The quantum is leaking over into the macro level
  (McTaggart, The Intention Experiment), especially
  in medicine, because we humans are connected to
  the ZPF too -- via our higher bodies.

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Similarity in vibration is very important at the
quantum level

• Things that are most similar have the most
  intense connection in the ZPF (Laszlo, Science
  and the Akashic Field)
• Within the proposed Morphic Field communication
  is also probably accomplished via similarity of
  vibration -- e.g., between members of the same
  species. (Sheldrake, Presence of the Past)
• Synchronicity (rather than causality) is likely a
  key mechanism of the ZPF. Can be viewed as the
  meeting or attraction of like patterns of
  meaning. (Jung, Whitmont)

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Obviously, similarity is what homeopathy is all
about too.

• We manifest the pattern of meaning that
  represents our state -- as does our simillimum.
• The key contribution of homeopathy
• Bringing together like patterns has a
  meaningful effect.
• The Law of Similars may be a fundamental
  property of the ZPF.

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Whitmont saw the same phenomenon in psychiatry as
in homeopathythe replacement of like patterns.

• ..with mental and physical symptoms
  synchronistically, not causally, related, one may
  substitute for another and appear to be able to
  cancel it. Thus we get a first glimpse of an
  understanding how illness and similar drug
  energy, as synchronistic entities of the same
  field sharing a functional likeness, may
  perhaps substitute for another and thereby
  functionally cancel each other. (Whitmont,
  Psyche and Substance)

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Towards a higher dimensional model of quantum
reality

• In the mid 1990s I developed a model of
  consciousness that uses higher spatial dimensions
  (4D) that can transcend 3-D space/time. This
  model can be used to explain psi phenomena
  including precognition, retro-causation, inner
  viewing, remote viewing, distance healing,
  psychokinesis, and even teleportation, visiting
  alternate realities, etc.
• Over the years I have also explored Qi Gong,
  Barbara Brennan and other hands-on healing
  systems like Reiki, Gurdjieff, Steiner, EFT,
  homeopathy, etc.
• Serendipitously, my husband did some software
  development for Dean Radin on precognition
  experiments.

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Hypothesis Humans have access (perhaps via the
higher astral, mental, and causal bodies) to at
least 4-D space.

• The 4th spatial dimension was a big topic of
  interest in the late 1800s. Its existence could
  easily explain paranormal phenomena. To
  understand higher dimensions (hard!), read
  Rucker The Fourth Dimension.
• Higher spatial dimensions (up to 10) are used
  mathematically in physics to come up with a
  unified field theory (Michio Kaku).
• Bohm the implicate order (4-D?) manifests itself
  by unfolding in our (3-D) explicate order Things
  wink in and wink out at quantum levels
• We humans may be able to actively affect how our
  lives unfold into 3-D space/time as well

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Flatland Our 3-D view of a 2-D world -- the
life of a 2D object is a 3-D shape
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A 4-D view of our 3-D world -- the life of a 3-D
object is a 4-D shape
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At each moment -- the NOW -- you are at the
gateway to many possible futures in 4-D space.
Which will it be?

• The human-machine will follow the most probable,
  predictable course. The body will continue to
  regenerate in the same way. The laws of the
  universe (which may also be mutable -- see
  Laszlo, Sheldrake), will be followed.
• Human-higher-consciousness can affect things so
  that less probable paths are followed. For
  example, a path in which healing occurs.
• Human-higher-consciousness may also be able to
  foresee which path will lead to a desired goal.
  
• Our sense of affecting or choosing our path is
  our sense of Free Will.

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GOAL
NOW
Most Likely
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The Secret / Abraham-Hicks / etc.

• Reframe your current state in the NOW to be as
  similar as possible to your goal state.
  Resonance with this goal state will lead you to
  it.
• X Y ----------------------------gt Y
  

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GOAL
NOW
Most Likely
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disease
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Law of Similars

• If a person is in a state of disease and is given
  a substance that mimics this state, that person
  will be thrown out of the state of disease.
• PERSOND D -----------------gt PERSON
• Why/how does this happen?

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Hypotheses

• Action/Counteraction. By echoing the disease
  state back, it increases the chance of moving
  away from it.
• Similar Vibration. By confronting disease energy
  with similar energy, the chance that it will be
  neutralized/replaced increases.
• Information. By informing the body about whats
  going on, its attachment to the disease is
  loosened and it is reminded of its true original
  self -- its non-diseased state.

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A similar phenomenon -- Emotional Freedom
Technique (EFT)See www.emofree.com

• While tapping on acupressure points
• Even though ltI have Dgt, I deeply and completely
  love and accept myself
• MED ltI have Dgt ltI Love MEgt
• -----------------gt ME

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1
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Retrocausation?
disease
remedy disease
EFT
Even though
I love
disease
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Hypotheses

• Adding the remedy disease (or performing EFT)
  increases the chances of throwing off the disease
  in the next state because of --
• Energetically repelling it in the current state
• Retroactively detaching it from a past state by
  recognizing its presence as a separate entity
• Pulling you toward the goal healthy state by
  remembering and resonating with it

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Whats next?

• I am currently writing a new book that presents
  these ideas and moreincluding meditative
  techniques.
• The seed for this book was written in 1996
  www.renresearch.com/consciousness.html
• Stay tuned!