„Ein Heilmittel ist von der Natur veranlagt und vom Menschen durch Einsicht zu Ende gebracht.“
— Paracelsus (Philipp Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Arzt, Naturforscher, Alchemist, Christlicher Mystiker und Philosoph
“A healing remedy is predisposed by nature and brought to completion by man through insight.”
– Paracelsus (Philipp Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), German-Swiss physician, naturalist, alchemist, Christian mystic and philosopher
Introduction
Why write a blog? Search engine optimization? To get more social media likes? To provide a lure to hook in new patients, clients and students? Or to inform? Or a combination of the above?
In our blog articles, we strive to educate based on:
- extensive studies in various spiritual and medical traditions;
- five decades of prayer, meditation and spiritual exercises;
- higher cognitive research; and
- three decades of clinical experience working with patients, clients and students.
Why write this article at a time when the COVID-19 epidemic spreads across the globe? In addition to the Ayurvedic medicines we have already discussed in our blogs, there is an Anthroposophic medicine I think you should be aware of and one that might be particularly useful for preventive (to increase immunity on multiple levels) and curative (to lessen the severity of symptoms, shorten the time of recuperation) purposes.
Until recently, I was publicly reticent on the more esoteric aspects of the practice of medicine for two reasons:
First, it is hard for people to ‘wrap their minds around’ a worldview so different from what they have been inoculated with by the usual education received in homes, schools and universities.
That said, people in the wealthier countries have been privileged, however, to even receive an education in somewhat favorable learning environments, something denied billions on Earth today. There are so many people without the basic necessities of clean air, clean water, nutritious food, shelter and basic sanitation. And so many children are forced to work from a young age in polluted, dangerous environments to (help) support their families. Further, everywhere today so very many parents, caregivers and teachers are too exhausted mentally, emotionally and physically, from their increasingly demanding workloads, to give children the time and attention they would like to devote to them.
It is usually only those who have themselves had first intimations of the superphysical realms and have experienced an expansion of consciousness, however brief, who are open-minded enough to seriously consider Reality beyond the realm of the concrete mind and the five external senses. They are more receptive to learning about the benefits herbal and alchemical medicines have had to offer for spiritual, mental, emotional and physical health over thousands of years in the cultures of China, India, and Europe, as well as in aboriginal cultures across the world.
Second, increasingly over the last year, any discussion of healing and medicine that falls outside the official narrative set by a globalized Western medicine, under heavy commercial influence, is being marginalized as ‘fake news’ by the large for-profit media companies and social networks. You probably already know who is primarily behind it and why.
Western Alchemical Medicine
Western alchemical medicine has its roots in the Egyptian and Greek Mysteries and the medical traditions that arose out of these. Paracelsus, the founder of Spagyric Medicine, and Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of Homeopathic Medicine, provided the pre-modern basis for what was further revealed as Anthroposophical Medicine in the early 20th Century.
Since its founding by Dr. phil. Rudolf Steiner and Dr. med. Ita Wegman in 1920, Anthroposophic Medicine has sought to evolve a spiritual science and medicine that combines the initiate science of the Mysteries (ancient and modern) with the perspectives and practices of contemporary natural science and medicine. Anthroposophic Medicine is practiced today in private practices, clinics and hospitals in over 60 countries.
Guidelines for the production of Anthroposophic Medicines are specified in the German Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, in the Swiss Pharmacopoeia, and in the Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Codex.
Iron (from the Perspective of Natural Science and/or Anthroposophy)
- The most abundant of the seven metals.
- Permeates all rocks and soils.
- Forms many important minerals and ores with oxygen, carbon dioxide, water, sulphur, phosphoric acid and silicic acid.
- No chlorophyll can be formed, nor can the plant be built up from the Cosmos by the power of Light, without the cooperation of iron.
- In the animal kingdom, there could be no red blood and consequently no breathing of air without iron.
- In the plant’s chlorophyll, iron serves merely as a catalyst and does not enter as a substance. By contrast, in hemoglobin iron enters into the substance. The plant leaves iron outside, while the animal takes it into its blood.
- In the human being, the iron process takes place in the blood, the central “I-Being” organ. [Note: The higher “I” or the Ego is the Self above and beyond each incarnated lesser I or lower ego.]
- The blood is an instrument of the willing “I-Being”.
“This human blood — which is in truth not such a material thing as present-day science imagines, but is permeated throughout by impulses from soul and spirit — is rayed through by the force which is carried as iron into the blood and wages war there on anxiety, fear and hate….This permeation of human blood by the anxiety-dispelling force of iron is a meteoric activity. The effect of the raying in of the iron is to drive fear and anxiety out of the blood.“
— Dr. Rudolf Steiner
Meteoric Iron (Ferrum sidereum)
In the Vademeum Anthroposophische Arzneimittel, Ferrum sidereum is characterized thus:
“Meteoritic iron is a highly ordered, crystallized, noble nickel-cobalt-alloy of iron, which is only formed under cosmic conditions. It enters the Earth’s atmosphere in a burst of light and its heat-generating impulse becomes effective on the Earth’s surface.
“In man, Ferrum sidereum demands the illumination of the Individuality in waking consciousness, the guidance of the soul by the Ego [higher I], the warming intervention of the Ego activity in the digestion (bile and pancreas activity), which in turn opens up heat-bearing substances to the human organism, and finally the Ego-guided straightening and movement of the limbs.” (my translation)
Anthroposophic Medicines Containing Meteoric Iron
Let us take a look at a few:
Wala Meteoreisen Globuli velati (Available from German pharmacies)
Therapeutic Effect:
- Strengthens the immune system,
- Fortifies in all phases of a flu-like infection, as well as with general exhaustion,
- Recommended already at the first signs of a cold to prevent or mitigate the outbreak.
Active Ingredients:
- Meteoritic iron strengthens the body and relieves the feelings of exhaustion typically associated with a flu-like infection;
- Phosphorus, rich in heat and energy, helps to relieve listlessness and nervous exhaustion;
- Rock crystal (quartz) counteracts the cooling of the body and thus strengthens the immune system.
Weleda Ferrum Sidereum (Available from German pharmacies)
It is prescribed for a variety of spiritual, mental, emotional and physical ailments, including exhaustion syndrome, despondency, and stubborn viral bronchitis with loss of strength.
Uriel Pharmacy Meteoric Iron Prunus Pellets (Wisconsin, USA)
In addition to the ingredients in Wala Meteoreisen globules, this product contains prunus spinosa (blackthorn) and echinacea (purple cornflower), plants that carry the iron force.
True Botanica also carries Ferrum Carbonicum (meteoric iron) and Ferrum Phosphoricum, both containing ingredients officially included in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States. (Wisconsin, USA).
“Anthroposophical medicine recognizes a significant connection between iron (ferrum) forces and the lungs so that Ferrum phos 6X is particularly suited to the respiratory system.”
Conclusion
There is so much more that could be said about the medicinal value of meteoric iron, based on Rudolf Steiner’s writings in the early 20th century and the work of Anthroposophic scientific and medical investigators over the past 100 years. However, it is probably too esoteric for most people without a background in scientific and medical disciplines arising out of age-old spiritual traditions, Theosophy and Anthroposophy.
PLEASE BEAR IN MIND when considering the established therapeutic benefits of the active ingredients in the alchemically prepared homeopathic / anthroposophic medicines referred to above:
- Experiential medicine — what healthcare providers and their patients have experienced over 200 years (Homeopathy) and over 100 years (Anthroposophic Medicine) — has clearly established the medicinal effects of these alchemical medicines.
- The long-standing campaign against Homeopathic and Anthroposophic Medicines, waged worldwide by the lobbyists of various for-maximum-profit medical industries, knowingly ignores numerous scientific studies, conducted according to scientific standards prevailing over the last 100 years, that have irrefutably demonstrated many of their medicinal virtues.
If you decide to order any of these highly beneficial medicines, please make sure they are compatible with your current healthcare regime. If in doubt, consult your primary healthcare provider.
To your spiritual, mental, psychic and physical health,
(Re-)Sources
Wala Meteoreisen Globuli velati
https://www.walaarzneimittel.de/de/arzneimittel/meteoreisen-globuli-velati-wala.html
Uriel Pharmacy Meteoric Iron Prunus Pellets
https://www.urielpharmacy.com/product/meteoric-iron-prunus-pellets/
True Botanica Ferrum Carbonicum (Meteoric Iron) https://truebotanica.com/products/ferrum-carbonicum-6x-srw0564
Gunver Sophia Kienle, Dr. med., et al., “Anthroposophic Medicine: An Integrative Medical System Originating in Europe”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3865373/
Bertram von Zabern, Dr. med., “The Healing Gift of Iron”
https://healthy.net/2000/12/06/the-healing-gift-of-iron/
William Pelikan, The Secrets of Metals
David Lilley, MBChB FFHom, “Ferrum Metallicum: Iron, the Element”
https://www.britishhomeopathic.org/charity/how-we-can-help/articles/homeopathic-medicines/f/ferrum-metallicum/
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