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| Hpathy Ezine - Sept., 2004 | |||||
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Jane Cicchetti<-- Interviewed by Elaine Lewis |
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So, if the person dreamt that they were awake and "heard" robbers in the house, and tried to get away and couldn't, and felt it very intensely, would the homeopath then use the rubric, Dreams of robbers? Or is it more significant that the person has a dream where he believes he's awake? Do we even have a rubric for that? By the way, should Arsenicum be added to the rubric "Dreams of robbers" in your opinion? It depends on what the person’s association to the dream is and how that relates to his or her whole case. If fear of robbers is a big issue then we could use it as a symptom. I might use, fear of robbers or delusion, robbers rather than dreams of robbers. By the way, Arsenicum album is listed in the Millinnium Repertory under both fear and delusions of robbers. We can always use the fear and delusion sections when working with dreams. I very rarely use the dream section of the repertory. I find the dreams in provings, especially the newer provings to be generally interesting but consider that "raw" material that needs looked at as a group dream. If many of the provers have dreams of green elephants– that’s interesting. Also, if many of the dreams are somehow related to other symptoms that are being experienced during the waking state - that’s significant. Otherwise, how do we know that the dream is not characteristic of the dreamer rather than the substance? We would have to analyze the dreams of the provers for a period of time before the proving. I believe there are some people who have done that. Wait, stop the presses! Did you say you almost never use the Dream chapter of The Repertory? So, you're saying if someone has a dream of black animals, don't automatically think of Pulsatilla, but rather, ask, "How do you feel about animals?" or "Do you have a particular association with the color black?" Yes, we shouldn’t automatically think of a remedy because a person has a dream that is listed in the repertory. The way we proceed is to ask the person, "what does that particular animal mean to you?" "Why do you think it appeared in the color black? You can also have them describe exactly what is happening in the dream. It is also important to ask what was happening in their life before they had the dream. After that, you may have a symptom that is relevant to your case or the questioning may lead to some other interesting information. Of course, this doesn’t mean that after you have chosen the best remedy, that it can’t be confirmed by the dream section of the repertory. That happens occasionally. And- when it does happen and the remedy works, I think of it as confirming the accuracy of the dream as actually belonging to the remedy. If you look at many of our old provings, you will see that many of the dreams are typical of the provers, not of the remedy. Our material medica is full of these kinds of misleading symptoms- Franz Vermuelen has done some great research in this area. Jane, I'm surprised you didn't say the color black in the dream was an archetypal symbol! Elaine, even when we have archetypal symbols in dreams we must first try to understand the personal meaning that the symbol has for the individual. After that we can integrate this with the archetype. Archetypes are pre-form, pre-verbal impulses that make up the collective unconscious and give rise to symbols or images that are universal. These symbols are seen throughout history and in many cultures. When working with archetypal symbols we must be very careful not to resort to the general “this symbol always means so and so” thinking. We must, rather, look into the historical and varied meaning of an archetypal symbol and see what it is telling the dreamer. In order to find out the true meaning we research the archetypal meaning and discuss it with the client until we find the direction in which the archetypal symbol is pointing . The more active the client is within this process the better. One eventually acquires a library of books on myths and symbols to do this work but my favorite is the Dictionary of Symbols by Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant. This book draws on the meaning of symbols within many times and cultures. You're not going to believe this but, because of all the hoo-hah over "Dreams of Robbers" we had previously, guess what I dreamed of last night? You guess it, robbers! I dreamed my husband, his nephew Earl and I were going to rob a movie theater. We split up. I was sitting about 10 seats away from Earl and my husband was in the front row when the gun fell out of Earl's pocket and rolled down the ailsle and was picked up by another audience-member. I thought, "Well, that's it, we'll never be able to rob the theater now!" I got up to walk over to where my husband was sitting to tell him what happened when I realized, "What have I done? Why did I draw attention to myself by getting up? Now I'm the prime suspect!" Then the alarm went off and I woke up. It's just as well. So, there you have it Jane, "Dreams of Robbers"! I'd like to end this interview with a reminder from Carolyn Ramos, the sponsor of the Oct. 2nd and 3rd conference in Ottawa, Canada featuring Jane; and by the way, you readers from Pakistan, Australia and other far-away places? I know you think you can't possibly make this conference, but, if you leave now, I'm sure you can get there in time! And now I give you the lovely and fabulous, Carolyn Ramos: "Dreams, Symbols and Homeopathy: Archetypal Dimensions of Healing" This seminar will fascinate those interested in homeopathy and psychology alike. Dreams and symbols point to a fundamental reality which is not readily suppressed by medications and societal attitudes. Information, taught in this course, on how to accurately use dreams and symbols, will give the homeopath access to characteristic symptoms which may otherwise be overlooked. This is particularly important in cases of deep pathology and complex cases. Registration on the website http://www.torontohomeopathics.com/jane_seminar.htm ------------------------ Jane Cicchetti |
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