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Jane Tara Cicchetti
Homeopath Jane Cicchetti discusses symbolism in provings, the collective unconscious and archetypes. She explores the archetype of the remedy Cathartes aura, providing three illustrative cases.
Homeopath Jane Cicchetti discusses symbolism in provings, the collective unconscious and archetypes. She explores the archetype of the remedy Cathartes aura, providing three illustrative cases.
Invisibility
The Great Mother is an archetype that is associated with the earliest levels of consciousness and is continually drawing the individual back into the womb of the unconscious. Cathartes aura, is a remedy that is deeply connected to the archetype of the Great Mother in one of her most frightening forms. It is that which swallows up consciousness, leaving nothing but the primordial abyss of darkness in the human psyche. This is the psychological reason why the mother archetype has been associated with death and why she is often portrayed as the vulture.
Eric Neuman, in his treatise on the development of the mother archetype, The Great Mother, tells us that the vulture is associated with death. “The Egyptian Mother Goddess as vulture gives protection and shelter, but she is at the same time the death- bringing, corpse-devouring womb goddess of death.”3
Because so much has receded into the unconscious, the individual needing Cathartes, receives little help from most types of psychotherapy. Even their dreams may be lost to their conscious mind. While they may be able to function very well on the intellectual level, they feel that they have lost or never experienced an essential part of themselves. This loss of inner self also makes them unrecognized or unappreciated by the outside world. It is as if their inner essence, their individuality is invisible to themselves and others. This is the inner dynamic of the invisibility seen in the proving.
From this brief overview of the early symbolism of the vulture we can see the themes of rebirth, cleansing and purification, in other words, the catharsis of the Cathartes proving. The theme of caretaking and guarding in the proving is consistent with the symbolic relationship between the vulture and the Great Mother. The theme of invisibility is seen in the archetype of the Primordial Mother drawing consciousness into the unconscious. Feeling invisible or being invisible to his or her inner state is a very hidden but essential symptom in the life of the individual who can be helped by Cathartes aura.
Three Cases
The first two cases have been published in Homeopathic Links and are very worthwhile reading. The first is from Allison Douglas-Tourner. Here the “invisibility” is seen in the client’s ability to see what is “dead” in others and her dreams of zombies. It is a clear picture of what it is like to be completely detached from the inner state. The author analyzes the case in the following way:
“Her dreams of zombies are significant. She dreams of “people who are empty inside, alive but vacant, just not there.” She is describing her own state. She is not fully in her body. She exists in a kind of dead zone where she is open to all kinds of energies. She sees ghosts (dead people). She sees “what is dead in people, what they need to do to move on.‘ Unfortunately, she doesn?t seem herself to have the ability to move on.” 4
The theme of the need for catharsis is seen in the many chronic infections, chronic sinusitis, strep throat, tonsillitis, and ear infections that were resolved after the remedy. And, the desire for this catharsis may have been the unconscious reason for her wanting to have a phoenix and dragon tattooed on her every since she was a child.
The second case, is from Cynthia A. Shepard. This is a case of a man who was severely abused by a manipulative woman for support of a child. Here is the homeopath’s analysis.
“I saw this as a case of abuse: a gullible man raked over the coals by a self-serving and manipulative woman. It?s one of the oldest entrapments in the book for women to employ and it worked beautifully in this instance. And at what cost to my patient – how did he respond? Although he had indeed carried on and risen to meet his obligations he had been forced to swallow a huge pill of injustice and this had rattled his moral fibre.” 5
Another big issue was that in his work, he was treated as if he were invisible even though he was very capable. His company depended on his creativity and ability but he was never acknowledged and it weighed on him.”
The extraordinary abuse by a woman in this case points to the negative mother complex. He is subjected both outwardly to the devouring mother, in the form of the abusive woman, and inwardly, by his invisibility, i.e., his inner world being devoured by the great mother archetype. This is an excellent example of the inner state of the individual being reflected or projected into the world around him.
The third case is of a thirty-nine year old woman who came to me after being dismissed by four previous homeopaths because they said they could not find her remedy. She is an unusually motivated client, willing to give the process time, and very enthusiastic about homeopathy.
She is tall and slightly overweight, has been single for many years, but would like to be in relationship with a man. While she had some symptoms, including amenorrhea for several years, and “life-long “low key depression her main complaint was that “I bypass the emotional. Conventional therapy doesn’t work for me because I have such a strong edit. I want to look at my shadow side, but I can’t reach it.” She is a very intelligent and hard working accountant, but was ignored by the clients for whom she worked.
The amenorrhea and the fact that she had very little mothering as a child, as well as her lack of ability to access her emotions was a clue that we were dealing with an issue around her connection to the feminine. After a few remedies, including Emerald and Sepia, that helped her remember her dreams, she began to speak of her invisibility to her clients. This, along with the disconnection from her inner world, led me to finally consider Cathartes.
The Great Mother is an archetype that is associated with the earliest levels of consciousness and is continually drawing the individual back into the womb of the unconscious. Cathartes aura, is a remedy that is deeply connected to the archetype of the Great Mother in one of her most frightening forms. It is that which swallows up consciousness, leaving nothing but the primordial abyss of darkness in the human psyche. This is the psychological reason why the mother archetype has been associated with death and why she is often portrayed as the vulture.
Eric Neuman, in his treatise on the development of the mother archetype, The Great Mother, tells us that the vulture is associated with death. “The Egyptian Mother Goddess as vulture gives protection and shelter, but she is at the same time the death- bringing, corpse-devouring womb goddess of death.”3
Because so much has receded into the unconscious, the individual needing Cathartes, receives little help from most types of psychotherapy. Even their dreams may be lost to their conscious mind. While they may be able to function very well on the intellectual level, they feel that they have lost or never experienced an essential part of themselves. This loss of inner self also makes them unrecognized or unappreciated by the outside world. It is as if their inner essence, their individuality is invisible to themselves and others. This is the inner dynamic of the invisibility seen in the proving.
From this brief overview of the early symbolism of the vulture we can see the themes of rebirth, cleansing and purification, in other words, the catharsis of the Cathartes proving. The theme of caretaking and guarding in the proving is consistent with the symbolic relationship between the vulture and the Great Mother. The theme of invisibility is seen in the archetype of the Primordial Mother drawing consciousness into the unconscious. Feeling invisible or being invisible to his or her inner state is a very hidden but essential symptom in the life of the individual who can be helped by Cathartes aura.
Three Cases
The first two cases have been published in Homeopathic Links and are very worthwhile reading. The first is from Allison Douglas-Tourner. Here the “invisibility” is seen in the client’s ability to see what is “dead” in others and her dreams of zombies. It is a clear picture of what it is like to be completely detached from the inner state. The author analyzes the case in the following way:
“Her dreams of zombies are significant. She dreams of “people who are empty inside, alive but vacant, just not there.” She is describing her own state. She is not fully in her body. She exists in a kind of dead zone where she is open to all kinds of energies. She sees ghosts (dead people). She sees “what is dead in people, what they need to do to move on.‘ Unfortunately, she doesn?t seem herself to have the ability to move on.” 4
The theme of the need for catharsis is seen in the many chronic infections, chronic sinusitis, strep throat, tonsillitis, and ear infections that were resolved after the remedy. And, the desire for this catharsis may have been the unconscious reason for her wanting to have a phoenix and dragon tattooed on her every since she was a child.
The second case, is from Cynthia A. Shepard. This is a case of a man who was severely abused by a manipulative woman for support of a child. Here is the homeopath’s analysis.
“I saw this as a case of abuse: a gullible man raked over the coals by a self-serving and manipulative woman. It?s one of the oldest entrapments in the book for women to employ and it worked beautifully in this instance. And at what cost to my patient – how did he respond? Although he had indeed carried on and risen to meet his obligations he had been forced to swallow a huge pill of injustice and this had rattled his moral fibre.” 5
Another big issue was that in his work, he was treated as if he were invisible even though he was very capable. His company depended on his creativity and ability but he was never acknowledged and it weighed on him.”
The extraordinary abuse by a woman in this case points to the negative mother complex. He is subjected both outwardly to the devouring mother, in the form of the abusive woman, and inwardly, by his invisibility, i.e., his inner world being devoured by the great mother archetype. This is an excellent example of the inner state of the individual being reflected or projected into the world around him.
The third case is of a thirty-nine year old woman who came to me after being dismissed by four previous homeopaths because they said they could not find her remedy. She is an unusually motivated client, willing to give the process time, and very enthusiastic about homeopathy.
She is tall and slightly overweight, has been single for many years, but would like to be in relationship with a man. While she had some symptoms, including amenorrhea for several years, and “life-long “low key depression her main complaint was that “I bypass the emotional. Conventional therapy doesn’t work for me because I have such a strong edit. I want to look at my shadow side, but I can’t reach it.” She is a very intelligent and hard working accountant, but was ignored by the clients for whom she worked.
The amenorrhea and the fact that she had very little mothering as a child, as well as her lack of ability to access her emotions was a clue that we were dealing with an issue around her connection to the feminine. After a few remedies, including Emerald and Sepia, that helped her remember her dreams, she began to speak of her invisibility to her clients. This, along with the disconnection from her inner world, led me to finally consider Cathartes.
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