The concept of the symbol of the hero, symbolizes a man who dares to become an individual. But it also has become widely accepted that the therapist’s emotions and thought processes have similar potent effects. For this reason he runs a riskâ€”and must run it in the nature of things.” It is widely accepted that the patient’s emotions and thought processes can promote or hinder healing. As Jung expressed, “The true healer quite literally takes over the sufferings of his patient and shares them with him. The concept and symbolic image of the divine healer express a particular field dynamic that arises between healer and patient, by virtue of their mutual encounter. There are besides the gifts of the head, also those of the heart, which are no less important.” To really sense the suffering of a patient, one needs a good deal of experience and sensitivity and what one calls “empathy.” As Carl Jung formulated: “Psychotherapy has taught us that in the final reckoning it is not knowledge, not technical skill, that has a curative effect, but the personality of the doctor. The allopathic physician has increasingly become a specialized technologically oriented individual, leading to a depersonalization between doctor and patient. This quality of encounter is essential for true cure to take place. The therapist has to reach the heart of the patient and then the head. And therefore, the physician himself must be the first one to examine his good and especially his bad sides (shadow side). His intention, his life-force, compassion and attitude, without any doubt, influence the energy of the patient. The energy of the healer always is a significant part of the healing process.

The homeopath’s first “miracle” prescription is not the remedy, but the creating of a bond between him and the patient, an atmosphere of understanding, support and non-judgment. My first wish is to be able to sculpt the Persona and constitution of the homeopath.

I can’t remember my answers beyond three ice creams a day, but, I have no trouble rubbing the lamp to ask the genie to grant my three present wishes. I remember in my early childhood, reading “Aladdin and his Magic Lamp,” and dreaming what three wishes I would make if I could ask the genie. Luc de Schepper is the President – European Congress of Homeopathy

Aladdin rubbing the lamp