Médecine alternative et intégrative

The Role of Artistic Expression in Deciding on a Homeopathic Prescription, with Special Reference to Working with Practicing Artists

Abstract

Ian Ferguson Hamilton

Many have noted the connection between art and homeopathy and there is something about the nature of the creative force and the way in which we perceive the vital force as creative, which puts homeopathy in the same dynamic place as that which drives artistic inspiration. I have tried to see this connection in a previous article in The Homeopath looking particularly at case taking. This paper tries to set the scene about the inclusivity of art and homeopathy by looking at the nature of vitalism and the breadth of that important quality, expression, as perceived at the outset by Hahnemann, in gaining true insight of the nature of the suffering of the patient. My work is in the tradition of empirical enquiry, based on observation and experience and as such accretes more certainty as evidence mounts.