Homeopathy as a Transpersonal and Transformative Practice

Abstract

The practice of homeopathy is considered from a transpersonal perspective, and homeopathy's clinical practice is conceptualized as a transformative practice. Under this conceptualization, homeopathy is discussed as a tried and tested model that integral medicine can build from, and the phenomenalistic practice of homeopathy is seen as potentially transformative to the consciousness of the homeopath serving as an example the integral health practitioner can learn from. The beneficial and global implications of these considerations reveal homeopathy's important contemporary role.

Key words

Transpersonal psychology - Integral medicine - Transformative practice

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