Homeopath and the Occult
HTS writes: I would be so pleased if you could tell me if all forms of Homeopathy are of the occult. What about the medication " Glucosamine sulphate" taken for sore joints.
HSI: From what we understand about the subject, homeopathic treatment for the most part is a legitimate, if unorthodox, form of treatment. We invite readers to comment.
HSI: From what we understand about the subject, homeopathic treatment for the most part is a legitimate, if unorthodox, form of treatment. We invite readers to comment.
posted by Aneel Aranha ::
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I am sure there are other examples of holy people using homeopathy, but one outstanding one is Mother Mary Aubert, founder of the Sisters of Compassion in New Zealand. Here is an excerpt written about herbal medicines among the Maori of New Zealand: "Pharmacists in particular, generated considerable trade within New Zealand for their simples and compounds, all made from the endemic plants. Of particular note in the realm of pharmacy, was ‘Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, a French Nun.
Mother Mary Joseph Aubert (1835-1926)
Mother Aubert was born close to the city of Lyon, France. At a time when women students were not admitted to university, she studied botany, chemistry and medicine, by concealing her self in a lecture theatre gallery. She then served as a nursing sister in the Crimean War.
Mother Aubert was invited to New Zealand by the Roman Catholic Bishop, Pompallier, in 1860. In 1908, she opened the Library of Compassion at Island Bay in Wellington. Apparently, she had to enlist the aid of local doctors. To their shame, these medical men insisted that in return for their aid, Mother Aubert would have to forsake the herbs and destroy her formulae.
The archives of Our Lady's Library of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington, contain a few of her surviving manuscripts. Of particular interest is a letter in the New Zealand Department of Health files (dated 1924), which was addressed to Dr. Valentine, the then Director General of Health., in which, Mother Aubert claims, that in 1876, she cured a Maori woman of what a Doctor Spencer diagnosed as Leprosy. Doctor Spencer, an ex Mayor of Napier, submitted a full report to the British Medical Journal, the Lancet. Regrettably, it would appear that the report was never published. "
She began her journey toward the religious life through the intervention of the Cure of Ars. Her cause is currently being worked through the journey to sainthood.
A holy woman who used the resources available (herbal medicine) as part of her ministry to the poor and sick in New Zealand - the "homes of Compassion" she set up were essentially medical facilities.
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