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An Online Forum for the Exploration of Homeopathic Theory, Philosophy & Practice

The California Homeopath is the Journal of the California Homeopathic Medical Society.  The Journal was founded in 1882 by Dr. William Boericke and Dr. W.A. Dewey.  Published in San Francisco, the bimonthly journal existed under this name until 1892, when it was replaced by The Pacific Coast Journal of Homeopathy. The California Homeopath was revived in 2006, co-edited by Richard Pitt CCH and Premananda Childs.  Our first online edition was released in January 2009.

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January 2010. How to Learn, How to Teach: Exploring Homeopathic Education (Vol. 13, #2)

This issue of the Journal focuses on the process of homeopathic education and the wider issues of learning in general. There are also articles on homeopathic prophylaxis, a new proving and homeopathic cases.

Cover Story

Remembering Allen Neiswander, MD, DHt

Remembering Allen Neiswander, MD, DHt

by Richard Hiltner

Sun, Jan 31, 2010

I first met Allen in 1975 when I became a member of the California Homeopathic Medical Society [CHMS]. He and Fritz Schmidt [San Francisco] were the primary people in the CHMS at that time. We went to the Liga [LHMI, the International League of Homeopathic Physicians] Congress in Athens in 1976. Jackie Wilson, Bob Schore, Masie Panos, Sandra Chase, Roger Morrison, Bill Gray, Jennifer Jacobs, Dean Crothers, and others attended that Congress with George Vithoulkas being the “Celebrity of the Day."

Also in this Issue

Ricinis communis: A proving - Richard Pitt

by Richard Pitt

Sat, Jan 30, 2010

A proving of Ricinis communis, a plant from the Euphorbiaceae botanical family. The common name is castor oil.

On the Study of Homeopathic Materia Medica - Constantine Hering

by Constantine Hering

Sat, Jan 30, 2010

An article by Constantine Hering instructing on the study of materia medica. Many thanks to WholeHealthNow for the modern translation.

Experiential Learning

by Richard Pitt

Sat, Jan 30, 2010

An exploration of the dynamics and challenges of learning and teaching homeopathy.

Creative Inquiry

by Alfonso Montuori

Sat, Jan 30, 2010

In this paper I discuss two educational models; the "Reproductive" and the "Narcissistic," and propose an alternative I call "Creative Inquiry." In Creative Inquiry the goal is to honor the passion, creativity, and transformative process that can be a central part of inquiry. Creative Inquiry views the academic as transformative, and the transformative as grounded in the academic.