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AJHM Summer 2013 79
Volume 106 Number 2
[Language can awaken in us forgotten qualities of human nature. ‘Humanitas’ will be an occasional piece that lays
before us a scene, a sense, an intimation of that which makes us human, and calls us to be human. Conveying in words our
deep, curious humanity is a rare gift. We hope to present a number of fine examples.-Ed.]
Nicholas Nossaman, M.D., DHt.
A poem to enfold the salvaged and ultimately
rich and enlightening Vijayakar seminar
Humanitas
F
ollowing the news of Dr. Vijayakar’s illness, members
of the AIH Board of Directors put our heads together
via a conference call and made a quick decision to try to
salvage the seminar by seeking Dr. Karl Robinson’s agree-
ment to conduct it himself, with the help of notes from his
visits to the clinic of Dr. Vijayakar. As noted in the other
articles in this issue of the Journal, Dr. Robinson enthusi-
astically agreed to give it a go, even though he was in San
Salvador at the time of our contacting him, and occupied
with teaching one of his periodic seminars there. He gen-
erously supported the inclusion of Dr. Max Jenney from
Germany in the teaching of the seminar, as well, adding
another dimension to the instruction and to the comments
of our president, Dr. Irene Sebastian, who had also spent
time with Dr. Vijaykar in Mumbai. Karl’s undiluted eager-
ness to carry on with the seminar and to shoulder the main
load of carrying it off inspired the rest of us to do our part
in helping to make it happen.
He suggested to me, when I contacted him in Central
America, that I write a poem about the whole undertaking,
writing part of it before the seminar and completing it at
the conclusion of the seminar. I was pleased to do it, just
as he suggested, and the result—read at the conclusion of
the meeting—follows.
Renewal
Here we were
ready to have seated ourselves
at the feet
of still another master.
An easterly wind
had gusted through our midst.
We had been whirled into the air
like autumn leaves.
Temporarily orphaned
we looked quizzically at each other
fearing our insufficiency
while craving our camaraderie.
We slowly got to our feet, one by one.
acknowledging our incessant hunger.
We plunged our hands into our pockets
seeking morsels worthy of sharing…
Family members emerged
from the southern wild
and the mists
of the near eastern horizon.
Hope started to glow around us.
We began to reassemble,
and our deflated vessel
once again righted itself.
Together face to face,
with information dispensed
and shuffled among us,
we have exulted in the experience.
An ineffable emergence of spirit,
to our good fortune,
has animated our Phoenix voyage together
back to “the exciting world of homeopathy”.
About the Author: Dr. Nossaman graduated from the University of Colo-
rado School of Medicine in 1968; he served in the Indian Health Service
1969-1971 on the Navajo Reservation, Crownpoint, New Mexico. He has
practiced homeopathic medicine since 1976 in Denver, Colorado. He is a
past President of the National Center for Homeopathy, former board mem-
ber and past President of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and was
a member of the Rhus Tox study group of
Homeopatia Internationalis
for
over 20 years. Other interests include Jungian psychology, photography,
watercolor, golf, pantomime and poetry. He has taught courses for begin-
ners and more advanced prescribers, and has written numerous articles for
various homeopathic journals.