President’s Message: The Value of Our Literature

Dear Valued Colleagues,

As summer is in full swing, the American Institute of Homeopathy along with the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians, the Homeopathic Nurses Association and the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy are working countless hours to create perhaps one of the best U.S. homeopathic conferences seen in many decades. This Collaborative Homœopathic Conference, held September 20-22nd at Sonoran University, will return us to our roots where we will learn or refresh ourselves about how to utilize primary homeopathic sources so that we can hone our skills and provide excellent clinical outcomes for our patients.

Technology has made searching for literature very easy. It has opened up a gold mine of information that before one would have to travel the world and spend hours in libraries just to get a small amount of what we have at our fingertips now. I hear over and over that the literature is boring or old and that people are looking for something new and easy. My challenge to you is to think of that differently; the easy access to so much literature that formed the foundation of our great profession is like finding a diamond in the rough. At first the stone looks like a rock and is plain and boring, but then, after some work, it shines more than the most glorious stone. With every stone you pick up you find a new gem that will make you a better prescriber. I can’t encourage you enough to look at this literature, look at these primary sources. They are invigorating and stimulating and the more we know these things the easier it makes our work. We don’t have to go looking for the next best thing, we simply need to study our primary sources and, when we do this, the practice of homeopathy becomes much easier.

When people are together in the same room our immune systems begin a full conversation. This is one of the ways we keep healthy—our immune systems need to be in contact with other immune systems to “compare notes” and be challenged to stay strong. Our hearts are like this too—when we see each other, our hearts are filled, we inspire each other, we weep together, we laugh together, and we lift each other up. This gives us enough strength to return to our routine days and carry on the work we do. It is so important that we have conferences and gatherings like this.

We are doing this conference in a hybrid style, meaning we have 180 in-person tickets and an unlimited number of virtual seats, making it easy for anyone to attend. We also plan to have the transactions of this conference and publish it much like the old AIH conferences were published in this very journal. For more detailed information and to register please visit our conference page on our website. It is my personal wish that you find a way to participate in this conference. We need each other; we need to fuel and inspire each other. This conference will reestablish a bond that will carry us into the future of homeopathy.