To avoid misunderstandings, let me emphasize that not every homoeopath employs the occult practices described earlier. I have made the acquaintance of physicians and of health practitioners who, with their homoeopathic remedies, want nothing else than soft medicine. On the other hand, there are many others who mingle this positive concern with clearly occult practices.” In case the homeopath reader is relieved to read the above, Pfeifer is not finished. He continues: “A former health practitioner and psychic healer wrote to me: ‘Satan has a gigantic selection of methods through which he wants to separate man from his salvation in Christ. Some of them are certain ‘healing methods’ which supposedly bring the patient health. Many Christians are not able to distinguish whether a particular method is covertly infiltrated by the enemy. They fall prey to occult healers, especially when they want to be healed at any price, instead of asking for God’s will at any price… Although the homoeopathic remedy in itself has nothing to do with sorcery… it is a fact that many homoeopathic practitioners try to make sure that their remedies are working by putting a magic spell on them. It is at this point that such a remedy can serve as a beachhead for the enemy and can lead to occult oppression’. “This is the opinion of a man who was active as a homoeopathic and psychic healer himself. Personally I would not ascribe occult power to the remedy itself. Rather it is the faith of a patient in cosmic healing energies which I would regard as magical. This is why I, myself, could not [ever again] prescribe any homoeopathic remedy after discovering all the information that I have prescribed in this chapter. “Those Christians who still prescribe them, most of the time, do not realize the background of this method. “I WOULD ISSUE A SPECIAL WARNING AGAINST ALL REMEDIES BEYOND A POTENCY OF 6X TO 12X, AS THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION FOR THEIR SUCCESS THAN AN OCCULT ONE OR A PLACEBO EFFECT. Furthermore, I see spiritual danger in homoeopathic remedies coming from psychic healers and doctors who use the pendulum, practise palmistry, rely on ‘spiritual energies’ or claim to heal at a distance. However, these practices are not always apparent to the unsuspecting patient . How then should he discern from what source the homoeopathic remedies are coming? [In this section, all emphases are this writer’s] “Where should we draw the proverbial ‘line’ either to take a homoeopathic remedy, or not? “As the foundations and the effects of these remedies are dubious anyway, the decision has to be made by the reader himself. It should not be too difficult to do without homoeopathy. There are many herbal remedies which are, without unnecessary dilution, at least as effective in exerting their natural healing power free of undesired side effects.” ANTHROPOSOPHES “Rudolf Steiner founded the Anthroposophical Society in 1924. Anthroposophy means ‘wisdom of man’. Steiner taught that people possess the truth within themselves. By cultivating one’s occult powers through spiritual exercises, anyone can become a ‘master of clear vision’, thereby gaining extraordinary spiritual insight.” THE NEW AGE CULT Walter Martin, Bethany House Pub., 1989, page 114. In the VATICAN DOCUMENT ON THE NEW AGE (n 7.2) A Select Glossary, we read: ANTHROPOSOPHY: “A theosophical doctrine originally popularized by the Croat Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) who left the Theosophical Society after being leader of its German branch from 1902 to 1913. It is an esoteric doctrine meant to initiate people into ‘objective knowledge’ in the spiritual-divine sphere. Steiner believed it had helped him explore the laws of evolution of the cosmos and of humanity. Every physical being has a corresponding spiritual being, and earthly life is influenced by astral energies and spiritual essences. The Akasha Chronicle is said to be a ‘cosmic memory’ available to initiates.”
3. Objection No. 3 is usually that everyone and his neighbour use homoeopathy, so why not I? True, the practice of homoeopathy is widespread, and it has been given a fillip by its easy assimilation into the New Age. “It arrived in Britain around 1840… introduced by a Dr. Quinn who had influential friends. Eventually the London Homoeopathic Hospital acquired its ‘Royal’ status. Sir John Weir was appointed personal physician and served four monarchs for 48 years until 1971.There is still a homoeopathic physician serving the Royal Family today, and most homoeopathic doctors… to acknowledge that the Royal Family has helped to keep homoeopathy alive in Britain. [It] is thus established in the ranks of a medical profession dominated by the question ‘Does it work?’ While answers are being sought to that question, both in this and other areas of counterfeit healing, Satan smiles! Hahnemann was deceived. After 150 years, man still hasn’t found his scientific answer, and the deception has continued. Satan has blinded to the truth of it. IT THRIVES IN INDIA… By and large, doctors don’t like what they see as an absence of science, but it is much worse than that.” UNDERSTANDING ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE [UAM] Roy Livesey, page 89 [see page 13]. The devotee of homoeopathy often submits testimonies of ‘cures’. Every other book analysed above includes a powerful testimony, each of them original and distinctive, of a former homeopath who abjures the practice of homoeopathy after becoming a Christian . We have seen references to them earier. There is an excellent major testimony and shorter ones on pages 90 to 92 of [UAM]. And one Testimony Against Homoeopathy in Chapter 12 of Pearl Coleman’s FRUIT ABIDING IN THE VINE, New Wine Press, 1991, pages 48 to 53 which says in part: “You are quite right- homoeopathy has its roots in occultism. Some practitioners use the pendulum for diagnosis. This is occultic. Of course, I do not expect Christians to be involved in homoeopathy this way, but like the drug scene, soft