Table of Contents

Introduction: Some thoughts about illness and wellness. The effects of toxic substances and toxic thoughts 1

Part 1 Homoeopathic principles described. Specialist terms and abbreviations explained 9

Part 2 My Amanita rubescens experiences. How it brought me into a time of severe illness, exposing dark places for attention 15

Part 3 The account of the test or 'proving' of Amanita rubescens. The second strand. The provers describe their experiences. Also a record of the effects on their colleagues and others more remotely connected. In addition, a complete list of rubrics to assist prescribing 71

Part 4 Thirteen cases. To give examples of changes experienced by patients who have taken the remedy 313

Part 5 Materia Medica. Here is a synthesis of features of the remedy - a bringing together of the strands. Also related remedies - those that may have been of benefit before or after the person has taken Amanita rubescens, or connected in other ways 367

Part 6 Notes and quotes from diverse sources - with relevance to the themes of Amanita rubescens. Also references to contemporary world events that have run in parallel with our work over these last six years. Symbols illustrated that occur in the text. Bibliography 378

Part 7 Some general considerations about fungi. Amanita rubescens chemistry and toxicity 400