{"id":1281,"date":"2022-10-19T21:42:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/glossar\/weleda-remedies\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T15:18:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T14:18:54","slug":"weleda-remedies","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/weleda-remedies\/","title":{"rendered":"Weleda Remedies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. med Samuel Pfeifer describes Weleda remedies as herbs with cosmic power. In his book &ldquo;Gesundheit um jeden Preis?&ldquo; (Health at Any Price?), he describes the remedies as being &ldquo;consciously based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The chapter on &ldquo;Magic&rdquo; deals with the genuine form of magic, i.e. sorcery and the art of conjuring, and not with magic tricks or fraudulent attempts at manipulation or quackery. Genuine magical healing methods and diagnoses make use of psychic powers. These magical processes are not just harmless superstition. Magical powers can be developed through&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">magic<\/a>al foundation&rdquo;. In his opinion, this includes the Weleda products, which are manufactured according to the principles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/anthroposophy\/\" target=\"_self\" title='Anthroposophy means - literally translated - the \"wisdom of man\". It is a worldwide represented spiritual and esoteric worldview as well as the associated path of education and cognition. It teaches the way to self-knowledge, self-redemption and the knowledge of the supersensible world. The founder of this movement, which emerged in the 20th century, is&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">anthroposophy<\/a>. The preparation of the remedies is significantly influenced by occult philosophy. Rudolf Steiner, founder of the Anthroposophical Society, attempted to unite many currents such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/buddhism-2\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Buddhism is named after its founder, the Indian prince Siddhartha Gautama, whom his followers called Buddha, the &bdquo;Awakened One&rdquo;. Siddharta lived in the 5th century BC and grew up in splendid palaces. Despite his wealth, he realised that something was missing in his life. So, at the age of 29, he left his comfortable life&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Buddhism<\/a>, theosophy, gnosticism, mysticism, idealism, but also Christianity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/spiritism\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The term spiritism is derived from the Latin word spiritus, the spirit. It can be defined as the doctrine or cult of spirits. This movement is understood as an attempt to communicate with the dead in the realm of the dead. Historically, spiritism can be traced back thousands of years. (Old Testament: 1 Samuel 28:5;&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">spiritism<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The chapter on &ldquo;Magic&rdquo; deals with the genuine form of magic, i.e. sorcery and the art of conjuring, and not with magic tricks or fraudulent attempts at manipulation or quackery. Genuine magical healing methods and diagnoses make use of psychic powers. These magical processes are not just harmless superstition. Magical powers can be developed through&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">magic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Koch believes that Weleda remedies are not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The chapter on &ldquo;Magic&rdquo; deals with the genuine form of magic, i.e. sorcery and the art of conjuring, and not with magic tricks or fraudulent attempts at manipulation or quackery. Genuine magical healing methods and diagnoses make use of psychic powers. These magical processes are not just harmless superstition. Magical powers can be developed through&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">magic<\/a>ally charmed, but are biorhythmically pre-treated. The process is explained by Dr. med Pfeifer: &ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/medicinal-plants\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Do herbs heal? There is no doubt that herbs, as natural products of our earth, are healing in the right dosage. The problem is that people like Pastor K&uuml;nzli and Pastor Emmenegger analysed the healing properties of herbs with the help of the pendulum. Pastor K&uuml;nzli listed all these herbs and their healing properties in&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">medicinal plants<\/a> for anthroposophic medicines are planted, harvested and processed at times when the stars are in an &ldquo;effective&rdquo; constellation. Movements and rhythmic heating and cooling are used to capture cosmic image forces in the medicine. Very often the plant juices are also processed according to homeopathic principles. Anthroposophists, like Hahnemann, believe that cosmic forces are absorbed into the remedy through the process of shaking. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/anthroposophy\/\" target=\"_self\" title='Anthroposophy means - literally translated - the \"wisdom of man\". It is a worldwide represented spiritual and esoteric worldview as well as the associated path of education and cognition. It teaches the way to self-knowledge, self-redemption and the knowledge of the supersensible world. The founder of this movement, which emerged in the 20th century, is&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">Anthroposophy<\/a> is imbued with occult ideas and Eastern philosophy, and its remedies are consciously compiled and prepared on this basis&rdquo;. (Source: &ldquo;Gesundheit um jeden Preis?&rdquo; (&ldquo;Health at any price?&rdquo;), Dr Samuel Pfeifer, M.D.)<\/p>\n<p>*See chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The chapter on &ldquo;Magic&rdquo; deals with the genuine form of magic, i.e. sorcery and the art of conjuring, and not with magic tricks or fraudulent attempts at manipulation or quackery. Genuine magical healing methods and diagnoses make use of psychic powers. These magical processes are not just harmless superstition. Magical powers can be developed through&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Magic<\/a> Charming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. med Samuel Pfeifer describes Weleda remedies as herbs with cosmic power. In his book \u201cGesundheit um jeden Preis?\u201c (Health at Any Price?), he describes the remedies as being &#8220;consciously based on a magical foundation&#8221;. In his opinion, this includes the Weleda products, which are manufactured according to the principles of anthroposophy. The preparation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1281","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1606,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1281\/revisions\/1606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}