Falco peregrinus Disciplinatus (Falco-p

Falco peregrinus Disciplinatus (Falco-p.) = Wanderfalke

Vergleich: Lyss. Siehe: Aves + Greifvoegel

The falcon is one of 37 species of raptors in the genus Falco and widley spread around the world ranging in size. The femaile falcon is the much larger of the sexes. They have plumes called ‘flags’ on their legs and a notch in the beak to form a tooth. The adult falcon has thin tapered wings, enabling it to change direction quickly and fly at high speeds. In the first year of flying they have longer flight feathers that make their configurarion more like a conventional bird, enabling them to learn more specific skills that they need to become hunters as adults. They nest in the holes of trees or on natural ledges and cliffs.

Falcons are the largest genus in the Falconinae subfamily of falconidae, including in another sub family of caracaras. These birds all kill with their beaks, in addition to having exceptional powers of vision. The term used for the male flacon is ‘tercel or ‘tiercel which derives from the latin word tertius equalling the number 3 due to the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird.

Faclons are divided into three groups, the first group kestrels are the smallest and have brown upperside colour, feeding on terrestrial veterbrates and invertebrates.

The second group is slightly larger and are a more elegant species the hobbies, they have dark slate grey plumage, their malar areas are black and they mainly feed on smaller bird.

The peregrine falcon is the third group they are varaiably sized with a black cap and malar, they have grey to slightly brown uppersides. They are more detailed in pattern than hobbies. Feeding on other birds and terrestrial vertebrates.

Astological
The falcon symbolises success, victory and the power to rise above a situation. It has links to the sun with its symbolic meaning to the rising sun in Egypt. It is the superior king of Birds and many Egyptian gods were shown with the head or body of the falcon in place of their own. In European tradition the falcon represents the hunt and huntsman and was a symbol during the war.

Due to its incrediable eye sight the falcon represents visionary power along with wisdom, and guardianship. Its visionary power awakens us to lifes purposes, and the meaning of transition and change. Due the nature of the falcon being a solar creature may carry the meaning that you are highly passionate about something in your life.

Ensure that the passion is reality by pursing methodically and strategically as though you are the falcon pursuing its hunt. The falcon has associated traits of vision, perception, focus, determination, ambition, wisdom and patience if you think and grasp the image in your mind you will see these.

The Peregrine Falcon
The Peregrine Falcon is one of 38 species of the genus Falco, the true falcons, which includes the Kestrel and the Merlin. However, such is the representative importance of

the bird that it gave its name to the Falconiformes the whole order of diurnal raptors that includes eagles, hawks, vultures and buzzards. There are several features that distinguish the falcons from other raptors. They do not build nests but lay their eggs in "scrapes", depressions made on cliff ledges, in holes in trees or even on the ground. They have proportionally longer and narrower wings than the eagles and hawks which makes them stronger and faster in the air but less manoeuverable close to the ground. They have a "tomial tooth" a projection on the upper beak with a corresponding notch on the lower one. This serration allows them to kill their prey immediately with a bite

to the back of the neck and they do not generally have to contend with a struggling victim as the hawks do.

The Peregrine Falcon is one of the most cosmopolitan of birds. It was found almost everywhere except in the arid tropical deserts, though due to pesticide poisoning they have almost completely disappeared from the Americas east of the Rockies and the Andes.

The adult bird is black/brown on top with a yellowish-white breast with rust-red streaks. The tail has horizontal black stripes. It has distinctive facial markings with a black mask or " moustache" around the eyes. The female weighs up to a kilogram and is up to 50cm in length. The species shows extreme reverse sexual size dimorphism with the male up to a third smaller, 650gms and 38cm. Because of this the male is called a tiercel from the French for a third. The Falcon (female) is more powerful but the Tiercel is often more agile. The feet and talons are disproportionately large and coloured bright yellow, as is the cere, the fleshy area around the beak. This yellow becomes even brighter around the breeding season.

The Falcon's flight takes the form of a series of rapid strokes of the wings followed by a short glide. It usually climbs above its prey and then dives on to it. This dive is called the "stoop" it is variously estimated from a hundred to two hundred miles an hour. Whatever the case may be the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest creature on earth.

The favourite prey are pigeons but the Peregrine will eat almost anything it can catch. It appears to have a preference for variety and seems to go after unusual or interesting birds. If the prey is not killed by the shock of being hit with razor sharp claws moving at more than a hundred miles an hour, it is quickly dispatched by a bite to the neck.

It is then taken to a "kitchen" area away from the nest where it is plucked and broken up and either eaten or taken to the nest for the young. The birds usually hunt in the early morning and again in the evening, but if there are young to feed the birds may have to spend most of the day hunting. If there is a surfeit of prey the Falcon will cache it, storing it for later. Almost all the prey, except the feathers, is eaten, but they seem to particularly relish the brains and the Tiercel will often keep the head giving the rest of his catch to his mate or young.

The birds in Britain begin courtship at the beginning of February, with impressive aerial displays. A clutch of 2-4 eggs is laid in April and the female incubates them for 28-33 days. The eyasses (chicks) take about six weeks to develop and for the first few weeks the female stays with them in the nest. This means that the Tiercel has to hunt not only for himself but for the female as well through the incubation period and then for her and the chicks until they are big enough to stay alone while both parents try to find sufficient food for them. The male brings the food close to the nest and passes it to the female in mid air. This can be an impressive display as they both fly vertically up,

chest to chest, and pass the food from talon to talon.

The fledged birds stay around the nest for another five or six weeks while they learn to fly and hunt. They often chase their siblings in playful games and the adults will drop dead and then live prey near them teaching the young birds to take their food in mid air and eventually to hunt. Captive bred birds that are released into the wild are able to hunt by instinct, however, birds that have been taught by their parents or have been trained by a falconer are more successful.

When they are able to hunt for themselves they are chased from their parents' territory. However, they are not yet fully proficient in hunting skills and many juveniles die

of starvation in their first winter or are not able to breed during the following spring.

Although the birds often wander further afield during the lean winter months they tend to return to the same area to breed. They may have 2 or 3 scrapes which they rotate year by year. Remains at some scrapes have been carbon dated and the results suggest that some good sites have been in use for many centuries.

The name Falcon comes from the Latin falx, a sickle and alludes to the sharp beak that, like the grim reaper, brings sudden death. Peregrine comes from the Latin peregrinus, strange or foreign. This was the term used for non Roman citizens living in Rome and it later became the description applied to pilgrims. Those falcons living in areas where there is plenty of food during the winter tend to remain near their breeding territories, others wander considerable distances and those that summer and breed in the Arctic

are fully migratory travelling to Africa and South America during the winter months. Some species of Falcon cross vast oceans in a single flight, a Peregrine has been spotted on a ship more than eight hundred miles from the nearest land.

Horus and The Falcon in Mythology
The Peregrine Falcon has been regarded as a mystic bird and often as a messenger from another world, a stranger in ours. The North American Indians believe it to be a messenger that brings us guidance from the spirit world. This idea partly comes from the fact that it is most active soon after dawn and in the evening twilight. Thus the Ancient Egyptians believed the Falcon brought the Sun in the morning and dragged it away in the evening.

It was in Egyptian mythology that the Falcon found its most powerful expression. Horus, which means "the distant one" or "that which is above", was the most important

of the many Falcon Gods in Egyptian Mythology.

Osiris and his sister-wife Isis ruled Egypt and had brought her agriculture, peace and prosperity. Their brother Seth was jealous and overthrew Osiris, cutting him into small pieces that he dispersed and buried all over Egypt. Isis gathered the pieces of her husband and joined them together. In the form of a Kite she covered his body and with

her wings beat air into his mouth, animating him long enough for him to impregnate her before he departed to rule over the dead.

Horus, the child of this union, was hidden from his uncle in the papyrus marshes of the Nile Delta and brought up in secret by his mother. Horus is often iconographically depicted as a vulnerable child, either sucking at Isis's breast or sitting on her lap sucking his fingers. He is sometimes referred to as "Horus, the child with his finger in his mouth". This is a rare iconography and the only other major figures often portrayed in such a vulnerable way and so dependent on their mothers are Christ and Eros.

The secrecy and danger of Horus's upbringing meant that his mother was continually concerned for his welfare. Spells and cures for ill or injured children called on Isis

by comparing the sick child with Horus.

On coming of age Horus, guided by his mother's guile and forensic skills set about persuading the Court of the Gods that the Kingdom of Egypt had been usurped by his Uncle and was rightfully his. As a sky god his right eye was said to represent the Sun and his left the Moon. In one of the numerous contests and incidents between Horus

and Seth, the left eye of Horus was shattered.

the Moon reflect this shattering into small pieces and healing to wholeness. After a trial that consumed the gods and their rivalries for more than eighty years Horus won

his case against Seth and was awarded the Kingship of Egypt. As such, he and the Pharaoh, as God and Ruler of Egypt, were one and the same. The Hieroglyph of the

Falcon therefore meant kingship and is always found preceding the name of a Pharoah.

One Egyptian creation myth tells of a world of chaos covered in mud. An unknown hand places a stick into this mud and a Falcon comes and perches on it. At once the land begins to rise out of the sea in the shape of a pyramid, the earth and the waters begin to separate and the world is born. This act of creation was repeated every year in Egypt when the Nile flooded, inundating the land, and then receded leaving fertility and life for the people. The innundation and the reappearance of the first mounds of earth were celebrated throughout the times of the Pharaohs and these celebrations were linked to one of the battles between Seth and Horus. Horus took the form of Solar Disc with the wings of a Falcon and with two Goddesses in the form of Cobras he routed the armies of Seth. This symbol of the winged Solar Disk means simply to "become".

Falconry
The art of hunting with birds of prey has almost certainly been practised for more than four thousand years. The earliest record of the practice is a Hittite carving of the 13^th Century BC in which a child is holding the leash of a jessed Falcon. There is evidence that the Assyrians were keen falconers. The Egyptians, perhaps because of their devotion to Horus, never took up falconry in spite of their close contact with the Assyrians. The Greeks and Romans were also never particularly taken by the sport, though it was popular among the Germanic peoples, the Gauls and the Celts. The sport, as it still is today, was important in the Middle East and during the early Middle Ages the Moorish invasion of Spain met with the Franks who were already interested in Falconry and the art found a new importance that lasted through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and reached its apogee in the reign of Louis XIII. The French Revolution saw the end of Falconry as the Sport of Kings in Europe.

In the Orient Falconry has a similar history. It was part of the Samurai world in Japan and was widespread in India and Central Asia.

Today only some of the Arabian princes have the resources and the will to carry it on as a Royal Art, but in many countries there remain small numbers of committed falconers and hawkers.

The Two Branches
There are two distinct branches of hunting with birds of prey. Hawking uses short winged birds, the Hawks, which are launched from the fist when the quarry is sighted.

Their power and manoeuvrability allow them to catch up with their prey and to capture them on, or close to, the ground. Hawks are used to hunt hares, small animals and

game birds, though Eagles can take even larger prey. Falconry uses long winged birds, the true Falcons, that are let slip and climb to a great height before the quarry is put

up. They stoop at great speed, taking their prey in mid air. The stoop is so fast that to take the prey on, or close to the ground, would be very dangerous they are therefore

only used in hunting birds.

The Hunt
On the whole Falconry takes advantage of the natural instincts of the birds. In Falconry a dog is used to "point" the position of the quarry. The dog stays absolutely still

while the Falcon is let slip and given time to climb in a circling motion. When the Falcon is in position, the dog puts up the quarry and the bird stoops on it at great speed, killing or stunning it. The Falcon brings its prey to the ground and mantling, spreading its wings tent-like over its prey, it begins to plume it, pluck its feathers out.

The Falconer must approach quickly while the bird is engrossed and if he offers a lure of fresh meat. The Falcon will instinctively take it, offering the falconer a chance to snatch the quarry and catch the bird by its jesses. The Falcon is given a small part of the kill, the "faire courtoisie".

Training
The training of the Falcon is necessary partly to make the bird used to people and the accoutrements of the hunt, but most importantly to give the falconer a way of calling the bird back to him. This is done by creating a Pavlovian response to the sight of the lure and the sound of a particular whistle.

The bird, if a young one or captive bred, is kept in "hack", a state of semi-freedom, until its wings are fully grown. It is always fed by the falconer and wears large hacking bells to prevent it from taking its own prey.

The bird when ready for training is "furnished". Jesses, lengths of supple but hard-wearing leather, are attached to each of the bird's legs. The jesses can be attached by a swivel to a leash or a creance, a long strong cord, to hold the bird or prevent it from flying away. Jesses are worn all the time, even when the bird is in flight.

The bird is left tethered in semi-darkness without food. After a substantial time, when the bird is exhausted and starving, it is offered a morsel of meat on the gloved fist. When it is driven by hunger to eat it will step on to the glove to take the meat. Gradually the bird gets used to coming to the fist to feed and to being carried around. Hawks are always fed on the fist and are called by being shown the gloved hand. Falcons are fed from, and called to, the "lure". This is a horseshoe-shaped piece of padded leather with birds' wings on either side and a ring, to which meat is tied, in the centre. The lure is swung in a circle on a piece of cord. Whenever the bird is offered food a distinctive whistle is sounded.

When the bird is used to people and dogs and to being fed it is introduced to the hood. This is a padded leather hood which fits over the Falcon's head and is tied on with laces. It is kept on the bird when transporting it and during the hunt to prevent the bird from being distracted or becoming over-excited. The training of the bird continues with the Falcon on a gradually lengthening creance and, when the falconer is confident that the bird will return on being called, flying freely. Most of the hunt relies on the instincts of the Falcon but it is possible to train Falcons further. At the court of Louis XIII Falcons were trained in teams of three to hunt the substantially larger Heron.

One bird, the "Hausse pied" would chase the Heron into the air where it would be stooped on by a second bird, the "Tombisseur", and brought to the ground by a third, the "Preneur". The resources required to train birds to such a degree are no longer available and Falconry now concentrates on more basic skills.

A bird of prey is never domesticated. The learned response to the lure and the sound of the whistle will usually call back the bird but if it were to fly out of sight or hearing

it would be free, miniature radio trackers are now fitted to trained birds so they can be traced.

Falconers keep close track of the weight of their birds. If a bird is too heavy it will not be hungry and so it will not be particularly interested in hunting and will also be less likely to return when called. If it is too light it will be hungry but may be too weak to hunt properly. The experienced falconer will know his birds ideal weight and will feed

it so that it is at that weight when he wants to fly it.

Although the Falcon is not the largest or the rarest of the birds of prey, it has always been regarded by falconers as "The Noble Bird" or "The Gentle Bird" and has always been the favourite of the true cognoscenti. It is the fastest and most acrobatic of the falcons, and the one most willing to take on something bigger than itself, but it is also the bird with the most character, the one that seems to be the most human. It is often tame and quite easy to train but it can also be the most obstreperous and difficult.

The Peregrine Falcon and Pesticides
Although the Peregrine Falcon tends to arouse extraordinary devotion in many falconers and in most bird watchers; in some, particularly pigeon fanciers, it causes an equally powerful hatred. Ironically it was this loathing that led to the discovery that the species, and perhaps the planet itself, was in imminent danger of annihilation.

During the Second World War carrier pigeons were still an important means of communication, particularly in bringing messages back to England from occupied France.

These birds which flew steadily and fairly slowly were favourite meals for the Peregrine Falcons all along the South Coast of England. Worried that they were losing valuable messages the RAF ordered a massive cull. Over 600 birds and countless eyasses were killed during the war years. Given that there were about 1100 pairs of birds in the entire country before the war and that the cull was concentrated on the South Coast the action must have killed most of the birds in southern England. However, after the war their numbers recovered surprisingly quickly.

In 1961 English pigeon fanciers claimed that the Peregrine Falcon population was getting out of hand and that the bird should lose its protected status. The government commissioned the British Trust for Ornithology to conduct a study on Falcon numbers. Derek Ratcliffe, who has since written the definitive book on Peregrine Falcons, was appointed to conduct a study on the Falcon population. To everyone's surprise he discovered that although numbers had recovered well from the wartime cull, they had begun to fall dramatically in the mid 1950s. He found that the population in 1961 was 68% of the pre-war level and that it fell further to 56% in 1962 and 44% in 1963.

When Ratcliffe's findings became known it was discovered that this decline was a world wide phenomenon. Falcons, which had once been numerous were now extinct in

the vast forests of Eastern Europe and had completely disappeared from the eastern side of North America.

Tissue studies of dead birds and of the addled or broken eggs that were now so common seemed to indicate that pesticides had had a role in this decline. Organochlorine chemicals had been developed during the war to kill disease carrying insects that could have a devastating effect on the health of troops fighting in the tropics. DDT was the most important of these chemicals and throughout the fifties it was widely used all over the world. Since 1947 pigeon fanciers had dusted their birds with it to kill feather lice. Closer investigation revealed that the falcons had suffered a double blow from pesticides. The newer, more powerful organochlorines such as Aldrin and Dieldrin accumulated in the fat of the birds that the falcons ate, often reaching toxic levels that killed the predators outright. At the same time DDE, a product of DDT breakdown, accumulated in the falcons and interfered with an enzyme that is important in the production of egg shells. The shells became so thin that they often broke under the weight of the brooding mother.

These discoveries led to the restrictions in the use of these pesticides and when Ratcliffe conducted follow up surveys he found numbers almost back up to 1961 levels by 1971 and in 1981 they were up to 90% of pre-war levels. The British Peregrine Falcon does not tend to travel much and there recovery was happily quite rapid. In North America and Eastern Europe the birds tend to migrate, wintering in tropical areas where DDT was still used in substantial quantities. They were completely wiped out. In much of Europe they are still extinct. In North America a program of releasing captive bred birds has led to a population of a few hundred pairs but there is a long way to go. Even in the virgin expanses of the Canadian Arctic falcons are being killed by the DDT still being sprayed in Central and South America, which they and their prey ingest during their winter migrations.

Just as the falcon is at the top of his food chain so man is at the top of his and the fate that almost befell the falcon might yet happen to him. The story of the Peregrine Falcon and pesticides was a major part of the realization that mankind was no longer subject to nature but had in his power the ability to destroy the world in which he lived. This realization led to an awareness of ecology and the birth of the green movement, but it also resulted in a terror for what might happen and a feeling that only we are responsible for whatever happens to us.

Read full proving here: Falcon (Falco Peregrinus)

[Misha Norland]

2.5.1.5 Homoeopathic Provingof Falco peregrinus:In 1997 Misha Norland conducted a proving on Falcoperegrinus. (Fraser2009)

Some of the key concepts identified by Norland include the following: Freedom and restriction Relationships Control and perfectionism Vision Floating and flying

Rhythmic Freedom and Restriction: A big part of the remedy. In freedom there is a constant struggle. A constant desire for freedom and they want to be free.

These patients face a constant need to go out, be free of particular stresses and worries. They tend to use words such as “penned in”, “caged” and “imprisoned”.

When thinking of the restriction, it is not the nature of what is causing the restriction, but it is the fact they can not do what they would like to. Anything that stops them

from being free is considered as a restriction. They are very susceptible to the feeling of restriction, which can range from the slightest difficulty or upset to severe abuse.

The Peregrine falcon can have two ways that the restriction can manifest. Either a hot or cold reaction.

Hot reaction: one can almost think of a hot head. There is a lot of anger and physical reactions. Here we get the strength and wildness from the person. These people often, when feeling a sense of restriction, of being trapped or of being threatened in any way, tend to want to run away, escape into the wild, or go back to the origin.

The wild is the Peregrine falcon’s natural habitat. It is not necessarily a safe environment, but here they get to be free. Violence is one of the ways they gain the freedom

they desire. When they feel trapped they will get physically violent. Biting, scratching, screaming is what they will do. The Peregrine falcon in the wild will bite the prey

in the neck to kill them while holding them tight with their claws. So a definite aggressiveness and agitation is seen.

Cold reaction: Peregrine patient being more distant and more internal. This is the suppression side. The anger they have turns into resentment and a cold-distant feeling.

A sense that there is a separation. In the original proving a patient describes herself as the ice queen. They are completely cut off from their own feelings and emotions

as well as those of others. They end up with no desires, they have no feelings and they do notfeel like connecting with anyone. This coldness eventually leads to loneliness

and isolation. This can almost be compared to Anac. but without the associated cruelty. There is also a physical restriction. Complaints of constriction or a tight band that

is around them. This is expressed as a cramping pain. In other birds, the pain is described as a sharp and stabbing pain. They feel restricted by things that keep all birds in general strapped to earth. This is food, family, relationships and even reproduction. (Fraser2009)

Relationships: play a big role in their lives. Relationships cause a feeling of restriction. Being in a relationship brings the feeling of restriction or imprisonment.

This brings a sense that their lives are not fully in their own control. With family and children, there is a feeling of restriction but it is not as much as expected in the remedy.

Socially, they want to be part of asocial group, and included in social gatherings, but Falcos find the pressures caused by society very restrictive. They want to be

able to go their own way and make their own decisions. It would seem as if they don’t care, but they do actually care about the opinions of others how ever

they are always resisting and opposing these opinions. (Fraser2009)

Control and perfectionism: plays a big role in the lives of the peregrine falcon. A great effort is made to maintain control, even though the control can easily be lost and mayhem and disorganization may break loose. There is a sensation of lack of control over one’s own life. There is a mindset of “go with the flow” and just accept what

is happening or going to happen. This does not seem harmful but is experienced as a form of restriction. This is a pathological situation of not being able to have control

of what is going to happen. Eventually the patient ends up in a state of apathy and despair. Another feeling that there is a supernatural force that is in control of their life.

This supernatural force can be experienced as the sensation of something alive in the stomach. This feature can be observed in Thuja-o.

Perfectionism is a symptom that comes up in all birds. Peregrine falcon is concerned with cleaning and being organized. This is a feature of the falcon characteristic

of the cancer miasm and is seen in remedies (Carsinosin, Staphasagria and Natrum muriaticum). (Fraser 2009)

Vision: The Peregrine falcon has good vision. Their sight is better than most other birds. In the original proving, provers explained their vision was clearer.

Some of the physical complaints are photophobia, stabbing pains and eye twitching. Changes in

26vision that were observed in the original proving included seeing colors, lights and patterns. Falcons can see the bigger picture. They have the ability to see the overview

and they are not at all concerned about the unimportant detail. They see what is needed to solve a problem rather than working it out. They have difficulty with logical and analytical thinking but they are usually able to grasp the concept of what is happening. (Fraser2009) Floating, waves and rhythm: A sensation that is present in all birds,

but is particularly strong in Falco, is the sensation of floating. In Falco the floating sensation has a drifting quality as if they are just going with the flow. Other sensations experienced that distinguish Falco from other birds being a rhythmic sensation, a sensation of smoothness and of feeling drugged. This in a way ties in with the lack of connection. This gets expressed as forgetfulness, absentmindedness and even as a fear the world will fall apart around them.Falco’s symptoms happen in waves.

They may happen quickly but there is a smoothness to the action of the symptoms. The symptoms come and go in a wave pattern. (Fraser2009)

Physicals:Physical complaints:Cold sensations and physical coldness in parts of the body. This alternates with flushes of heat. Falco susceptible to paralysis of all kinds,

but mostly of the extremities.

Other symptoms associated with the nervous system are numbness and anaesthesia.

Constriction felt as a band around them

Cramping Pins and needles Tingling Twitching spasms

Fluctuating appetite: this is a general theme in all birds. In Falco they will have a small appetite which then turns into a ravenous hunger. In Falco there is a contradiction

in that they can have a disgust for food.

Nausea Pain is expressed as having a throbbing and pulsating quality. (Fraser2009)

[Peter Fraser]

In 1997 I was involved in the proving of Trained Peregrine Falcon. The remedy (Falco) was prepared from a feather and a drop of blood taken from a trained Tiercel

(= male Falcon) by a vet.

Half of a class of student homoeopaths took the remedy and half supervised, though symptoms clearly affected everyone in the group. Though none of the provers knew

what the remedy was they experienced all sorts of symptoms clearly connected with the Spirit of the Falcon. When driving, many provers felt the urge for excessive speed

(the Falcon is the fastest creature on earth), or found that they could not get off roundabouts and went round several times. There were things connected with the fingernails (talons) and dreams about eating raw meat. The most important spirit of the remedy revolves around feelings of humiliation and entrapment that reflect the position of the

wild bird made captive and trained to the will of man. Many animals, especially the dog, have this dual nature, but dogs have been domesticated over hundreds of generations.

The Falcon is one of the wildest of creatures and it is disciplined through starvation and sensory deprivation in just a few months. The feelings of the Falco patient are also extreme and revolve around her true wild spirit and love of the wilderness and of being trapped and humiliated.

[Peter Fraser]

There are clearly similarities between the feelings in AIDS and Falco and the patient who has so far had the strongest curative effect from Falco was also enormously helped by the AIDS nosode.

The scientific name Falco peregrinusmeans “wandering falcon” in Latin. The name Falcon comes from the Latin falx, a sickle and alludes to the sharp beak that, brings sudden death (grim reaper.

Natural History of the Falcon

They differ from other Falconiformes in killing with their beaks instead of their feet. They have a “tooth” on the side of their beak for that purpose.

The Falcon (female) is more powerful but the Tiercel (Male) is often more agile.

The Falcon’s flight takes the form of a series of rapid strokes of the wings followed by a short glide.

While its diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, the Peregrine will occasionally hunt small mammals, small reptiles, or even insects.

The Peregrine requires open space in order to hunt, so they search for prey either from a high perch or from the air.

The Peregrine Falcon is often said to be the fastest animal on the planet in its hunting dive, the stoop, which involves soaring to a great height and then

diving steeply at speeds commonly said to be over 320 km/h (200 mph), and hitting one wing of its prey so as not to harm itself on impact.

If the prey is not killed by the shock of being hit with razor sharp claws moving at more than a hundred miles an hour, it is quickly dispatched by a bite to the neck.

They have a “tomial tooth” a projection on the upper beak with a corresponding notch on the lower one. This serration allows them to kill their prey immediately with a bite to the back of

the neck and they do not generally have to contend with a struggling victim as the hawks do.

The birds usually hunt in the early morning and again in the evening.

A pair mates for life and returns to the same nesting spot annually. The courtship flight: a mix of aerial acrobatics, precise spirals, and steep dives.

The pair defends the chosen nest site against other Peregrines, and often against ravens, herons and gulls.

The male brings the food close to the nest and passes it to the female in mid air. This can be an impressive display as they both fly vertically up, chest to chest, pass the food from talon to talon.

Apart from such anthropogenic threats as collision with human-made objects, the Peregrine may be killed by large eagles or large owls.

Central issue:

Falco peregrinus has a particular theme or dreams which include speed, free fall, and the bliss of freedom and being the fastest in the animal kingdom.

A gripping feeling (sensation) as if you are stuck in a cage (delusion) it is something that grips you & it is black & dark. It is something vague that holds you & keeps you in a cage.

The black thing is something that is inside of the me from top to feet & through the legs & it can make me do things, it is much more powerful than me. I’m & it is domineering me, it has power over me, it makes me do things that l don’t want to.

Recurrent dreams….A crushing feeling, totally black & I was so super-small & the black thing is so huge, it came down on me so that I couldn’t breathe anymore….

it came down in slow motion, like a black cape coming down slowly on me that wraps you completely.

Correlation with nature:

A. Speed/Stoop/Dive/Danger

The Peregrine Falcon is widely renowned for its incredible speed. High speed achieved only during the characteristic swoop (hunting dive)…the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest creature on earth.

‘I drove home that evening in a record time of 1hr 10 min, a journey which usually takes me 1hr 30min. I drove at high speed, I was aware of the speed but I didn’t care’.

‘I was aware on my journey home that my driving was somewhat careless and that if I was not more careful I would have an accident, but it didn’t stop me.’

‘Was very speedy’

‘Went out by myself – feeling very good, pleased with myself, I walked out on the dam on the stream without a thought, after a few minutes I noticed how precariously I was perched and

thought quite calmly, “You’d break a leg if you fell off here“, but I didn’t go back immediately.’

B. Courage/strong/agile

Peregrine Falcons are courageous, strong and extremely agile birds provided with dreadful weapons. When they catch their prey, usually the victims are stabbed to death or strangled up in the air,

or very heavy birds are tortured in the air and then killed after they plunge to the ground.

I don’t care and feel very relaxed.

I find it very difficult to take anything seriously at all, great fun.

Periods of great stillness – completely unworried by things

Fierce and passionate

Assertive/confident/courageous

Swearing without apologizing

Explosive anger

C. No sense of Danger

The Peregrine Falcon is often stated to be the fastest animal on the planet in its hunting dive, the stoop, but the dive may be dangerous sometimes, because the falcon may hit a tree or rock.

Danger, lack of reaction to danger

Danger, no sense of danger, has

Delusions, danger, impression of but without fear

Harming her own children

Reckless driving

Feeling in charge/Powerful

D. Biting

If the prey is not killed by the shock of being hit with razor sharp claws moving at more than a hundred miles an hour, it is quickly dispatched by a bite to the neck.

Biting, about him, bites

Biting, nails

Biting, people, family, her

Fear, injury, being injured, of

Fear, attacked, fear of being

E. Abused/Dominated/Falconry

The falconry……The bird is left tethered in semi-darkness without food. After a substantial time, when the bird is exhausted and starving, it is offered a morsel of meat on the gloved fist. When it is driven by hunger to eat it will step on to the glove to take the meat.

I can’t stand up for myself

Feel dominated and controlled

Feel hemmed in

Imprisoned/caged

Undervalued/Humiliated/Scorned

Numbness/Detachment/Disinterested in sex and sensuality

F. Reaction to Imprisoned…

A bird of prey is never domesticated. The learned response to the lure and the sound of the whistle will usually call back the bird but if it were to fly out of sight or hearing it would be free…

They will usually have experienced severe abuse of a physical, emotional and/or sexual nature. As a result, there is a great deal of anger, which may either be

Sup- or expressed.

Ailments from scorn

Anger, cold and detached

Anger from contradiction

Anger when touched

Anger, violent

Cursing from contradiction

Cursing from rage

Dictatorial

Leprosy miasm

Feeling of being dirty and cheap

Vision of people living in squalor

No interest in personal appearance

Fear of infection and infecting others

Dream of eating corpses

Falcon source words:

Dark place/Covered by something huge

Caged, imprisoned

Beat/punch/stab/bite

Agile

Dive with great speed

Essenz: (Eigen-)Wille, Macht, Dominieren und dominiert werden; will seinen persönlichen (starken, direkten) Willen in der Welt durchsetzen mit gewaltigen Freiheitswillen, aber dem Wunsch (der Gruppe) zu gefallen, anerkannt zu werden, Rücksicht auf die Meinung der anderen (gibt seine Freiheit auf um akzeptiert zu werden. degenerative disorders of the nervous system (paralysis, peripheral neuropathy and claustrophobia).

Leitsymptome: halsstarrig, (kalter, harter) Ärger + Zorn (wenn gehindert); will Verpflichtungen der Familie entkommen; Kaltherzig, indifferent, gefühllos; Resignation, Verzweiflung + Paralyse mit Gefühl gefangen und absolut allein zu sein,

Ursachen: Missbrauch/verlassen in Kindheit/tiefste Wunden aus Kindheit

Abhängigkeit (Alkohol, Drogen); paralysierende ZNS-Erkrankungen; periphere Neuropathie, Claustrophobie

DD.: Anac-o; Nux-v; Bute-j;

[Sigrid Häse]

Falken sind traditionell ein Prestigeobjekt reicher Ölscheichs. Zentrale Thema Geschwindigkeit, denn Falco ist seinen Mitmenschen im Denken immer 10 Schritte voraus. Es fällt ihm schwer, sein inneres Tempo in die Realität umzusetzen, und so kommt es bei ihm zu Koordinations- und Wahrnehmungsschwächen, die sich in Unfällen, Schreibproblemen bei Diktaten, Klavierspielen nach Noten und andere motorischen Schwierigkeiten äußern.

Liebt Motorrad-/Achterbahnfahren und raketenhaftes Fliegen. Schlägereien ist er nicht abgeneigt und hat gern ein lockeres Messer in der Tasche. Gegenüber langsam denkenden Menschen verhält er sich ungeduldig.

Bei ihm besteht eine latente Gewaltbereitschaft, und feige ist er überhaupt nicht. Die Disziplin, die im lateinischen Namen des Mittels steckt, lässt der Klient manchmal vermissen.

Ancient Egyptians the falcon headed God Horus was a major deity One eye represented the sun, while the other represented the moon. Thus this God, with other functions, was the psychopompus. the one who led the living into death and the dead into their new life upon the wheel of cyclical return. The themes which emerged in the Falco proving 'fell out' upon an axis of brightness, clear sightedness, laughter and the coldness of unfeeling anger (own children)/anything perceived as posing a restraint. Humiliated/scorned/undervalued/menaced. There is an unfeeling aspect to the remedy, compounded by a sense of being above it all/detached. From this perspective human life may seem cheap/impoverished/dirty. One prover reported that she had become 'The Ice Queen',

while some others expressed that sex and sensuality were 'off the map'. From this detached perspective it is natural to seek a purely analytical solution to any emotionally charged situation. The disciplined Falcon's primal situation of fear and deprivation translates in terms of unfeeling numbness, as is the case in many of our fear remedies This response is the natural one, once flight and

fight have been tested and found wanting. Perhaps arising out of this primal experience there was a marked empathetic response from a number of provers, especially with endangered environments and disempowered people or perhaps this response is as natural as is flight for the free bird. Certainly most of the provers felt elevated in the initial stages of the proving: clear sighted, focused,

close to nature, not to mention the spiraling and gyring preoccupations of most provers. The proving dose was taken over the weekend - on Sunday morning 7 of the group (2 men) came to class

with painted finger nails - emblematic of the falcon's death delivering talons. They had been to a birthday party, all had got confused while driving, several had a terrible time getting off roundabouts (traffic circles)! - emblematic of the falcon's ascending spiral flight prior to its stoop upon its prey.

The Peregrine Falcon is one of 38 species of the genus Falco, the true falcons, which includes Kestrel/Merlin. The representative importance of the bird is such that it gave its name to the Falconiformes as an order of diurnal raptors including eagles/hawks/vultures/buzzards. There are several features that distinguish the falcons from other raptors.

Falcons don’t build nests/lay their eggs in "scrapes" (= depressions made on cliff ledges)/holes in trees/on the ground. They are stronger/faster in the air + less manoeuverable close to the ground.

They have a "tomial tooth" a projection on the upper beak with a corresponding notch on the lower one. This serration allows them to kill their prey immediately with a bite

to the back of the neck and they do not generally have to contend with a struggling victim as the hawks do/was found almost everywhere except in the arid tropical deserts/ have almost completely disappeared from east of the Rockies/Andes.

Mythology: Horus and The Falcon

Peregrine Falcon has been regarded as a mystic bird and often as a messenger from another world/stranger in ours. N. American Indians believe it to be a messenger that brings us guidance from the spirit world. It was in Egyptian mythology that the Falcon found its most powerful expression. Horus, which means "the distant one" or "that which is above", was the most important of the many Falcon Gods bei vielen Völkern spielen Falken eine Rolle in der Mythologie. In der Ägyptische Mythologie hat der Sonnengott Horus, der die finsteren Mächte besiegt, den Kopf eines Falken.

In der nordischen Mythologie trägt die Göttin Freya ein Falkengewand, mit dem sie je nach Lesart wie ein Falke durch die Lüfte gleiten kann oder sich gar in einen solchen verwandelt. Bei den Kelten zählte der Falke als Übermittler zwischen Diesseits und Jenseits. In der slawischen Mythologie ist der Falke (Sokol) eine Gestalt der Sonne und des Lichtes. Er ist bekannt für seinen großen Mut, seine scharfen Augen, und er kann in kürzester Zeit große Distanzen durchmessen. Deshalb ist er besonders der Vogel der Krieger. Die Helden der russischen Märchen verwandeln sich gerne in Falken, um schwierige Aufgaben zu bewältigen. Die heldenhaften Eigenschaften waren wohl auch der Grund, warum die tschechisch-nationale Turnervereinigung Sokol heißt.

Egyptian Mythology: Osiris and his sister-wife Isis ruled Egypt and had brought agriculture, peace and prosperity. Their brother Seth was jealous and overthrew Osiris, cutting him into small pieces that he dispersed and buried all over Egypt. Isis gathered the pieces of her husband and joined them together. In the form of a Kite she covered his body and with her wings beat air into his mouth, animating him long enough for him to impregnate her before he departed to rule over the dead. Horus (= child of this union) was hidden from his uncle in the papyrus marshes of the Nile Delta and brought up in secret by his mother. Horus is often iconographically depicted as a vulnerable child (sucking at Isis's breast/sitting on her lap sucking his fingers).

Through the magic of Thoth the eye was restored to perfection and became the Udjat, a human eye surrounded by the Falcon's facial markings, this became a symbol of soundness and perfection and of protection and purification. It was one of the most potent amulets of protection and is still an immensely powerful icon. The phases of the Moon reflect this shattering into small pieces and healing to wholeness. Falcon + Pharaoh = God and Ruler of Egypt = one and the same. The Hieroglyph of the Falcon therefore meant kingship and is always found preceding the name of a Pharaoh. Falcon sitting on a hand risen out of mud, shaped the earth out of mud

On the whole Falconry takes advantage of the natural instincts of the birds. In Falconry a dog is used to "point" the position of the quarry. The dog stays absolutely still while the Falcon is let slip and given time to climb in a circling motion. When the Falcon is in position, the dog puts up the quarry and the bird stoops on it at great speed, killing or stunning it. The Falcon brings its prey to the ground and mantling, spreading its wings tent-like over its prey, it begins to plume it, pluck its feathers out. The Falconer must approach quickly while the bird is engrossed and if he offers a lure of fresh meat. The Falcon will instinctively take it, offering the falconer a chance to snatch the quarry and catch the bird by its jesses. The Falcon is given a small part of the kill, the "faire courtoisie".

The training of the Falcon is necessary partly to make the bird used to people and the accoutrements of the hunt, but most importantly to give the falconer a way of calling the bird back to him.

This is done by creating a Pavlovian response to the sight of the lure and the sound of a particular whistle.

This realization led to an awareness of ecology and the birth of the green movement, but it also resulted in a terror for what might happen and a feeling that only we are responsible for whatever happens to us.

[Dr. Ghanshyam Kalathia]

Falco peregrinus means "wandering falcon" in Latin.

The name comes from the Latin falx, a sickle and alludes to the sharp beak that, like the grim reaper, brings sudden death.

They differ from other Falconiformes in killing with their beaks instead of their feet. They have a "tooth" on the side of their beak for this purpose.

Typical of bird-eating raptors, Peregrine Falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males.

The Falcon (female) more powerful but the Tiercel (Male) is often more agile.

The flight takes the form of a series of rapid strokes of the wings followed by a short glide.

While its diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, the Peregrine will occasionally hunt small mammals, small reptiles, or even insects.

Requires open space in order to hunt, so they search for prey either from a high perch or from the air.

The Peregrine Falcon is often stated to be the fastest animal on the planet in its hunting dive, the stoop, which involves soaring to a great height and then diving steeply

at speeds commonly said to be over 320 km/h (200 mph), and hitting one wing of its prey so as not to harm itself on impact.

If the prey is not killed by the shock of being hit with razor sharp claws moving at more than a hundred miles an hour, it is quickly dispatched by a bite to the neck.

They have a "tomial tooth" a projection on the upper beak with a corresponding notch on the lower one. This serration allows them to kill their prey immediately with a bite

to the back of the neck and they do not generally have to contend with a struggling victim as the hawks do.

The birds usually hunt in the early morning and again in the evening.

Reaching sexual maturity at one year, it mates for life and nests in a scrape, normally on cliff edges or, in recent times, on tall human-made structures.

The Peregrine Falcon lives mostly along mountain ranges, river valleys, coastlines, and increasingly in cities.

In mild-winter regions, it is usually a permanent resident, and some individuals (adult males), will remain on the breeding territory.

A pair mates for life and returns to the same nesting spot annually. The courtship flight includes a mix of aerial acrobatics, precise spirals, and steep dives.

The pair defends the chosen nest site against other Peregrines, and often against ravens, herons and gulls.

The male brings the food close to the nest and passes it to the female in mid air. This can be an impressive display as they both fly vertically up, chest to chest, and pass the food from talon to talon.

They often chase their siblings in playful games and the adults will drop dead and then life prey near them teaching the young birds to take their food in mid air and eventually to hunt.

Apart from such anthropogenic threats as collision with human-made objects, the Peregrine may be killed by large eagles or large owls.

Core issue:

Falco peregrinus has a particular theme or dreams which include speed, free fall, and the bliss of freedom and being the fastest in the animal kingdom.

It is gripping feeling (sensation) as if you are stuck in a cage (delusion) it is something that grips you & it is black & dark. It is something vague that holds you & keeps you in a cage.

The black thing is something that is inside of the me from top to feet & through the legs & it can make me do things, it is much more powerful than me I’m & it is domineering me ,it has power over me, it makes me do things that l don't want to.

A recurrent dreams….A crushing feeling, totally black & l was so supper-small & the black thing is so huge ,it came down on me so that l couldn't breathe anymore….it came down in slow motion, like black cape coming down slowly on me that wraps you completely.

Physical General:

Noon aggravation

Numbness

Attracted by Red color

Wave like sensation

Physical particular:

Mouth and throat ulcers…Mouth infections are common to falcons. It is a disease called Frounce, a mouth- and throat-infection caused by the protozoan Trichomonas gallinae.

Speed/Stoop/Dive/Danger

The Peregrine Falcon is widely renowned for its incredible speed. High speed achieved only during the characteristic swoop (hunting dive)…the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest creature on earth.

‘I drove home that evening in a record time of 1hr 10 min, a journey which usually takes me 1hr 30min. I drove at high speed, I was aware of the speed but I didn’t care’.

‘I was aware on my journey home that my driving was somewhat careless and that if I was not more careful I would have an accident, but it didn’t stop me.’

‘Was very speedy’

‘Went out by myself – feeling very good, pleased with myself, I walked out on the dam on the stream without a thought, after a few minutes I noticed how precariously

I was perched and thought quite calmly, “You’d break a leg if you fell off here”, but I didn’t go back immediately.’

Courage/strong/agile

Peregrine Falcons are courageous, strong and extremely agile birds provided with dreadful weapons. When they catch their prey, usually the victims are stabbed to death or strangled up in the air, or very heavy birds are tortured in the air and then killed after they plunge to the ground.

I don't care and feel very relaxed.

I find it very difficult to take anything seriously at all, great fun.

Periods of great stillness - completely unworried by things

Fierce and passionate

Assertive/confident/courageous

Swearing without apologizing

Explosive anger

Abused/Dominated/Falconry

I can’t stand up for myself

Feel dominated and controlled

Feel hemmed in

Imprisoned/caged

Undervalued/Humiliated/Scorned

Numbness/Detachment/Disinterested in sex and sensuality

No sense of Danger

Harming her own children

Reckless driving

Feeling in charged/Powerful

Leprosy miasm

Feeling of dirty and cheap

Vision of people living in squalor

No interest in personal appearance

Fear of infection and infecting others

Dream of eating corpuses

Rubrics:

Abused/dominated:

Ailments from, abused, after being, sexual

Ailments from, domination

Ailments from, sexual humiliation

Delusions, abused, being

Delusions, betrayed, that she is

Dreams, abused being

Dreams, sexual humiliation

Enraged/ violent:

Ailments from, scorn

Anger, cold and detached

Anger, contradiction, from

Anger , touched, when

Anger, violent

Cursing, contradiction, from

Cursing, rage, from

Dictatorial

Estranged/Friendless/Leprosy

Ailments from, shame

Delusions, divisions between himself and others

Delusion, friendless, he is

Delusions, neglected, duty, he has neglected his

Disgust, of one’s own body

Disgust, himself

Dreams, cruelty

Dreams, forsaken

Emotions, suppressed

Estranged, children, flies from her own

Estranged, family, from his

Estranged, husband, from her

Estranged, self, from

Estranged, society, from

Estranged, wife, from his

Hiding, himself

Self-determination

No sense of danger:

Danger, lack of reaction to danger

Danger, no sense of danger, has

Delusions, danger, impression of, fear, but without

Biting

Biting, about him, bites

Biting, nails

Biting, people, family, her

Fear, injury, being injured, of

Fear, attacked, fear of being

Dreams, accident

Art

Art, ability for

Creative

Words:

Dark place/Covered by something huge

Beat/punch/stab/bite

Agile

Dive with great speed

Allerlei: Myrrha. = Tränen. des Falkengottes Horus.

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