Sulphur Anhang

[David Lilley]

Sulphur, the most ancient archetype in the history of our planet, can be equated with Adam. It has a predominantly male energy.

Our planet Earth was at first an incandescent globe which gradually cooled over millions of years. This early period of earth’s evolution was dominated by tremendous volcanic activity. The element most associated with volcanism is Sulphur or brimstone. The fumes emanating from volcanoes owe their offensiveness to the presence of Sulphur.

Sulphur symbolises first man, like a child, venturing forth into an entrancing, exciting new world, his mind filled with curiosity, inquisitiveness and wonder. He is a pioneer, a man of the earth, close to nature, the hunter-gatherer, handy, inventive and adventurous. Soon he is bewitched by the material world and worships its many idols, including himself. He swaggers through the portals of Eden, puffed with pride and ego, brash and bold.

Sulphur is forthright and open. What you see is what you get whether you like it or not. In keeping with its pungent vapours, the type is intrusive, unaware or uncaring of social niceties, and in the words of Dickens “free from any drawback of delicacy”.

The Sulphur character

The first symbol of Sulphur is a powerful one - the volcano! The image is explosive and fiery. A nature given to explosive wrath which erupts suddenly and intensely in response to the slightest irritation, offence or frustration. This anger may quickly subside, often followed by remorse, or smoulder with sullen fury. There is passion in the volcano, and in Sulphur. It can be manifested in all facets of his life - be it sport, politics, science, philosophy or religion.

Fire symbolises intellectual, creative and artistic flair. Filled with curiosity and an adventurous spirit, possessed of a burning desire to investigate and analyse all things, be it a toy or the universe,

he may become the inventive genius, the inspired visionary, the mad professor or the religious fanatic.

If art is his passion its form is most often innovative and “off-beat”. When unsuccessful they cannot understand why their talent is unappreciated. They believe they are at the cutting edge of whatever they do.

Fire is furthermore symbolic of the ego. A volcanic ego must be very big indeed. Too big for its own good and very selfish. They take things for granted, think everything is their due and show

a lack of consideration, appreciation and gratitude. He is an Andy Capp. An ardent chauvinist who believes that women are destined to be at the beck and call of the man of the house. In this role

he is invariably critical, irritable and intolerant. It is possibly one of the least introspective of archetypes, always believing that its possessions and performances are the best. Often shrewd about

others and hypercritical, he remains uninformed about himself and very self-tolerant.

Some Sulphurs can come across as being unpleasantly haughty and arrogant. He is characteristically self-opinionated, impatient, headstrong and domineering. Pride comes before a fall, and this is often the lot of the puffed up Sulphur.

The expulsive power of the volcano is compelling. It reveals the remarkable ability of Sulphur to drive toxins and internal disease outwards onto the surface. It can counteract the suppression of emotional or physical symptoms, even when due to drug therapy. It can reverse the direction of disease flow and restore resistance. The reappearance of an old eruption on the skin is invariably a good sign when Sulphur has been prescribed.

The discharges of Sulphur are usually offensive and acrid, burning the surrounding tissues over which they flow. Any of the openings of the body may appear red and inflamed. The lips of a Sulphur subject are often very red, as are the ears. Their breath, sweat and flatus will frequently be offensive, and it is not unusual for even a young child to suffer from a strong or offensive body odour.

There is also extreme heat and burning in the image of the volcano. The Sulphur patient is hot-blooded and intolerant of heat and of becoming overheated, as by overexertion. They suffer from burning pains and itching of the skin, which are worse from heat. The hands are hot and sweaty, and the soles of the feet burn so much that they cannot tolerate having them covered at night, and must stick them out from under the sheets. At the menopause, Sulphur women are troubled by hot flushes and sweats. Like the volcano in eruption and then in extinction, they may be overheated

one minute and chilly the next, or they may experience excess of heat in one part and coldness in another.

In our comparison with the volcano we must not forget that volcanoes are not always active, they may even be extinct. The laziness and indolence of Sulphur are proverbial. Although the children may possess a quick and perceptive intelligence, due to laziness and procrastination, they are often underachievers. He has an aversion to anything which resembles work. He can be the typical couch potato, or an armchair philosopher, who has an answer for all the world’s problems, but never lifts a finger to help.

“Hellfire and Brimstone” conjures up an image of the impassioned evangelist denouncing the wicked and the unbeliever. Often a fundamentalist and highly superstitious, even when religious he is usually selfish, preoccupied with his own salvation, rather than that of his fellow man. He is intolerant of other religions.

The colours of Sulphur

Red.x

When heated to its boiling point Sulphur becomes a sullen, dark, red, mobile liquid. Red is the colour of anger and passion. Sulphur is competitive and aggressive by nature. When hearing a Sulphur holding sway, boastful, self-opinionated and domineering, one may visualise archaic homo sapiens beating his chest and proclaiming his territory.

Yellow.x

Sulphur occurs in the most vivid, yellow crystals. Yellow symbolises characteristics which are essentially left cerebral: analytical, materialistic, logical, reductionist and scientific; showing a strongly male-type bias towards values and life. Sulphur generally represents control through the intellect.

Yellow is bright, the brightest and most penetrating colour in the spectrum; it catches the attention and insists upon being the centre of focus. Yellow has clarity, sharpness and agility and so too has the mind of Sulphur. It will leave no stone unturned in its quest for knowledge. Yellow is the colour of the scientific mind, dispassionately analytical, devoid of idealism, romanticism and reverence. Everything must have a concrete reason for existing, everything must add up, be weighed and measured. This focus upon reason can make him seem lacking in compassion – cold, calculating and even callous. Brilliant though they may be, many a Sulphur seems to lack soul.

Yellow is information, as in the yellow pages. Sulphur may set great store by general knowledge. He is a mine of information and collects facts like the Sulphur child collects bits and pieces.

Both are human magpies. The value of what is collected is often only apparent to a fellow Sulphur. Both the quiz master and the whiz kid may be a Sulphur.

This curious mind is easily captivated by anything novel. They love new ideas and fresh angles on things. They always want the latest high-tech gadgets. Many Sulphurs never grow up, remaining overgrown schoolboys. Yellow is a play colour and Sulphurs love to play and to have toys. As they get older these toys become ever more expensive and sophisticated. Sulphur cannot bear to part with anything. His garage is filled with old junk and useless bits and pieces which he refuses to throw away, in case they should someday come in handy. The more discerning Sulphur becomes a serious collector of coins, stamps, art works, books or wine.

From an early age they have a remarkably well-developed sense of monetary value and soon develop an aptitude for business and a talent for making money. Keeping it may be more difficult.

From childhood they are good with their hands and love constructing things. They are fascinated by anything mechanical and electrical, and seem to possess an instinctive knowledge of how they work. They are people who like to get their hands dirty or greasy. Either as a profession or a hobby, they enjoy building, restoring and doing maintenance work. Likewise, gardening and farming appeal to them. They have “green fingers”. They love nature and animals, and yet also love hunting, and are unable to perceive the contradiction in this.

Yellow captures the eye, it communicates, and may even intrude into our awareness. Sulphur is a good communicator. He dominates and monopolises conversations, loves the sound of his own voice, claims centre stage as his right and from this vantage point pontificates to one and all. Often they are highly entertaining, being consummate raconteurs, who enjoy an amazing vocabulary, a wonderful skill with languages and are blessed with a prodigious memory. They are often involved in the media as journalists, announcers, commentators, critics or entertainers.

Blue.x

Sulphur burns with a blue flame indicating an affinity for the venous system and the venous circulation. It is a remedy for haemorrhoids and varicose veins. The inflamed tissues and mucus membranes of the Sulphur case are bluish in colour and not red as in most other remedies.

[Gina Tyler]

Sulph. is the most extreme in intellectual abilities/has unusualy gifted mental abilities from the day they are born.

Some Sulphurs are:

Albert Einstein,

Carl Jung,

Samuel Hahnemann,

Abraham Lincoln,

The scholar, the creative genius, the eccentric, the impulsive artist; all have minds that flow profusely into metaphysics, theories, and equations. All are famous for answering in long-winded sentences. Sulph. types are philosophers, deep in thought and oblivious to the simple physical life they live. Sulph.s live in a world of imagination. They are blind to all the material things of today.

The greatest egos come from the Sulph. type, but this is the motivating force that keeps him mobile, stimulated, focused, and driven. Such great leaders are self motivated and do not look to follow another but set the pace for others to follow. This intense ego, if imbalanced, is destructive, obsessive, irritable, insecure, negative, and a hypocondriac. To criticize an unbalanced Sulph. is volatile. You cannot argue with Sulph. type due to the strong will and obstinate personality combined with a quick witted vocabulary. Two basic extremes of polarity.

Emotional and mental states of imbalance cause organic derangements in the physical realm. Sulph. is impatient with those around him. Always on the move, full of brilliant ideas, alchemists call Sulph. "the heat and force of everything." In homeopathy, Sulph. is used to push out symptoms ("bring to maturity"). For example: clearing up skin imbalances due to suppressive topical lotions, or suppressive emotional and mental imbalance; a phenomenon that happens when the vibration of the homeopathic Sulph. remedy neutralizes the vibration of the disease.

All of one's traits become "real" under stress of an emotion. When Sulph. is suppressed, mentally and emotionally the unconscious side of them makes an appearance. The alter ego sets in; its spirits, its demons (Lucifer), and its flaws all become visible. This is when it is easy to detect Sulph.. The worst thing to do to Sulph. is to cause sufficating suppression of any type. To suppress their imagination, creativity, ego, and spirit will degenerate Sulph's fire. The physical body becomes full of discomforts and starts to adapt to its miserable situation, becoming ill with disease, irritable and difficult to live with.

1. Sulph. is an extremely hot blooded person. Warm hands and feet; always kicks off blankets.

2. Nervous, lean, eccentric looking.

3. You can spot Sulph. in a crowd due to his unruly long hair, and outgoing selection of clothing (sometimes wearing the same clothes for weeks)

4. Sits in a chair with his entire body involved.

5. Paces the floor, cannot stand still in one spot.

6. Cannot wear wool clothing, gets super itchy.

7. Health complaints are always relapsing.

8. << Noon and midnight.

9. It has to be "his idea", not someone elses.

10. Reads a lot of books, retaining everything.

11. Can teach a class better than the instructor.

12. Sulph. "scholar" does not worry about his physical appearance.

13. Messy house does not matter to Sulph.

14. Offensive body odors.

15. Intolerance of artificial heaters indoors. They make him "stuffy".

16. Chronic skin eruptions (eczema, dry itchy psoriasis, boils, and acne.)

17. Lots of anxiety. Dislike of criticism, suppression, and being scorned.

18. Embarassment is extremely humiliating.

19. Much struggling for ego and honor.

20. Sulph. "idealists" are usually dogamatic and cannot be swayed.

21. Absent minded "professor" type, neglecting practical aspects of their lives.

22. Sulph.s make excellent teachers.

23. Sulph.s want to do things whenever they want to, not when told to.

24. Known for drinking large amounts of alcohol.

25. Charming to the opposite sex. Many Sulph.s are womanizers.

26. Having many partners. Openly flirting with women, but hopeless, dependent on their wives, emotionally and practically.

27. Sulph. are great in promoting themselves.

28. Lots of self confidence, gifted and enterprising.

29. Preferring self employment. Likes his independence and freedom.

30. Has knowledge of a broad range of subjects, highly intellectual.

31. Most have no formal education and are self taught (born an intellectual genius.)

32. Sulph. like an audience.

33. Sulph. do not care about being socially acceptable.

34. Relates to all walks of life, young and old.

35. Individualist, independent.

36. Childish persona.

37. Lots of self confidence, boasting about his achievements.

38. When it comes to a goal or passion, Sulph. dives into it 1000%, whether it is a negative obsession. or work related project.

39. Protective of his family, the wife is "queen" in his eyes.

40. Sulph. feels like a child of the universe.

41. Often unbearable to live with, cynical and feeling sorry for themselves causing insecurities.

42. Becoming aloof, guarded with self doubt.

43. Worries about the future.

44. Revels in argument or anecdote.

Note: The "clinical" symptoms of Sulph. have not been discussed such as skin afflictions, lymphatic, cardiovascular and urinary systems. For that, most homeopathic Materia Medica's have lists of information. This article pertains more to the "essence" of Sulph.

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