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Agathis australis (Agath‑a.)

Agathis australis (Agath‑a.) appears in 234 rubrics in the repertory. Of these, 17 are single-remedy rubrics listing only this remedy, and 17 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Laughing, and Mistakes, as well as on Memory, Dullness, and Stupefaction. The overall picture is that of a person in a state of suspension: light, cheerful, as if intoxicated, but unclear in thinking and standing beside himself.

Intoxication and Elation

The state resembles drunkenness without alcohol. Several single-remedy rubrics name being intoxicated as the standard, for Cheerfulness as well as for Exhilaration, and one of them carries it to champagne: "Exhilaration – intoxicated, as if – champagne, from". Added are exulting and rejoicing, grinning, and an alternation of cheerfulness and dancing. Dullness, too, knows the comparison with intoxication. Beside the lightness lies a heaviness that alternates with clear intellect ("Heaviness – alternating with clear intellect") and a stupefaction in which vision remains clear.

Delusions of Floating and Rapture

With 29 rubrics the Delusions form the largest block, and almost all deal with dissolution of boundaries. The person floats, namely as "Delusions – floating – Styrofoam, he/she is a piece of", or rides like "Delusions – Aladdin on his flying carpet". He sees himself from outside: "Delusions – body – outside of body – observe himself, can". Added are the idea of being young again, while conversely the feeling of being old stands in a small rubric, further creative powers, the forehead drawn to a point, like a tournament helmet, being pushed, a pulling downward, and insects in the nape. Water smells.

Thinking, Memory, and Speech

Thinking follows the rapture. Memory, Thoughts, Dullness, and Confusion of mind are each represented with several rubrics, and Mistakes stands with 18 rubrics in second place among the main rubrics. A small rubric shows it in writing: the words are transposed. In half-sleep thoughts crowd in, and there is a pull toward the past, specifically to earlier drug experiences ("Thoughts – past, of the – drug experiences, of earlier").

Loss, Longing, and Indifference

A quiet motif of what is missing runs through the mental rubrics. There is a longing for things one has lost, and a great desire for lost objects ("Desires, great – lost objects, for"). Beside it stands an indifference toward one's own speech: the person does not care what he says, even if it insults. Anxiety, by contrast, is concisely framed; it concerns breathing and the world.

Summary

Agathis australis shows in the repertory a picture of detachment. The person is cheerful and light, as if intoxicated, floats or looks down on himself, while memory and choice of words are no longer reliably at hand. Memory and what is lost attract him without his binding himself to them.

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