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white marble (Marb‑w.)

white marble (Marb‑w.) appears in 158 rubrics in the repertory. Of these, 19 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 12 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Thoughts, Anxiety, Heightened awareness and Fancies. The picture is that of a person who circles around his own appearance and wants to be watched and admired.

Self-image and beauty

The thoughts revolve around the charm, grace and beauty of one's own person; several single-remedy rubrics belong here. The desire to be watched is recorded in several formulations, in addition the wish to charm and magnetize others, and the desire for servants. Awareness of one's own body is also heightened, above all of the eyes. One can read this as a desire for effect that depends on attention.

Cat and fairy

The delusions carry the playful and fairy-tale trait: the person is a cat, even a newborn kitten, looks for fairies and can jump from a height and land safely. Beside them stand the notion of being honest, the wish to bring order into one's own life, absurd fancies, and a malicious teasing that goes along with laughter. Among the peculiarities are sensitivity to electricity and fear of electric current.

The rubrics on awareness complete the picture: even the presence of birds is perceived with heightened attention. Anyone so attuned to effect and surroundings evidently lives in constant tension between showing oneself and protecting oneself, and the aversion to undressing stands strangely opposed to the desire to be watched.

Dark inclusions

On the other side stand the delusion of a cut-off penis, the delusion that the body would fall apart, the anxiety about cooling off, and the thought of adultery. Suicidal disposition and striking are also recorded. The self-image thus carries a brittleness that it conceals.

Summary

The repertory portrays a person of cat-like grace who wants to be admired, lives between play and fear, and experiences his own body as endangered. The inclusions of violence and disintegration suggest that the self-admiration does not fully hold.

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