SUMMARY: The development of conventional male role models, associated with the suppression of feelings and a tendency to aggression and violence, is illustrated with three case histories. The patients are suffering from anxiety, depression or addiction and they report their experience of violence, shame, guilt, self-hate and fear of failure. During treatment with potentised tobacco, they go through painful processes of recognition, often with lucid dreams that help them develop a more mature self-consciousness with increased softness and closeness. A central role in this process is played by empathic support. The author provides valuable information on this. 

SUMMARY: With the example of a man who
feels the loss of his soul during long covid, it becomes
clear how a SARS-CoV-2 infection can exacerbate
latent, unsolved problems at the physical, emotional
and spiritual levels, bringing them to the surface
and thereby opening up a unique evolutionary
opportunity for deep healing. Based on his own
experience of the illness, the author describes
which healing themes are important from a
homeopathic point of view.