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Sept. 2009. Why Don't Materialists Like Us? The Political & Philosophical Identity of Homeopathy (Vol. 13, #1)
State of the Union: Australian Homeopathy - Alastair Gray
A review of the status of homeopathy in Australia
Shining the torch on the state of homoeopathy in Australia and drawing some conclusions depends on who's holding the torch. Most of the time I am a fairly optimistic person. And from my perspective when I look around the profession, examine my own practice, talk to the students I teach, I see a whole lot of health.
Glass Half Full
The Practice of Homeopathy
There are far fewer restrictions on what homoeopaths can do in Australia than in many other countries that I've seen. From my teaching in America, Malaysia, the UK and Ireland there are far fewer obstacles in the way. Essentially I get up, go to work, see my clients, prescribe medicines and go home.
However it's impossible to talk about homoeopathy and its position without talking about the state of play within complimentary or alternative medicine in Australia
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For 14 years Alastair Gray has run a general natural medicine practice in Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. In New Zealand he lectures for the Bay of Plenty College of Homeopathy and the Wellington College of Homeopathy. In Australia, it's the Sydney College of Homeopathic Medicine, Australasian College of Natural Therapies and Nature Care College in Sydney.
He is also a regular seminar presenter in Kuala Lumpur for the Homeopathic Academy Council of Malaysia, and he holds their PCHom. Alastair has also regularly presented and lectured in Toronto Canada, Boulder Colorado and San Francisco; in Galway Ireland, Preston and Nottingham England and Bangkok Thailand.
Trained in the UK at the School of Homeopathy he completed his postgraduate work at the Dynamis School in London. It is this grounding in Homeopathy plus his diverse background that permeates his work. He has a degree in history and a fascination with medical and homeopathic history.
In addition, Alastair has a commitment to quality research in Homeopathy and has conducted a number of provings. As well as publishing the homeopathic proving of Kauri (Agathis australis), he has published four books and numerous articles on the provings of White Tailed Spider, Box Jelly Fish, Moreton Bay Fig, Tea Tree, Waratah, Liquorice, Cockroach, Toad, Seahorse, Cactus, Kowhai, Pearl, Mosquito, Irukandji, and Tar Tree.
He runs and teaches the residential Fusion Sessions, a Post Graduate program in Homeopathy, offered in New Zealand and Australia. He is completing his masters from the UCLan in the UK.