3.3 Silicon seriesRelationships and familyThis level is concerned with relationships, initially only within the family, later extending to include other people.
Identification with the family
The main identification in the
Silicium series is with the family. The small group of family and friends is seen as part of them, or they as part of that group. The people outside that group are easily seen as dangerous, as enemies.
Other, YouFollowing the development of the ‘I’ in the
Carbon series, the time has come for the development of a relationship with someone else. This can only take place if there is sufficient consciousness of the ‘I’, otherwise the person will be unable to realise the difference between self and other.
Love and HateThe theme of love and hate plays a vital role on this level. Attraction to the other is love, rejection is hate. The
Sulphuricums express this theme in the form of love for their partner. In the Muriaticums it is motherly love and in the
Phosphoricums brotherly love and friendship.
CommunicationOf course communication is vital at this stage. Without communication there can be no exchange and therefore no relationship. Communication can take place in many ways such as in talking and writing, but also through telepathy and clairvoyance.
Sympathy is another theme that belongs to this whole
Series, although it is most clearly expressed in
Phosphorus.
Language LearningLanguage is a major tool for communication. Included in this is our body language and of course the written word. That is why talking, writing and reading are themes we frequently meet in this
Series. Learning in itself is also an exchange of ideas, but this aspect is particularly important in
Phosphorus.
In the process of communication there are two parts in play: ’talking’ and ‘listening’.
PresentationAnother form of communication is presentation. General appearance, clothes and make-up play an important role.
PlayPlaying is another way of communicating. For children it is a way of learning how to deal with other people, learning to give and take, to work together and to enjoy each others’ company. Joking is also an important form of communication: jokes are often a play on words.
TeenagerThe age that corresponds with that of the older child, the teenager. The teenager tries to find his own position in relationship to others, taking his own space and at the same time showing due respect to other people.
Home Neighbourhood
The place where all this development takes place is gradually extending from the home to the immediate neighbourhood and school, where the child gets to know and starts to make friends with other children. The theme of house and home is very strong in
Silicium.
MindRelations: family, friends, love relationships, peers. Region: home, neighbourhood.
Mood: timid.
Embarrassment.
Contacts: desire or aversion company; better or worse from consolation; desire love, being touched and hugged; eroticism.
BodyPerspiration: hands and feet.
Headaches.
Skin: eruptions on face and hands.
DD Carbon series: here the relationships are a means of support in the process of self development. These are not relationships in the sense that a real exchange takes place, it is more of a one-way system. In the
Carbon series it is the relationship itself and the exchange that takes place that is of primary importance.
DD Iron series: here also we see the theme of relationship, but more in the sense of having to work together to be able to do your task. It is the task that is of prime importance.