Sycosis (exaggeration & cover-up) in Stage 6

Dr. Scholten describes Stage 6 as "The Challenge". It the kind of situation that occurs when you have gained some expertise and the time has come to put it out into the world. It's time for your performance. You have the grounding, the techniques - but not the experience, and there's only one way to gain that experience - you just have to go for it. If you dare. Going through with it is the only way to progress. How many projects get stuck at this stage?

Its like launching into the unknown. Its the opportunity to show what you can do. You can easily be hurt and feel very vunerable but the alternative is to stay hidden - and stuck in Stage 6! Another alternative is to develop a thin veneer of armour-like toughness.


The Stage 6 remedy of the Ferrum (work) Series is Chromium. All the Ferrums are forceful but they are usually obliged to put up with "the rules of the game", so their own feelings get suppressed, and they can feel guilty if their performance is sub-standard.

In Chromium the feeling is that making a mistake means getting hurt. This means the challenge is in keeping up appearances. The result is that they can become rather closed and private people.

Supporting Rubrics:
* Anxiety - anticipation, from.
* Fear - failue, of.
* Fear - observed; of her condition being.
* Reserved.
* Secretive
* Trifles - important, seem.

The Stage 6 remedy of the Silver Series (intellect) is Molybdenum. In this series the focus is on performance and perfection. They are creatively inspired and want to be special.

In Molybdenum the challenge is to prove that their creativity is viable. The secret creation has to be exhibited. They are proud of their work but fear humiliation.

Supporting Rubrics:
* Anxiety - future, about.
* Fear - death of.
* Fear - fainting of.
* Fear - falling of.
* Fear - humiliated, being.
* Offended, easily.
* Discouraged.
* Company, aversion to - alone amel.
* Dreams - high places/falling.


Stage 6 remedy of the Lanthanides is Neodymium. The focus of the Lanthanides is on self-control and inner strength. Their efforts are directed toward achieving strength of mind.

In Neodymium the challenge is to prove their autonomy. They are not quite there, so to accomplish this they become closed and try to be hard . Its like putting up a wall to protect themselves from any doubt about their independence and their self-control.

Supporting rubrics:
* Proving independence.
* Proving themselves, courage.
* Proving self-control, tough.
* Proving autonomy, rascal.
* Hiding themselves, impervious.

The Stage 6 remedy of the Gold Series (power and ambition) is Tungsten. The focus of the Gold Series is responsibility. They use their power to rule - for better or for worse.

In Tungsten the challenge is to prove that they can be a leader. They can be forceful and arrogant, but again they are keen to hide any uncertainty. Uncertainty is their achilles heel, as seen in the dream rubrics below.

Supporting rubrics:
* Audacity.
* Company, aversion to.
* Contradiction, intolerant of.
* Haughty.
* Delusions - superiority/tall
* Delusions -fail, everything will.
* Delusions - separated, world; from/Unreal
* Fear - falling.
* Fearless.
* Quick to act.
* Optimistic.
* Mistakes, making.
* Dreams - Difficulties; Escaping from danger. Falling. Riots.
* Dreams - Walking in ruins.


The Stage 6 remedy of the Uranium Series (intuition and wisdom) is Uranium. The focus of this series is on intention and intuition. In Uranium the challenge is to demonstrate their powers. My guess is that they can be quite excited about their powers of intuition., but they are still developing so they can be nervous about showing off - which only invalidates their accomplishments anyway.

Fact or Fiction ....?
Once you have empirically established that someone is reactive to any one of the Stage 6 remedies you can be fairly certain that the other Stage 6 remedies will also have a beneficial effect in their respective spheres (e.g. work/intellect/power).

Differentiation
One obvious caveat is that if there of aspects of mental development not covered by the Stage 6 remedies, further exploration will be necessary. Its is clear that no-one wants to live with uncertainty bugging their every decision and every effort! How then, to resolve this problem of uncertainty?

Stage 7 shares his uncertainty with his colleages.  He is not quite ready to go it alone.  Going for it alone only happens in Stage 8....

         "I feel self-confident and assertive. The sensation is that I am who I am."

The next question that arises, obviously, is why give a Stage 6 remedy at all if it still leaves some uncertainty?  Does that imply that we need to build on Stage 6 before proceeding to stage 8?  If the Stage 8 remedies are the similimums for confidence the traditional rule of prescribing for the similimum should be applied.   The final decision depends on the balance of every aspect of the case.

 If there is some uncertainty in the person the Stage 6 remedies will support whatever confidence exists. If there is a strong aspiration to become "top dog", a need to force your way to the top, your remedy similimum comes from Stage 8.

Refs:
Dr. Scholten: The Minerals book, the Elements book and the Lanthanide book!