Homœopathic Facial Analysis - HFA BOOKS
The main book which outlines the Homœopathic Facial Analysis (HFA) theory and its practice is
Bentley G Appearance and Circumstance (2003)
Appearance and Circumstance is the beginning of the HFA model - it details a new way of seeing miasms and compares to other miasmatic models. The book contains photo examples of facial features, the first HFA feature chart, cases, miasmatic themes, the colour model and the polychrest remedies.
Bentley G Homœopathic Facial Analysis – A companion guide to
Appearance and Circumstance (2006)
Homœopathic Facial Analysis details many examples of facial structure and is a desk top guide for the HFA practitioner. It is a more advanced and detailed look at facial features and contains the second HFA feature chart. It is not a stand alone book and is part of the two clinical HFA books (Appearance and Circumstance, Homœopathic Facial Analysis).
Bentley G Soul & Survival (2008)
Soul & Survival was written for patients as well as practitioners and students. It defines a miasm as a survival instinct and details the purpose of the survival instinct through analogies and stories. It is written in contemporary terms without clinical or homœopathic terminology. The book details universal principles which homœopaths will be familiar with but is also suited to the general public. The life themes of each colour group (miasm or survival instinct) are much more developed and detailed than the more traditional view written in Appearance and Circumstance.
Books are available through the Victorian College of Classical Homoeopathy
or
Homoeopathic book sellers (Minimum, Whole Health Now, Riverdale Homeopathics, HES, Serpentina Books, Alternative Training, Emryss Publishers, Naryana Verlag, Similibooks)
MORE READING (if you wish)
Miasmatic theory is a topic that has fascinated homoeopaths since Samuel Hahnemann first wrote his 12 year treatise on the subject – Chronic Disease (1828). In the past 200 years since this publication, many authors have defined the miasms by a number of different means but chiefly using disease and disease classification as the foundation of their theories. To further investigate the progression (and digression) of this theory the following books can be read
Hahnemann S Chronic Diseases
Kent Lectures on Homœopathic Philosophy
Allen J H Chronic Miasms, Psora, Pseudo-psora and Sycosis
Roberts H The Principles and Art of Cure by Homœopathy (miasm chapters)
Ortega Notes on the Miasms
However none of these pathological models have ever been consistently successful in clinical practice. Homœopathic Facial Analysis (HFA) is successful because it views the miasm as a force or energy (response to disease and/or stress) rather than a disease. With this different foundation as its base Homœopathic Facial Analysis (HFA) has become an extremely effective clinical tool.