The etiology of miasmatic weaknesses at the embryonic stage of development could be: habitual tendencies or energy patterns carried as samskaras from one birth to another; interaction of the miasmatically affected energy field of the mother with that of the early embryo may result in altered genetic expression; the miasms may be transmitted from generation to generation through the genes; teratogenic agents such as drugs taken during the early weeks of pregnancy; infection as teratogenic agent.
The weaknesses that are present in the underlying energy fields within are transmitted to the developing embryo may not initially be obvious in the physical body at birth. Depending on which stage of the miasm is transmitted to the developing embryo, the signs and symptoms of the infecting miasm(s) will express in the same stage. According to the severity of the weakness(es) transmitted, the miasm may remain latent for some time, even many years, until some stressful event or shock to the organism (mental, emotional, physical trauma, chemical insult, etc.) awakens it from its slumber.
Because of these miasmatic infections or changes in the soil, the biofield becomes susceptible to invasion or interaction with morbific energy fields during embryogenesis. For example, the presence of sycosis may allow a viral energy field more easy access than one that is not under is miasmatic influence. Congenital infections, such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) and rubella, frequently result from viral infection during critical stages of organogenesis and organ maturation in the developing host. Persistent infection established by some viruses may have serious pathological effect months to years after birth. The fact that the fetus can be infected through the placenta only by viruses that produce a maternal viremia brings to mind the possibility that the maternal viremia is the result of awakening and activation of a latent miasm by the weakening of the immune system due to the stress of pregnancy. As the miasm is an energy field, it could be the interaction of this activated miasmatic force with the vulnerable field of the growing fetus that is responsible for the congenital defects associated with intrauterine viral infection. The maternal viremia can thus be explained as an effect of a weakened immune system. The infection may be acquired because of the close physical contact between mother and fetus that facilitates interaction between the subtler energy levels of the two individuals.
The outcome of such an infection depends on many factors and it can be powerful enough to bring to a halt all development if it takes place in the earliest stages of gestation. The embryo may die, followed by spontaneous abortion. There may be interference with development of particular organs or systems, resulting in congenital physical deformities or complete absence or failure of development of particular organs. If the infection occurs later in pregnancy there may be intrauterine growth retardation, stillbirth or premature labor and delivery.
to be continued . . . . .
Dr. Barbara Bova, HOD, Department of Homeopathy