1.67 oz
The mineral sulfur reveals a lot of its characteristics through its bright yellow appearance. The current name is derived from the word "solfatar" showing the connection spiritually to the sun (sol) and its bright yellow illuminating and warming rays. In the human physiology sulfur has a great significance, for example being part of four essential amino acids and providing warming qualities. It is offered in the current remedy in a potentized form and therefore works on a more energetic level.
To better understand it, one must think back to the alchemist's division of absolutely all processes in nature and in human beings into three categories: Sal, Mercury, and Sulfur. By Sal they meant all processes that lead ultimately to the formation of the physical, perceptible world; events that are related to all salt processes. Mercury contained all the rhythmical processes where crystallization and dissolution would alternate with one another repetitively, processes that are best seen in breathing and in the circulation. By Sulfur they understood all the processes that we normally perceive, for example, in the fragrances of plants, aromatic oils, burning processes, thinking and meditation, and all those events where matter goes over into a finer state of existence.
Potentized sulfur clearly helps with this entire third category. It helps to warm the entire body to make it more accessible to penetration by spiritual forces. It also helps us to overcome sluggish thinking and is needed to help overcome an over-cooled metabolism which results in inappropriate hardening processes. Rudolf Steiner points out that sulfur allows the life forces to penetrate deeper into the physical body and to heal; this makes it understandable why potentized sulfur helps whenever there is an "unclean state" in the body manifested in such phenomenon as boils, eczema, bad smelling stools, and a generally oily appearance to the skin. It even pertains to the mental level when uncaring, slovenly thinking with disorganized thought processes are present.
Overall, the tremendous importance of a potentized sulfur remedy consists in the fact that it enables a breakthrough whenever a condition seems to be unalterable and "stuck", all the way from rigid behavior to chronic illnesses that are unresponsive to any therapy.
The addition of trace minerals to this supplement has a dual purpose. It allows the energetic forces to penetrate deeper into the body by strengthening the spiritual Ego forces, but also provides much needed trace minerals for the optimal functioning of the metabolism. In our culture of both poor dietary habits and chemical fertilization only the rarest individual is not trace mineral deficient. Whether the effects are immediate or more subtle, an underlying sense of well being and strength will result from supplying these vital nutrients to the organism.
