I'm allowed to take 10 remedies with me, here are my choices.

Sol - to remind me of hope, to help me enjoy the sun if it does shine, and of Andy Meyer, before he studied homeopathy, wanting to experience the positive effects of the remedy so he took a few doses and ended up with sunstroke. I had relayed to him the tale of someone I'd given the remedy to for the effects of too much sun, for which it helped and further made her feel more in touch with a brightness of being. Now this is a brave confession to make in public... when I was about 10 or so, I can remember getting a tinitus in my ears and thinking it just could be aliens wanting to connect with me and if I kept focusing on the ringing I would help guide them here. A while later, a word came to me with the ringing - Sol. This was a universal god that I was connecting with during the ringing. I had no idea at the time about the meaning of the word, it was a puzzle I forgot up until I came across the name in my homeopathy studies.

Chocolate - could be warming on those nights alone when a little comfort is needed. It was the first proving I took part in. The significant memory is being attacked by a pack of dogs as the first noticeable effects of the remedy occurred. I still have the scar from the bite of one of the dogs - it's tooth manage to make a hole in my leg though there was no hole in my trousers... hmmm.

Chemophilia - a recently proved remedy, essential for living on the edge. It's part of my current life - something to work through whilst on the Island.

Phosphorus - just in case my predicament is in fact a delusion.

Sulphur - the first remedy I was taught, and the first I prescribed. One dose of 200 which significantly helped someone for 18 months to the point where I barely recognised him when I met him again with his slimmed down body and increased vitality.

Venus Stella Errans - well, this one has to be there. Reminding me of following a dream, and that anything is possible. Also brings back memories of listening to Ziggy Stardust as a kid.

Agaricus - the first time I recall music being used to illustrate the meaning of a remedy when Jeremy Sherr played Purple Haze, very loud, to introduce his lecture on it. That, and it could be useful for frostbite whilst stuck on the damn mudbank, and even for a little fun if I'm allowed the mother tincture.

Alabaster - the proving of this remedy brought home the depth and extent of what a proving is all about, and the true magic of what we do as homeopaths.

Hekla Lava - something about this remedy has seduced me - more on it here. Still not finished with exploring it. Would love to follow in my great uncle JJ's footsteps and go to Iceland to connect more with this essence.

Amber - a proving I took part in where I positively allowed myself to go with the flow of the remedy effects. It may well have been this that enabled me to get predominantly positive effects from the proving including curing my fear of the dark. This led me to an understanding that an aggravation or negative proving effects are from being blocked, stuck or resisting the remedy effects. Remedies given to people going on holiday seem to have better effects than usual, probably because they also are more open to change there, and less restricted by constraints of everyday life that hold them when at home.