Traditional Classical Homoeopathy, with symptoms, rubrics and keynotes has stood the test of time. Introduction of newer, more contemporary ideas of kingdom, levels, miasms and sensation have brought Homoeopathy into a new paradigm. Never before has the connection between the patient and the remedy source been as clear. These contemporary ideas have become very popular and have led to many successful cases. However, enamoured by success with this method, a whole new generation have started using it as a shortcut, and have sometimes neglected traditional knowledge. The profession became split, with conventional and contemporary homoeopathy sharply divided. The originator of the Sensation Method, Dr. Rajan Sankaran, has always maintained that symptoms and system are two sides of same coin and that success results from an integrated approach. It is like using both the left and right sides of the brain; both the factual and conceptual aspects of the patient and remedy have to be seen together. The knowledge and understanding found in old masters like C. M. Boger is now explained in detail in this book. Through illustrative cases, Rajan Sankaran demonstrates the secret of success with the integrated approach. Through a seamless blending of the old and new, the symptom and system, conventional and contemporary, the results are proof of a quantum leap in homoeopathic practice. Review This book most certainly lives up to its name in providing an integrative approach to case-taking and analysis. Drawing on more than thirty years of practice in a busy clinic, Rajan Sankaran, together with his team of colleagues, gives a complete overview of the possibilities open to us during a consultation, constantly reminding us to make use of each and every one when needed. With a very solid traditional training as the basis of his practice, Sankaran has gone on to develop new techniques over the years, making it possible to delve deep into the inner life of the patient and to find remedies that have not even been proved yet. His Sensation method appeals to the artistic side of many practitioners, encouraging them to follow the patient on an inward journey to the source, in a rather meditative manner. This method has shown spectacular results and has gained much popularity in recent times. Its apparent ease, however, has also made it susceptible to an over-simplification of the science of homeopathy by those who might look for short-cuts to the remedy. One tends to forget, while watching a master at work that many years of sheer hard work and a variety of techniques lie behind the deft prescriptions. This oversight has led to frustration and failure on the part of those who dabble in new methods, with the tendency to later dismiss them as worthless, and it has also brought on scorn by the inevitable critics inside and outside homeopathy. There has been an increasing division in homeopathic circles, with some claiming to follow only one new method and others exclusively using more traditional ways of repertorising. We, as homeopaths, claim to be holistic and to see the bigger picture, and yet, we have also the tendency to narrowing our scope into that which is comfortable and safe. With this book the circle is complete, going from the basics of homeopathic training to its newest developments, and back to its roots, with the advice that the broadest scope is necessary for a successful practice. It challenges us to remain open to the needs of the patient rather than adhering strictly to one method in all cases, for as Sankaran remarks, sometimes a patient might not require homeopathy at all but might do better with counselling, diet or surgery. It hopefully will counter some of the attacks on the modern masters by pointing out the necessity to utilise these new techniques only in a well-grounded manner rather than haphazardly, and it encourages us to unite as homeopaths rather that to foster division in our ranks,