Vaikanunthanath das Kaviraj passed away

Forwarded by Dr  Shivang Swaminarayan

It is sad to share that Vaikanunthanath das-Kaviraj has passed away.

Kaviraj was one of the pioneering authorities on agricultural homeopathy.

For two years he generously shared his knowledge on using homeopathy for plants with the readers of Homoeopathy Plus and elsewhere. He will be sadly missed. May his soul rest in PEACE. May his near & dear one find strength to bear this loss. 

From Hippy to Homeopath: the Story of Vaikunthanath das Kaviraj
Vaikunthanath das Kaviraj was a world authority on the use of homeopathy for plants and soil.

He has shared much of his knowledge in the Agrohomeopathy section of the few prominent websites,

Blogs & was regularly connected with like minded people, homoeopaths and agronomist through Born in the Netherlands in 1946, Kaviraj’s first experience with plants was when he got a job  helping out at a tree nursery at the age of 14.

Throughout his youth he showed an interest in nature and astrology, reading the likes of Dutch  astrologer Mellie Uyldert and developing a desire to see and learn more about the world.

In 1964 he took his first trip to India  overland via several south-east Asian countries, where he  learned about their native plants. In 1968, he co-founded the Magic Bus Company, offering rides  to tourists to India by minivan.

After a few ‘experimental’ years in the US where he experienced Woodstock first hand and  ‘hung out’ with the likes of Bob Dylan, Alan Ginsberg and the Grateful Dead, he decided in  1970 to head back to Europe, sell his share in the Magic Bus Company and join the Hare Krishna movement.

He stayed with them until 1979, travelling to France and Belgium where he ran organic farms. In 1979 Kaviraj returned to India where he became seriously ill. After trying several different therapies he  was healed by an Indian homeopath whose remedy worked within just three days. Kaviraj became his  rotégé,  training under him for a year and a half before taking over his clinic for a further eight years.

In 1986, while visiting Europe, he made the chance discovery that Belladonna can heal a Scarlet fever-like disease in apple trees, which steered him towards agrohomeopathy.

In 1990 he moved to Western Australia where the abundance of land meant he could carry out  his experiments on a large scale. He developed and tested several new agrohomeopathic remedies  and established a business selling them.

When it came to the attention of the National Registration Authority that Australian farmers were using  homeopathy instead of the agrochemicals, product registration legislation was passed so fees could be  charged. Curiously, these previously non-existent fees were increased exponentially over ensuing years,  forcing Kaviraj to close his business and leave the country.

In 2000 he moved back to Holland and later London. He continued to research and write about  agrohomeopathy and homeopathy in general. He published his first book ‘Homeopathy for Farm  and Garden’ in 2006. He regularly kept visiting India. In recent past he had visited India.

We hope that Agrohomoeopathy does not end with passage of Kaviraj but organisations, individuals & stack holders take it forward to give a viable alternative in ORGANIC FARMING & GREEN  MOVEMENT.