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Accessibly written and intends to demonstrate Bion's ideas through
'feeling' rather than logic by using poetry, literature, philosophy
and art. Examines topics including the "no-thing", the impact of
trauma on development, and the development of and controversy
surrounding Bion's concept of O. Examples and clinical case studies
used throughout.
This book offers a new perspective on conscience as an as yet
unrealized human potential, but a potential toward which human
beings are naturally driven. A distinction is made between a
"mature" or "healthy" conscience - a "conscience capable of
maturation" - and the classical notion of the superego; it also
postulates that the two may represent two separate lines of
development. Conscience is seen to be inseparable from
consciousness; the development of a mature conscience is seen to
have its foundation in the development of a true or authentic self,
while the classical notion of the superego is viewed as an often
pathological manifestation of this natural mental potential.
Theological ideas are relevant to any discussion of morality,
conscience and guilt. Freud's and Bion's perspectives on religion
are closely examined, revealing fundamental differences in their
views of the mind. The author incorporates the metaphysical
perspective central to Bion's concept of "O" as fundamental to an
understanding of the development of a healthy conscience.
Accessibly written and intends to demonstrate Bion's ideas through
'feeling' rather than logic by using poetry, literature, philosophy
and art. Examines topics including the "no-thing", the impact of
trauma on development, and the development of and controversy
surrounding Bion's concept of O. Examples and clinical case studies
used throughout.
With his concept of "O," Wilfred Bion provided a new psychoanalytic
space in which to explore the mind. Dr Annie Reiner's new book,
Bion and Being: Passion and the Creative Mind, examines the
similarities between this psychoanalytic space and the artist's
creative sensibility, as well as mystical and religious states.
This most mysterious and revolutionary of Bion's analytic ideas
reflects what is essentially a state of being, an experience of
mental integrity and union between emotional and rational functions
of the mind which is the basis of thinking and creativity. In an
effort to provide emotional understanding to Bion's theoretical
ideas, Dr Reiner uses examples of artists, poets, writers,
theologians, and philosophers, including Rilke, Cummings,
Shakespeare, Beckett, and Nietzsche, to illustrate these
psychoanalytic concepts. She also presents detailed clinical
examples of patient's dreams to explore the obstacles to these
states of being, as well as how to work clinically to develop
access to these creative states.
Dr James Grotstein (1925-2015) was the foremost Bion scholar, and
one of the most noted and honoured psychoanalysts in the world. His
prolific writings and generous encouragement to other analysts has
had an enormous impact. He was among the first to examine Bion's
most controversial concept - O - in particular the mystical aspects
of O. The title of this book, Of Things Invisible To Mortal Sight:
A Celebration of the Work of James S. Grotstein, inspired by a line
from Milton's Paradise Lost (Book III), reflects Grotstein's
decades-long examination of the most profound aspects of the human
mind. Dr James Grotstein's erudition and depth of understanding
made him one of the most revered psychoanalysts throughout the
psychoanalytic world. He was well known and appreciated for his
prolific writings, so it was only fitting to honour him through
writing, and the fifteen articles in Of Things Invisible To Mortal
Sight are written by esteemed analysts from Italy, Brazil,
Argentina, Israel, and throughout the United States.
Dr James Grotstein (1925-2015) was the foremost Bion scholar, and
one of the most noted and honoured psychoanalysts in the world. His
prolific writings and generous encouragement to other analysts has
had an enormous impact. He was among the first to examine Bion's
most controversial concept - O - in particular the mystical aspects
of O. The title of this book, Of Things Invisible To Mortal Sight:
A Celebration of the Work of James S. Grotstein, inspired by a line
from Milton's Paradise Lost (Book III), reflects Grotstein's
decades-long examination of the most profound aspects of the human
mind. Dr James Grotstein's erudition and depth of understanding
made him one of the most revered psychoanalysts throughout the
psychoanalytic world. He was well known and appreciated for his
prolific writings, so it was only fitting to honour him through
writing, and the fifteen articles in Of Things Invisible To Mortal
Sight are written by esteemed analysts from Italy, Brazil,
Argentina, Israel, and throughout the United States.
This book offers a new perspective on conscience as an as yet
unrealized human potential, but a potential toward which human
beings are naturally driven. A distinction is made between a
"mature" or "healthy" conscience - a "conscience capable of
maturation" - and the classical notion of the superego; it also
postulates that the two may represent two separate lines of
development. Conscience is seen to be inseparable from
consciousness; the development of a mature conscience is seen to
have its foundation in the development of a true or authentic self,
while the classical notion of the superego is viewed as an often
pathological manifestation of this natural mental potential.
Theological ideas are relevant to any discussion of morality,
conscience and guilt. Freud's and Bion's perspectives on religion
are closely examined, revealing fundamental differences in their
views of the mind. The author incorporates the metaphysical
perspective central to Bion's concept of "O" as fundamental to an
understanding of the development of a healthy conscience.
With his concept of "O," Wilfred Bion provided a new psychoanalytic
space in which to explore the mind. Dr Annie Reiner's new book,
Bion and Being: Passion and the Creative Mind, examines the
similarities between this psychoanalytic space and the artist's
creative sensibility, as well as mystical and religious states.
This most mysterious and revolutionary of Bion's analytic ideas
reflects what is essentially a state of being, an experience of
mental integrity and union between emotional and rational functions
of the mind which is the basis of thinking and creativity. In an
effort to provide emotional understanding to Bion's theoretical
ideas, Dr Reiner uses examples of artists, poets, writers,
theologians, and philosophers, including Rilke, Cummings,
Shakespeare, Beckett, and Nietzsche, to illustrate these
psychoanalytic concepts. She also presents detailed clinical
examples of patient's dreams to explore the obstacles to these
states of being, as well as how to work clinically to develop
access to these creative states.
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