Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis by Michael Eigen - 9780367101275

Kabbalah and PsychoanalysisAuthor(s): Michael Eigen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367101275, 978-0367101275\nSynopsis\nWilfred Bion once said, \""I use the Kabbalah as a framework for psychoanalysis.\"" Both are preoccupied with catastrophe and faith, infinity and intensity of experience, shatter and growth of being that supports dimensions which sensitivity opens. Both are preoccupied with ontological implications of the Unknown and the importance of emotional life. This work is a psychospiritual adventure touching the places Kabbalah and psychoanalysis give something to each other. Michael Eigen uses aspects of Bion, Winnicott, Akivah, Luria and Nachman (and many more) as colours on a palette to open realities for growth of experience. Bion called faith \""the psychoanalytic attitude\"" and Eigen here explores creative, paradoxical, multidimensional aspects of faith. Eigen previously wrote of psychoanalysis as a.