Of Things Invisible to Mortal Sight

<p>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, <em>Of Things Invisible To Mortal Sight: A Celebration of the Work of James S. Grotstein,</em> 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 <em>Of Things Invisible To Mortal Sight</em> are written by esteemed analysts from Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Israel, and throughout the United States. </p> Introduction , The early psychoanalytic work of James Grotstein (1966–1981): turning a Kleinian/Bionian tide away from American ego psychology , Into the depths of a black hole and deadness , Reaching the transcendent position by a borderline patient in reading Beckett , A Beam of Intense Darkness by James S. Grotstein , The Weltanschauung of James S. Grotstein , On talking-as-dreaming , Moving in darkness: working with patients with primitive catastrophic traumas , Ferenczi's astra and Bion's O: a clinical perspective , The internal world of terror , Notes on the contribution of antenatal states to the expression of totalitarian behaviour , On toleration , The analyst's mind, theories, and transformations in O , Figments, facts, interruption, hints, and ... , Alpha function and mental growth: the aesthetic dimension of the mind , Bion crosses the Rubicon: the fateful course—and curse—of O in psychoanalysis and the furies left in its wake*