Apophatic Elements in the Theory and Practice of Psychoanalysis: Pseudo-Dionysius and C.G. Jung

by David Henderson

How can the psychotherapist think about not knowing? Is psychoanalysis a contemplative practice? This book explores the possibility that there are resources in philosophy and theology which can help psychoanalysts and psychotherapists think more clearly about the unknown and the unknowable. The book applies the lens of apophasis to psychoanalysis,

184 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Marcin Bartnicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took me almost three months to get through this relatively short book, the process itself almost cyclical, involving many returns and restarts. It is a difficult book (at least for me), spanning not only the broad field of apophatic mysticism and analitical psychology (as the title may imply) but also metaphysical philosophy and theology. Nonetheless it left me strangely satisfied - even though (perhaps true to its subject) it left more questions than it answered. One wants to cry, in contradistinction to „Sapere Aude”, „Dare Not to Know!”