ABSTRACT
O is a mathematical sign of ancient Greek origin to which Bion assigned many seemingly disparate roles and functions although united by their mystery, ominousness, and premonitory terror. Bion was “crossing the Rubicon” and heading full-sail for the noumenal, ineffable, uncharted land of “The Unknown”, infrequently alluded to by Jung and Freud, and located paradoxically within and around the Unconscious – and Nowhere, as in the example of “Keter” in the Kabbalah. The contributions of Bion have spread beyond the natural boundaries of traditional psychoanalytic thinking. Bion, on the contrary, states categorically that: nothing except O should ever be interpreted, and that O is tracked as coming from the future immanently into the present moment, the only moment when it is experienced. Bion had also mentioned Sir Isaac Newton and his debate with Bishop Berkeley over the philosophical/logical value of fluxion.
