ABSTRACT
The mystical way leads to an experience in the realms of an ineffable reality. Many mystical traditions refer to nothingness, or Naught, so as to emphasize the fundamental qualitative difference of the realm of mysticism from all that is called ‘reality’ or ‘existence’ in the ordinary world of experience. W. R. Bion seems to present analysts with non-religious mysticism. Analysts find a dialectical interrelationship between the conservative aspects and the novel, productive aspects of mysticism. London and Edinburgh, much like the symbol in Jewish mysticism, is paradoxically utilized since no words can encompass the infinite meanings of the ineffable, emotional experience or the ultimate reality concealed in the patient’s ‘dream’. Bion drew a parallel between psychoanalytical and mystical states of mind. Since Bion’s reference and affinity to Christian mystics have been widely explored, the author focuses predominantly on Jewish mysticism.
