ABSTRACT
This unobservable phase of development is therefore more difficult to learn about, despite great recent advances in relation to neuroscientific statements about prenatal life. A difficulty continues to stymie what can be known about life in the womb and in terms of more recent emphasis on having an evidence base. This point is interesting in itself in terms of how the mind needs to visually see evidence before belief, yet belief in God is widespread, perhaps reflecting our human need for comfort and reassurance, as Freud had already conveyed. The contradictory workings of the human mind and exploring these would presumably lead to further illumination about the earliest formations of religious objects. Gemma Fiumara’s philosophical work is outlined and discussed in this chapter, recognising the difficulty between affect and theory in psychoanalysis, which she thinks is generally avoided. Different psychoanalytic perspectives are discussed, with the aim of shedding light on these issues.
