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By Neville Symington

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Psychoanalysis noticeable via Bion's eyes is an intensive departure from all conceptualizations which preceded him. during this significant contribution to the sequence Makers of recent Psychotherapy, Joan and Neville Symington be aware of knowing Bion's innovations on the subject of scientific perform, yet their e-book can be available to the proficient reader who needs to appreciate the most contours of Bion's considering. instead of following the chronological improvement of Bion's principles, each one bankruptcy appears to be like intensive at a massive subject matter in his considering and describes how this contributes to his progressive version of the brain.

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Column 2, designated by the Greek letter psi (ψ), remains to be described. Interpretations falling in this column are those made by the analyst in order to reassure himself that he understands what is going on but in fact he does not. It is made when the analyst cannot tolerate not understanding the material and therefore of having to wait for clarification of the analytic situation to occur. It is a case of the analyst not being able to bear frustration. He tells himself that he knows and makes an interpretation accordingly.

He says of the Colonel of his regiment, ‘He was as usual immaculate. Sometimes such dress is an expression of the personality; sometimes a substitute for a personality that is not there. There are times when it is imperative to know which is which’ (Bion 1982: 150). Despard, the comrade mentioned above, was 20 Bion: his character killed by a bullet in the belly. Before he died he said: ‘“I knew it. When that bloody . . magpie . . came this morning,” he gasped, “I knew my number was up”’ (Bion 1982: 135).

In the neolithic period, clay tokens were used to record transactions of grain, oil and sheep (Schmandt-Besserat 1992). The requisite number of tokens was placed in a clay envelope which was subsequently sealed. Before doing so each separate token was impressed on the outside of the clay envelope to indicate how many were inside, thus creating a one-to-one correspondence between marks and tokens. It was only realized much later that a sign on the outside of the envelope was enough to record the amount without having to place the tokens inside.

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