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Tavistock Clinic Book Series

The Spirit of sanity. Nevill Symington.

A rare and unusual consideration of the spiritual dimensions of sanity from a psychoanalytic perspective, this transcription of a series of seven lectures delivered at the Tavistock Clinic capture the spontaneity and immediacy of the interplay between one of the world's most eminent psychoanalysts and an audience of his peers.

Table of Contents

Introductory Remarks
Isca Wittenberg

Meditation One
An ontology for sanity

Meditation Two
Freedom and survival

Medication Three
A pattern of madness

Meditation Four
Emotional action and strengthening of the ego

Meditation Five
God and the worm

Meditation Six
Attachment and trauma

Meditation Seven
How our technique is affected by this outlook

Meditation Eight
The spirit of insanity

Closing Remarks
Isca Wittenberg

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Last Updated: 28/03/2006