Psychoanalytic Inquiry: A Topical Journal for Mental Health Professionals Vol. 45, No. 8, September 2025
Trans: In the Beginning: Psychoanalytic Perspecitves on Biblical and Origin Stories
Discussions
How the Socio/Political World Shapes Our Psychoanalytic Origin Stories
Daniel Goldin Psy.D.
“A Winkle in Time:” Serendipitous Creativity Between a 20th Century Psychoanalyst and a 16th Century Kabbalistic Rabbi
Allen M. Siegel M.D.
Blinded by the Light: The Double-Edged Sword of Idealization in Buddhist Origin Stories
Barry Magid M.D.
The Enduring Qualities of the Patriarchs
Jeffrey Last Ph.D.
The Stories of David and Goliath and My Psychoanalysis
Melvin Bornstein M.D.
After “The Fall”: What the Bible Story Teaches Psychoanalysts About the Risks and Rewards of Embodied Relational Knowing
Doris Brothers Ph.D. & Jon Sletvold Psy.D.
The Power of Myth: Can Rediscovering the Sublime in Nature Solve the Climate Crisis?
Margy Sperry Psy.D., MFT
Epilogue
Article Commentary
Epilogue: In the Beginning: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Biblical and Origin Stories
Doris Brothers Ph.D. & Jon Sletvold Psy.D.