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To conclude, and in praise of lack and of gap, I turn to the songwriter and musician Leonard
Cohen (1992) who eloquently writes:
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That‘s how the light gets in.
References
Abraham, N., and Torok, M. (1987). The Shell and the Kernel. Paris: Flammarion. English Translation
by Nicholas T. Rand (Ed.), 1994. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Bion, W. (1950). ―Attacks on Linking.‖ International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 40:308–315.
Bion, W. (1962). Learning from Experience. London: Karnac Books, 1984
Bion, W. (1973). Bion‘s Brazillian Lectures 1 – Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora. Quoted in
Rafael Lopez-Carva, The Dictionary of the Work of W. R. Bion (London: Karnac Books, 2003).
Bromberg, P. (1998). Standing in the Spaces. New Jersey: The Analytic Press.
Civin, M. (2003). ―The Sculpture and the Dust.‖ Contemporary Psychoanalysis 39:2.
Cohen, L. (1992). ―Anthem.‖ The Future. Sony Music Entertainment.
Conway, F., and Siegelman, J. (1978). Snapping: America‘s Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change.
New York: Stillpoint Press.
Deri, S. K. (1984). Symbolization and Creativity. New York: International Universities Press, Inc.
Derrida, Jacques. (1982). ―Difference.‖ Margins of Philosophy. Alan Bass (Trans.). Chicago &London:
University of Chicago Press.
Evans, D. (1996). An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge.
Foucault, M. (1980). Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other writings 1972–1977. Colin
Gordon et al. (Trans.). New York: Pantheon.
Freud, S. (1920). Beyond the Pleasure Principle. SE XVIII, translated and edited by James Strachey.
New York: Norton, 1961.
Freud, S. (1923). The Ego and the Id. SE XIX, translated and edited by James Strachey. New York:
Norton, 1961.
Freud, S. (1925). ―Negation.‖ Collected Papers, V. London: The Hogarth Press.
Glover, Nicola. (2009). Psychoanalytic Aesthetics: An Introduction to the British School. London:
Karnac Books.
Grotstein, J. S. (1994). ―Projective Identification Reappraised—Part I.‖ Contemporary Psychoanalysis,
30:708–746.
Klein, M. (1930). ―The Importance of Symbol-Formation in the Development of the Ego.‖ International
Journal of Psycho- Analysis, 11:24–39.
Klein, M. (1946). ―Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms.‖ International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, Vol.
XXVI, pp 99–110.
Lacan, J. (1966). Ecrits. (Bruce Fink, trans.) New York: W. W. Norton, 2002.
Lacan, J. (1973). The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, (Alan Sheridan, trans.). New
York: W. W. Norton, 1978.
Lalich, J. (2004). Bounded Choice. Berkley: University of California Press.
Lalich, J. (2004). ―Using the Bounded Choice Model As an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven‘s
Gate.‖ Cultic Studies Review. 3: 2 &3, pp 226–247.
To conclude, and in praise of lack and of gap, I turn to the songwriter and musician Leonard
Cohen (1992) who eloquently writes:
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That‘s how the light gets in.
References
Abraham, N., and Torok, M. (1987). The Shell and the Kernel. Paris: Flammarion. English Translation
by Nicholas T. Rand (Ed.), 1994. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Bion, W. (1950). ―Attacks on Linking.‖ International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 40:308–315.
Bion, W. (1962). Learning from Experience. London: Karnac Books, 1984
Bion, W. (1973). Bion‘s Brazillian Lectures 1 – Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora. Quoted in
Rafael Lopez-Carva, The Dictionary of the Work of W. R. Bion (London: Karnac Books, 2003).
Bromberg, P. (1998). Standing in the Spaces. New Jersey: The Analytic Press.
Civin, M. (2003). ―The Sculpture and the Dust.‖ Contemporary Psychoanalysis 39:2.
Cohen, L. (1992). ―Anthem.‖ The Future. Sony Music Entertainment.
Conway, F., and Siegelman, J. (1978). Snapping: America‘s Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change.
New York: Stillpoint Press.
Deri, S. K. (1984). Symbolization and Creativity. New York: International Universities Press, Inc.
Derrida, Jacques. (1982). ―Difference.‖ Margins of Philosophy. Alan Bass (Trans.). Chicago &London:
University of Chicago Press.
Evans, D. (1996). An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge.
Foucault, M. (1980). Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other writings 1972–1977. Colin
Gordon et al. (Trans.). New York: Pantheon.
Freud, S. (1920). Beyond the Pleasure Principle. SE XVIII, translated and edited by James Strachey.
New York: Norton, 1961.
Freud, S. (1923). The Ego and the Id. SE XIX, translated and edited by James Strachey. New York:
Norton, 1961.
Freud, S. (1925). ―Negation.‖ Collected Papers, V. London: The Hogarth Press.
Glover, Nicola. (2009). Psychoanalytic Aesthetics: An Introduction to the British School. London:
Karnac Books.
Grotstein, J. S. (1994). ―Projective Identification Reappraised—Part I.‖ Contemporary Psychoanalysis,
30:708–746.
Klein, M. (1930). ―The Importance of Symbol-Formation in the Development of the Ego.‖ International
Journal of Psycho- Analysis, 11:24–39.
Klein, M. (1946). ―Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms.‖ International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, Vol.
XXVI, pp 99–110.
Lacan, J. (1966). Ecrits. (Bruce Fink, trans.) New York: W. W. Norton, 2002.
Lacan, J. (1973). The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, (Alan Sheridan, trans.). New
York: W. W. Norton, 1978.
Lalich, J. (2004). Bounded Choice. Berkley: University of California Press.
Lalich, J. (2004). ―Using the Bounded Choice Model As an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven‘s
Gate.‖ Cultic Studies Review. 3: 2 &3, pp 226–247.
