Understanding Psychoanalysis as a Spiritual Practice

What is it about?

Psychoanalysis is commonly considered a procedure for investigating the mind, a treatment method and a general theory of mind. This paper suggests that it can also satisfy criteria for another, less conventional, framing - that of a spiritual practice.

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Why is it important?

In recent years the spirituality inherent in psychoanalysis is being acknowledged more openly, thanks to a ‘spiritual turn’ in society. Yet the radical argument here is that psychoanalysis is spiritual in essence, and always was - though it is only that today we are able to recognize this.