Abstract
In this reply to discussions by Marilyn Charles and Marie Hoffman, I pick up on the theme of the significant challenges in holding space for religious experience in psychoanalysis, making the argument that to do so in a way that honors our patients’ experience, we have to be willing to engage both its deep, primordial elements and its symbolic, differentiating aspects.
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Notes
1 I particularly regret not having space to engage more with this idea, as it formed the basis for my doctoral dissertation (Cataldo, Citation2006).