Conclusion

The final chapter of the book illustrates the persistence of the Orphic trajectory in contemporary psychoanalysis as exemplified in the work of James Grotstein (1925–2015) and the “oneiric” school of post-Bionian psychoanalysis. It begins by providing a brief overview of the argument outlined in this book thus far, as a preamble to embarking upon a brief account of the “esoteric” themes encountered in James Grotstein’s book Who Is The Dreamer Who Dreams The Dream? (2000). This chapter also provides an account of the numinous and immanent nature of the psychoanalytic subject. The focus of the chapter then turns to the “oneiric” school of post-Bionian psychoanalysis, which it further identifies to be a de facto avatar of “psychoanalytic parapsychology” translated into a contemporary psychoanalytic idiom. By way of conclusion, the chapter highlights some of the essential features associated with the Orphic trajectory within psychoanalysis.