Ken Fuchsman (EdD) was President of the International Psychohistorical Association from 2016 to 2020. He is Emeritus faculty from the University of Connecticut, where he taught American history, interdisciplinary studies, the nature of being human, and the family in interdisciplinary perspective, and was Executive Programme Director of the Bachelor of General Studies Programme. Along with Michael Maccoby, Dr Fuchsman co-edited Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump, published by Routledge.Keri S. Cohen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Board-Certified Diplomate in clinical social work. She is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in Lancaster, PA. Her work is with adults, adolescents and children. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice and holds a certificate from the William Alanson White Institute’s Online Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Programme. She is a published writer, has presented papers at national and international conferences, and is a co-moderator of the international online Studying Eigen group. She teaches and has attended Michael Eigen’s Bion seminars for nearly 15 years.

• PART I: BREATHING INTO LIFE CHAPTER ONERebirth: It’s Been Around A Long TimeMichael EigenPART II: EIGEN IN TIMECHAPTER TWOMichael Eigen: A Personal RetrospectiveRobin BagaiCHAPTER THREEOn the Importance of Time as a Background ObjectKeri CohenCHAPTER FOURHealing Longing in the Midst of Damage: Eigen Psychoanalytic VisionLoray DawsPART III: TASTING THE PSYCHE THROUGH EIGEN’S WRITINGS CHAPTER FIVEBreakdown and Recovery: Going Berserk and other rhythmic concernsLouis RothschildCHAPTER SIXReading the Works of Mike Eigen in India: Artist of the InvisibleShalini MasihCHAPTER SEVENChasing the Uncatchable: Mystery and Metaphor in the work of Michael EigenSean HarrellCHAPTER EIGHTMichael Eigen and the Evolution of PsycheRobin BagaiCHAPTER NINEOn Not Knowing Michael Eigen Alitta KullmanCHAPTER TENCanvassing Illusion and Faith in Fragmentation – An Indian PerspectiveAshis RoyCHAPTER ELEVENMore than a Word: Reverberations between Eigen’s Notions of Deadness/Aliveness and Bion’s GridAdam SchechterCHAPTER TWELVEPsychoanalysis a Prayer: The Construction and breakdown of Faith in Dissociative StatesNeetu SarinPART IV: Spirituality and BecomingCHAPTER THIRTEENDifficulties of FaithRachel Berghash and Katherine JillsonCHAPTER FOURTEENUnity of Opposites": Hope in Psychodrama Group Psychotherapy Based on the Jewish Hassidic Spiritual Approach and Michael Eigen's Psychospiritual Relational ApproachZiva Gidron CHAPTER FIFTEENThe influence of the Kabbalah’s conception of Eros on the psychoanalytic Eros, according to Michael EigenRuth GolanCHAPTER SIXTEEN"My Kingdom for a Widdler" Michael Eigen: A Beta-Watcher’s MidwifeStefanie TeitlebaumPART V: Expanding the Psychoanalytic FrameCHAPTER SEVENTEENElemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism in Celebrating the works of Michael EigenBurt SeitlerCHAPTER EIGHTEENMissed Opportunities in the History of PsychoanalysisHoward CovitzCHAPTER NINETEENElemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism Celebrating the Work of Michael EigenWillow PearsonCHAPTER TWENTYPermission and Gratitude: Michael Eigen’s Gateway to Possibility and FreedomMerle Molofsky

Ken Fuchsman (EdD) was President of the International Psychohistorical Association from 2016 to 2020. He is Emeritus faculty from the University of Connecticut, where he taught American history, interdisciplinary studies, the nature of being human, and the family in interdisciplinary perspective, and was Executive Programme Director of the Bachelor of General Studies Programme. Along with Michael Maccoby, Dr Fuchsman co-edited Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump, published by Routledge.Keri S. Cohen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Board-Certified Diplomate in clinical social work. She is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in Lancaster, PA. Her work is with adults, adolescents and children. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice and holds a certificate from the William Alanson White Institute’s Online Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Programme. She is a published writer, has presented papers at national and international conferences, and is a co-moderator of the international online Studying Eigen group. She teaches and has attended Michael Eigen’s Bion seminars for nearly 15 years.

• PART I: BREATHING INTO LIFE CHAPTER ONERebirth: It’s Been Around A Long TimeMichael EigenPART II: EIGEN IN TIMECHAPTER TWOMichael Eigen: A Personal RetrospectiveRobin BagaiCHAPTER THREEOn the Importance of Time as a Background ObjectKeri CohenCHAPTER FOURHealing Longing in the Midst of Damage: Eigen Psychoanalytic VisionLoray DawsPART III: TASTING THE PSYCHE THROUGH EIGEN’S WRITINGS CHAPTER FIVEBreakdown and Recovery: Going Berserk and other rhythmic concernsLouis RothschildCHAPTER SIXReading the Works of Mike Eigen in India: Artist of the InvisibleShalini MasihCHAPTER SEVENChasing the Uncatchable: Mystery and Metaphor in the work of Michael EigenSean HarrellCHAPTER EIGHTMichael Eigen and the Evolution of PsycheRobin BagaiCHAPTER NINEOn Not Knowing Michael Eigen Alitta KullmanCHAPTER TENCanvassing Illusion and Faith in Fragmentation – An Indian PerspectiveAshis RoyCHAPTER ELEVENMore than a Word: Reverberations between Eigen’s Notions of Deadness/Aliveness and Bion’s GridAdam SchechterCHAPTER TWELVEPsychoanalysis a Prayer: The Construction and breakdown of Faith in Dissociative StatesNeetu SarinPART IV: Spirituality and BecomingCHAPTER THIRTEENDifficulties of FaithRachel Berghash and Katherine JillsonCHAPTER FOURTEENUnity of Opposites": Hope in Psychodrama Group Psychotherapy Based on the Jewish Hassidic Spiritual Approach and Michael Eigen's Psychospiritual Relational ApproachZiva Gidron CHAPTER FIFTEENThe influence of the Kabbalah’s conception of Eros on the psychoanalytic Eros, according to Michael EigenRuth GolanCHAPTER SIXTEEN"My Kingdom for a Widdler" Michael Eigen: A Beta-Watcher’s MidwifeStefanie TeitlebaumPART V: Expanding the Psychoanalytic FrameCHAPTER SEVENTEENElemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism in Celebrating the works of Michael EigenBurt SeitlerCHAPTER EIGHTEENMissed Opportunities in the History of PsychoanalysisHoward CovitzCHAPTER NINETEENElemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism Celebrating the Work of Michael EigenWillow PearsonCHAPTER TWENTYPermission and Gratitude: Michael Eigen’s Gateway to Possibility and FreedomMerle Molofsky

Ken Fuchsman (EdD) was President of the International Psychohistorical Association from 2016 to 2020. He is Emeritus faculty from the University of Connecticut, where he taught American history, interdisciplinary studies, the nature of being human, and the family in interdisciplinary perspective, and was Executive Programme Director of the Bachelor of General Studies Programme. Along with Michael Maccoby, Dr Fuchsman co-edited Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump, published by Routledge.Keri S. Cohen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Board-Certified Diplomate in clinical social work. She is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in Lancaster, PA. Her work is with adults, adolescents and children. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice and holds a certificate from the William Alanson White Institute’s Online Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Programme. She is a published writer, has presented papers at national and international conferences, and is a co-moderator of the international online Studying Eigen group. She teaches and has attended Michael Eigen’s Bion seminars for nearly 15 years.

• PART I: BREATHING INTO LIFE CHAPTER ONERebirth: It’s Been Around A Long TimeMichael EigenPART II: EIGEN IN TIMECHAPTER TWOMichael Eigen: A Personal RetrospectiveRobin BagaiCHAPTER THREEOn the Importance of Time as a Background ObjectKeri CohenCHAPTER FOURHealing Longing in the Midst of Damage: Eigen Psychoanalytic VisionLoray DawsPART III: TASTING THE PSYCHE THROUGH EIGEN’S WRITINGS CHAPTER FIVEBreakdown and Recovery: Going Berserk and other rhythmic concernsLouis RothschildCHAPTER SIXReading the Works of Mike Eigen in India: Artist of the InvisibleShalini MasihCHAPTER SEVENChasing the Uncatchable: Mystery and Metaphor in the work of Michael EigenSean HarrellCHAPTER EIGHTMichael Eigen and the Evolution of PsycheRobin BagaiCHAPTER NINEOn Not Knowing Michael Eigen Alitta KullmanCHAPTER TENCanvassing Illusion and Faith in Fragmentation – An Indian PerspectiveAshis RoyCHAPTER ELEVENMore than a Word: Reverberations between Eigen’s Notions of Deadness/Aliveness and Bion’s GridAdam SchechterCHAPTER TWELVEPsychoanalysis a Prayer: The Construction and breakdown of Faith in Dissociative StatesNeetu SarinPART IV: Spirituality and BecomingCHAPTER THIRTEENDifficulties of FaithRachel Berghash and Katherine JillsonCHAPTER FOURTEENUnity of Opposites": Hope in Psychodrama Group Psychotherapy Based on the Jewish Hassidic Spiritual Approach and Michael Eigen's Psychospiritual Relational ApproachZiva Gidron CHAPTER FIFTEENThe influence of the Kabbalah’s conception of Eros on the psychoanalytic Eros, according to Michael EigenRuth GolanCHAPTER SIXTEEN"My Kingdom for a Widdler" Michael Eigen: A Beta-Watcher’s MidwifeStefanie TeitlebaumPART V: Expanding the Psychoanalytic FrameCHAPTER SEVENTEENElemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism in Celebrating the works of Michael EigenBurt SeitlerCHAPTER EIGHTEENMissed Opportunities in the History of PsychoanalysisHoward CovitzCHAPTER NINETEENElemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism Celebrating the Work of Michael EigenWillow PearsonCHAPTER TWENTYPermission and Gratitude: Michael Eigen’s Gateway to Possibility and FreedomMerle Molofsky