The group psychotherapist as contemporary mystic: a bionic object relations perspective.
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy October 1, 2001 V L Schermer
Mysticism is a heightened awareness facilitating intuitive knowledge of group realities. In contrast to logical positivism, in which scientific knowledge consists of logic applied to a set of observations, the author holds that mystical awareness is pertinent to the conduct of therapy groups. The work of Bion, and also so-called "structuralist" theories, postulate pre-given templates that...