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It is the purpose of this paper to draw out and elucidate the spiritual dimension of analysis both for the analyst and the analysand, and, in that process, to shed light on crucial aspects of the process that are implicit in much contemporary psychoanalysis, but largely ignored and rarely articulated. It is the contention of this paper that the analyst brings more than a certain type of “attitude” to the analytic endeavor. The very being of the analyst drives the unique engagement with the patient we call psychoanalysis, and that is why the process is fundamentally spiritual. My intent is to show that the recognition of this spiritual dimension of analysis has significant implications for the nature of the process and the therapeutic action of analysis.