The Mythic Structure of Bion's Groups
假设比昂的基本假设群体是共享幻想，通过广泛的社会神话和宗教象征研究来阐释，分析了依赖群体与原始人间乐园神话的同源性，以及依赖-战斗-逃跑群体与人类堕落神话的对应关系。
Despite its continuing influence, Bion's theory of small groups remains obscure. This paper hypothesizes that his basic assumption groups are shared fantasies, explicated by certain widespread societal myths and by recent studies of religious symbolism. The dependency group is homologous to the myth of the primordial earthly paradise and the dependency fight-flight group to three mythical versions of the fall of man. Similar to all sacred symbolisms, the basic assumption groups synthesize the members' images of the group with certain emotional states, give philosophical meaning to the existential crises through which the group must pass, and interpret and shape the ongoing working group.