Issue 1 of Volume 107 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis opens with “The Vital Feminine – The Maenads,” Francis Grier’s reflection on the new cover. It brings together Editorial, Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique, Psychoanalysis in the Community, Clinical Dilemmas, Analyst
at Work, Brief Communications, Obituaries, Letters to the Editor, and Book Reviews, focusing on the feminine, myth, and psychic vitality alongside themes of trauma, migration, transference, and analytic work under conditions of war and loss.

Featuring contributions from:

Francis Grier, Steven H. Cooper, Silvia Flechner, Rosemary Davies, Christine English, Abbot Bronstein, John Steiner, Rachel B. Blass, Hana Salaam Abdel-Malek, Rosemary H. Balsam, Joan Raphael-Leff, Igor Romanov, Fakhry Davids, Alison Vaspe, Murray M. Schwartz, Eike Hinze, Patricia Soláns, and Steven Groarke.