Part one of our exploration charts the fascinating convergence between mystical theology and cutting-edge psychoanalysis. We delve into the core principles of negative theology, an ancient tradition that seeks to understand God by describing what God isn't, and uncover its surprising parallels with Lacan's complex concept of the Real – that elusive realm beyond language and symbolization. We'll also examine Karl Barth's influential theology of the "Wholly Other," a transcendent God who defies human attempts at definition, and how this resonates with the critique of anthropomorphism – our tendency to create a "tamed" God in our own image, a trap both theology and psychoanalysis warn against.