ABSTRACT
Foulkes' concepts of "network" and "matrix" show the proximity of the group's psychoanalytic experience to the original sense of belonging, which once again proposes the indistinct experience as a driving force behind the development of a network of bonds. Several constant elements regarding the origins of dreaming can be indicated as common to all Matrix experiences. This chapter outlines the three types of representations that are similar from the content point of view. The most recognizably shared dream, which can be seen from the very first Matrix, contains the first representation of novelty and the sensation of extraneousness stimulated by the experience that the group is about to have. The second representation of experiences of separation and loss appears in association with the first dream, which gives decided form and meaning to the novelty and to concerns about the unknown element. The third aspect concerns the development of the representation of the experience.
