ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the comments to the issues raised in the supervisory discussion in the working group, illustrating the dynamics of the supervision and the functions of the supervisor. It then offers some further thoughts on the oscillation between the two states of consciousness: "sleeping" and "awake". The chapter also emphasizes that one might consider the neuropsychiatric conditions as a possible scientific vertex. This would confirm or rule out possible phenomenological disorders that might be the source of somatic conditions, such as stupor, catalepsy, narcolepsy, and lethargy. Throughout the evolution of the supervision, Wilfred Bion clarifies the possible progression that might result if the analyst is able to penetrate this smooth surface, which he compares to a mass of still waters, unveiling beneath it many violent streams of emotional turbulence. In this supervision, and throughout his writings, Bion has bequeathed to analysts the tools with which to begin to explore the territory of "psychotic refuges" and "impasses" in analysis.
