The importance of nocturnal dreams is discussed along the lines of Lorentzen's arguments. The risk that they are under-evaluated is stressed. Some contradictory aspects of Freud's Interpretation of Dreams are discussed and a tentative attempt is made to integrate them with the thinking of Bion and Meltzer in the sense of creation of meaning. Montague Ullman's technique of working with dreams in groups is also very briefly sketched and discussed in this context. Finally the capacity to dream and dream-space is commented on with the help of Khan and Kant.
With the starting point in a discussion about social reality in the psychoanalytic process the definition of psychoanalysis is discussed. Then the concept of neutrality is examined somewhat more at length with the conclusion that the content of psychoanalysis must be determined by the patients' free associations, not excluding of course material of social and cultural origin. It is also suggested that the word neutrality could be replaced with reserve.