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Psychic life in groups is commonly permeated by sensoriality that can be described as immersive and whose richness and complexity is reflected in the concept of atmosphere. My aim will be to set out the conditions for observing and highlighting “atmosphere”, to distinguish it from “group dynamics” and to clarify the relations that exist between them on the phenomenological and structural levels. Their interrelationship is subject to economic and defensive issues which require us to think about qualities of psychosomatic integration, notably in remote groups.