In this interesting and provocative article, Beiser attempts to differentiate between infantile omnipotence which is a part of ongoing normal development and various forms of pathological omnipotence which may occur secondarily. this is done by tracing infantile omnipotence and its vicissitudes as a developmental thread throughout the life span of the individual. There follows a discussion of the importance of infantile impotence in the clinical psychoanalytic setting, beginning with the fantasy of the power of the analyst or of the psychoanalytic setting itself and going on to the various transference manifestations in which omnipotence may play a role. Beiser makes a useful point that some patients may need to separate from their powerful analysts in the latter part of their analyses by talking about various events and new activities outside the analyst's office, and that this should not be interpreted as a transference resistance. She also discusses termination as a period of