Agalma

This conjures up the analyst's relation to the partial object -- identified as 'petit a,' or agalma in reference to the Symposium -- which, in turn, leads to his/her stance vis-a-vis the drive. 55

For the agalma, see: J. Lacan, Le Séminaire, Livre VIII, Le transfert, o.c., pp. 163-178. For the object a as 'something in me more than myself,' see: J. Lacan, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, o.c., p. 268.