The differentiation between symbol and metaphor has been clearly expounded by Ernest Jones.1 He explained also how it is that the same image can be employed in both a metaphorical and a symbolic sense. It is a common experience to find the same image serving at one and the same time in both functions. The following instance has, by association, some historical psycho-analytic interest.

A patient's analysis had been for some little time occupied with pregenital phantasies and experiences and his feminine passive attitude. On one occasion a recital of some additional phantasies was followed