The fascinating effect of the narcissistic personality arises from the longing of his followers to find an omnipotence outside of themselves to which they may submit, or rather in which they may participate. The relationship between the narcissistic personality and his follower is the same as that between the hypnotist and his object—a remobilization of the archaic relation between the little child and its parents whom it believes to be omnipotent. To be loved and protected by them affords both sexual and narcissistic satisfaction. Persons with oral fixations, whose regulation of self-esteem functions according to primitive patterns, are especially inclined to develop this form of longing. The same holds true for frustrated persons in general who feel helpless and therefore long for the protectors of the past—as the pious finds the omnipotent parents again in his god. All this is important for the psychology of authority in general. An interesting case history illustrates these theses.