The economic difference between transference and narcissism furnishes to a great extent the energy for the analytic process. The analytic requirement of verbal expression of every thought sanctions disregard of superego censorship and reality testing. Encouragement is thus given to the hallucinatory realization of desire and to the expression of narcissistic omnipotence. Transference love involves the projection of this desire onto the analyst. The frustrating asymmetry of the relationship, however, causes the return of this love to the ego. The concentration of libido in the ego then permits the patient to use himself in the service of the maintenance of his psychic equilibrium.