ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explains about many theories, a number of them relating to the sphere. Similarities may easily be established between the well-known anal retaining and preserving attitude and ocnophilia on the one hand, and the phallic-exhibitionistic attitude and philobatism on the other. The ocnophil by accepting part-objects in place of the not available whole-object, the philobat by using his skills to get away from his unreliable objects and at the same time by idealising his available 'equipment'. The time has come when analytic thinking must break away from the custom of describing everything primitive as 'oral', otherwise our theory will be stultified. As a rule, the more completely the various over-determining factors of a complex primitive attitude are interpreted, the better are the chances of a therapeutic change. The book discusses when and how to use this sort of interpretation.
