ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a differential definition of three psychic dimensions, namely, the real, the imaginary, and the symbolic. When discourse is analyzed through the imaginary, it becomes a mirror that reflects the imaginary representations of the one who analyzes it. Between the image of the one who expresses a discourse and the correlative image of the one who analyzes the same discourse, the hypothetical similarity involves an imaginary equivalence founded on the real identity of the same symbolic value. The symbolic is not only decisive for the imaginary, but it also has a real structure that is fundamental for everything. The symbolic is made up of discrete relations who can be directly scrutinized. The real of Jacques Lacan begins only beyond reality and behind the mirror in which reality appears. Between this reality and the real, the only quality in common is the 'solidity' and the 'impassable' character.
