This article approaches the issue of the destination of the originary through three different theories: 1) pedestal-material: the originary as a basis material for posterior processes; 2) a material that can be re-activated in a second moment: the originary as an element that can be re-activated in later stages of life; 3) a type of psychic work that can be resumed in ulterior levels: the originary as a type of psychic work that efficiently lasts through a certain number of transpositions that take place throughout an individual's existence. Whichever the theory adopted, the author defends the idea that originary processes can only be modeled integrating the effects of the a posteriori. It is, in this sense, a non-linear temporality.
originary; psychic work; temporality; intersubjectivity