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The anima and animus , in Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology, are the unconscious or true inner self of an individual, as opposed to the persona or outer aspect of the personality. In the...
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In the words of Jung, "[J]ust as the anima of a man consists of inferior relatedness, full of affect, so the animus of woman consists of inferior judgments, or better, opinions." Alchemical Studies: The Secret of the Golden Flower (CW 13, par.60). Click here for this and other quotes from Jung about the animus,
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Jung described these archetypes of the person as deep elements of ourselves that have siginficance in our lives. ... Jung theorized the development of the anima/animus as beginning with infant projection onto the mother, then projecting onto prospective partners until a lasting relationship can be found.
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Finally, we should point out that Jung's concept of the anima/animus does not even consider the possibility that "masculine" women (his terms) ...
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Whereas the anima in a man functions as his soul, a woman's animus is more like an unconscious mind.[At times Jung also referred to the animus as a woman's soul. See soul and soul-image.] It manifests negatively in fixed ideas, collective opinions and unconscious, a priori assumptions that lay claim to absolute truth.
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Animus and Anima: [from Watsky] Jung writes of the anima and animus that: "both archetypes ... can on occasion produce tragic results. They are quite actually father and mother of all the disastrous entanglements of fate....
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(Many modern day Jungian practitioners believe that every person has both an anima and an animus). Jung stated that the anima and animus act as guides to ...
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Anima and animus are both characterized by an extraordinary many-sidedness. In a marriage it is always the contained who projects this image upon the container, while the latter is only partially able to project his unconscious image upon his partner.
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Psychology of Midlife ... Jung postulates that each individual has both masculine and feminine components of the psyche. For a male the feminine component is the anima, and for a female it is the animus. Part and parcel of human biological and psychological development is this mixture of masculine and feminine energies.
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