Hi Rose,
I found this entire post utterly fascinating. I have to go look this
stuff up in my old psychology books on Jung-- it was so long ago I don't
remember any of this (or was possibly asleep in class--should have paid
attention!) This helps to completely pull the whole thing together for
me---thank you SO much. After 25 years , thanks to you, Catherine, Barbara and
Mark, I finally feel like I have a good grasp on it.
*I love this list!*
Gratefully,
Megan :~)
> The anima is the female aspect present in the collective unconscious of
men, and the animus is the male >aspect present in the collective unconscious
of women.Together, they are referred to as syzygy.The anima >may be
personified as a young girl,very spontaneous and intuitive, or as a witch, or
as the earth mother.
>It is likely to be associated with deep emotionality and the force of life
itself.The animus may be personified >as a wise old man, a sorcerer, or often
a number of males,and tends to be logical, often rationalistic, even
argumentative>
