Animus & Anima

This Jungian Life Podcast · Sep 12, 2019 · 1h 10m

DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Although these Jungian concepts have become familiar psychological terminology, they remain difficult to understand. According to Jung, animus and anima are innate psychic structures shaped significantly by the archetypal world, whereas the shadow is predominantly shaped by personal experiences of ego formation. Whereas shadow tends to be rejected, animus and anima fascinate and attract. Although images like sol / luna or yin / yang amplify the a priori nature of these inner opposites, the animus corresponds to the paternal Logos…