Animus and Anima
Animus and Anima are concepts from the Analytical Psychology of Carl Gustav Jung. These are two of the most important archetypes, that is, in the collective unconscious, independent images independent of individual experience, which are reflected, among other things, in religious traditions, myths, or dreams. The names are derived from the Latin. Here, animus has a variety of meanings, a. Screen monitor styling Projector styling Print styling ← back to. Animimind; intellect; soul; spirit, memory, courage, arrogance; self-reliance, defiance, displeasure, displeasure, disposition; Anima, on the other hand, is translated into air as element or air-breathing, wind, breath, soul, life, or secluded soul. Jung summarized both concepts under the concept of the soul, which he understood as the archetypical inner, unconscious personality, or as an inner attitude, which is turned to the unconscious. Soul in the sense of boys thus denotes a "demarcated functional complex" in contrast to the concept of the psyche as a "totality" of all conscious experiences and all unconscious phenomena.