anima

1. : an individual's true inner self that in the analytical psychology of C. G. Jung reflects archetypal ideals of conduct. also : an inner feminine part of the male personality compare animus, persona.

Anima, the Latin term for the "animating principle" and the Latin translation of the Greek psyche. On the Soul (De anima), Aristotle's treatise on the soul. Soul, the incorporeal essence of a living being in many religious, philosophical, and mythological traditions.

The Latin origin of the word is animus, "rational soul, life, or intelligence," from a root that means "to blow" or "to breathe." Definitions of anima. (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious. type of: ego, self. your consciousness of your own identity.

Archetypal examples of the Anima in various stages of development: Brooke Shields ,in her original virginal role as a teenage star, pre sexual feminine. Marilyn Monroe or Pamela Anderson , the fully developed sexual diva. Jackie Kennedy or Eleanor Roosevelt , the mature feminine supportive wife, mother, nurturer.

The Anima represents the divine aspect of the human being. She is a goddess that imbues everything with numinosity and mystery. The human being tries to bring the divine into the realm of reality and thereby reduce the mystery to the banal.

The anima and the animus represent the unconscious. The anima and animus are not gender specific and men and women can have both, however, more empirical research is required to determine whether both men and women do possess both archetypes.

Borrowed from Latin anima (“a current of air, wind, air, breath, the vital principle, life, soul”), sometimes equivalent to animus (“mind”), both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”); see animus.

In Jung's theory, the anima makes up the totality of the unconscious feminine psychological qualities that a man possesses and the animus the masculine ones possessed by a woman.

Carl Jung identified four main archetypes - the persona, the shadow, the anima or animus and the self. These are a result of collective, shared ancestral memories that may persist in art, literature and religion but aren't obvious to the eye. These recurring themes help us understand the Jungian archetypes.

Stages of eroticism Jung believed anima development has four distinct levels of Eros, which in The Practice of Psychotherapy he named Eve, Helen of Troy, Mary, mother of Jesus and Sophia.

Terms introduced by C. G. Jung to describe certain functions of the human “soul” (anima, Latin). Anima names the feminine unconscious factor in a man, while animus applies to the corresponding masculine factor in a woman's unconscious.

Archetypal examples of the Anima in various stages of development: Brooke Shields ,in her original virginal role as a teenage star, pre sexual feminine. Marilyn Monroe or Pamela Anderson , the fully developed sexual diva. Jackie Kennedy or Eleanor Roosevelt , the mature feminine supportive wife, mother, nurturer.