anima

Hidden feminine archetype

Anima is the soul or vital force animating a living being.

In Jungian psychology, the anima is the feminine aspect of a man's unconscious—the inner woman that shapes how he relates to actual women and to his own emotions.

The anima appears in dreams and fantasies, often as an idealized or mysterious female figure.

He projected his anima onto every woman he dated.

Jungian

archetype

Original model for copies

psyche · unconscious · projection · self · persona · integration · ego · mandala · synchronicity · introversion

soul

essence

Fundamental nature of something

consciousness · being · existence · sentience · identity · nature · quintessence · substance · pneuma · atman

feminine

yin

Feminine cosmic force

receptive · nurturing · lunar · Venus · Aphrodite · Gaia · muse · enchantress · relational · creative

vitality

life

Animate state

vivacity · zest · verve · dynamism · spiritedness · exuberance · vibrancy · aliveness · spark · vitality

Categories
Opposites
soul vs. body

animabody

Physical structure, living thing

corpus · flesh · matter · soma · physical form

jungian inner feminine vs. outer persona

animapersona

Assumed public identity

mask · outer self · ego · social mask · false self

jungian anima vs. animus

animaanimus

Deep-seated hostility

Phrases
Family

animal, animated, animation, animate, animating, inanimate, animator, reanimate, reanimated

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