Psychology (vid. anima and animus)
Anima and animus, Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology, both one's "true self" as well as the masculine side of a female's unconscious mind; contrasted with anima for males.
Carl Jung believed that we each have within us both male and female qualitites, which together comprise the totality of who we are. The animus is the archetype in a woman that represents her male alter ego. It is the personification of the masculine qualities in a woman's psyche. These qualities may include rationality, authority, objectivity, initiative, courage, conviction, action, aggression, and brutality. The animus has been described as producing opinions, in contrast with the anima, which produces moods.
Now, I consider myself a Jungist, and I understand that ol Carl was talking about that everyone have mental charactoristics of male and female int heir psycholigical make-up.
Frank, for example, likes cats...not that there is anything wrong with that. What-'s-mane is scared to death of bunnies...again...
What I don't understand, and this is where I'd hope Fank, cat-lover tho he is, could help me out...
los Dummie thinks that she (and I assume she, since she is talking about a male manifestation), saw her animus in a hypnotist's fog...
and then later, felt this 'person' as she was sorting dirty panties...or something.
Carl's theory was that your own mind created this alternate personality trait, it wasn't a seperate entity, as los DUmmie is alluding too...
or am I just one too many heife-wiesens away from mental clarity?