Anima and animus

The anima and animus are a syzygy of dualistic, Jungian archetypes among the array of other animistic parts within the Self in Jungian psychology, described in analytical psychology and archetypal psychology, under the umbrella of transpersonal psychology.[1] The Jungian parts of the Self are a priori part of the infinite set of archetypes within the collective unconscious.[2] Modern Jungian clinical theory under the analytical/archetypal-psych framework considers a syzygy-without-its-partner to be like yin without yang: countertransference reveals that logos and/or eros are in need of repair through a psychopomp, mediating the identified patient's Self; this theoretical model is similar to positive psychology's understanding of a well-tuned personality through something like a Goldilocks principle.

  1. ^ Beebe, John (1988). "Primary Ambivalence Toward the Self". In Swartz-Salant, Nathan; Stein, Murray (eds.). The Borderline Personality in Analysis. The Chiron Clinical Series. Chiron Publications. p. 107. ISBN 0-933029-13-6. [A]nd dramatic behavior of the archetypes Jung named the anima and the animus. [..] so in Jung's vision of the psyche the anima/animus 'syzygy' of archetypes uses personal relations to achieve, finally, a bridge to the great transpersonal Self.
  2. ^ Jung, Carl (1971). "Phenomenology of the Self". In Campbell, Joseph (ed.). The Portable Jung. Penguin Books. pp. 145, 148–162. ISBN 978-0-14-015070-4.

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