Although not a student of psychology, I am though deeply interested in varing concepts & especially jung & his archetypes. Apparently (& I am a female) not only is there an animus within the female but also an anima...called the Kore. It is this Kore that gives women, now they have a free hand at expressing themselves artistically, the desire to nearly always paint women instead of men. When you would think according to balance that they would paint what they desire ie: men (in most cases). I was reading about this somewhere & was bowled over by this revelation. So where is the animus in women? Apparently he is in dreams etc...but to tell you the truth I cannot identify with any animus in myself...not in dreams or fantasy. I am not a lesbian...& am happily marries, but acknowledge mostly bi-sexuality within myself & think that everybody is bi-sexual to some degree or another...yet seek as I may there is no bells ringing as to a male archetype within my personality....can anybody tell me why that is so?....oh & by the way, I have spoken to other women about this & most feel the same.
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Re: Anima & Animus
Fri, May 16, 2008 - 12:45 AMYes, yes, get you vicky jo....I was looking for him in the wrong place was`nt I! He`s the male (but not opposite in character but in body) of myself....strong, warrior-like, caring, sensitive, knows his anima well, & a bull of a man. Thanks for that.
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Thu, May 15, 2008 - 9:24 PMInteresting!!! certainly is true for me, being drawn to paint mostly women...or more accurately, feminine archtypes. I paint men's animas too, when they present themselves to me. Have found that men with good sense of intimacy, both social and personal, do not have animas that seek their portraits done, but men who are consciously striving for connections to others, and moving thru ...crud and sludge...do.
Kore means maiden. this feels different than puella, she who refuses to grow up.
I paint my husband's face on ocassion...it seems to help get him out of my psychic space!!!
animiii show up in paintings too, ususally with erect phalluses...this happens semi consciously, as all my painting comes from some place other than my wee conscious mind! I surmise they show up when I am moving old fears out of some frozen place and am reclaiming some lost potency (or maybe even some new responsibility.)
sherpa runs paratheatrical rituals that are extremely fecund for exploring themes like anima /animi. Very powerful. Check out his website!
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Fri, May 16, 2008 - 12:57 AMheres a site discussing this aspect of the feminine.
www.nelsonginecologia.med.br/fem....htm
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Tue, May 20, 2008 - 8:14 PMLynne you are not alone, many post-Jungian women feel that a woman's individuation passes through the internalised feminine rather then through the masculine. i'll see if i can find a key reference on the CG jung site... -
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Tue, May 20, 2008 - 8:38 PMInteresting post.I guess I'm feeling like the oddball out,as I can't relate.Even though I'm a woman I've always found it odd that I seldom dream of other women,if I do it's as I know them in real life.With men,it's different.Nearly all my dream figures are men and for the most part there's an partnership there,I see the man in my dream as a part of me that I admire and if I could be a man I'd be this person.Yet I'm happy being a woman,don't question my orientation and am not bisexual. I've always felt more comfortable around men than women,why that is I don't really know other than to say it feels like a sense of competition,something I don't feel about men.Competition sounds so harsh and envious,yet to be honest,it seems to fit how I feel.Contradictory,yet mabe it's simply how I am.Put down for it at times,but it's something that I feel strongly in me.And don't feel it clashes with what I consider and feel to be fenimine traits,mabe I just have to express it my way.My 2 cents. -
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Tue, May 20, 2008 - 8:54 PMI might want to add to what I mentioned about how I feel more comfortable around men.I have to say it's hard to keep an emotional distance at times,especially in regards to attraction etc,which is something I don't feel towards women.So it's an irony,I prefer being with men and it's so much more complicated when emotions are involved.Which is where I feel for me the feelings of competition come in,over men,relationships,children,etc.Looks and appearance,beauty and sex appeal, how can one not escape feeling that they have to compare themselves to others? Jealousy and envy even when it's irrational to feel that way,and otherwise happy and content,always that thorn in the side.
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