ANIMA & ANIMUS: integrating the inner woman and man

Although these Jungian concepts have become familiar psychological terminology, they remain difficult to understand. According to Jung, animus and anima are innate psychic structures shaped significantly by the archetypal world, whereas the shadow is predominantly shaped by personal experiences of ego formation. Whereas shadow tends to be rejected, animus and anima fascinate and attract. Although images like sol/luna or yin/yang amplify the a priori nature of these inner opposites, the animus corresponds to the paternal Logos and the anima to the maternal Eros. Parents are the first external experience of this innate predisposition and a developmental psychic trajectory may be inferred from mythology and individual dream images. Animus and anima represent adaptation and attitude to the inner world; they serve as the bridge to the collective unconscious and are experienced as “other.”
HERE'S THE DREAM WE ANALYZE:
" In the first scene, my guy and I are watching each other masturbate over Skype. He's in his house, and he ejaculates on his real wood floor. In the second scene, we're in my parents' house; they aren't there, but there are children's toys around. He masturbates himself and ejaculates on their laminate wood floor. I'm anxious about this and clear up. In the third scene, I arrive in a cavernous Victorian public restroom below ground level, in London. The first chamber is a men's urinal, and lots of men are pleasuring each other; it's a lively scene, and they invite me in, but I refuse. I move to another chamber, which is a spa, but I don't go in. In between the two chambers is a lecture theatre, and my guy is giving a work presentation to an audience. He doesn't acknowledge my arrival, and I sit next to the projector under the raked chairs where the audience is sitting and watch him present. He won't be able to see me, as he'd be blinded by the projector, but I can see him."
REFERENCES:
Emma Jung. Anima and Animus. a.co/d/gJszSjG
James Hillman. Anima: Anatomy of a Personified Notion. a.co/d/b2dTqZE
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