The four main archetypes described by Jung as well as a few others that are often identified include the following.

• The Persona. The persona is how we present ourselves to the world.
• The Shadow. The shadow is an archetype that consists of the sex and life instincts.
• The Anima or Animus.
• The Self.

How to Integrate the Shadow

1. Review your childhood. Ask yourself:
2. Become aware of your shadow. We are unaware of the shadow in the same way we can’t see in the darkness.
3. Don’t shame the shadow. Once you become aware of your shadow self, don’t shame or blame it.
4. Use Your Triggers.
5. Observe without judgment.

Archetypes In Jungian Psychology Introduced by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, archetypes represent universal patterns and visuals that form the collective unconsciousness. He identified four main archetypes: The Persona, The Shadow, The Animus, and The Self.

Moore argues that masculinity is made up of four archetypal male energies which serve different purposes. All men, whether born in the U.S. or Africa, are born with these archetypal energies. The authors argue that to become a complete man, a man must work to develop all four archetypes.

Definition: The inner masculine side of a woman. (See also anima, Eros, Logos and soul-image.) Like the anima in a man, the animus is both a personal complex and an archetypal image. Woman is compensated by a masculine element and therefore her unconscious has, so to speak, a masculine imprint.

Start by identifying the broad type of personality of your anima/animus. This is most easily done by taking note of the characters in books and movies to whom you feel magnetized. You’ll probably notice a trend emerge if you start to list them. This isn’t your basic “I like this character” feeling.

The Animus. A good example of this is the fairytale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs– who are all animus manifestations, psychologically speaking. Archetypal examples of the animus in various stages of development: Tarzan , the unconscious primitive but physically vital masculine.

The integrated Animus in fact refers to the woman’s ability to see positively her being male, identifying and associating with it. When a woman stops projecting the male in herself on other men, she begins to integrate the Animus.

As nouns the difference between animosity and animus is that animosity is violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike while animus is the basic impulses and instincts which govern one’s actions.

Instead of our gendered personality being balanced it becomes stuck. Animus possession refers to a state in which our adaptive capacity has become restricted. In Jung’s view, when one part of our adaptive process is stopped, it has a consequence that our whole adaptive process is held back.

Women cannot fight the Animus by killing him, they can only catch him and escape. The internal conflict that the Animus creates is overcome by walking out of it. Within her, the Animus possessed women has two opposing forces, being the Animus and the negative Anima (her inferior shadow perception of herself).

The correct attitude is to accept that it may not work, or that it is possibly not the right thing to do, but taking action anyway. One must take action based on the knowledge an understanding available at that point in time. Overcoming the Anima is through experiencing reality and the unknown, not talking about it.

noun ill will, hate, hostility, hatred, resentment, bitterness, malice, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, acrimony, rancour, bad blood, malevolence, virulence, malignity He displayed a thorough animus to the Western tradition.

Some common synonyms of animus are animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hostility, and rancor. While all these words mean “deep-seated dislike or ill will,” animus adds to animosity the implication of strong prejudice.