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328 pages, Paperback
First published June 15, 2011
When psychology speaks, for instance, of the motif of the virgin birth, it is only concerned with the fact that there is such an idea, but is not concerned with the question whether such an idea is true or false in any other sense.
The animus, it is true, will always turn the table very neatly and if he fails in his endeavor to make a woman blame the analyst, husband, partner, or whoever it be, then he will attempt to throw the whole balance on the woman herself. If she believes him, she will get into a state of inferiority, which is just as destructive as her emotion and rage. This blaming a woman for all that he does himself is one of his best trump cards, for he thus blinds her to his own existence and the things for which she can really be blamed: failure to know her own animus.
… the animus is our unconscious mind and that many of his manifestations are thoughts or opinions. Revengeful thoughts, the feeling of being misunderstood or unappreciated, jealous thoughts, a “wait till I have a chance and I will show them” sort of attitude are all manifestations of the negative aspect of our unconscious mind which is lying in wait for us today…
… the direct way of argument with the animus is often unwise and only results in opinions and a hopeless feeling of defeat.
We see that the negative, infantile, teasing animus is powerless against the spirit itself and that, if we can reach these depths in our psyche, we can reach powers that can help us when we are unable to help ourselves.
… each time we can think of a way of preventing this theft, of revisiting the insinuating animus opinion, we move a step nearer to the solution which is waiting for us all… although in each individual case it comes in a different form.