glossary

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Ab Ac Ad Ae Af Ag Al Am An Ap Ar As At Av

Ana Ang Ani Ant

Anima

1. A current of air, wind, air, breath, the vital principle, life, and soul. 2. The inner self (not the external persona) of a person in touch with the unconscious instead of the persona. 3. The unconscious feminine aspect of a person (Jungian psychology.)

Animus

Hostility or ill feeling. 2. Motivation to do something. 3. The animating spirit. 4. Jung’s term for the masculine part of a woman’s personality. 5. That life-giving aspect that animates a thing: life, lifeforce, soul, vitality.