The Lens Behind The Screen

Hey there imaginary friend! For this post, we'll be tackling a central theme in Premam using one of Jung's most interesting theories on the human psyche; the anima . So fasten your seat-belts and don't be a-Freud; this is going to be a bumpy ride!  The Anima To put it simply, the anima is the feminine side of a man that he is not aware of. Its development impacts a man's relations with women. Psychologically, the anima functions in a man as his soul, so to speak. Jung described the anima as “the archetype of life itself,” and maintained an ongoing dialogue and partnership with his personal anima. This inner feminine often appears in a man’s dreams about the same time as his shadow self (man's dark repressed side) appears. His anima will be a female figure, while his shadow side will be male. Jung proposes that the anima has four developmental stages which proceeds through age and crisis: Eve  - Largely based on the mother figure; biological, instincti