CARL JUNG ON THE ANIMA AND ANIMUS — 7 Dark Truths

Carl Jung on the anima and the animus: the image of a woman that every man carries inside him, and the image of a man that every woman carries. Jung believed we fall for these inner pictures before we ever meet the person, and that, years into a marriage, we end up arguing with them. An engineer, thirty-one years married and weeks from retirement, learns over the washing-up that his wife has taken a job, three mornings a week, starting the very month he will be home for good. Late at night, by a single lamp, two old friends work through seven dark truths about the anima and animus, with short passages from Carl Jung's writings and plenty of honest argument. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 She took a job the month he retires 00:39 Half of who you married was a picture 03:29 The same fight for thirty years 06:15 The tears you save for the lay-by 09:08 Late in life, you trade halves 12:04 The one who turns your head at fifty 14:42 Your mother was in the picture first 17:41 Stop asking her to be your other half 20:47 Next: Carl Jung on the Shadow ▶ The whole series, in order — playlist "Carl Jung — Dark Truths": [LINK DA PLAYLIST] ▶ Start here: Carl Jung on the Shadow — 7 Dark Truths: [LINK DO VÍDEO] 📚 Sources (Jung is quoted briefly, from the Collected Works, translated by R. F. C. Hull, and from his memoirs): • "Marriage as a Psychological Relationship" (1925; Collected Works vol. 17, The Development of Personality, §§ 331, 338) • "The Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious" (1928; Collected Works vol. 7, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology, §§ 297, 314, 322, 323) • "The Stages of Life" (1930; Collected Works vol. 8, The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, § 783) • Aion (1951; Collected Works vol. 9ii, chapters "The Shadow" and "The Syzygy: Anima and Animus") • Memories, Dreams, Reflections (recorded and edited by Aniela Jaffé; translated by Richard and Clara Winston, 1963), chapter "Confrontation with the Unconscious" Image: [PORTRAIT CREDIT — author, Wikimedia Commons, license] The two friends are fictional characters and the voices are synthetic. This channel is for reflection and education, not therapy or medical or marriage advice. If you are going through a crisis, please reach out: in the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans 116 123; in Canada, call or text 988; in Australia, Lifeline 13 11 14; elsewhere, your local helpline. #CarlJung #Jung #Anima #Animus #JungianPsychology #Psychology