Azadeh Azad

Taming My Animus Azadeh Azad

This book of poetry and photography describes a woman's fictional journey of psychological maturation, of getting to know, tame and integrate her Inner Man or Animus into her conscious self.

The archetype of Animus is the totality of the unconscious masculine psychological qualities that a heterosexual woman possesses. It is the storeroom of repressed traits belonging to the male sex. The process of her individuation and maturation involves becoming conscious of her hidden Animus, as well as other parts of her psyche.