The Anima/Animus Psychological Complexity (The Psychology of "Twin Flame" Ascent)

“The carriers of this consciousness is the individual,
who does not produce the psyche on his own volition but is,
on the contrary,
performed by it and nourished by the gradual awakening of consciousness
during childhood.”
-Jung, The Undiscovered Self

Maturity:
“Integrating more of his unconscious personality and bringing it into his real life”.
-Franz, ML von, Man and His Symbols (Jung)
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“Difficult and subtle ethical problems
are not invariably brought up by the appearance of the shadow itself.
Often another “inner figure” emerges.
If the dreamer is a man he will discover a female personification of his unconscious;
and it will be a male figure in the case of a woman.
Often this second symbolic figure turns up behind the shadow,
bringing up new and different problems.”
-Franz, ML von, Man and His Symbols (Jung)

All these aspects of the anima
have the same tendency that we have observed in the shadow:
That is, they can be projected
so that they appear to the man to be the qualities of some particular woman.
It is the presence of the anima
that causes a man to fall suddenly in love when he sees a woman for the first time
and knows at once that this is “she” …
Women who are of “fairy-like” character especially attract such anima projections,
because men can attribute almost anything to a creature who is so fascinatingly vague,
and can thus proceed to weave fantasies around her.
-Franz, ML von, Man and His Symbols (Jung)

It is as if an inner “radio” becomes tuned to a certain wave length
that excludes irrelevancies
but allows the voice of the Great Man to be heard.
In establishing this inner “radio” reception,
the anima takes on the role of guide, or mediator, to the world within
and to the Self.
-Franz, ML von, Man and His Symbols (Jung)
(“Right Inner Values = Profound Inner Depth”)
(Mediator = Ego & Self)(Anima/Animus)

A man who through real faith is still contained in the Catholic Church
usually experiences his anima in the image of the Church herself,
and her sacred images are for him the symbols of the unconscious…
Your Mass consists of your contemplation
of these psychic images that your religious anima reveals to you.
-Franz, ML von, Mand and His Symbols (Jung)
(Overcoming Mother Complexity = Life Task Religious Service Nature)

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The Woman Within Man (The Anima):

​“I am the flower of the field and the lily of the valleys. I am the mother of fair love and of fear of knowledge and of holy hope … I am the mediator of the elements, making one to agree with another; that which is warm I make cold and the reverse, and that is dry I make moist and the reverse, and that which is hard I soften .. I am the law in the priest and the word in the prophet and the counsel in the wise. I will kill and I will make to live and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.”
-Unknown Medieval Quote, Man and His Symbols (Jung)
(“During this period, the knightly cult of the lady signified an attempt to differentiate the feminine side of man’s nature in regard to the outer woman as well as in relation to the inner world”.)
 
Survival Value:
 
“Through living and interacting with one another for generations, each sex has acquired characteristics of the opposite sex that facilitate appropriate responses and understanding of the opposite sex.”
-Primer of Jungian Psychology
 
“If the personality is to be well adjusted and harmoniously balanced, the feminine side of a man’s personality and the masculine side of a woman’s personality must be allowed to express themselves in consciousness and behavior.”
-Primer of Jungian Psychology
 
“Since this image is unconscious, it is always unconsciously projected upon the person of the beloved, and is one of the chief reasons for passionate attraction or aversion.” (Passionate Attraction = Same Traits as Anima-Image of Woman)
-Primer of Jungian Psychology
 
“Many people suffer from inflated or overdeveloped personas. The opposite condition is more often true of the anima or animus.”
-Primer of Jungian Psychology
 
“What makes things especially complicated is the fact that the possession of one partner by the animus (or anima) may automatically exert such an irritating effect upon the other that he (or she) becomes possessed too. Animus and anima always tend to drag conversation down to a very low level and to produce a disagreeable, irascible, emotional atmosphere”.
-Man and His Symbols

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The Man Within Woman (The Animus):
 
“Two veiled figures climb onto the balcony and into the house. They are swathed in black hooded coats, and they seem to want to torment me and my sister. She hides under the bed, but they pull her out with a broom and torture her. Then it is my turn. The leader of the two pushes me against the wall, making magical gestures before my face. In the meantime his helper makes a sketch on the wall, and when I see it I say (in order to seem friendly), “Oh! But this is well drawn!” Now suddenly my tormentor has the noble head of an artist, and he says proudly, “Yes, indeed,” and begins to clean his spectacles.
-Unknown Medieval Quote, Man and His Symbols (Jung)
(“Behind the spasms of anxiety there is indeed a genuine and mortal danger; but there is also creative possibility”.)
 
“The conscious attention a woman has to give to her animus problem takes much time and involves a lot of suffering. But if she realizes who and what her animus is and what he does to her, and if she faces these realities instead of allowing herself to be possessed, her animus can turn into an invaluable inner companion who endows her with the masculine qualities of initiative, courage, objectivity, and spiritual wisdom.
-Man and His Symbols (Jung)
 
“The woman must find the courage and inner broadmindedness to question the sacredness of her own convictions. Only then will she be able to take in the suggestion of the unconscious, especially when they contradict her animus opinions. Only then will the manifestations of the Self get though to her, and will she be able consciously to understand their meaning.”
-Man and His Symbols (Jung)

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​-Ammit,
Solve et Coagula
(The Zen of Anima Sola!)