According to Emma Jung, the animus is first experienced by projecting it onto a man in the outside world, such as a father, husband, or friend, who becomes her “ππ’πππ πππ πππ‘πππππππππ¦. πβππ ππ’πππ πππ πππ‘πππππππππ¦ π‘βππ πππππππ π‘βπ ππππππ ππ ππππππ πππ‘ππ‘ππ£π ππ π‘βπ πππππ’π πππππ β¦ ”
She describes projection as:
“πππ‘ ππππ¦ π‘βπ π‘ππππ πππππππ ππ ππ πππππ π‘π ππππ‘βππ
ππππ ππ, ππ’π‘ πππ π ππ π‘βπ πππ‘ππ£ππ‘πππ π‘βππ‘ ππ π€ππ‘β ππ‘, π π
π‘βππ‘ π πππ π‘π π€βππ π‘βπ πππππ’π πππππ βππ ππππ
π‘ππππ ππππππ ππ ππ₯ππππ‘ππ π‘π π‘πππ ππ£ππ πππ π‘βπ ππ’πππ‘ππππ
π‘βππ‘ βππ£π ππππππππ π’ππππ£ππππππ ππ π‘βπ π€ππππ ππ
ππ’ππ π‘πππ, π€βππ‘βππ π‘βπ π‘βππππππ ππ’πππ‘πππ, ππ π‘βπ πππ€ππ
π‘π πππ‘, ππ πππ ππππ ππππππ‘π¦ π‘ππ€πππ π‘βπ ππ’π‘π πππ π€ππππ.”
With this in mind, the archetype will never match the individuality of any man onto whom it is projected as it is an image created within the psyche. When a woman does begin to see the differences between the man and the archetypal animus image, she becomes disappointed, confused and disorientated; for this is not who she perceived the man to be.
When this conscious awakening occurs, women:
“πππ‘πππ‘ππππ β¦ π‘ππ¦ π€ππ‘β ππππ ππ’πππππ π‘π ππππ π‘βπ πππ ππ π€βππ‘ π€π π‘βπππ βπ ππ’πβπ‘ π‘π ππππππ πππ‘. πππ‘ ππππ¦ ππ π€π ππππ ππππ’π ππ¦ ππ₯πππ‘ πππππ ππ ππππ π π’ππ; πππ ππππ
πππππ’πππ‘ππ¦ π€π ππ’ππ‘π π’πππππ ππππ’π ππ¦ πππππ ππ’π ππππ‘πππ,
ππ¦ ππ’π ππβππ£πππ’π, πππ‘π πππβππ‘π¦πππ ππ πππππ’π
πππππ‘ππππ . “
For Emma Jung, it is imperative for a woman’s psychic health to withdraw the projection of the animus and claim the authority she gives to men for herself, that is, to recognise the intellectual, powerful, and oratory elements as part of her own masculine nature.
By doing this, the animus becomes a creative power, a servant, a teacher, and a guide that can help women “ππππ ππππ€πππππ πππ π ππππ ππππππ ππππ πππ ππππ ππππππ π€ππ¦ ππ πππππππ ππ‘ π‘βππππ ” (pp. 223-224), initiating the ‘souls’ transformation. “π΄ππ π ππ ππππππ‘ππππ ππ π‘βπ ππππ πππ π€ππππ π‘π π’πππππ π‘πππ πππ ππππππ‘ π‘βππ‘ π‘βπ ππππππππ πππππππ‘ ππ ππ ππ π€ππ¦ ππππππππ π‘π π‘βπ πππ ππ’ππππ “
If a woman ignores the necessity of cooperation between the masculine and the feminine, “π βπ
ππππππππ βππ πππππ’π π‘π π ‘π βππππ€π¦,’ ππ ππππππ π ππ, ππ₯ππ π‘ππππ π€βππβ πππππ π‘π ππππππ π πππ, πππ π ππ‘ππ ππππ‘πππ, πππ πππ π ππ πππ‘ππππ π‘ ππ ππππ “
~Taryn Louise Ricketts, The Animus : A Jungian Perspective on the Films of Jane Campion