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Thread #57238   Message #900246
Posted By: Amos
28-Feb-03 - 12:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: Animus vs empathy
Subject: RE: BS: Animus vs empathy
If by Siva you mean the Hindu god of destruction and regeneration, it can't be deconstructed meaningfully to make a comparison with a generic element like anima, or animus. Too many layers of arbitrary mythmaking to define your terms.

You could hazard that animus becomes destructive when compressed by experiences of suppression, overwhelm, betrayal and loss to the point where it is no longer rational, but I would argue that is an attribute of any example of life force in play, not something to go hanging on a diviinity. Animus in the malevolent sense is just one of the states it is possible for life force to get in to -- anima after abuse.


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