... to be expected from a Jungian archetype since, by definition, it escapes the individual but is still intimately related to the individual. Therefore, Ishtar represents certain qualities of the anima- divine nature and sexuality. When viewing the role of Siduri in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" a third fundamental aspect of the anima is revealed: a superior knowledge of life's laws. Jung claimed the anima may also ... be seen as something from which consciousness arises, or that "force of soul or psyche which prompts and pushes ... the individual towards psychic and spiritual maturity" (Relke, ...

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