"Yin and yang are not opposites, but complements. Yin is not female. Yang is   
   not male, but each contains elements of both."   
      
      
   Therefore...   
      
   "I never realized that the word "anima" has two established meanings: (1) the   
   feminine part of a man's personality, as opposed to "animus", and (2) the part   
   of the psyche that is directed inward or toward the subconscious, as opposed   
   to "persona".   
      
   I knew about the first meaning from Jungian psychology, and while it seemed to   
   me that the "inner self" or soul had a feminine character (softer, less   
   defined, ethereal) I didn't know that "anima" had the second established   
   meaning, thus linking    
   femininity with the inner self."   
      
      
   These are just words, and do not represent the true true state of affairs   
   because someone misused them... They are meaningless at best, and misleading   
   at worst. [i]Anima does not link feminity with the inner self.[/i] Feminity is   
   already connected with    
   the inner self, as its complement is so connected.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)