Barbara Hannah - Animus

Barbara Hannah was a straightforward, modest-yet-grand woman, a lover of literature, and a colleague and friend of C. G. Jung, Emma Jung, and Marie-Louise von Franz. A first-generation Jungian psychologist, she was one of the original members of the Psychological Club of ZUrich and one of the founders of the Jung Institute in ZUrich. She lectured extensively in Switzerland and England and wrote several books on C. G. Jung and Jungian psychology.

These two volumes present her psychological analysis of the animus gleaned from handwritten notes, typed manuscripts, previously published articles, her own drafts of her lectures, and notes taken by those present. She tackled the theme of the animus with a comprehensiveness unsurpassed in Jungian literature. Her insight and vigor stem from a personal grappling with her own animus while integrating the experience and reflections of many