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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Encountering the Anima in Africa: H. Rider Haggard’s She
Contributor:
Fike, Matthew A.
imprint:
University of Alberta Libraries, 2015
Published in:Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies
Language:
Not determined
DOI:
10.29173/jjs50s
ISSN:
1920-986X
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>H. Rider Haggard’s She was one of Jung’s favorite novels and is frequently mentioned in The Collected Works. Although his view that She depicts an encounter with the anima is a critical commonplace, his reasons for considering Ayesha, the titlecharacter, to be a classic anima figure have not been sufficiently explored. This essay uses the anima’s widely ranging nature—specifically, Jung’s statements about the Kore and the stages of eroticism—to explain his interpretation and then to analyze Ayesha’s effect on Ludwig Horace Holly, the main character and narrative voice. His African journey is one of failed individuation: after repressing his anima in England, Holly projects his anima onto Ayesha in Africa, experiencing compensation and enantiodromia (a swing from misogyny to anima possession). In this fashion, She depicts the perils of directly confronting the anima archetype and the collective unconscious.</jats:p>