Inner Family
Kula Traya — Family threesome
The archetypal family within - masculine, feminine, and emerging self.
Positions
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1
Inner Masculine
Question: What is the quality of my inner masculine?
The animus/king/father within. Structure, logos, action. Developed? Tyrannical? Absent?
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2
Inner Feminine
Question: What is the quality of my inner feminine?
The anima/queen/mother within. Eros, relatedness, receptivity. Available? Devouring? Wounded?
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3
Divine Child
Question: What is being born?
The Self emerging from the union of opposites. Your potential wholeness. The reconciling child.
Jungian
Animus-Anima-Self
Fourth Way
Three forces creating
Sanskrit
Śiva-Śakti-Gaṇeśa
Related Concepts
Triamazikamno (Law of Three)
The fundamental law that every phenomenon results from three interacting forces: Active, Passive, and Neutralizing (Affirming, Denying, Reconciling).
Anima
The inner feminine aspect of a man's psyche, personified as a female guide or 'soul' who connects the ego to the unconscious and mediates messages from the depths.
Animus
The inner masculine aspect of a woman's psyche—the autonomous masculine spirit within that must be encountered and integrated for individuation.
Self
The regulating center of the psyche that encompasses both conscious and unconscious—the goal of individuation, often symbolized by the divine child or mandala.
Three Lines of Work
Balanced efforts across three domains: work on oneself (personal practice), work with others (group cooperation), and work for the whole (service to higher purpose).
Integration
The psychological process of bringing unconscious contents — the Shadow, the Anima or Animus, repressed capacities, disowned qualities — into conscious awareness and incorporating them into a more complete sense of self.