ABSTRACT
This chapter concentrates on the pair of archetypes associated with the superior and inferior functions. The eight-function, eight-archetype model of psychological types is based on two observations that are fundamental to its understanding and application. This sonic quality gives a glimpse into the contra-sexual nature of the archetype carrying the inferior function, bird-like whining in a man is the voice of the anima under pressure, while in a woman the growl of an animal cornered, embittered and at the end of its rope, can emerge from the pressed animus. The demonic personality is usually the locus of most unyielding and unconscious flaws of character. When they act beastly, it is often through this archetype and its associated function-attitude. In Jungian psychology, anima and animus development are seen as the work of the second half of life, and the inferior function that is associated with anima and animus start to appear in a much more creative and adapted way.
