As Jung’s quote above suggests, the mana personality is an ego-adaptation with respect to the numinosum of unconscious energy where ego “appropriates” power that “does not belong to it.” The anima/animus, according to Jung, can be “developed” into the function of a relationship between the conscious and unconscious. When the anima/animus become functions of this relationship, they lose their demonic (i.e., possessive) qualities. If this relationship-making function is not employed, the anima/animus can turn into a compulsive and “bewitching” ruler of the ego.
