 When a man idealizes a woman and projects his anima onto her, he gives her tremendous power. Why is it dangerous for a woman to identify with that projection? Or, like Marilyn Monroe, to become the love goddess and live out his desires? Because, as we know from the life history of Marilyn Monroe, she did not live her own life. She acted all the time, the anima of men. Generally, there are women and that is ultimately due to the power drive. When women discover that if they are beautiful, they can exert a magic power over men, then they take to acting all the time the anima. We are, even in our jargon, sometimes talking about anima women. Those are women who find out how to act the anima to men. But because this is not love, but pure power drive. It is destructive to the men and to themselves. Because it is using the guise of love for worldly power. Such women want to rule the men. They want the men to be all at their feet. And then they naturally are unhappy because they don't feel loved. I remember when I was young, sometimes when a man projected his anima onto me and was pursuing me and giving me presents and so on, I had the distinct feeling that that fellow doesn't know me at all. He is chasing an image. I wanted to look back, who is he chasing? It is not me. Me as a human being he doesn't see. And so if a woman falls into the trap of acting out the anima, she can exert a tremendous power over men. But at the same time, inwardly, she is frustrated because those men love her image, they don't love her. So she is really very lonely underneath. And that's what caught up with poor Marilyn Monroe. And does this woman who is playing the anima does she just fulfill the man's needs? Anything she wants she does? How does it work? It works as long as it is an adventure or a love affair. Then she fills out his needs. But when he has to live with her, if he marries her and has to live with her in everyday life, then comes the trouble. A, she will play the anima to all the other men as well and he will not like that. And secondly, he will suddenly discover that underneath that beautiful mask there is no human being, there is no warmth, there is no possibility of a human relationship. So to marry an anima figure is most disappointing. These women who play that are called by the French femme fatale, women who ruin men. If a man has this mother complex, then how does he experience women in real life? If a man...