Arsonnyst

The more i listen to tool, the more interested i am in all the things they say

as i try to understand the lyrics, and what maynard is singing or writing about, i find myself reading and learning more about the theories maynard is using

ive noticed a few theories used by Maynard come from Carl Jung so i thought id read up on who he is and what he had to say

i specifically was reading about "the shaddow" which is mentioned on this album at least once, trying to figure out exactly what the thery behind the shaddow is
when i stumbled accros a few "personalities" or companions that Carl Jung had inside of him.
a personality he had was a young girl he called "anima"
She was his main medium for communication within himself

When you think about the album as a whole, it is about cleansing yourself and accepting who you are for yourself. As i undertsand, your shaddow is the things about you that you fear, or dislike
Jungs shaddow, was a small dwarf, and in his dreams the dwarf and him killed a young boy named Seigmund (named after, and representing jungs hero, Seigmund Freud)

An Enima, as defined in the dictionary is "The injection of liquid into the rectum through the anus for cleansing, for stimulating evacuation of the bowels, or for other therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. "
and Anima, is a "medium for communicating with your 'shaddow' "

Combined, i believe this is what the title is trying to portray, when you communicate with yourself, and accept your shaddow, and all of the parts of you that you dont neccesarily like or feel comfortable with, you are able to cleans your soul

IC

yea, there is supposed to be an african word something like anima which meaning's is 'spiritual' and as you said with the enema, so it can be concluded - spiritual cleaning

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crazypsycho6666

i thought that Aenima meant the female version of a male's brain.

Gillian

i find that all this song really is, is about the end of the world....its me & ''my soulmates'' song!!........one time when i was drunk i was chillin with my frind David & we were singing it together & i was all freaked out by it so he was my ''soulmate'' for that night!!!

Mr Omnipotent

aenima = continental enema

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Undertolerance

Innercombustion hit the culmination of the two words right on, but as far as an interpretaion of the song that is sorta hard to say one way or the other. But of course you can take in on the surface as well as dive into it but I will leave that you all to do on your own time. Good luck and fun travels.

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Circe

Since this old thread has been revived, I might as well jump in here.

Anima is latin for soul/ breath of life.

Pendragon

Wow. Thats a really good thing man I could never do anything like this I cannot find meanings.

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"hats coming through is a lie, Whats holding up is a mirror, Whats singing songs is a snake, Looking to turn my piss to wine, There both totally born of hate, Killing me just the same, The snake behind me hisses what my damage should have, My blood before me begs me open up my heart again, and I feel this comin over like a storm again now concederatly"

Cygnus-ß °|X1|°

It's try and read between the lines I guess

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Lateralareallofus

so i was looking up how to type ae (obviously I was unsuccesfull), and came across the meaning of ae. It is medival latin for 'eye' which would be pronounced 'hey'

'hey, hey, hey, hey, hey'

sound familiar in theintro to the title track Aenema? Perhaps by repeating 'hey, hey, hey' over and over agian hes trying to pry open the third ae. thoughts?

Inner_Eulogy

I've always thought of the beginning where he goes hey hey hey.. as him portraying a breathing technique used sometimes in meditation. In some practices it is known as the prana/lifeforce/chi that they are breathing in. Conditioned breathing can do many things for the body and spirit.

Of course another way of looking at it is as someone gasping for air as the are engulfed by water as Cali sinks however, I'm more inclined to go with the prior.

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