Synchronicity - Jung Society Baton Rouge

Synchronicity

Volume 20, Issue 1 C. G. Jung Society of Baton Rouge October 2014

Donations Needed C. G. JUNG SOCIETY OF BATON ROUGE

The C. G. Jung Society of Baton Rouge has FALL 2014 & SPRING 2015 PROGRAM
been designated a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. ~
Please consider a small donation; even $20 can
help! If you qualify for discounted membership, Fundraiser Thursday, October 23, 2014
please consider paying full membership rate.
Please consult your tax advisor about deductibility 7-9 PM, Baton Rouge Gallery
of any gift. Donations are vital to the Society’s
ability to continue to fulfill its mission. SELECTED READINGS FROM THE PROPHET

~ BY KAHLIL GIBRAN
Gibran’s best-known work is The Prophet, a book
MEMBERSHIP, FEES, & CEUS composed of twenty-six poetic essays. Since it
was published in 1923, The Prophet has never
Monthly programs begin at 7 PM on the second been out of print. The perennial classic has been
Thursday of the month unless otherwise noted. Light translated into more than 50 languages and is a
refreshments are served beginning at 6:30 PM. staple on international best-seller lists.
Members enjoy free admission to regular program
lectures (7-8 per year) and discounted workshop In lieu of a Jungian lecture for the month of
and special lecture fees. Non-member regular October, Steve Crump, Shirley Sands, and
lecture door charge is $10. Oneal Isaac will present an hour of staged
readings from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. The
Continuing Education (CEUs) The C. G. Jung event is free but donations will be accepted for the
Society of Baton Rouge is an NBCC–Approved C. G. Jung Society of Baton Rouge.
Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may
offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that Please, come experience the beautiful words of
meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP is solely Kahlil Gibran read out loud . . . “Your hearts know
responsible for all aspects of the program. Licensed in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and other But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart’s
Mental Health Professionals will receive a Certificate knowledge.”
of Completion to give to their respective Licensing
Boards. Call Patricia Hare Pizer, at 225-247-7737, ~
for more information.
Lecture Thursday, November 6, 2014
To become a Society member, send name, address,
7-9 PM, Baton Rouge Gallery
and check made payable to the C. G. Jung
This program approved for 2 Clock Hours by NBCC (fee)
Society of Baton Rouge ($50 regular; $35 full
time student and seniors age 60+) to Bob Laughlin, PSYCHE AND ART IN LOUISIANA
Treasurer, P. O. Box 3832, Baton Rouge LA 70821. Through spoken dialog and haunting visual
Or, you can pay dues at any monthly meeting. images, we enter the modern fairy tale Accalia
Renewals of membership are due in January and the Swamp Monster, from the
each year. For scholarships or fee waiver, please autobiographical book of the same name by
see a board member. Louisiana artist Kelli Scott Kelley. Kelley’s book
tells the story of heroine Accalia, her dysfunctional
family, her encounters with the dark and magical
Louisiana swamp, and her own personal growth.

M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T The C. G. JUNG SOCIETY OF BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, is a private, non-profit

organization formed to conduct, sponsor, promote, and develop various activities related to the life, teachings, writings, and work of
C. G. Jung. In accordance with this aim, the Society offers to the community interdisciplinary programs and events in depth
psychology with the hope of fostering the process of individuation in its members and other interested persons.

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continued from page 1 playwright and in community and professional area
theaters. He has appeared in fifteen motion pictures
Jungian analyst Constance Romero will then walk and narrated two documentaries for five time EMMY
us through this new and uniquely Louisiana fairy Award winner Bill Rodman in ‘Atchafalaya National
tale, allowing us to examine it from a Depth Heritage Area’ and ‘Making a Way’ (listen at
Psychology Perspective, revealing the parts of www.billrodman.com). Oneal is the recipient of a State
the psyche played by each of the characters and of Louisiana Division of the Arts 1999 - 2000
how those characters’ unconscious processes Fellowship Award in Theater, was listed on the State
and motives not only advance the story but can Artist Roster, was named an Arts Council of Greater
stimulate our own work along the path of Baton Rouge 2000 Arts Ambassador, and was
individuation. Through similar analysis of our own honored with a Special Humanities Award by the
stories and dreams, we can gain insights that Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
allow us to make use of the powerful images of
this engaging story, and experience the resulting ~
healing that comes from the telling. For Jung and
Jungians, the psychic processes of the collective Lecture Friday, January 23, 2015
unconscious are expressed most simply and most
purely in fairy tales, whose images provide an 7-9 PM, The Unitarian Church, Fellowship Hall,
understanding of how the process of individuation 8470 Goodwood Boulevard; Special Lecture fees
may happen. In Jungian dream analysis,
amplification of dream images is made through apply: $15 Public, $10 Unitarian Church Members, $5
comparison with the same images or symbols Society Members; program approved for 2 Clock Hours by
from collective sources including fairy tales. NBCC (fee)
Mental health professionals will benefit from the
discussion of creation, interpretation, and BY GRIEF TRANSFORMED: DREAMS AND
enactment of fairy tales as personal development
and clinical tools. THE MOURNING PROCESS

Constance Romero, LPC, LMFT, is a Jungian After the death of a loved one, people are often
Psychoanalyst in private practice in the New Orleans advised to “get over” their grief and to “get on with
area and a graduate of the Inter-Regional Society of their lives” much too quickly. In reality,
Jungian Analysts. She is on the teaching faculty of the bereavement is a long, painful experience which
Florida and New Orleans Jung Seminars. Connie also unfolds at its own pace rather than in orderly
has a background in theater as an actor and director. stages. However, it does correspond to
She is currently the Artistic Director of the Archetypal archetypal patterns such as those found in the
Theatre Company, a group whose works explore the myth of Demeter and Persephone, and it often
interface between Depth Psychology and Drama. Her includes dreams which serve as guides through
memoir, “The Cane is Crying: Notes on Katrina” was the underworld of mourning.
published in Psychological Perspectives.
This lecture will present clinical and literary
Kelli Scott Kelley, MFA, is Associate Professor of examples of the journey through grief, with
Painting at Louisiana State University, since 2000. She special attention to archetypal and literary
lectures and exhibits throughout the United States. sources and to the value and significance of
dreams. Susan Olson received dreams over a
~ two year period after the death of her daughter,
and she waited ten years to capture them in her
Thursday, December 4, 2014 book By Grief Transformed, to honor the
message from her daughter to write about the
7-9 PM at Diane and Tony Marabella’s home, mysterious connection between the living and the
16654 South Fulwar Skipwith Road dead. Olson came to experience dream gifts from
the dead as sources of psychoid energy,
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS POTLUCK & enriching the lives of those who mourn and others
interested in the transformative powers of
SEASONAL TALES Join us for a fun evening of dreaming.
food and entertainment with FREE admission for
all. Call Diane for directions, 225-754-1068. A Workshop Saturday, January 24, 2015
brief annual meeting of the Society will be held.
10 AM-4 PM, Unitarian Church, Fellowship Hall,
Oneal Isaac works professionally as a storyteller and 8470 Goodwood Boulevard; $70 Public, $50 Society &

Unitarian Church Members; program approved for 5 Clock
Hours by NBCC (fee)

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In partnership with the Unitarian Church
HONORING OUR MOURNING DREAMS
Dreams occurring before and after the death of a loved one often play an essential role in the mourning
process. Vivid dream images of the dead function are mediators between the "underworld" of the
unconscious and the "upper world" of consciousness. Dream images can help the wounded psyche
come to terms with loss, and dream symbols point to a new relationship between ego and Self and a
transformed orientation to life.

In this workshop, we will examine the so-called “stages of grief,” the objective/subjective interpretation of
grief dreams, and the numinous nature of “visitation dreams.” Examples of dreams from Jungian and
other literature will be cited, but there will also be time for individual reflection, journaling, and group
discussion. Please bring writing material and be prepared to reflect on your own grief dreams. Suggested
reading: C. G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1961), sections entitled "Visions" and "On Life
After Death;" Susan Olson, By Grief Transformed: Dreams and the Mourning Process (Spring, 2010);
Marie-Louise von Franz, On Dreams and Death (Shambhala, 1988).

Susan Olson, LCSW, a 1992 graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich, has worked as a psychotherapist and
analyst for 35 years. She has a B.A. from Smith College, an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.S.W.
from the University of Georgia. A member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, she is on the faculty of
the Memphis-Atlanta Jungian Seminar and is President of the Georgia Association of Jungian Analysts.

Susan is the author of several articles and the book By Grief Transformed: Dreams and the Mourning Process
(Spring Journal Books, 2010), which chronicles her grief dreams following the death of her daughter.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & OFFICERS

Anne Bigger, *Bennie Coates, Oneal Isaac (President & VP Program Chair), Bob Laughlin (Treasurer), Mona
Marcum, *Patricia Hare Pizer, April Snellgrove (Secretary), Robin Toler.

Board meetings are open to the membership; contact any board member for information.

Honorary Board Members: Past Presidents Ed Bodker, Margaret Humphris, Diane Braud Marabella, Ann
Cashwell Tuley, and Harrell Weathersby, along with active board members noted above with an *.

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BATON ROUGE GALLERY CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE!!!
www.jungbatonrouge.org
The C. G. Jung Society of Baton Rouge meets for its
monthly presentations at the Baton Rouge Gallery, at 1442 City PATRONS
Park Avenue. In exchange for the use of the facility, half of the
Jung Society membership must also become members of the Deldon Anne McNeely, Ph.D., Jungian
Gallery. In appreciation for the use of this beautiful space and to Psychoanalyst, Abita Springs, Louisiana
meet the terms of the agreement, please consider joining the David E. Schoen, MSSW, LCSW, Jungian
Baton Rouge Gallery. Membership brochures are available at
Society meetings. Psychoanalyst, Covington, Louisiana

DIRECTIONS TO LECTURES OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST
C. G. Jung Society of New Orleans
From I-10: Exit at Dalrymple, turn left onto Dalrymple, proceed www.jungneworleans.org
under railroad overpass. Take first right at Magnolia, then right C. G. Jung Society of Lafayette
onto Perkins Rd. Turn right where sign indicates City Park. The www.cgjunglafayettela.org
Gallery (large cream-colored building) is indicated with a sign,
past the fountain, on right.
Westbound on Perkins: After passing E. Lakeshore Dr. on your
left, you will see signs for the Art Gallery and City Park. Turn left
into City Park and keep to the left. The Gallery (large cream-
colored building) is indicated with a sign, past the fountain, on
right.
Westbound on Broussard: Turn left onto Perkins at the traffic
light at the intersection of Broussard and Perkins, then turn right
into City Park. The Gallery (large cream-colored building) is
indicated with a sign, past the fountain, on right.

C. G. JUNG SOCIETY OF BATON ROUGE

FALL 2014-SPRING 2015 PROGRAM
PROGRAMS HELD AT BATON ROUGE GALLERY EXCEPT AS NOTED

OCTOBER 23, 2014, @ 7 - 9 PM, THURSDAY LECTURE
SELECTED READINGS FROM THE PROPHET BY KAHLIL GIBRAN
STEVE CRUMP, SHIRLEY SANDS, AND ONEAL ISAAC

NOVEMBER 6, 2014, @ 7 - 9 PM, THURSDAY LECTURE
PSYCHE AND ART IN LOUISIANA
CONSTANCE ROMERO, JUNGIAN PSYCHOANALYST, LPC, LMFT, & KELLI SCOTT KELLEY, MFA

DECEMBER 4, 2014, @ 7 - 9 PM, THURSDAY GATHERING @ MARABELLA HOME
ANNUAL POTLUCK & SEASONAL TALES
ONEAL ISAAC, AWARD WINNING STORYTELLER & ACTOR

JANUARY 23 & 24, 2015, FRIDAY LECTURE @ 7 - 9 PM & SATURDAY WORKSHOP @ 10 AM – 4 PM, BOTH
HELD @ UNITARIAN CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL
LECTURE: BY GRIEF TRANSFORMED: DREAMS AND THE MOURNING PROCESS
WORKSHOP: HONORING OUR GRIEF DREAMS
SUSAN OLSON, JUNGIAN PSYCHOANALYST, LCSW

Send email address to [email protected] for newsletter. Members enjoy free admission to regular program

lectures and discounted workshop fees. Non-member regular lecture door charge is $10. The C. G. Jung Society of
Baton Rouge is an NBCC–Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock
hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. Call
Patricia Hare Pizer, at 225-247-7737, for more information. The Society has a wonderful library with hundreds of
volumes of Jungian related items. Call Bennie Coates at 225-344-5994 for library information.

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Refreshments are served beginning at 6:30 pm.