The Queen of Sheba and Her Hairy Legs Ronnie Landau, M.A., LPC Friday, February 5, 2010 7:30 pm 2 CEUs Parker United Methodist Church 1130 Nashville Avenue, New Orleans

Who was the Queen of Sheba? This lecture will focus on the mysterious, mythological and legendary underpinnings of this erotic and powerful queen who spans three major world religions, Judaism, Islam, and Ethiopian Coptic Christianity. Jung himself became fascinated with Sheba through his intense study of alchemy, where the image of King and Queen were central to his formulation of individuation and transformation. According to legend, Sheba had a “deformity” of very hairy legs. How is the Queen of Sheba, hairy legs and all, pertinent to us today as men and women and to Jung’s notion of the Anima Mundi or World Soul?

Ronnie Landau, M.A. LPC, is a licensed psychotherapist and Jungian analyst in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is a full-time faculty member of the Philadelphia Association of Jungian Analysts and is currently serving as president of the C.G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia. She is on the executive committee as secretary of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and is a member of the International Association of Jungian Analysts. Her interest in the mythic and symbolic nature of the Queen of Sheba began during a trip to Israel in 2000 and resulted in her thesis, “The Queen of Sheba and Her Hairy Legs: The Reparation and Integration of the Exiled Feminine in Western Monotheism and Jungian Analytic Practice.” She has lectured on this topic throughout various cities.

The Queen of Sheba and Her Hairy Legs A Seminar and Experiential Workshop with Ronnie Landau, M.A., LPC Saturday, February 6, 2010 10 am - 4 pm 5 CEUs $65 Members, $85 Nonmembers Parker United Methodist Church 1130 Nashville Avenue, New Orleans

Jung writes in Volume 9i that the loss of an archetype “gives rise to that frightening discontent in our culture.” (par. 141) In this seminar we will take up the topic of the erotic feminine as an aspect of the archetypal feminine through the image of the Queen of Sheba and her encounter with King Solomon. Sheba is an excellent portal in which to view and discuss what has become rejected, repressed, and dissociated in our own nature as men and woman. An aspect of the lore of the Queen of Sheba presents her as a powerful and beautiful ruler but with hairy legs. We will take up the image of her hairiness as shadow, that which has been split off, and the possibility of making what has been unconscious, conscious, what has been forgotten, remembered.

Clinical material, dreams, poetry and music will amplify an engagement with this rich symbolic material. While the emphasis of this seminar will be on a personal engagement, it seems essential that we keep an eye towards its spiritual necessity in the world today, the Anima Mundi.

Ronnie Landau, M.A. LPC, is a licensed psychotherapist and Jungian analyst in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is a full-time faculty member of the Philadelphia Association of Jungian Analysts and is currently serving as president of the C.G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia. She is on the executive committee as secretary of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and is a member of the International Association of Jungian Analysts. Her interest in the mythic and symbolic nature of the Queen of Sheba began during a trip to Israel in 2000 and resulted in her thesis, “The Queen of Sheba and Her Hairy Legs: The Reparation and Integration of the Exiled Feminine in Western Monotheism and Jungian Analytic Practice.” She has lectured on this topic throughout various cities.

The War of the Gods in Addiction: The Psychodynamics of Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery David Schoen, LCSW, MSSW Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 7:30 pm, 2 CEUs Parker United Methodist Church 1130 Nashville Avenue, New Orleans

David Schoen will present an overview of the psychodynamics of addiction, treatment and recovery through the dual lenses of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and Jungian psychology. The program will be based on the famous correspondence between Bill W. (co-founder of AA) and C. G. Jung. David will describe the development of a typical addiction, its true nature, the importance of archetypal shadow/archetypal evil in the addiction process, and why the principles of the twelve steps of AA are the most effective treatment approach in addressing an addiction. This lecture will be of interest to individuals interested in Jungian psychology, alcoholism/addiction dynamics, recovery programs, and the existence of archetypal shadow and archetypal evil in our world, as well as the general public.

David Schoen, LCSW, MSSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and certified Jungian analyst practicing in Covington. He has a background as an alcoholism/ chemical dependency counselor. He is a senior analyst in the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, co-founder and coordinator of the New Orleans Jungian Training Seminar, and advisor to the C. G. Jung Society of Baton Rouge. He lectures and teaches nationally, has published internationally and is a Louisiana poet. His books include Divine Tempest: The Hurricane as a Psychic Phenomenon (1998) and most recently The War of the Gods in Addiction: C.G. Jung, Alcoholics Anonymous and Archetypal Evil (2009).

Book Signing
David will be signing copies of his new book, The War of the Gods in Addiction: C.G. Jung, Alcoholics Anonymous and Archetypal Evil, at Maple Street Books, 7523 Maple Street in New Orleans, on Saturday, February 27, from 1 - 3 pm.

The Play’s the Thing: Taking Jung to the Theater Constance Romero, LPC, LMFT Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 7:30 pm, 2 CEUs Parker United Methodist Church 1130 Nashville Avenue, New Orleans Let these walls disclose the mysteries hidden Hindrance there’s none for magic is our aim... The wall is cleft, folds back, and has become The vista of a theatre, deep, inviting, Embracing us in mysterious lighting. - Goethe, Faust, Part II

Come and explore Jungian ideas such as the shadow and individuation in works ranging from Euripides, Shakespeare, and Goethe to modern playwrights like Tony Kushner and Jane Martin. Inspired by Dionysus, the Greek god of theater, we will look at the way great drama has long provided us with a model of death and re-birth on the psychological and spiritual level. Jung’s own life is a testament to the power of this archetype and can be seen in his ongoing involvement with Goethe’s play, Faust. Where Freud based much of his work on Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos, Jung’s psychology is heavily infused with Goethe’s play. He wrote:

Faust (the play) struck a chord in me and pierced me through.... (It) worked directly on my feelings... Most of all it awakened me to the problem of the opposites, of good and evil, of mind and matter, of light and darkness... I recognized... (Faust’s struggle) was my fate...I felt personally implicated.

Jung’s capacity to allow Faust to guide and infuse his psychological/spiritual life helps us understand the way in which great plays throughout history have “struck and awakened” individuals and cultures in times of upheaval and transition. Come join us as we take Jung to the theater and contemplate the Great Theater in the Round that is the psyche on stage.

Constance Romero, LPC, LMFT, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Mandeville. She is a graduate of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and a faculty member with the New Orleans Jung Seminar. She also has a professional background in theater arts both performing and directing. Her memoir, The Cane is Crying: Notes on Katrina was published in Psychological Perspectives, Vol. 49, 2006.

The Red Book of C. G. Jung: A Panel Discussion Marilyn Marshall, Karen Gibson, Charlotte Mathes, and Connie Romero Tuesday, September 14, 2010 7:30 pm Parker United Methodist Church 1130 Nashville Avenue, New Orleans

Coming in September, 2010, The Red Book of C. G. Jung, a panel discussion by Jungian analysts Marilyn Marshall, Karen Gibson, Charlotte Mathes, and Connie Romero discussing the newly-released Red Book, its history and what it has to tell us about the development of Jung’s practice of active imagination and the theories and framework of analytical psychology itself.

Thanks to the generosity of Mat and Blanche Gray, the Jung library now has a copy of the Red Book for you to preview. Copies are available through the Philemon Foundation for those who’d like to read the volume prior to September’s program.