Friends of Jung-South
supports
Jung After Work
Join us after work on Zoom
on the third Monday of each month
for a series of FREE monthly 30-minute
lectures about Jungian psychology,
followed by a 30-minute discussion.
on the third Monday of each month
for a series of FREE monthly 30-minute
lectures about Jungian psychology,
followed by a 30-minute discussion.
The Adventure of Self-Discovery Through Journaling
with
Dr. Michael DeMaria
Jungian-oriented Psychologist (retired), Musician and Filmmaker
with
Dr. Michael DeMaria
Jungian-oriented Psychologist (retired), Musician and Filmmaker
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“The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories.”
—Carl Jung Jung’s Memories, Dreams and Reflections saved my life at the age of 18. I was an obsessive overachiever as an 18-year-old junior in college at the honors college of Florida when I had a spiritual emergency that very easily could have landed me in a psychiatric hospital. However, through some miracle I was assigned to read and present on Memories, Dreams and Reflections in a "Psychology of Personality" elective I had taken as a Chemistry/Math pre-med major. I thought it would be an easy A. It ended up changing the entire course of my life. It also began my 40-year love affair with journaling my dreams, synchronicities and feelings.
Journaling comes from the French word jour, for day, and it is also the root of the word journey. Seen in this way, journaling should be the footprints of our soul’s journey through life. I like to call it "soul tracking" – the ongoing numinous tracking of the soul. Journaling is nothing less than a vehicle for expressing our "insides" outside – a chance to not only find the story we are living but to tell that story to the blank page. Put simply, where therapy is the talking cure, journaling is the writing cure. Join us for a deep dive into the power and process of how expressing our own first-person experience of the world (both waking and dreaming) in journaling can help us live more conscious, rich, and whole lives. Lecture and Discussion
via Zoom from Birmingham, Alabama Monday, May 16, 2022 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. CDT Zoom meeting room will open at 5:15 p.m. to allow time to visit. This is a free event. CEUs are not available. 
Michael DeMaria holds a Ph.D. from Duquesne University and retired his clinical practice after 33 years of work as a Jungian-oriented depth psychologist practicing on the Florida Gulf Coast. His life has been deeply enriched by his many friendships in the Jungian community, (particularly Nancy Qualls-Corbett and Robert Johnson) and attendance at many Friends of Jung-South events in New Orleans and Birmingham over the past 30 years. He is also a 4-time Grammy nominated musician and a bestselling author and poet. His music is heard over 2 million times a week around the world and has been featured on projects with Eckhart Tolle, Mark Nepo and Noah Levine.
To register and receive the link to join this ZOOM EVENT or for additional information, email jungafterwork@gmail.com.
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Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.
—Carl Jung
—Carl Jung
2021-2022 LECTURE SERIES
Monday, September 20, 2021
The White Snake: A Fairytale Exploration and Discussion
The White Snake: A Fairytale Exploration and Discussion
Fairy tales are archetypal stories that connect us to one another and help us understand the psychological tasks and problems of being human—the hero seeking his fortune, the princess seeking her prince, orphaned children trying to get home. Fairy tale themes translate into today’s language as finding our place in the world, our need for love and relationship and our need to find a nurturing home in our land. These themes resonate in the world and within each of us.
This session will explore The White Snake and look at the question of connecting with our animal or instinctual nature.
This session will explore The White Snake and look at the question of connecting with our animal or instinctual nature.
Melissa Werner, PhD, LPC, IAAP
Jungian Analyst for Adults, Adolescents and Children,
Diplomate, CG Jung Institute Zurich
Jungian Analyst for Adults, Adolescents and Children,
Diplomate, CG Jung Institute Zurich
Monday, October 18, 2021
Liminality and Thin Places
Liminality and Thin Places
We are living in uncertain, challenging times. We are not in control of our lives. Our set patterns have changed. What was once familiar no longer feels or looks the same. The inexplicable situation is beyond the theories, statistics, charts, analyses of the medical experts and scientists….
—Maria Victoria Ruffino
This quote is a perfect example of what it means to be in liminal time. What was “normal” before, is no longer, and what comes next, we do not know. We will explore Jungian ideas about liminality and “thin places” through the presenter’s original art and through conversation.
—Maria Victoria Ruffino
This quote is a perfect example of what it means to be in liminal time. What was “normal” before, is no longer, and what comes next, we do not know. We will explore Jungian ideas about liminality and “thin places” through the presenter’s original art and through conversation.
Jane Philips, LPC, LMFT, Retired
Monday, November 15, 2021
Jung's Black Books: Tilling Soul in Electric Fields
Jung's Black Books: Tilling Soul in Electric Fields
The editor of Jung's Red and Black Books, Sonu Shamdasani, said that the books will completely reorient Jungian scholarship and take more than a generation to assimilate. I will distill the Black Books and my experience of them: their role in Jung's Red Book and Collected Works; historical significance; characters, chronology, and writing/painting process; and relevance to the strange 'Spirit of the Times' we are living in now. I will have trails for the future that can be food for thought — or food for soul.
Evan Haarbauer
Monday, December 20, 2021
Solstice, Shaman, Santa
Solstice, Shaman, Santa
We will gather for this presentation on the eve of Winter Solstice. The solstice is a liminal time, known since antiquity as a time of darkness, unease and mystery, when the gates joining the visible and invisible realms are open. The invisible or imaginal realm "is not unlike the mundus archetypus of Carl Jung. There shamans, dreamers, and visionaries return again and again, extending consciousness and reality" (Jean Houston, PhD in “Shamanism”, compiled by Shirley Nicholson, p. xiii).
We, not unlike shamans, dreamers and visionaries, will explore the archetypal images of Solstice, Shaman and Santa and questions surrounding them. What is the universal or archetypal pattern of Solstice? What was the Shaman’s role in the communal experience of solstice? How is Santa related to the solstice and the shaman, dating possibly as far back as recorded time? Is Santa real? What gifts do the Shaman and Santa offer in our times of darkness? How is this exploration important to our individual and collective (communal) souls and to the animus mundi, the soul of the world?
We, not unlike shamans, dreamers and visionaries, will explore the archetypal images of Solstice, Shaman and Santa and questions surrounding them. What is the universal or archetypal pattern of Solstice? What was the Shaman’s role in the communal experience of solstice? How is Santa related to the solstice and the shaman, dating possibly as far back as recorded time? Is Santa real? What gifts do the Shaman and Santa offer in our times of darkness? How is this exploration important to our individual and collective (communal) souls and to the animus mundi, the soul of the world?
Anna Dudley, MSW, LICSW
Monday, January 17, 2021
Jung and UFOs
Jung and UFOs
Carl Jung’s Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies intrigues readers to think about the psychological, instead of the physical reality of UFOs. This short book, which may ambitiously be an introductory text to analytical psychology, was written during the beginning of the Cold War. Jung looks at the many reactions both individuals and societies have when confronted with this phenomena. We will discuss why, in light of recent media reports of UFOs, Jung’s words are important to be reviewed. We will also discuss why Jung’s ideas of mandalas and synchronicity are important to the text.
Sam Ryals, MPA, MA
ESL teacher and GIS professional
ESL teacher and GIS professional
Monday, February 22, 2022
What Is Jungian Analysis?
What Is Jungian Analysis?
In his essay, Psychotherapy and a Philosophy of Life, Dr. Jung writes “…the principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport the patient to an impossible state of happiness, but to help him (them) aquire steadfast and philosophical patience in the presence of suffering. Life demands for its completion and fulfillment a balance between joy and suffering. In this presentation, we will be exploring the topic of Jungian analysis from this perspective.
Lucie Magnus, MA, LMFT, LPC
Jungian Analyst, Diplomate of Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts
Jungian Analyst, Diplomate of Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts
Monday, March 21, 2022
Jung 101: An Introduction to the Work of C. G. Jung
A Post-seminar Discussion Group
Jung 101: An Introduction to the Work of C. G. Jung
A Post-seminar Discussion Group
This discussion group is an invitation both to those who attend the Friends of Jung-South seminar, Jung 101, on March 19, 2022, and also for anyone who has an interest in broadening or deepening their understanding of the concepts of Jungian psychology. Lucie and Melissa will be present for follow-up questions, clarifications, reflections and amplifications of the material presented in the seminar.
Lucie Magnus, MA, LMFT, LPC
Jungian Analyst, Diplomate of Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts
Jungian Analyst, Diplomate of Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts
Melissa Werner, PhD, LPC, IAAP
Jungian Analyst for Adults, Adolescents and Children,
Diplomate, CG Jung Institute Zurich
Jungian Analyst for Adults, Adolescents and Children,
Diplomate, CG Jung Institute Zurich
Monday, April 18, 2022
Questions Big and Small
Keys to Life, Well-Being and Perhaps Human Progress
Questions Big and Small
Keys to Life, Well-Being and Perhaps Human Progress
C.G. Jung asked questions of himself and others. So do we. Our questions build our library of experience when we are young. Questions help us make sense of those experiences as we mature.
Questions form the basis of research and experimentation. Questions spur breakthroughs; sometimes they lead to dead ends.
Questions drive legal and journalistic inquiry.
We will examine some of these questions from Jungian and other perspectives. Maybe we will learn something about each other and ourselves in the process.
Questions form the basis of research and experimentation. Questions spur breakthroughs; sometimes they lead to dead ends.
Questions drive legal and journalistic inquiry.
We will examine some of these questions from Jungian and other perspectives. Maybe we will learn something about each other and ourselves in the process.
Bert Young, JD
Monday, May 16, 2022 | 5:30–6:30 pm
The Adventure of Self-Discovery Through Journaling
with Michael DeMaria
The Adventure of Self-Discovery Through Journaling
with Michael DeMaria
Jung’s Memories, Dreams and Reflections saved my life at the age of 18. I was an obsessive overachiever as an 18-year-old junior in college at the honors college of Florida when I had a spiritual emergency that very easily could have landed me in a psychiatric hospital. However, through some miracle I was assigned to read and present on Memories, Dreams and Reflections in a "Psychology of Personality" elective I had taken as a Chemistry/Math pre-med major. I thought it would be an easy A. It ended up changing the entire course of my life. It also began my 40-year love affair with journaling my dreams, synchronicities and feelings.
Journaling comes from the French word jour, for day, and it is also the root of the word journey. Seen in this way, journaling should be the footprints of our soul’s journey through life. I like to call it "soul tracking" – the ongoing numinous tracking of the soul. Journaling is nothing less than a vehicle for expressing our "insides" outside – a chance to not only find the story we are living but to tell that story to the blank page. Put simply, where therapy is the talking cure, journaling is the writing cure. Join us for a deep dive into the power and process of how expressing our own first-person experience of the world (both waking and dreaming) in journaling can help us live more conscious, rich, and whole lives.
Journaling comes from the French word jour, for day, and it is also the root of the word journey. Seen in this way, journaling should be the footprints of our soul’s journey through life. I like to call it "soul tracking" – the ongoing numinous tracking of the soul. Journaling is nothing less than a vehicle for expressing our "insides" outside – a chance to not only find the story we are living but to tell that story to the blank page. Put simply, where therapy is the talking cure, journaling is the writing cure. Join us for a deep dive into the power and process of how expressing our own first-person experience of the world (both waking and dreaming) in journaling can help us live more conscious, rich, and whole lives.
