Faculty Works
In Honor of
the Feminine
Jungian Analysts and
the Complexities of Love
Editor: Marilyn Marshall,
Contributors:
Marilyn Marshall,
Constance Romero,
Carolyn Bates,
Nancy Qualls-Corbett,
Susan Negley,
Janice Quinn,
Barbara Friedman,
and Jacqueline Wright
Eight women—Jungian psychoanalysts— share their personal stories of the emergence of and transformative manifestations of the divine archetypal feminine, the complexities of love and the necessity for Eros—relatedness.
Meaningful experiences span the heartbeats of life and reveal the significance of a woman’s emotional, sexual and spiritual awakenings as she learns to claim her own value and voice in a patriarchal culture. Both the mysteries of the archetypal feminine and the devalued and repressed attributes of her nature have enriched and strengthened these analysts’ feminine identities as well as challenged and influenced their relatedness to the archetypal masculine and, thus, to the men in their lives.
This book tells of the pivotal struggles, revelatory dreams, illuminating myths and the emotional fires that have informed, transformed, and supported them on their paths of individuation.
A Dramatic Reading from The Red Book of C.G. Jung
Presented August 25, 2025, The XXIII International Congress of Analytical Psychology Zurich 2025
Under the leadership and direction of Constance Romero, Opening the Vault of the Heart, a play adapted from Jung’s The Red Book by Marilyn Marshall and Constance Romero, was presented on August 25th at the Congress. Produced by Mary Burke, with technical direction by Kathy Avsar and Michelle Cooper, the dramatic reading of the 90 minute play by “The IRSJA Players” included Carolyn Bates’ C. G. Jung, Tim Pilgrim’s Spirit of the Times and The Red One, Constance Romero’s Spirit of the Depths, Marilyn Marshall’s The Soul, David Romero’s Elijah and Doctor #1, Laura Tuley’s Salome, The Snake and Doctor #2, Lucie Magnus’ The Scholar’s Daughter, Jim Michel’s Philemon, and Puddi Lareau’s Christ. The play’s impact was applauded by an audience of one hundred eighty analysts and candidates from many different countries and cultures. Moments of contemplation, laughter, surprise, playfulness, music and dancing created a story of comedy and tragedy, illuminating how theatre embodies the inner expressions of psyche’s reality.
The War of the Gods in Addiction: Jung, AA and Archetypal Evil
By David Schoen, LCSW, MSSW, 2009
My book The War of the Gods in Addiction: Jung, AA and Archetypal Evil is in its second printing since 2009. It has been well received by the AA recovering community. I have presented on it all over America and in Ireland and Canada. My concept of Archetypal Evil/ Shadow has been a unique contribution to the nature of Alcoholism and Addiction. This book would be of interest to not only recovering individuals but also Jungians, Mental Health Professionals and the public at large. I wrote it in a way that would be accessible to both professionals and non-professionals.
Some Thoughts on Del
By Everett McLaren, EdD 2024
Deldon McNeely passed away on May 4,2024. Del was one of the founders of the New Orleans Jungian Seminar. She was devoted to her family, friends, and was many things to those who knew and loved her....
In Loving Memory of
Sarah Kathryn Shelton
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Sarah Kathryn Shelton, age 46, of New Orleans, LA, on December 30, 2025, after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Born on January 2, 1979, in San Jose, California, she was the daughter of Ronald and Candes Shelton. Sarah grew up in Indianapolis, IN before moving to New Orleans at the age of 18, where she spent the next 27 years of her life. New Orleans was her true home.
Sarah graduated from the University of New Orleans with a degree in Philosophy. She later earned a Master's in Counseling from Loyola University in New Orleans and dedicated the following ten years to training in Jungian psychoanalysis, completing her training in May 2025.
Her gift and calling were in helping others gain a deeper understanding of themselves. She was respected and admired by her friends, colleagues, patients, and instructors.
Everyone who knew her anticipated Sarah making significant contributions to the field of Jungian psychoanalysis.
A natural artist, Sarah had a passion for painting, music, and, more recently, pottery. In her final months, her love for pottery brought her immense comfort and joy.
She is survived by her partner, Mark Winborn; her parents, Ronald and Candes; and her three brothers, Andrew (Adrianne), Phillip (Caroline), and Max (Jennifer), her former
husband Shane Lief, and her two dogs, Mae and Kevin. Sarah's curiosity and her remarkable ability to put others at ease will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
A memorial service will be held at a later time with more information to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Louisiana Garden Club Federation, the Louisiana Beekeepers Association and The Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts.
Jungian Analysis
in a World on Fire
At the Nexus of Individual
and Collective Trauma
Edited By Laura Tuley, PhD,
and John White, PhD
This volume of essays, all authored by practicing Jungian psychoanalysts, examines and illuminates ways of working with individual analytic and therapeutic clients in the context of powerful and current collective forces, in the United States and beyond.
One of Carl Jung’s central achievements was his clear recognition that the psyche is a locus not only of individual and personal experiences but also of social, collective, and even cosmological experiences. This important insight on Jung’s part both opens broad vistas for psychoanalytic practice and poses potential challenges for the psychoanalytic practitioner attempting to understand and aid the individual client amidst the pressure of intense collective energies, especially amidst collective crises. Among the themes treated in this volume are principles of non-violence, environmental activism, feminism, ecological shifts due to the pandemic, the Chingada complex, mass shootings, industrial farming of animals, and death anxiety.