Join us in Ireland amidst the scenic heart of the Lakelands, as we explore our evolving archetypes as we grow older.
SEMINAR
Evolving Archetypes Within Us
as We Grow Older
at Farnham Estate Hotel, County Cavan
April 3-10, 2027
Life begins at forty! Everything before that is just research.
—C. G. Jung
Among the many contributions of Jung to the field of psychology was his understanding of how our lives are often guided by archetypes — essential themselves through our approach to life situations and decisions that we face and are immersed in.
Our brains are resilient and continue to have the capacity to learn and grow while our psyches are able to adapt and meet new challenges. Our brains never stop changing. Even in later life we can build new synapses and strengthen existing ones through new experiences, mental stimulation and physical exercise.
This ability to grow allows us to connect to archetypes that we have not previously identified with or have only played a marginal role in our lives at an earlier stage. For while many schools of psychology believe that our most significant personality development takes shape between birth and adolescence, from a Jungian perspective it does not remain fixed there.
In this regard, Jung believed that later life can be a time of generativity as well as a time to focus on ourselves, look inward, and reflect on both the past and the future — an opportunity to enjoy a personal freedom by living a life that is true to our own Self. Moreover, at this stage of our lives, we can choose to worry less about what others think and expect of us and identify with different archetypal patterns within.
During the course of our week together, through presentations and smaller group workshops, we will explore this important theme — what it means to live consciously and creatively in the later part of our lives.
Farnham Estate Resort.
Seminar Site: County Cavan, Ireland
County Cavan, known as the scenic heart of the Lakelands, is a charming destination that offers an unspoiled landscape and a glimpse of its rich Irish heritage. Containing 365 spectacular lakes within it — one for every day of the year, including the dramatic landscapes of the Cuilcagh Mountains, it is an outdoor lover’s paradise ideal for fishing, boating, and scenic forest walks. In addition, aside from its natural beauty and archaeological historical wonders, Cavan is a true haven for relaxation and food enthusiasts, featuring world-class dining and a luxurious wellness experience for those staying at the historic Farnham Estate Resort.
Accommodations
Farnham Estate Resort
Nestled in the beautiful countryside of County Cavan, Farnham Estate Resort offers an exceptional setting for reflection, learning, and renewal. Surrounded by 1,300 acres of rolling parkland, lakes, and woodland, this elegant country estate combines historic charm with contemporary comfort. Guests enjoy luxurious accommodations, a world-class spa, fine dining, and the tranquility of a private countryside retreat. With its welcoming atmosphere, spacious meeting facilities, and natural beauty, Farnham Estate provides the ideal environment for meaningful conversations, creative exploration, and shared experiences. It is a place where participants can relax, connect, and fully immerse themselves in the seminar experience.
Full Day Optional Fieldtrip with Michael Gibbons
Guided by archaeologist Michael Gibbons, we will spend a full day visiting a range of historic sites, including two remarkable archaeological complexes located near the hotel; the island monastery of Devenish (once a large and flourishing monastery associated with Saint Moilaise) on Lough Erne (one of Ireland’s largest lakes which we will reach by a scenic ten minute river ferry) and drive through Drumlin County, with its rolling hills and lakes, and make our way to Enniskillen, one of the region’s most historic border towns. On our return journey, we will head west into the hill country along the Cavan–Fermanagh border to visit the Cavan Burren, a limestone upland south of Blacklion with its rich concentration of prehistoric monuments, which we can explore along a gentle trail through the archaeological park. These include several Neolithic tombs dating to around 3700 BC, as well as a Bronze Age wedge tomb from about 2500 BC that is decorated with rare rock art. The area has one of Ireland’s greatest concentrations of rock art, much of it only recently discovered.
Seminar Faculty Bios & Presentations
See daily schedule for their workshops.
Our 25th annual Jung in Ireland seminar offers a week with leading Jungian analysts and authors including Earl Collins, Phil Cousineau, Marlene Frantz, Aryeh Maidenbaum, Marilyn Marshall, Diana Rubin, Richard Tarnas and Shannon Yockey.
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Earl Collins, PhD, is Canon Chancellor of Chichester Cathedral in England. A native of Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is an expert on Christian mysticism and a lover of Jung’s way of soul-making and soul-healing. He was for many years a monk in Ireland, Rome, and Jerusalem, has lectured widely on Jung and Mysticism, and for a few years studied at the Jung Institute in Zurich. His publications include Come and Receive Light and Meeting Christ in His Mysteries. PRESENTATION: Becoming Your Real Self: The Guidance of the Archetypes 
Drawing on his personal experience informed by Jung’s ideas, Dr. Collins will consider how the great archetypes and symbols emerge out of the psyche through dreams and cast light on our life situation. They challenge our ego-limited ideas of who we are and chart a path of future growth, connecting us with the wholeness of our real self and the ground of all existence.
Phil Cousineau, BA, is a freelance writer, filmmaker, independent scholar, and writing consultant. Cousineau lectures around the world on a wide range of topics from mythology, film, and writing, to beauty, sports, and creativity. He has published over forty books, including The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work, The Art of Pilgrimage, The Lost Notebooks of Sisyphus, Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo? and the recent bestseller, The Wisdom of the Odyssey: 24 Life Lessons on Homer’s Epic. Cousineau has written over thirty documentary films, including The Hero’s Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell, and Forever Activists: Stories from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and The Peyote Road. Since 1984, Cousineau has led dozens of Art, Literature, and Mythology tours around the world. He is host of “Global Spirit,” on PBS, and commentator on “Myth in the Movies” for Warner Brothers, Pixar, Lucas Films, and the Smithsonian Channels. PRESENTATION: The Wisdom of the Odyssey: An Ancient Map for Aging, Changing Souls
At the heart of Homer’s epic poem is the revelation of the dramatic change between the young idealistic Odysseus in the Iliad, and the older traumatized warrior of the Odyssey, as well as the growth in Penelope from a young bride to a wise queen who saves their home from the Suitors. They are guided by encounters with archetypes—sorcerers, nymphs, monsters, even a noble dog—who guide them on their odysseys. This numinous myth offers a map of the soul’s journey home for maturing hearts and minds, revealing how to learn and grow from life’s ordeals and struggles.
Marlene Frantz, MA, MFT, is a Certified Jungian analyst, Group Psychotherapist, Equine therapist, and artist who works in Southern California with adults, adolescents and couples. Marlene has lectured on creativity, grief, and mother daughter relationships, and led workshops on the creative process, dreams, and rebuilding one’s life after loss. Ms. Frantz has contributed articles, and been a featured artist in the journal Psychological Perspectives and wrote the Introduction to Vol 68 issue 1 2025 that focused on the founders of the C G Jung Institute of Los Angeles. She is a past President of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and is currently a member of its faculty and Board of Directors. PRESENTATION: Engaging with the Archetypes that Emerge as We Age 
In this presentation, Marlene Frantz will share her process as well as the active imaginations and forms of creative expression that she has been using to explore and engage with the archetypes that are surfacing and resurfacing in this last third of her life as she returns to her focus inward.
Michael Gibbons, one of Ireland’s most respected archaeologists, is acclaimed for his ongoing fieldwork in Connemara. A popular presenter, Michael has lectured worldwide, including at Oxford, Cambridge, and the National Geographic Society. Author of Connemara: Visions of Iar Chonnacht, as well as numerous articles, Mr. Gibbons is a member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, the Croagh Patrick archaeological research team, and the Heritage Council of Ireland.
Aryeh Maidenbaum, PhD, Jungian analyst, earned his Doctorate from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the Jung Institute in Zurich. Founder and Co-Director of the NY Center for Jungian Studies, among his publications are: Sounds of Silence; The Search for Spirit in Jungian Psychology; Psychological Types, Job Change, and Personal Growth; and Anti-Semitism: The Jungian Dilemma. In addition, he was editor and contributor to several books, including Lingering Shadows: Jungians, Freudians and Anti-semitism, and Jung and the Shadow of Anti-Semitism. His newest book is Jung and the Jewish Experience: Reflections by a Jungian Analyst, published by Routledge.
Marilyn Marshall, LPC, is a Jungian Psychoanalyst in private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and a faculty member for the New Orleans Jungian Seminar. Marilyn has presented lectures for Jungian training seminars, conferences and societies. She is co-adapter of a play based on The Red Book, most recently presented for the IAAP Conference 2025. Her publications include Editor of In Honor of the Feminine: Jungian Analysts and the Complexities of Love, as well as articles, book reviews and clinical commentaries in Spring Journal, The Journal of Analytical Psychology and Psychological Perspectives. PRESENTATION: The Transformative Potential of Women’s Stories for Men and Women
Contributors to the book In Honor of the Feminine: Jungian Analysts and the Complexities of Love engaged with the transformative, raw material of personal experience to illuminate the call and manifestation of the archetypal feminine. Participants will engage with these narratives and discuss the potential in pivotal experiences for Individuation, the significance of the archetypal feminine, the risks of courageous love, and the invaluable gift of looking inward to claim one’s own story.
Diana Rubin, LCSW, Co-Director of the New York Center for Jungian Studies, has organized and led Jungian Seminars and Study Tours for over 25 years. Currently, she has a private psychotherapy practice in New York’s Hudson Valley, where she works with individuals and groups as well as remotely. A former staff psychotherapist at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health’s Institute for the Performing Artist, Ms. Rubin has a special interest in the interface of psychotherapy and the creative process. In addition, she is dedicated to empowering women through her women’s workshops.
Richard Tarnas, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he was the founding director of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness department. During his thirty years there he taught courses in the history of ideas, depth psychology, archetypal cosmology, cultural history, and the evolution of consciousness. He has also frequently lectured on archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and was formerly the director of programs and education at Esalen Institute. He is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a narrative history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern that is widely used in universities. His second book, Cosmos and Psyche, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network. He is a past president of the International Transpersonal Association and was a long-time member of the Board of Governors for the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. PRESENTATION: The Fundamental Openness of Archetypes to Our Active Participation
At the heart of archetypes is their intrinsic multivalence, their openness to multiple ways of being expressed while remaining true to their core essence. It is precisely this quality that allows each of us in the course of our maturation to become ever more co-creative participants in our personal embodiment of these archetypes rather than mere puppets of unconscious forces.
Shannon Yockey, LCSW, is a Jungian analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and teaching member of International Society of Sandplay Therapists and Sandplay Therapists of America. In practice for 30+ years in Fort Collins, Colorado, she founded the Colorado Center for Jung and Nature Studies, presenting nationally and internationally on depth psychology, nature, sandplay, and alchemy. Her writing includes “Tending the Garden of the Soul: Entering the Mundus Imaginalis Through Dreams, Nature, and Sandplay” in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy and the forthcoming chapter “Bowing to the Nigredo: Honoring the Blackness in the Work,” in Living with Fire. PRESENTATION: Listening to the Animals, Finding Our Way Home to Soul
In the second half of life, the burdens of modern living have often disconnected us from our instincts, our emotions, and our capacity to live wholly. This lecture on Listening to the Animals explores how encounters with animals and the natural world — in dreams and waking life can return us to soul, restoring wonder and experiences of the numinous, and leading to a more embodied way of being.
Seminar Program
Beginning on Saturday evening, April 3 with Orientation, an opportunity to get to know one another, and an Opening Dinner, the week will offer a mix of presentations to the group as a whole and smaller group workshops to choose from as well as an optional group field trip (limited to 40 participants) led by internationally recognized Irish archaeologist Michael Gibbons. In addition, during the course of the week, there will be ample opportunity to rest, relax, enjoy the hotel’s superb amenities and explore the region on our own.
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Daily Schedule*
SATURDAY, APRIL 3
Check in to the deluxe Farnham Estate Hotel in County Cavan. Relax, and/or enjoy the hotel’s amenities
5:45 p.m.
Orientation and an opportunity to meet the faculty and get to know one another.
7:30 p.m.
Festive Opening Dinner** (included)
SUNDAY, APRIL 4
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Full Irish Breakfast, served daily**
9:15 a.m.
Diana Rubin & Aryeh Maidenbaum, Opening Remarks
Marilyn Marshall, The Transformative Potential of Women’s Stories for Men and Women
11:00 a.m.
Break for Coffee, Tea & Scones
11:30 a.m.
Earl Collins, Becoming Your Real Self: The Guidance of the Archetypes
1:00 p.m.
Break for Lunch (included)
2:30
Workshops I
Shannon Yockey, Encounters with the Natural World: Meeting the Shadow with Humility and Courage
Phil Cousineau, The Curious Case of Homer’s Mentor in the Odyssey
Richard Tarnas, Recognizing Archetypes That Once Took Possession of Us, But Now Engaging Them in More Conscious, Skillful Ways as We Grow Older
Marlene Frantz, Exploring Evolving Archetypes in Our Dreams
Evening free: Dinner on our own
MONDAY, APRIL 5
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Full Irish Breakfast, served daily**
9:30 a.m.
Shannon Yockey, Listening to the Animals: Finding Our Way Home to Soul
11:00 a.m.
Break for Coffee, Tea & Scones
11:30 a.m.
Workshops II
Earl Collins, “Only a God Can Save Us”: What Kind of Religion is Good (and Bad) for Psychological Growth?
Marlene Frantz, Engaging with Inner Archetypes Through Active Imagination
Marilyn Marshall, The Inviolate Mystery of Experience: Claiming Your Story
Phil Cousineau, The Odyssey as Map for Our Own Descents into the Underworld
1:00 p.m.
Break for Lunch (included)
2:30 p.m.
Fairy Tale or Myth: Faculty and Participant Discussion and Processing
Evening free: Dinner on our own
TUESDAY, APRIL 6
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Full Irish Breakfast, served daily**
9:30 a.m.
Marlene Frantz, Engaging with the Archetypes that Emerge as we Age
11:00 a.m.
Break for Coffee, Tea & Scones
11:30 a.m.
Workshops III
Earl Collins, Losing Your Way In, “the Vale of Soul Making” (John Keats) — The Dangers of the Journey
Shannon Yockey, Encounters with the Natural World: Meeting the Shadow with Humility and Courage
Richard Tarnas, Living the Archetypal Child and the Elder as we Grow Older, Bringing Them into Creative Interplay
Marilyn Marshall, Confrontation, Courage and Consciousness: The Archetypal Journey of Psyche and Eros
Afternoon free for reflection, hiking, or relaxing: Lunch and Dinner on Own
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Full Irish Breakfast, served daily**
Full Day Outing with Michael Gibbons (optional)
Return to our hotel in time for Dinner (included)
THURSDAY, APRIL 8
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Full Irish Breakfast, served daily**
9:30 a.m.
Phil Cousineau, The Wisdom of the Odyssey: An Ancient Map for Aging, Changing Souls
11:00 a.m.
Break for Coffee, Tea & Scones
11:30 a.m.
Workshops IV
Marilyn Marshall, The Inviolate Mystery of Experience: Claiming Your Story
Earl Collins, “Only a God Can Save Us”: What Kind of Religion is Good (and Bad) for Psychological Growth?
Shannon Yockey, An Alchemical Approach to Grief and Loss in the Second Half of Life: Honoring Our Life Experiences
Marlene Frantz, Exploring Evolving Archetypes in Our Dreams
1:00 p.m.
Break for Lunch (included)
2:30 p.m.
Workshops V
Phil Cousineau, The Curious Case of Homer’s Mentor in the Odyssey
Richard Tarnas, Recognizing Archetypes That Once Took Possession of Us, But Now Engaging Them in More Conscious, Skillful Ways as We Grow Older
Diana Rubin, If Not Now, When?: A Workshop for Women
Aryeh Maidenbaum, Revisiting Our Personal and Family Myths: A Workshop for Men
FRIDAY, APRIL 9
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Full Irish Breakfast, served daily**
9:30 a.m.
Richard Tarnas, The Fundamental Openness of Archetypes to Our Active Participation
11:00 a.m.
Break for Coffee and Tea and Scones (included)
11:30 a.m.
Faculty & Participant Roundtable Discussion
Afternoon free
7:30 p.m.
Festive Closing Dinner
Please Note:
*Daily Schedule subject to change
** Meals Included are Full Irish Breakfast daily; all coffee and tea breaks; lunches on Sunday, April 4; Monday, April 5; Thursday, April 8; Dinners on Saturday, April 3; Wednesday, April 7; and Friday, April 9
SATURDAY, APRIL 10
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Full Irish Breakfast
Departures
Departure for Dublin Airport … OR…. those continuing on to the Jungian Psychology and the Landscape of Celtic Mythology Study Tour (April 11–17): remain at Farnham Estate for a complimentary overnight stay and transportation to Cahernane House in Killarney on April 11
SUNDAY, APRIL 11
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Full Irish Breakfast
Morning
For those participating in the Jungian Psychology and the Landscape of Celtic Mythology Study Tour, complimentary private group coach transfer departs Farnham Estate for the Cahernane House Hotel in Killarney.
Registration Information
APRIL 3–10, 2027
Farnham Estate Resort, County Cavan
Evolving Archetypes Within Us
as We Grow Older
Cost: $3,750* includes:
- 7 nights’ accommodations at Farnham Estate Resort
- All presentations and workshops
- Full Irish breakfast daily
- All breaks for coffee, tea and scones
- Three lunches and three dinners
*Please note: program cost based on double occupancy. Single supplement ($495) and gratuities ($140) additional. Cost after December 1, 2026: $3,850.
To reserve your place, please complete the online registration form and submit with a deposit of $650 per person, per program. Balance in full due by January 15, 2027.
Registration Details
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Credits and Certificates: For information scroll down or click to that section.
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Cancellations and Refunds: Please note that all cancellations must be received in writing by the New York Center for Jungian Studies. Deposit is refundable, less $295 administrative fee, for those canceling on or before December 15, 2026. For those cancelling on or before January 15, 2027, 50% refund less deposit and $295 Administrative fee. No refunds after this date. Payment in full is due by January 15, 2027.
Changes: All rights are reserved by the Program Directors to make faculty substitutions and/or to modify the schedule and itinerary (including hotels) as needed.
Disclaimer of Responsibility. By registering for this program, participant specifically waives any and all claims of action against the New York Center for Jungian Studies and its staff for damages, loss, injury, accident, sickness, or death incurred by any person in connection with this tour. The New York Center for Jungian Studies assumes no responsibility or liability in connection with the service of any train, vessel, carriage, aircraft or other conveyance which may be used wholly or in part in the performance of their duty to the passengers. Neither will the New York Center for Jungian Studies or its staff be responsible for any injury, death, loss, accident, sickness, delay or irregularity through neglect or default of any company or person engaged in carrying out the purposes for which tickets, vouchers, or coupons are issued. No responsibility is accepted for losses or expenses due to sickness, viruses, weather, strikes, hostilities, wars, terrorist acts or acts of nature, local laws, or other causes. The New York Center for Jungian Studies is not responsible for any baggage or personal effects of any individual participating in one of their respective trips. In the event it becomes necessary or advisable for any reason whatsoever to alter the itinerary or arrangements, such alterations, including hotels, guides or scholars, may be made without penalty. All rights are reserved to require any participant to withdraw from the tour at his/her own expense when such an action is determined by the tour staff to be in the best interest of the participant’s health and safety, and that of the group in general.
CE Credits
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Certificate of Attendance
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Continuing Education Credits
Continuing Education Credits have been applied for.
Please Note: In order to receive CE credits participants must be present for each presentation.
For those who have signed up, CE credits will be available for an additional cost of $75 per certificate: 19.5 CE credits for the seminar, Evolving Archetypes Within Us as We Grow Older and 15 CE credits for the study tour, Jungian Psychology and the Landscape of Celtic Mythology.
The following organizations enable participants to receive the allotted:
- American Psychological Association
- NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
- New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors
- New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists
- New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work
- New York Education Department of Creative Arts Therapy
- New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts
- New York Education Department Board for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
- Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
- Illinois Alcohol & Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association
For questions about receiving CE credits contact Sally Smith-Raymond at contact@nyjungcenter.org