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Meeting the Gaelic Otherworld

Encountering the Numinous  | 6 Part Series

A Journey of Individuation and Ancestral Healing through the lens of Jungian Depth Psychology, Irish folklore and the Gaelic Otherworld.

Introduction

Rooted in the wisdom of the Gaelic Otherworld, this series is an immersion into ancestral ‘deep’ time and the numinous, interweaving insights from Jungian Depth Psychology and Psychotherapy to support your exploration of the hidden terrain of the psyche on your own journey of individuation. 

In this series we explore Carl Jung’s concept of Individuation and the role of the numinous in psychological transformation and trauma healing. We encounter the wisdom of the ancestors and their ways of seeing and being in the world, or as Yeats called it, “the condition of quiet that is the condition of vision.” 

Here, we peer into the realm of the Aos Sí, (most popularly known as the fairies), becoming curious about their mysterious archetypal imagery, cultivating a space of ritual, understanding the transformative energy of the unconscious, the numinous and the symbolic, in our own inner world and daily life. 

This series brings to life themes of loss and grief, rites of passage, initiation and transformation in a mythopoetic approach to healing trauma and intergenerational trauma where I use Irish folklore, mythology, images, story, symbol, metaphor and archetypes, to illuminate your own connection to your inner world and soul self. 

This course is a visceral visual meditation of Ireland and its indigenous ways and ancestral wisdom, designed to evoke and stir the senses and imagination. Through this series we come to explore and understand our deeper selves, what was passed down the lineage, how the past continues to shape the present, and how we can come to break old unconscious patterns, in order to step into our own authentic life. This is a unique odyssey of the soul and spirit, of personal development and discovery, that honors not just ourselves but the ancestors. 

Each course can be taken as a stand alone or part of the series.

What is the Jungian Concept of Individuation?

The Jungian concept of individuation is a lifelong process by which a person becomes their true, whole self. So often in our lives, due to difficult early childhood experiences, past limiting belief patterns, trauma and intergenerational trauma, we can experience a disconnection from our authentic, embodied soul selves. These aspects of the self go into the shadow, the unconscious, a deeply rich, inner terrain, a symbolic otherworld, where they are repressed, as a way to fit in. This disconnection often results in feelings of anxiety and sadness, a lack of vitality, and low confidence and self-worth and an overriding feeling that something is missing. An unlived symbolic life. 

The more we cultivate a relationship with the inner world, the more we can open to new possibilities and creativity within ourselves, deepening our own psychological depths, and having more courage to step into life, more compassionate to ourselves and our place in the world, allowing us to continue to journey towards a more embodied, fuller authentic life.

What is the Gaelic Otherworld?

The Otherworld is a place of ancestral customs, practices and inherent archetypal wisdom. Our Gaelic ancestors had a deep belief in this otherworldly realm. It was a realm that wa very much alongside our human realm. It is broadly depicted as having two main locations, beneath sources of water, such as springs, lakes, the sea and certain islands, and underneath the ground, such as in mounds and hillsides also known as ‘fairy mounds’ or Síd.

The otherworld is occupied by a supernatural race known as the Aos Sí, or, Sí, or most popularly known as, the fairies. This is a supernatural race that lives alongside humans and shares the landscape. They were not the winged figures we see in Disney movies. They were very much thought to live life, as humans do, in an unseen parallel world. In ways, symbolically, it can be seen as a metaphor to our unconscious depths, a realm that we are familiar and yet not familiar with, ‘below the visible world’, a realm that lives alongside us, with its archetypal motifs, and has influence in our day to day life. 

What do we mean by the numinous?

The numinous (from Latin numen, “divine power”) refers to experiences of awe, mystery, and sacred presence. The numinous are the experiences beyond rational comprehension that are sometimes both terrifying and deeply humbling and beautiful. It is where we connect to a felt sense of something vaster and greater than ourselves. 

Numinous experiences awaken a sense of greater purpose or belonging, whether through nature, myth, the cosmos, our ancestors, art, or spiritual encounters. This dissolves isolation and reaffirms our embeddedness in life’s web. This reweaving of meaning is deeply and inherently healing for the psyche.

“Human beings do not stand in one world only but between two worlds and must distinguish themselves from their functions in both worlds. That is individuation.”
— CARL JUNG - to Sabina Spielrein January 21st 1918

This series is for you if…

  • …you long to know your inner world more deeply. If you sense there's more to you than inherited roles and patterns. This journey invites you home to your soul through the sacred work of individuation.

  • …you yearn for a more creative, authentic way of being. If you’re ready to move from survival to presence and inner vitality, this series offers a mythopoetic map toward your deepest becoming.

  • …you carry grief or wounds older than your own story. If you feel the weight of ancestral trauma in your body and psyche. This space offers ritual, meaning, and healing for what came before.

  • …you’ve glimpsed mystery through awe, nature, dreams, or myth.If the numinous has touched your life and left you longing for more, this course invites you to explore its power to guide, transform and heal.

  • …you feel a pull toward Irish mythology and the Otherworld. If wells, mounds, and the Aos Sí stir something deep within, and you are curious to learn more indigenous ways and the path of your ancestors.

  • …you’re drawn to depth psychology rooted in ancestral ground. If you seek a soulful, embodied path shaped by symbol and myth, this is a place where the unconscious becomes a wellspring of potential.

You will learn…

…how individuation helps you become your true self. Not through fixing, but by reclaiming the forgotten, silenced parts of your psyche in a sacred journey of integration.

…that your inner world holds deep wisdom. By listening within, you’ll uncover vitality and guidance for living a more authentic, soul-aligned life.

…how numinous moments can transform you. Encounters with mystery — through dream, myth, or nature — can awaken you to profound inner change.

…how Irish myth and folklore holds deep wisdom and how it can be a symbolic reflection  of your inner landscape. Through tales of the Aos Sí and Otherworld, you’ll explore grief, longing, desire, and healing as archetypal truths.

…to recognize and tend ancestral wounds. You’ll trace patterns of inherited trauma with compassion, and learn how to break cycles through story and ritual.

…to work with symbol, metaphor, and the unconscious. Dreams, synchronicities, and archetypes become guides, opening pathways to insight and creative imagination.

…how to enter sacred time and in this mythopoetic path explore ways to live more consciously, courageously, and creatively.

  • This series is rooted in Depth Psychology and Psychotherapy, including somatic approaches, and shaped by a mythopoetic lens.It draws richly from Irish mythology, folklore, cosmology, language, literature, and the living heritage of Ireland.

This is an odyssey of the soul and spirit, specially curated and designed to support you to build a relationship with your inner world and symbolic life. This series interweaves Irish folklore, mythology, poetry, music and embodiment (somatic) practices and Depth Psychology with sweeping images of the landscape of Ireland, its native language, culture and ancient heritage, to enrich and support your personal development journey and experience.

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Entering the Mist

The Journey of Individuation through the Realms of Irish Folklore, Sacred Time and the Numinous

In this course, we explore Carl Jung’s concept of individuation — the unfolding path toward wholeness, authenticity, and the deeper Self. Early on this path, we meet the shadow — the hidden, unconscious parts of ourselves cast out, exiled, or forgotten.

October 19, 2025 | 4 Hour Online Workshop

US$160.00
One time
US$55.00
For 3 months
✓ Over 120+ Minutes of Immersive Video Lessons
✓ 35+ Page Companion E-Workbook
✓ CPD Certificate for Irish Professionals
✓ Instant & Unlimited lifetime access
✓ A Depth Psychology Experience Rooted in Irish Mythology

“We gave ourselves up in old times to mythology, and saw the Gods everywhere. We talked to them face to face. Even today our country people speak with the dead and with some who perhaps have never died as we understand death; and even our educated people pass without great difficulty into the condition of quiet that is the condition of vision.”

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS