

We are all stories — shaped by the same mythic forces that live within the sagas of gods and goddesses whose triumphs and tribulations were never meant to stay on the page.
As your teacher, Irish scholar Dr. Karen Frances McCarthy, shares, the Tuatha Dé Danann — the ancient supernatural beings of Ireland — aren’t distant myths, but living archetypes and carriers of wisdom.
They remind us that the sacred isn’t abstract or elsewhere; it’s here, beneath your feet, and in the breath moving through your body.
You’ve likely begun to sense this in your work with these ancient Irish gods and goddesses, yet the gap between knowing and living the wisdom of the archetypes has only become more apparent.
Dr. Karen can help you close that gap in this 12-week advanced journey, designed exclusively for graduates who are ready to deepen their work and apply what they’ve already learned in a more precise and embodied way.
Through a grounded, experiential approach, you’ll learn how to engage directly with ancient Irish archetypes as living intelligences, developing clarity of perception, recognizing patterns in real time...
... and forming conscious, ongoing relationships with figures like Danu (the Mother Goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann), Brigid (the Daughter of the Dagda, king of the Tuatha, revered as a goddess of healing, regeneration, and sacred waters), the Dagda (the great father and guiding force of the Tuatha Dé Danann known as the “good god”), Lugh (the god of skill, mastery, and many talents), and the Morrígan (the goddess of prophecy, sovereignty, and profound transformation).
You’ll refine your ability to track patterns and signals, develop your own approach to divination, and work with archetypes in a more deliberate and authentic way.
You’ll engage in structured practices like journaling, observation, spontaneous writing, and ritual, while also learning to create and access “thin places” — those thresholds where archetypal insight and the physical world meet.
You’ll also deepen your relationship with the landscape itself, sensing the intelligence of place, and how it supports perception, guidance, and connection.
This is where the work becomes embodied... where insight becomes something you can return to, test, and trust... and where the stories you’ve studied begin to show you how to live.
By the end, you won’t just understand these archetypes; you’ll know how to engage them with confidence in your daily life.
Are you ready to step more fully into the mythic story that’s always been unfolding; and learn how to deepen your awareness of the power within you and in the world around you?

In this 12-week transformational course, Dr. Karen will guide you through the skills and competencies you’ll need to develop the ability to trust what you perceive, engage deeper layers of meaning, and live with greater intentional direction.
You’ll connect with Dr. Karen and experience her teachings through livestreaming on any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Dr. Karen’s transmissions. Can’t make it live? After each class, you can stream the video and audio recordings to enjoy anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Dr. Karen. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to work with these archetypes for deeper personal insights, divination skills, and self-empowerment to help you move through your life and an ever-changing world with more resilience, stability, and confidence.
This opening unit helps you shift from thinking about meaning to directly perceiving it in your lived experience. You’ll begin by sensing the archetypal field as a real, felt ground of connection, where patterns naturally emerge and reveal themselves.
As your awareness stabilizes, you’ll learn to recognize signs and synchronicities with greater clarity, building trust in what you perceive without second-guessing yourself.
Dr. Karen will guide you in refining your discernment so you can distinguish what’s meaningful from what’s imagined or projected.
From there, you’ll begin forming a personal relationship with the archetypes that feel relevant and alive for you right now.
You’ll build a grounded, repeatable way to track patterns, deepen your perception, and engage archetypal guidance with confidence and intention.

You'll examine the archetypal field as a living ground of experience where meaning and pattern naturally arise. You'll begin to sense how awareness can extend beyond habitual thought into a more coherent, connected way of perceiving.
Through guided exploration, you'll ground your attention in the body and gently expand it into the space around you. As your awareness opens, you may notice subtle patterns emerging in both your inner world and your environment.
With Dr. Karen's guidance, you'll start to recognize how attention itself shapes what you perceive and reveals deeper layers of presence.
In this opening module, you'll:

You'll develop precision in recognizing meaningful patterns and cues as they arise in your daily life. You'll begin to distinguish the difference between imagination, projection, and genuine signs or synchronicities.
Dr. Karen will guide you in noticing how repetition and timing give certain experiences greater significance.
As you observe impressions more carefully, you'll start to see which ones persist and carry weight. Over time, you'll build trust in your perception while learning to hold interpretation lightly and gather clear evidence.
In this module, you'll:

You'll identify the archetypes that feel most alive and relevant in your experience right now. You'll begin to form a focused personal pantheon by choosing one or two figures to work with more intentionally.
Dr. Karen will share how these archetypes show up through patterns, impressions, and subtle cues. As you bring them into awareness, you'll notice how your body and emotions respond in real time.
Through simple, consistent gestures, you'll begin to build a steady and grounded relationship with these guiding presences.
In this module, you'll:
This unit marks a shift from observing patterns to actively living them through your body, choices, and daily experience.
You'll begin working directly with archetypal qualities like abundance, healing, and creative focus as felt states you can recognize and cultivate. As your attention deepens, you'll start to notice how these qualities show up in your thoughts, emotions, and environment.
Dr. Karen will demonstrate how to engage them in ways that feel grounded, practical, and sustainable. This work brings your awareness into a closer relationship with your body.
You'll be able to carry these qualities into your everyday life with greater consistency, confidence, and presence.

You'll explore the Dagda archetype as a living expression of abundance, provision, and grounded confidence. You'll begin to recognize where abundance is already present in your life - and where subtle patterns of resistance may be shaping your experience.
Dr. Karen will show you how to shift your attention from striving toward a felt sense of sufficiency in the body. As your perception changes, you'll start to notice the resources, support, and fullness already available to you.
Over time, you'll develop a more stable, embodied relationship with abundance that can inform your choices and actions.
In this module, you'll:

You'll work with the archetype of Brigid as a source of renewal, restoration, and steady healing. You'll begin to notice where your body and mind are asking for attention, especially in places of tension or depletion.
Dr. Karen will help you discover how to approach healing not as something to force, but as a process that unfolds through consistent, gentle awareness.
As you stay present with what arises, you may begin to observe subtle but meaningful shifts over time. This approach helps you develop a more grounded and sustainable relationship with healing.
In this module, you'll:

You'll explore Lugh as an archetype of skill, precision, and clear expression. You'll take an honest look at where your energy is currently scattered and where it's asking to be gathered and directed.
Rather than trying to do everything at once, you'll choose one specific area to focus on and give it your full attention.
Along the way, you'll begin to see how insights naturally emerge through sustained practice. You'll also examine the patterns or obstacles that may be getting in your way - and what it takes to move through them with intention.
In this module, you'll:
This unit will help you deepen your ability to stay steady as you move through challenges, uncertainty, and meaningful change.
You'll strengthen your capacity to reflect, express, and see more clearly, so insight becomes something you can work with, not just something you glimpse.
As you engage with archetypes of truth and transformation, you'll begin to recognize patterns that once felt confusing or overwhelming.
Rather than avoiding discomfort, Dr. Karen will demonstrate how to stay present with it in a way that builds resilience and self-trust.
This work supports a more grounded sense of personal power, rooted in awareness rather than force. By the end, you'll be able to navigate complex inner and outer experiences with greater steadiness and confidence.

You'll explore Ogma as an archetype of language, clarity, and deepened understanding.
You'll discover how insight takes shape through observation, reflection, and the act of expression itself. Writing becomes a tool for seeing more clearly, revealing patterns in your thinking that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Through simple, focused practices, Dr. Karen will show you how to work with words, images, and symbols to explore meaning in a direct and personal way. Over time, your ability to articulate and refine what you perceive begins to strengthen and stabilize.
In this module, you'll:

You'll discover the Morrígan as a force of truth that strips away illusion and reveals what's already present. You'll take a grounded look at how shadow shows up in everyday life through avoidance, contradiction, or tension between what you feel, say, and do.
Rather than turning away from discomfort, Dr. Karen will invite you to recognize it as a signal pointing toward something real. This work invites you to stay present with what arises, especially during moments of change or uncertainty.
Over time, what once felt difficult becomes clearer, more workable, and less charged.
In this module, you'll:

With Dr. Karen's deeply insightful guidance, you'll learn how to work with the Cailleach as an archetype of endurance, cycles, and deep transformation. You'll explore how phases of contraction, loss, or stillness are often misunderstood, and begin to see them as essential parts of a larger process.
Rather than pushing through or resisting these moments, you'll discover how to stay present within them. This shift allows you to experience stability even when things feel uncertain or unresolved. Over time, you'll begin to relate to change with more trust in your own capacity to endure.
In this module, you'll:
This final unit brings everything together into a way of living that feels grounded, connected, and sustainable.
You'll deepen your sense of belonging within a larger field of support, learning to move beyond isolation into a more continuous awareness of connection.
As your attention stabilizes, you'll begin to create the conditions for meaningful experience through simple, intentional ritual.
This shifts your practice from something occasional into something reliable and integrated.
You'll also reflect on how your perception and relationship to archetypes have evolved, clarifying what feels true and useful while embracing a personal approach to continuing this work in your daily life with confidence and direction.

You'll experience Danu as the living ground that supports and connects all things. You'll shift from a sense of isolated perception into a wider awareness that includes place, rhythm, and continuity.
As Dr. Karen shows you how to bring attention into your body, while simultaneously focusing outward into the natural world, you may begin to notice a deeper sense of connection already present.
As your awareness expands, subtle shifts in energy and presence can become more apparent. This approach helps you feel more supported, steady, and connected within the larger field of experience.
In this module, you'll:

You'll shift your focus from waiting for meaningful moments to actively creating the conditions that allow them to arise. Following Dr. Karen's lead, you'll explore how thin places, where everyday awareness and archetypal presence meet, can be cultivated through intention and structure.
By working with simple, repeatable rituals, you begin to establish a steady pathway into deeper perception.
Consistency becomes the foundation for accessing insight, rather than relying on chance or inspiration. Over time, this approach supports a more reliable and grounded connection to the archetypal field.
In this module, you'll:

You'll reflect back on how your entire experience has evolved into a cohesive, sustainable way of living - and how your perception, relationship to archetypes, and daily awareness have evolved over time.
The focus shifts to maintaining attention and continuing your engagement in a way that feels natural and grounded.
Rather than treating this as something separate from life, you'll begin to weave it into how you move, choose, and respond each day. Ultimately, you'll have a clear sense of how to carry this work forward with confidence and direction.
In this closing module, you'll:
In addition to Dr. Karen’s transformative 12-module course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.

This 30-page guide opens a doorway into the deeper truth that love doesn't end, it simply changes form. You'll explore how consciousness and connection continue beyond physical life in a way that feels grounded, reassuring, and real. Through shared experiences, you'll begin to sense how your bond with loved ones can still be felt and nurtured. You'll also be guided through a simple, practical exercise to help you step into the "thin place" and open to that connection for yourself. It's a comforting and empowering way to experience that the relationships that matter most to you are never truly gone.
Living the Wisdom of the Tuatha Dé Danann offers some of the most transformational online teachings available, within a thriving global community of learning and practice.
Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Dr. Karen Frances McCarthy will share in this powerful program.
You’ll join an international community on the leading edge of manifesting a world grounded in the principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.

Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from medium, scholar, and spiritual teacher Dr. Karen Frances McCarthy — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and will guide you to develop the ability to perceive meaningful patterns, work with archetypal forces, and translate your insights into grounded, daily practice through embodied awareness, reflection, and intentional ritual. Course sessions are on 2026-05-26 9:00:00 am.

After each class, the video will be available for you to stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.

After each class, the audio will be available for you to stream. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.

You’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.

With live class attendance, there will be a 30-minute optional interactive practice session directly following each class. You’ll be placed in an intimate group with several other participants on the Zoom call to interact, share, and do additional practices to help further integrate the weekly lessons. Practice sessions are available for live attendance only and are not recorded for playback. If you’re unable to attend the calls live, the online community group allows you to connect with each other and find alternative times to interact.

Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.

Our exclusive online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
We feel honored that Dr. Karen Frances McCarthy has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online course. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with a medium, scholar, and spiritual teacher whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about learning how to perceive meaningful patterns, work with archetypal guidance, and build a grounded, repeatable practice you can rely on in your daily life, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind program.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your own evolution, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
If you don’t absolutely LOVE Living the Wisdom of the Tuatha Dé Danann — or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before June 9, 2026 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.

Karen Frances McCarthy, PhD, CSNU, is an Irish scholar, award-holding Spiritualist medium, and author whose work bridges Celtic heritage, consciousness studies, and spiritual connection.
She holds a Doctorate in English Literature from the University of Birmingham, and is an adjunct faculty member at New York University School of Professional Studies, where she teaches contemporary spectral and speculative fiction. Her academic research explores re-enchantment, postsecular culture, and survival research, with particular attention to the sacred in modern life.
Karen is the author of Till Death Don’t Us Part and the forthcoming The Re-Enchanted Ghost in Contemporary American Spectral Fiction. Trained at Arthur Findlay College and certified in mediumship, spiritual healing, and grief counselling, she integrates ethical Spiritualist practice, Celtic myth, Zen principles, and scholarly insight into her teaching and guidance.
She lectures internationally and online, inspiring students to experience clarity, enduring love, and a deeper understanding of consciousness. Her work with the Tuatha Dé Danann and ancestral traditions illuminates the power, wisdom, and Divine Feminine embedded in Ireland’s ancient spiritual imagination.