Certification Programs
Our Healing, Mediumship, and Spiritual Studies Certification Program provides course work, training, and practical experience for individuals desiring to obtain certification from Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association. Students must meet all of the course work and practical experience requirements for each certificate, demonstrate proficiency, pass all examinations, maintain membership in Harmony Grove Spiritualists Association and receive approval from the Board of Directors before certification will be awarded. Students who have been continuously enrolled in the HGSA certification program will continue to meet the previous certification requirements. Continuously enrolled is defined as the completion of a minimum of 16 units at HGSA or having been enrolled in at least four (4) of the six (6) Institutes prior to 6-21-08. All other students must meet the new following requirements. Any student beginning a new certificate program will be required to meet all new requirements for that program. Course work units are determined as one (1) unit for each four (4) hours of instruction.
Healing Certification Program
Our Healing Certification Program generally takes two years to complete through continuous enrollment at our Spring, Summer, and Fall Institutes. Beginning with a series of core foundational classes, the student then progresses to advanced courses of spiritual healing development in the areas of “hands on,” and absentee healing. This would also include developing healing circles, healing messages, and a deeper connection with their Spirit Guides. If you are also interested in our Mediumship Certification Program, please check the options available under the Mediumship Certification.
* 24 units of required coursework including: Foundations of Spiritualism
Laws and Ethics
Universal Law
Introduction to Healing
Chakras and Psychic Centers
Healing Theory
Overview of World Religions
Beginning Healing
PracticesMeditation
Intermediate Healing Practices
Angels, Guides, and Teacher
Advanced Healing Practices
Students must meet all the required coursework and practical experience requirements for this Healing Certificate. This includes: successful demonstration of proficiency at healing services, affidavits from those receiving healings and successful completion of oral and written exams. Participants in the program must be at least 18 years of age and maintain on-going membership in the Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association. Healing Certificates are awarded once a year at the commencement of Summer Institute. Upon conferring the Certification of Healing, the individual is entitled to practice their gift of healing, in observance of local and state laws governing these gifts.
Mediumship Certification Program
Our Mediumship Certification Program generally takes two years to complete through continuous enrollment at our Spring, Summer, and Fall Institutes. Two options are available to match student’s needs. Beginning with the core foundational classes, the student then moves through progressively more advanced courses of mediumship development in the areas of physical and mental mediumship i.e. message delivery in a variety of settings, channeling, and physical phenomena.
Mediumship Certificate (Option 1) Healing Certificate plus 12 units of required course work:
Introduction to Mediumship
Mediumship Development
Mental Mediumship
Physical Mediumship
Advanced Mental Mediumship
Advanced Physical Mediumship
Mediumship Certificate (Option 2)26 units of approved course work to include the following:
Foundations of Spiritualism
Universal Law
Chakras and Psychic Centers
Overview of World Religions
Meditation
Angels, Guides, and Teachers
Laws and Ethics
Introduction to Mediumship
Mediumship Development
Mental Mediumship
Physical Mediumship
Advanced Mental Mediumship
Advanced Physical Mediumship
For either option, students must meet all the required course work and practical experience requirements for this Mediumship Certification. This includes: one year in a mediumship development course, the successful demonstration of proficiency at message delivery services, affidavits from those receiving messages or spiritual readings, and successful completion of oral and written exams. Participants in this program must be at least 18 years of age and maintain on-going membership in the Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association. Mediumship Certificates are awarded once a year at the commencement of Summer Institute. Upon conferring the Certification of Mediumship, the individual is entitled to practice their gifts of mediumship, in observance of all local and state laws governing these gifts.
Spiritual Studies Certificate Program
Our Spiritual Studies Certificate Program is designed to recognize the dedicated spiritual seeker who is hungry to learn about Spirit and unseen energies, but whose path doesn’t lead them to certification in mediumship, healing or ordination. Students may progress through this program at their own pace.
Students may enroll in this program at any time and pursue a course of study, which will include a core of our basic credit classes supplemented by an equal amount of non-credit classes.
It is up to the student to design their own course of study in addition to the seven core classes listed below. Students may enroll in this program at any time and pursue a course of study, which will include a core of our basic credit classes supplemented by an additional seven (7) classes.
28 units of required course work including:
Introduction to Healing
Introduction to Mediumship
Universal Law
Chakras and Psychic Centers
Overview of World Religions
Meditation
Angels, Guides, and Teachers
Students may select seven (7) additional courses for completion of this certificate.
A sampling of the non-credit classes available for this certificate may include but are not limited to the following classes: auras, spiritual aromatherapy, astrology, creating sacred spaces, crystal healing, dreams, Feng Shui, ghosts, handwriting analysis, inspirational speaking, mediumship tools, Native American studies, numerology, Spiritualist literature, and tarot. Please see our brochure for a full listing of our non-credit classes.
Students must meet all the required 28 units of course work and practical experience requirements for this Spiritual Studies certification. This includes: the successful demonstration of proficiency according to coursework requirements and participation at the Student Psychic Fairs. Participants in this program must be at least 18 years of age and maintain on-going membership in the Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association. Interested students should fill out an application for the Spiritual Studies Certificate and schedule an appointment with the Dean of Students to review your transcripts and complete this process. Spiritual Studies Certificates are awarded once a year at the commencement of Summer Institute.
