The Eight Week Course covers the following topics: 

1. History of Sacred Mushrooms from Maria Sabina to Today 
• Our responsibility to the indigenous origins of our work
• Basic legal questions

• Set and Setting

• Clinical v. Ceremonial/A Middle Ground
• Preparing the mind for the unpredictable
• Creating a safe space with boundaries and adaptability

• Group Ceremony vs Solo Experience

• Let the conversation guide itself
• Open-ended questions
• Active Listening

• Guidelines of Mushroom Space (Safety, Ethics)

• Spoken and unspoken rules
• When rules are meant to be broken

• Core Facilitation Skills 

• What it means to be a "psychedelic" ninja
• Differences between group and private facilitation
• Why less is more

• Preparation, Orientation, Integration

• Setting the tone before we ever meet/Representing The Culture of Psanctuary
• Rapid onboarding
• Immediate and Ongoing Integration

• Serving a Diverse Community

• Helping everyone feel seen and heard
• Issues that arise

• Emotional Bonding/Boundaries 

• Connecting without compromising
• Benefits of boundaries
• After the service, ongoing interaction

This is an introduction to the most important elements of "harm reduction" and knowledge needed to be of high-quality assistance to Psanctuary members during sacrament services.

After completion of our eight-week training, graduates will be certified as Psanctuary Clerics. Only certified clerics will be invited to serve as support to ministers for their work within Psanctuary sacrament services. 

This is an incredible opportunity to enter the rapidly growing world of psilocybin spiritual healing. 

The certification program is 8 weeks long, beginning May 25th and ending July 20th, 2022. 

The learning requirements are as following:

• 5-6 Hours (1.5 hours/week) per month of asynchronous learning via online video modules and workbook learning via an online student portal.
• 2 hours per month of live instruction via zoom: Saturday, May 28th and Saturday, June 25th, 11am-1pm
• 2 Hours per month of live integration groups: Wednesday, June 8th and Wednesday, July 13th, 5-7pm.
• Must attend 2 of 4 Psanctuary Sunday Services (10am-12pm Eastern) each month during the 8-week training program and volunteer at least once for readings or leading of discussion during the 8-week certification.

Yes and no. Being a certified cleric means that you are eligible to serve as support to Psanctuary ministers during available sacrament services. As a cleric, you will always need to have a Psanctuary Minister with you during sacrament services.

As we are still growing as an organization, Psanctuary at this time cannot guarantee that there will be a certain number of (or any) available sacrament services for certified clerics to serve at. 

As sacrament services are scheduled we will do our absolute best to evenly distribute clerics scheduled. 

Clerics who exemplify leadership in their training or continued service with Psanctuary will be invited to become fully ordained ministers by completing our 10-month Psanctuary Minister Training and Certification Program. Only ordained ministers are permitted to lead sacrament services, and potentially open a Psanctuary Church in their locale. Click HERE to receive updates on Minister Training Program.

Yes, you must be a member of Psanctuary to become certified as a Psanctuary cleric. To learn more about becoming a member, click HERE.

It's difficult to compare this training program to others for several reasons:

• As a faith based organization, we are fundamentally different than a therapeutic organization; however, the main difference in our program is the ability to grow spiritually while legally communing with sacred mushrooms and grow in experience as a cleric by legally supporting our Psanctuary members during sacrament services. Other programs that are not sincere faith-based organizations do not have this legal ability.
• Currently, other current certification programs do not allow "students" to gain experience with sacrament in any legal or protective capacity. As a certified cleric you will be invited in the first 2 years following certification to gain experience in the sacrament communion space as a part of required continuing education to maintain your certification. This can be with either Psanctuary or any other approved sacred mushroom church that honors our certification.
• We are the first Sacred Mushroom Seminary, so as of yet there are no others to compare our program to!

We are honored and so grateful to have you as our first seminary cohort. We will be learning and growing with you during this initial 8-week program.

As a thank you, the first launch of our cleric certification program has been substantially reduced from the cost of subsequent programs to come.

See below for the different payment options for the first 8 week training program launch.

1. $2250 if paid in 3 installments of $750 per month for 3 months (you will not receive certification status until full payment is complete).
2. $1850 if paid in full at the time of registration ($400 less than the payment plan).

No. Unlike most "psychedelic" assisted certification programs, as a sincere faith-based organization Psanctuary does not require you to hold any mental health licensing or certifications to be eligible. 

Continuing education and practicum are required to obtain certified cleric status within the 2-year period following certification:

1. Documented personal communion with sacred mushrooms required: 2 sacred mushroom communions with support of ministers or extraordinary minister. 
2. Volunteer practicum in service as a cleric in a minimum of one retreat (2 sacrament services) within 2 year period. Psanctuary will have various opportunities to gain this experience - either through volunteering at a retreat for members or paying for a cleric and minister only training retreat where you would have an opportunity to receive sacrament support and an opportunity to hold sacrament support: retreat price range: $400-3500 (depending on room selection-retreats to be scheduled per Psanctuary team availability).

All calls will be recorded and saved on your student portal. 

1. It is permissible to miss up to 2 calls during the 8 week program without further action (in accordance with the following requirements outlined in 1 and 2 below):
1. If a call is missed, students will be required to submit a written email with an explanation of the reason for missing the call.
2. If a call is missed, students are required to watch the recorded call and submit in writing a summary of what was discussed on the live call.
3. If a student misses more than 2 calls, the above is required in addition to a paid 30-minute 1:1 ($50) with Eric to make up for each call missed after the 2 initial missed calls.