Bachelor of Metaphysical Religious Studies: Gnostic and Hermetic Studies

Study format, tuition and admissions

Online, self-paced religious study. The current curriculum lists 10 courses and 30 credit hours. Completion depends on meeting the program's academic requirements; no fixed completion time is promised.

Current tuition is $69 per month. Total tuition depends on the number of billed months, not a fixed program total.

New students need program-specific application approval before their first tuition payment. Applicants above Associate level must complete prior-credential review.

Credential recognition

These are church-issued religious credentials, not regionally accredited academic degrees or state licensure. Acceptance by employers and other institutions is not guaranteed. Spiritual care study does not qualify graduates to provide regulated clinical services.

Program courses

• BRS-GHS-201 — Gnosticism — Origins Texts and Sacred Theology

  In-depth Gnosticism. Nag Hammadi, Valentinian theology, Sethian cosmology, Sophia myth, Gnostic sacraments.

• BRS-GHS-202 — The Hermetic Tradition — From Hermes to the Present

  Complete Hermetic tradition. Corpus Hermeticum, Emerald Tablet, Renaissance Hermeticism, Rosicrucians, Golden Dawn, contemporary Hermeticism.

• BRS-GHS-203 — Kabbalah and Sacred Jewish Mysticism

  Kabbalah in depth. Sefirot, Tree of Life, Ein Sof, Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, Western Hermetic Kabbalah.

• BRS-GHS-204 — Western Esoteric Tradition — From Alchemy to New Age

  Complete Western esoteric tradition. Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, New Age synthesis.

• BRS-GHS-205 — Alchemy — Sacred Science of Transformation

  Alchemy as sacred science. Laboratory and spiritual alchemy, Paracelsus, stages of the opus, alchemical symbolism.

• BRS-GHS-206 — Sacred Magic and Theurgy in Western Tradition

  Sacred magic as spiritual practice. Neoplatonic theurgy, ceremonial magic, the Golden Dawn system, Aleister Crowley and Thelema.

• BRS-GHS-207 — Gnostic and Hermetic Practices for Ministry

  Applied Gnostic and Hermetic practices. Invocation, contemplation, sacred reading, ritual, applying esoteric wisdom in ministry.

• BRS-GHS-208 — Esoteric Traditions and Psychology

  Depth psychology and esotericism. Jung and alchemy, individuation, archetypes as esoteric entities, dream and symbolic work.

• BRS-GHS-209 — Contemporary Esoteric Spirituality and CNE

  Living esoteric tradition today. New Age, chaos magic, contemporary Gnosticism, CNE as esoteric universalist tradition.

• BRS-GHS-210 — Gnostic and Hermetic Studies Capstone

  Integrative capstone. Students present original research in Gnostic or Hermetic tradition.