Doctor of Metaphysical Religious Studies: Gnostic and Hermetic Studies

Study Gnostic and Hermetic Studies through the Doctor of Metaphysical Religious Studies pathway at the College of Sacred Arts and Metaphysical Sciences.

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 $119 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

  • DRS-GHS-701 — Doctoral Seminar in Gnostic-Hermetic Scholarship

    Doctoral Gnostic-Hermetic studies. Original contribution to academic esotericism, advanced primary text research.

  • DRS-GHS-702 — Advanced Primary Text Research — Gnostic Hermetic

    Doctoral primary source analysis. Nag Hammadi, Corpus Hermeticum, original scholarly interpretation and translation.

  • DRS-GHS-703 — Esotericism and Academic Religious Studies

    Academic esotericism as discipline. Wouter Hanegraaff, Western esotericism studies, positioning Gnostic-Hermetic research.

  • DRS-GHS-704 — Teaching Gnostic and Hermetic Traditions

    Doctoral educator in esotericism. Teaching difficult mystical content, academic rigor with sacred respect.

  • DRS-GHS-705 — Publishing Gnostic-Hermetic Scholarship

    Doctoral esotericism publishing. Academic journals, edited volumes, contributions to esotericism scholarship.

  • DRS-GHS-706 — Dissertation Seminar I — Gnostic Hermetic

    First dissertation seminar. Research question, literature review, methodology.

  • DRS-GHS-707 — Dissertation Seminar II — Gnostic Hermetic

    Second dissertation seminar. Data collection, analysis, writing.

  • DRS-GHS-708 — Dissertation Seminar III — Gnostic Hermetic

    Third dissertation seminar. Final writing, revision, defense preparation.

  • DRS-GHS-709 — Gnostic Hermetic Field Legacy

    Building a doctoral Gnostic-Hermetic legacy. Publishing, mentoring, advancing academic esotericism.

  • DRS-GHS-710 — Doctor of Religious Studies Capstone — Gnostic Hermetic

    Doctoral capstone. Dissertation defense in Gnostic or Hermetic studies.