Doctor of Metaphysical Religious Studies: Sacred Herbalism and Natural Religion

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-SHN-701 — Doctoral Seminar in Sacred Herbalism Scholarship

  Doctoral-level sacred herbalism scholarship. Original contribution to sacred herbalism as academic field.

• DRS-SHN-702 — Advanced Ethnobotanical Research Methods

  Doctoral ethnobotany. Field research design, indigenous knowledge ethics, cross-cultural plant medicine research.

• DRS-SHN-703 — Teaching Sacred Herbalism at Doctoral Level

  Doctoral sacred herbalism educator. Faculty formation, curriculum oversight, mentoring herbalism scholars.

• DRS-SHN-704 — Sacred Plant Policy Advocacy and Law

  Doctoral plant policy work. Sacred plant law, indigenous plant rights, policy advocacy leadership.

• DRS-SHN-705 — Publishing Sacred Herbalism Scholarship

  Doctoral sacred herbalism publishing. Academic journals, books, public sacred herbalism scholarship.

• DRS-SHN-706 — Sacred Herbalism and Contemplative Spiritual Direction

  Integrates sacred plant knowledge with contemplative spiritual direction at the doctoral level, exploring how herbal wisdom deepens the practice of accompanying souls on the spiritual path.

• DRS-SHN-707 — Sacramental Herbalism and Natural Theology

  A doctoral theology of sacred plants as sacramental realities, examining the Doctrine of Signatures, panentheism, and the theology of creation through the lens of sacred herbalism and natural religion.

• DRS-SHN-708 — Sacred Plant Ministry: Doctoral Practicum and Integration

  Advanced integration of sacred plant ministry into doctoral-level pastoral practice, including curriculum design, interfaith dialogue, community building, and the development of an original scholarly legacy.

• DRS-SHN-709 — Sacred Herbalism Field Legacy

  Building a doctoral sacred herbalism field contribution. Mentoring, publishing, advancing the discipline.

• DRS-SHN-710 — Doctor of Religious Studies Capstone — Sacred Herbalism

  Doctoral capstone. Dissertation defense in sacred herbalism or natural religion.