Master of Metaphysical Divinity: Sacred Herbalism and Plant Medicine Ministry

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 $89 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

• MDIV-SHM-501 — Sacred Herbalism as Advanced Ministry Theology

  Master-level theology of sacred herbalism. Plant as sacred being, herbalism as sacrament, ministry applications of advanced plant theology.

• MDIV-SHM-502 — Advanced Clinical Sacred Herbalism

  Advanced clinical applications. Complex formulation, drug-herb interactions at master level, herbal management of complex conditions.

• MDIV-SHM-503 — Sacred Herbalism Program Development and Leadership

  Developing and leading sacred herbalism programs. Curriculum design, apprenticeship programs, organizational herbalism ministry.

• MDIV-SHM-504 — Herbalism Research at Master Level

  Master-level herbalism research. Systematic reviews, ethnobotanical research design, writing for publication in sacred herbalism.

• MDIV-SHM-505 — Sacred Plant Medicine and Psychospiritual Healing

  Advanced sacred plant medicine ministry. Entheogen integration support, plant spirit medicine, psychospiritual herbalism.

• MDIV-SHM-506 — Sacred Herbalism and End-of-Life Ministry

  Plants for the dying. Advanced comfort herbalism, death doula herbalism integration, sacred herbalism in hospice settings.

• MDIV-SHM-507 — Environmental Justice and Sacred Herbalism Advocacy

  Herbalism at the intersection of justice. Threatened plants, corporate herbalism ethics, sacred plant access advocacy.

• MDIV-SHM-508 — Sacred Herbalism Business and Social Enterprise

  Master-level herbalism business. Social enterprise models, nonprofit herbalism ministry, impact measurement, scaling.

• MDIV-SHM-509 — Teaching Sacred Herbalism at Master Level

  Master herbalism educator. Advanced curriculum design, mentoring student herbalists, building herbalism schools.

• MDIV-SHM-510 — Sacred Herbalism Ministry Master Capstone

  Integrative capstone. Students design a complete master-level sacred herbalism ministry.