Metaphysical Sciences Bachelor's Courses

Meditation Skills

History of meditation and the methods different cultures use to gain access to places of the divine within the self are discussed along with scientific study on the benefits of meditation. Included are concentration and visualization practices so the student may have direct experience of various methods commonly taught in metaphysics.
Audio Meditations: Observing Thoughts and Letting Them Pass, Deepening the Silence, Following the Breath & Observing the Body, Object as Focal Point, Falling Through Layers into Stillness, Relaxing From Toe to Head

World Religions

Metaphysics is a combination of many religions, old and new alike — particularly those that have Eastern philosophies, magical practices like alchemy, nature worship, and the belief that thought and emotion effect matter. You will learn much about this new “religion” called Metaphysics in your studies here at UMS, but this course in particular looks at other religions of the world in order to give you a solid background in understanding the beliefs of others in various systems.

Shadow Work

Shadow Work can be defined as a deep process of psycho-emotional healing. The purpose of Shadow Work is to help us evolve through cultivating our awareness of as many physical, mental, spiritual and emotional aspects as possible. In bringing these aspects to our focused awareness and embracing them, they can be aligned and integrated in the course of our spiritual and psychological growth.
Audio Meditations: Accepting & Working with the Shadow, The Shadow in Others

Transforming Personality

Essentially, subpersonalities are the building blocks of our natural character and are the reason for our predisposed reactions to different situations. The varied aspects of our personalities come to specialize in dealing with the range of emotions we face on a daily basis. This course focuses on accepting the subpersonalities we have and presents ways to transform them. Transforming personality can prompt a tremendous change on one’s spiritual path.
Audio Meditations Included: Subpersonality, Filling with Light, Eternal Self and the Big Picture

Enneagram

As a psychospiritual typology, the Enneagram helps people to recognize and understand an overall pattern in human behavior. External behaviors, underlying attitudes, one’s characteristic sense of self, conscious and unconscious motivations, emotional reactions, defense mechanisms, object relations, what we pay attention to, our spiritual potentials, and much more. These are all parts of a complex pattern that forms each personality type.

Psychic Skills

The extra-ordinary powers of the mind known as “psychic abilities” are an inherent gift to all of us. Some people more naturally express these abilities than others. For the others, psychic abilities may be developed through study and practice. Learn about different types of psychic abilities, as well as techniques for developing your own.

Connecting with Angels

Angels are here to show us our own possibilities. They let us know we haven’t been forgotten, and extend a hand to us whether we need a lift or not. Through their intentions they reacquaint us with everything wonderful about living so that we can be reminded of what our life purpose is. Connect with your angels through guided meditation, and visit the realms of the angels.
Audio Meditations: Experiencing Your Angels, Visit the Angels

Gods, Goddesses and Mythology

Mythology is an intrinsic part of human psychology. Every archetype is found in mythology, from the Hero to the Warrior to the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone. All the Gods and Goddesses are characters in each of us, and the stories are representative of the drama within every person. This course in no way is able to cover every single god, goddess, or myth in every culture. This would be an endeavor that could take a lifetime and a compilation that would be a very large encyclopedia. However, we will cover enough to give you an idea of how there are similarities between all the creation stories, the heroes, the villains, and the myths in general. These are stories that every human is born with somewhere in the deep recesses of memory.

The Craft

The craft practiced by those who may be recognized as a “witch” is an evolving methodology. Webster’s Dictionary defines “craft” within this context as “a special skill, art or dexterity…an occupation requiring special skill…members of a skilled trade.” An exploration of what it means to be a witch and the special skills involved may help bring into focus what witchcraft truly is, what it has been, and what it may become. As The Craft is practiced by modern people in an age of eclecticism, its boundaries have become wider with shades of gray that can overlap extensively with other contemporary holistic practices. Also, as a non‐dogmatic worldview, witchcraft often coexists in belief and practice with other religious, scientific, occult, spiritual, fantastical or agnostic views that the practitioner might hold.

Herbs: A Spiritual Approach

This course is an introduction into the vast world of herbs. It is not designed to make you a professional herbal healer, (further study at an herbal school is required), but it is intended to be a door into herbal wisdom. This will be a journey of questioning our beliefs about healing and medicine, learning how to use herbs, and discovering how specific herbs can be used for healing. Further avenues that you can take with herbal healing will be discussed in this course, as well as procedures for herbal medicine.

Spiritual Symbols and Colors

This course endeavors to reveal the meanings behind symbols. It is a beginning, a place to start the student’s understanding. As you read, you will begin to understand the inexhaustible meanings behind symbols, and you will also find threads of meaning that connect a single symbol to an array of meanings, which is essentially the key of symbols: one can look at a symbol and have a flood of understanding that connects culture, religion, spirituality, and the psyche.

Colors affect humans in many ways. Everyone is familiar with colors that are soothing, stimulating, or nauseating. Knowing which colors produce certain kinds of effects can be useful information in healing or regenerating processes, and can be used effectively in meditations and visualization techniques.

Mantras and Mudras

A mantra is a phrase or word that is repeated over and over again during meditation. Mantras are meant to assist the user in reaching a higher state of consciousness, especially as relates to the particular mantra being used.

Mudras are hand gestures that impart the expression of thought and emotion. The hand postures of the mudras are designed to re-channel breath and energy into various areas of the physical body, energy body, and mental body.

This course will explore various perspectives on mantras, the pronunciation of some common mantras, and instruction on how to begin using mantras. It will also explore the history and science of mudras, as well as many different postures and their meanings.

Archetypes

When taking a look at the roles that archetypes play our lives we can see more easily where our strengths and weaknesses lie. This course will explore the different archetypes and includes an exercise for you to identify your own.

Great Spiritual Masters& Teachers

Throughout time, many spiritual masters have offered teachings in service to humanity. There are multitudes of different ways that spiritual information is passed on and shared with others. In this course we will explore the many different categories of spiritual masters and teachers throughout recorded history.

Communication Skills

The improvement of interpersonal communication skills is integral to the healing of our planet in these fragmented, complex times. There are many methods for improving communication, and it is difficult to make evaluations about which are most effective. This course will touch on the similarities between some of the various approaches, but it will begin by exploring the significance of investigating the emotional sources of our automatic behavioral responses. For it is only through the process of such self-discovery that we can better achieve lasting change and true spiritual growth.

Unlocking Creativity and Imagination

Dreams and Dreaming

This course explores different belief systems about dreams, the psychology and scientific research about dreams, dream meanings and interpretation, and lucid dreaming. Includes various dream exercises and techniques.

A Course in Miracles: An Introduction to ACIM

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a step-by-step system of spiritual thought that consists of a three-volume set of channeled literature. Through daily lessons, ACIM teaches that the way to universal Love and peace is by undoing guilt through forgiving others. This course is an introduction to ACIM and gives you an idea of its essence; each lesson is briefly described as to its content. This will give you an idea as to whether ACIM is right for you, or for your clients or students.