Beyond the Surface

I am a metaphysical practitioner. I am a sensitive who is adept in tarot and mediumship. I am a spiritual counselor. I am a life path healer.

None of these things are ‘typical’ careers or job roles. Therefore, although typical colleges do offer necessary studies like math, language etc and offer interesting, enriching education towards degrees, they don’t offer much toward learning my particular crafts.

In deciding to do these things professionally, the urge for credentials arose. Useful credentials would tell a prospective client what type of education I have.

Unfortunately, the metaphysical education arena is full of bogus credentials. You can get an online ordination through Universal Life Church for free without any previous requirements. They will even give you a PhRyan in metahpysics or divinity for X amount of money. Many such ‘diploma mill’ organizations exist. There are very few legit educational organizations that offer certification or degree programs in metaphysical studies.

That isn’t because metaphysics are shady. It’s because it’s unregulated because it’s not widely recognized. It’s made the metaphysical arena a circus. Anyone can get a degree or certification without any effort and so every metaphysical degree or certification is suspect. If you bought a degree in psychology, it would immediately be discounted. You didn’t LEARN psychology. You bought a piece of paper. If you buy a degree in metaphysics, it’s kind of… expected. That is REALLY irritating to someone like me who wants a legitimate degree/certification in something that I really want to learn in a structured environment.

I’m somewhat limited in what I can take. It has to either be local or online. I found a ‘legitimate’ place locally who could certify in particular areas of study. I began my certification path. I then discovered that the organization was not as it had appeared. If I don’t believe in the organization, how would I believe that their certification is any more valid than an organization like ULC? Although more work is required, in the end, I think what the organization stands for is bogus and there isn’t a difference. *I* wouldn’t feel like I had earned something of value. That’s really what this boils down to.

I don’t want to collect credentials. I want something that represents the work I’ve done. So then… I’ve kind of come full circle. I HAVE the knowledge. I KNOW I have the knowledge. I told my Feri class what I was up to with the credentials and they giggled at me. They are right though! Being ‘certified’ to be a medium is a slight bit ridiculous. What… you can’t channel until you are certified? You need someone else to tell you you can channel? Heh.

I want others to feel assured that I have the knowledge. So do I do all the work again for some half assed school so that I can have a piece of paper saying that I have the knowledge - or is that worth it to me? Or do I just do it knowing that I have the skill set and that I am legitimate and that I have references if need be and release my need for the reassurance of some sort of confirmation?