Accreditation
EDUCATION
The Heart of Spirit Australia
We are delighted to offer all Practitioner & Supporter members the exciting new opportunity of Spirit Australia Accreditation
Inspiration Loves Education
WHY ACCREDITATION?
At the heart of Spirit Australia's charitable purposes is one thing... Education.
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But here's the thing; we are all different. Like multicoloured beach shacks, we may all have a common purpose but we all do it in a multitude of different ways.
It's not an easy thing to provide education for all. It's hard to do it in any subject, let alone in spiritual development. Take away the advantage of absolute certainty, then throw in personal expression, and there's a tough job ahead.
If we can provide pathways for people to enter, explore, enable and enhance their own personal spiritual awareness & understanding, then we are on the right track.
Everybody has their own unique way of working with spirit
Everybody truly is unique, and that's just wonderful. After all, this is exactly the way it's meant to be! We each create, experience and grow from our physical life here, and our personal learning is naturally add to the collective experience of all.
But somewhere along the way, things can sometimes get a little lost. While we are in human bodies, we are vulnerable to feelings of separateness, which in turn can lead to competition and misplaced thoughts about our personal place in the big scheme of things.
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At Spirit Australia are working very hard to bring balance and best-practice to an aspect of life that has for so long often been shrounded in mystery, and often with ego at the heart of things (which doesn't sit quite right with all-is-one, does it?)
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Our mission is to provide best-practice balanced education
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​Bringing together the elders of spiritual education, we are creating a stable platform of understanding from which each unique person can then continue to grow and expand.
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This "common knowledge" will be an invaluable resource. To communicate with each other as humans, we need to share a language and foundational principles.
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When we open our hearts and minds, we grow.
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Spirit Australia offers Education at five levels. It's not a mystery anymore. Anyone can get started, and we hope everyone will.​​
OUT OF THE SHADOWS & INTO THE LIGHT
Spirit Australia offers Education at five levels.
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​​​Levels 1 & 2 are full of foundational information and common knowledge.
These two levels are the perfect place to begin. For some people the content may feel complex or even confronting at first, but remember we all work at our own unique levels of awareness. The courses have been developed in a group collaboration of spiritual teachers with many decades of experience. Each course deals with one aspect of spiritual development. Level 1 & 2 courses are all delivered online, contain concepts and practices that can be experienced and understood by all, and are designed to be supportive, trustworthy and encouraging.
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Level 3 starts to integrate personal experiences and understanding.
There is an increasing emphasis at this level on making connections. Starting to combine the various spiritual aspects together, as well as exploring what other people are doing. What is similar, or shared, between your favourite ways of connecting with spiritual dimensions compared to the ways others may understand it? What can we learn from our differences? What can we learn when we separate, and what can we learn when we come together?
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Levels 4 & 5 are where personal experiences and understanding step more fully into being.
Think of it like any of the creative arts; let's say music. In the beginning, there are scales to be practiced and techniques to master. By the intermediate stage, we start to see each musician developing their own particular style and interpretation. The hard work continues, but the "rules" have played their role and now the task of unique expression has begun.
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Accreditation provides a pathway forward for all
Five Levels of Accreditation
Below is a very brief outline of how each Level is organised, delivered and assessed.
Thank you for your understanding and support as we continue to prepare the Spirit Australia online courses and Accreditation processes. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you are interested in getting involved.
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We look forward to 2025 and introducing Spirit Australia Accreditation!
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Level 1
Online, six "Welcome" basic short courses, free to all.
Certificate of Participation
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Level 2
Online, six "Foundation" courses, short exam for each of the six courses, enrol for free, then optional join as Spirit Australia member to record results.
Certificate of Completion
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Level 3
Certificate of Spirit Australia
Online, prerequisite completion of six Foundation courses, some self reflection & in person learning groups, one fee paid for Certificate assessment. The Spirit Foundations Certificate is aimed at encouraging interested students of the psychic and spiritual arts to embrace a wide perspective of viewpoints, from credible sources, and to encourage further discernment, research, experiences and learning.
Cert. FSA (Spirit Foundations)
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Level 4
Advanced Certificate of Spirit Australia
Online, plus self reflection & record keeping, attend in person courses & events of your choice, submit written reports, one fee paid for Advanced Certificate assessment. The Advanced Certificate is aimed at preparing a well-rounded, discerning, and life-long student of spiritual philosophy, science, art and practice.
Adv Cert. ASA (Psychic)
Adv Cert. ASA (Mediumship)
Adv Cert. ASA (Trance)
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Level 5
Accreditation ~ Diploma of Spirit Australia
Online plus self reflection & record keeping, attend in person courses & events of your choice, submit written reports, live practical assessment with two accreditation assessors, one fee paid for Diploma assessment. The Diploma is aimed at preparing a well-rounded, discerning, and life-long practitioner of the spiritual arts, together with encouraging development in the mentoring of new students and supporting professional interactions with the general public community.
Dip. DSA (Psychic)
Dip. DSA (Mediumship)
Dip. DSA (Trance)
FAQ
When can I begin the Courses and the Accreditation process?
Spirit Australia has a board of twelve people, and four committees. One of these, our Education committee, has been working for many months already to establish the "big picture" view of our education for everyone from the general public curious beginner, right through to acknowledging the elders of spirit work in Australia, some of whom have been working professionally in the public view for four decades and more... It's a big job!
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But we are consciously planning the big picture first, so that we can confidently start working on the finer details in an organised manner. We are here for the long term and we need to collaborate as widely as possible, every step of the way. We are looking at best practice from the world of mainstream education, as well as spiritual training available here and internationally. We want to make sure we are on the right track, and there's a huge number of things to get into the right place. That's a longer answer. Here's the short answer:
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Spirit Australia courses and accreditation will be operational by the end of 2025.
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Nothing will be available during 2024, but we are making good progress and we are very excited about what 2025 holds. We'd love to promise an exact month. We will let you know as soon as we get everything into place.
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What about all the other courses offered in Australia and online?
Great point, and this is where we get really excited! Spirit Australia is not aiming to replace any existing courses. It's quite the opposite; we are actually promoting courses offered by other individuals and groups. Please contact us if you are an existing provider of spiritual education and we look forward to sharing how Spirit Australia will make your mission easier and more wide-reaching than ever before.
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If Spirit Australia is a charity, how come you are planning to charge for accreditation?
We are most definitely a national charity, established for the charitable purpose of advancing education, and we are delighted to have gained all the appropriate legal status & responsibilities that being a recognised charity involves.
Our charitable activites are mostly focussed on bringing increased spiritual awareness to the general population, along with encouraging a more professional and transparent community of spiritual practitioners and groups. This takes a lot of time and effort (and ultimately, money, even if in the form of donated hours volunteering). Our "intermediate and advanced" levels of education are one of the ways that we will fundraise, in order to support our charitable activites.
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What about spiritual healing, why is that not included at Level 4 & 5?
Another great question, and one we are still considering. We have included healing at Level 1 & 2 and we are not trying to dismiss healing in any way. But there are two major points to consider.
The first is that Reiki, as a form of healing, is well established in Australia and has at least two well-established groups who promote and give an organised structure for both Reiki practitioners and for clients who are seeking this healing modality.
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The second point is that ultimately all mediumship is healing. At the heart of every psychic reading, mediumship demonstration, trance or spirit art or sound healing or other occasion is the opportunity in collaboration with spirit to offer healing for all who seek it. There are so many ways of working with healing & spiritual energies that we are honestly not sure if we can do this justice. And that's before you even start to consider all the world traditions and healing modalities that exist today. It really is a big wide world out there (and that's just the physical one!) so, for now, we are not offering the Advanced Certificate (Level 4) or the Diploma (Level 5) in Healing.
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Please contact us if you have any information or inspiration to add here to the question of including healing, at more advanced levels, for accreditation purposes. We are hoping for wonderful connection and input from all our Spirit Australia members, and we will be delighted to hear from you.
(1) Welcome
Six Courses
Welcome to Spirit Australia
(2) Foundations
Six Courses
Membership & Foundations
(3) Cert. FSA
Certificate ~ Foundations of Spirit Australia
(4) Adv Cert. ASA
Advanced Certificate~
Psychic, Mediumship, Trance
(5) Dip. DSA
Diploma ~
Psychic, Mediumship, Trance
