SNU Education courses

Education Courses

Listed below is the range of courses run by the SNU Education Committee. Class B members of the SNU, SNU church members and even members of the general public may study our courses and, where applicable, they may sit the exams. However, certificates, diplomas and education awards are only issued to those who have Class B membership.

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B1 Basic Spiritualism An introductory course for the beginner.	B2 Spiritualism for SNU Churches
SD1 Basic Exponents Course A course also designed for exponents of Spiritualism covering demonstrating and speaking in Spiritualist churches.	SD2 Phenomena of Spiritualism Explaining physical and mental phenomena and the development of mediumship.
SD3 Teachings of Spiritualism Detailing the revelation of Spiritualism, the spiritual nature of man. the spiritual future of man, the history of Spiritualism, the Seven Principles and the Spiritualists’ Lyceum Union.	SD4 Public Presentation Tuition and theory in the basic techniques of public speaking.
S5 Spiritualism in Religion Giving a summary of comparative religions.	D5 The Practice of Mediumship A course designed to help exponents of Spiritualism which includes the legal and moral implications of mediumship, mediumship and the media, services, meetings etc.
G1 Basic Administration A must for all church administrators. The course deals with all areas of Church work. including the constitutional, social and promotional aspects.	G2 Church Organisation Explaining the constitution of the church, publicity meetings and discussion groups, healing clinics, conduct at services, development circles and fund-raising, publicity and other church activities.
G3 Spiritualists’ National Union Organisation Covering an introduction to the SNU, together with its administration as a charity and a limited liability company and how this is achieved within the District Councils and the Spiritualists’ Lyceum Union.
H1 Basic Healing A course for trainee healers covering all aspects of Spiritualist Healing.	H2 Practice of Spiritual Healing The healer, development phases, healing techniques, treatments: contact and absent, grades of control, magnetic healing, organisation of healing meetings, keeping records, legal aspects and ethics, medical co-operation.
H3 Theory of Spiritual Healing Health and disease, definitions, causes of disease, human constitution, the purpose of healing.	H4 Basic Anatomy Systems, respiration, circulatory, digestive. Organs, abdominal, the liver, the thoracic cavity. Framework, the skeletal system, joints and movements.
L1 The Lyceum A Course devoted to all aspects of Lyceum education and training, both theoretical and practical.	O1 Guide to Official Services A Course designed to assist those who conduct official ceremonies such as namings, weddings, funerals, etc.
A1 History of Spiritualism Origins and phenomena. Spiritualism in the USA and Great Britain. Attempts to organise Spiritualism. The SNU. Scientific study of phenomena. Mediumship in the 19th and 20th centuries. Brief biographies of notable personalities.	A2 World Philosophy The ancient philosophers - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. More recent philosophers – Bacon, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Spencer, Bergson, Swedenborg, A J Davis, Allan Kardec, Madame Blavatsky, Stainton Moses, Vale Owen, Arthur Findlay.
A3 An Outline of Science for Spiritualists An introduction to certain scientific concepts and their relevance to Spiritualism, scientific methods, the nature of matter, energy and energy fields, brain rhythms, the psycho-physical bridge, the aura, the time-space continuum. etc.	A4 Mediumship in Art and Science Examination of the wider aspects of telepathy, telepathic inspiration and the part it plays in human evolution. The works of William Blake, Rudyard Kipling and Walter de la Mare examined within the context of mental psychic phenomena.
A5 Psychology and Mediumship This subject is based on Society of Psychical Research publications of articles by Sir Oliver Lodge, plus other recommended reading designed to assist Spiritualists in their discussions with enquirers, particularly those of higher educational standards.	A6 World Religions A guided study of religion in human experience, primitive religions, religions of India, religions of the Far and Near East, contemporary religious experiences, based on Course notes and a list of recommended reading.