CERTIFICATION PATHS

Magister: Vacant

The Major in Eclectic Magick is designed for the modern practitioner who draws wisdom from multiple spiritual streams to create a personal, dynamic, and effective magical practice. This program moves beyond single-tradition dogma, emphasizing critical discernment, historical context, and practical synthesis. Students will learn to become "spiritual weavers," ethically integrating techniques, symbols, and philosophies from diverse cultures and eras into a coherent, personalized system of magic.

This is a path of personal responsibility, requiring both deep respect for source traditions and the innovative courage to adapt them for contemporary life. The core tenets are Respect, Research, and Responsibility.

Certificates:
NSE Certified Eclectic Magick Practitioner (100/200/300 Hours)
NSE/NSEEMA Certified & Initiated Eclectic Magick First Degree
NSE/NSEEMA Certified & Initiated Eclectic Magick Second Degree
NSE/NSEEMA Certified & Initiated Eclectic Magick Third Degree

Minors:
NSE/NSEEMA Specialty in Coven Administration (Third Degree Required)

Magister: Mikeal Maguschak | mmaguschak@nse.earth

The Major in Usui Ryoho Reiki is a profound journey into the traditional Japanese system of energy healing as rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui and transmitted through the Hawayo Takata lineage. This is not merely a certification program; it is a holistic path of spiritual development, self-purification, and service. The curriculum emphasizes the Five Precepts of Reiki as a foundation for life, moving beyond technique to cultivate tanden (energetic center), mindful presence, and a heart of compassionate action.

This major treats Reiki as a living, meditative art form - a Dō (way/path)rooted in its Japanese origins while honoring its Western adaptations. Students are guided to become clear vessels for Rei (Universal/Sacred) Ki (Life Force Energy), developing skill in hands-on and distant healing for self, others, and the world.

Certificates:
NSE Certified Reiki Practitioner (100/200/300 Hours)
NSE/IAOTH Certified & Attuned Usui Ryoho Reiki Shodun
NSE/IAOTH Certified & Attuned Usui Ryoho Reiki Okuden
NSE/IAOTH Certified & Attuned Usui Ryoho Reiki Shinpiden

Minors:
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Crystal Reiki (Okuden Required)
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Animal Reiki (Okuden Required)
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Reiki Business Administration (Okuden Required) 

Magister: Vacant

The Major in Divination Studies is a rigorous academic and experiential exploration of humanity's timeless quest to understand fate, free will, and hidden knowledge through symbolic systems. This program transcends mere fortune-telling, positioning divination as a sacred technology for dialogue with the subconscious, the collective unconscious, and the subtle patterns of the universe. Students will master multiple divinatory languages from tarot and astrology to geomancy and scrying while developing the critical intuition, ethical framework, and psychological insight necessary for responsible practice.

This major operates on a core principle: The tool does not see; the seer sees through the tool. The focus is on cultivating the inner oracle - a state of receptive, interpretative clarity.

Certificates:
NSE Certified Divination Practitioner (100/200/300 Hours)

Minors:
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Cartomancy
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Oneiromancy
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Chiromancy

Magister: Mikeal Maguschak | mmaguschak@nse.earth

The Major in Energy Healing is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary program dedicated to the study, application, and professionalization of working with the human biofield - the complex, multidimensional energy system that interpenetrates and informs the physical body. This program transcends any single modality, instead providing a foundational "energy literacy" that allows students to understand, compare, and ethically practice various healing traditions. The core philosophy is: The body is a process, not an object; healing is the restoration of coherent flow within the living energy matrix.

Students will master both the perceptual skills to assess energetic states and the practical skills to facilitate change, grounding ancient wisdom in contemporary understandings from biophysics, psychoneuroimmunology, and consciousness studies. This is a path for those who sense the living light within all things and wish to serve as conscious conduits for holistic restoration.

Certificates:
NSE/IAOTH Certified Energy Healing Practitioner (100/200/300 Hours)

Minors:
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Reiki (Okuden from Reiki Major required)
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Sound Healing
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Guided Meditation

Magister: Risha Marple | rmarple@nse.earth

The Major in Parapsychology is a rigorous, multidisciplinary program that bridges the ancient human experience of the anomalous with the methodologies of modern science. This field, historically termed "psychical research," seeks to empirically investigate and understand phenomena that appear to operate outside current models of physical causation. The curriculum is built upon a foundational tension: to approach the mystical with empirical rigor, and the empirical with mystical open-mindedness.

This is not a program in belief, but in disciplined inquiry. Students are trained to be both skeptics and visionaries capable of designing controlled experiments for Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP) or psychokinesis (PK), while also understanding the profound philosophical and psychological implications of such phenomena. The core mandate is to ask the questions mainstream science often ignores, using the tools mainstream science demands.

Certificates:
NSE/IAOTH Certified Parapsychology Practitioner (100/200/300 Hours)
NSE/IAOTH Certified Paranormal Investigator (100/200/300 Hours)

The Major in Wortcunning is a deep, holistic immersion into the ancient and living art of plant wisdom, far beyond basic herbalism. This path views every plant as a sovereign being a teacher, ally, and spirit with whom the practitioner builds relationships of reciprocity. "Wort" (from Old English wyrt, meaning plant, root, or herb) and "Cunning" (from Old English cunnan, meaning to know) together define this practice: the knowing of plants in their full physical, energetic, and spiritual dimensions.

The curriculum is a braid of three strands: The Empirical (botany, phytochemistry, safe practice), The Folkloric (historical uses, planetary correspondences, folk magic), and The Animistic (plant spirit communication, ethical wildcrafting, and devotional practice). This is a major for those who hear the green whisper and wish to answer with both a measuring cup and an open heart.

Certificates:
NSE/IAOTH Certified Herbalism Practitioner (100/200/300 Hours)

Minors:
NSE/IAOTH Specialty in Aromatherapy

Magister: Benedict Carnegie, D.Div, Mhyp.D | bcarnegie@nse.earth

The Major in Spiritual Defense is a rigorous discipline dedicated to the theory, ethics, and practice of protection in non-ordinary realities. This program trains individuals to become adept "Wardens" - specialists in identifying, analyzing, and safely managing spiritual, psychic, and energetic intrusions, attachments, and environmental infestations. Moving beyond superstition and fear-based approaches, the curriculum is built on a core triune principle: Discernment before Action, Compassion before Banishment, and Integrity above All.

Students will master a comprehensive taxonomy of adversarial phenomena, from thought-forms and psychic projections to earth-bound spirits and non-human entities, while developing a robust personal energetic sovereignty. This major is not about seeking conflict but about establishing and maintaining sacred boundaries for individuals, communities, and places, serving as a guardian of psychic ecology.

Certificates:
NSE/IAOTH Certified Spiritual Defense Practitioner (100/200/300 Hours)

Magister: Benedict Carnegie, D.Div, Mhyp.D | bcarnegie@nse.earth

The Major in Left-Hand Path (LHP) Studies is a rigorous, transgressive, and philosophically challenging discipline dedicated to the systematic exploration of spiritual individualism, self-deification, and the conscious manipulation of reality through will. This program examines traditions and practices characterized by their embrace of antinomianism (breaking norms), ego-strengthening, and transcendence through confrontation.

Unlike paths that seek union with the divine or dissolution of the self, the LHP major teaches the practitioner to become their own central authority - a sovereign intellect and will. The curriculum is built upon a core dialectic: The self is not a problem to be solved, but a universe to be conquered. This is not a path of rebellion for its own sake, but of calculated, conscious self-creation.

Students will engage with the philosophical foundations of the LHP across cultures (Tantric Vamachara, Setianism, Luciferianism, Chaos Magick) while developing practical skills in advanced invocation, sigilcraft, and psychological alchemy. This major is for those who question every axiom, including the ones presented here.

Certificates:
NSE Certified Magick Practitioner, with Major in LHP  (100/200/300 Hours)

Magister: Benedict Carnegie, D.Div, Mhyp.D | bcarnegie@nse.earth

Imperimency is a rigorous, NAIA-accredited discipline of applied masculine metaphysics focused on cultivating Alpha Energy, physical training and psychological engagement. This major provides comprehensive training in soul mechanics, AEU generation, energetic projection, ritual psychology, and the management of high-energy states, preparing students for roles as certified Imperimencers, energy specialists, and leaders.

Closed Practice Modality - Applicant must hold an active membership with the North American Imperimency Alliance and/or the Nocturne Sunset Esoterica Imperimency Association. 

Certificates:
NSE/NAIA/NSEIA Certified Imperimencer (100/200/300 Hours)
NSE/NAIA/NSEIA Certified Imperimeister (100/200/300 Hours - Requires Meister Badge from NAIA)
NSE/NAIA/NSEIA Certified Imperimency Support Specialist (100/200/300 Hours)

Minors:
NSE/NAIA/NSEIA/IAOTH Specialty in Energy Practitioner

Recognitions:
NSE/NAIA/NSEIA Recognition of Physical Fitness & Training Credit (100/200/300 Hours)
NSE/NAIA/NSEIA Recognition of Spiritual Wellness & Training Credit (100/200/300 Hours)