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AWE is a Colombia-incorporated non-profit connected to the Ecstatic Mysticism programme and focused on mystical experience, community projects, and education around entheogenic traditions.
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AWE sits in the more initiatory and spiritually explicit end of psychedelic education, with a clear emphasis on indigenous lineages, transpersonal psychology, and community service rather than a clinical certificate pathway. It will suit people seeking a deep, hybrid, long-form training with retreats and online study, especially those comfortable with mystical, ceremonial, and cross-cultural material. Its reputation reads as substantial within its niche, though it is not a medical licensure route and the provider itself says it offers education and harm reduction rather than clinical credentials.
Who is AWE for?
Best for self-aware applicants drawn to psychedelic education, transpersonal work, and service-oriented practice, including people who want an experiential and spiritually framed curriculum. It is less suitable for someone seeking a short, clinically accredited, licensure-linked course.
What do you need before you start?
AWE does not require a traditional academic background for the online-only route. Admission does include an interview, a CV or résumé, a two-page letter, and a medical form, and the programme considers psychological stability, medical considerations, relational maturity, and capacity to participate safely in group transformational work.
Is AWE accredited?
The provider says the programme does not offer medical licences for psychedelic-assisted therapy services. Its website also points to MA and PhD pathways with Ubiquity University for those who continue on that route, but AWE itself presents the training as educational rather than a licensure programme.
How much does it cost?
AWE does not publish a single programme price on the main course pages. It does publish application fees of $150 USD for the full interview/application route and $100 USD for the online-only route, and says payments are spread across multiple instalments per year. The provider states that student payments support its projects with indigenous communities and that it does not offer scholarships to Ecstatic Mysticism students.
What do you walk away with?
Learners are positioned to leave with a three-year or two-year body of study, depending on pathway, plus experiential exposure to psychedelic medicine, transpersonal psychology, indigenous wisdom, integration work, and pilgrimage-based learning. The programme does not promise a medical credential, but it does describe preparation for compassionate, skillful, community-serving practice, with dissertation work available for MA or PhD pathways.
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