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MEDIUMSHIP LEVEL II PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
ARE YOU READY TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL MEDIUM?
Take Your Gift to New Heights With Legendary Medium, James Van Praagh
Guided Practice. Personal Mentoring. Supportive Community.
You’ve developed your gift. You know this is your path. But there’s a gap between where you are and where you want to be.
Maybe you’ve completed Mediumship Level I. Maybe you’ve studied with another medium. Maybe you’re naturally gifted and have been giving readings for years. You know your abilities are real, but at times you feel like an amateur. When your readings end, doubt creeps in. The fear of being wrong holds you back from fully stepping into your power as a medium. You watch other mediums build thriving practices while you wonder what they know that you don’t.
Here’s what I’ve learned after training hundreds of professional mediums: The difference isn’t talent. It’s proper development, mentorship, and professional community. Your gift will expand with training and development, and all you need is a mentor who’s been where you’re going.
Because so many of you have asked, I’m opening my complete Professional Certification Mediumship Program for a new session. This six-month journey will transform talented readers into confident professionals. This is your pathway from gifted amateur to certified professional medium. You’ll have the credibility and confidence to move forward and join a community of mediums as part of James’ inner circle.
I believe you’re ready. You just need the right mentor. This is your invitation to make the transition. Apply below to see if you qualify.
GET CERTIFIED AS A PROFESSIONAL MEDIUM BY THE JVP SCHOOL
FROM DOUBT TO MASTERY: MY OWN JOURNEY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT CIRCLES
When I was 24, working at Paramount Studios, a colleague invited me to meet a medium named Brian Hurst. After an uncannily accurate reading, Brian told me I had powerful mediumistic abilities and predicted I would use my gift to help others.
His words haunted me. I started reading everything I could about mediumship – but reading wasn’t enough. That’s when I joined my first development circle.
I didn’t fully understand what I was walking into that first night. A development circle, Brian explained, was how mediums had been training for over a century – small groups sitting together weekly, creating a combined energy field that amplifies everyone’s connection to Spirit. “You can’t develop alone,” he told me. “You need the power of the group, the feedback, the witnessed practice.”
Week after week, I sat with other developing mediums and psychics. We would “sit in the power” – learning to open our energy fields and blend with Spirit. We meditated together. We practiced together. We struggled and succeeded together. Each two-hour session pushed us to deliver messages on demand, just like professionals must do.
Those circles changed everything for me. The signals from Spirit became clearer. The evidence became stronger. My confidence grew. The group’s combined energy created what we called a “power battery,” making connections possible that none of us could have achieved alone.
I also studied privately with Brian Hurst and sat with the legendary Leslie Flint, the famous physical medium. Through years of sitting in development circles every week without fail, I learned the discipline of this spiritual art.
Those development circles made me the medium I am today.
Now, 40 years later, I’ve structured this certification program around the same weekly development circles that transformed my own abilities. Because I know from personal experience: This is how professional mediums are created.
MEET YOUR MENTOR
James Van Praagh
Pioneer of Modern Mediumship • Bestselling Author • Master Teacher
For over four decades, I’ve served as a bridge between this world and the Spirit realm, bringing through messages that prove our loved ones never truly leave us. My journey began as a young, inexperienced medium in Los Angeles and has taken me to stages around the world, from intimate private readings to television screens that have reached millions of homes.
Through over a dozen bestselling books like Talking to Heaven and Reaching to Heaven, I’ve helped transform how society views mediumship. As co-executive producer of The Ghost Whisperer, I brought authentic spirit communication into mainstream entertainment.
But my greatest joy is training the next generation of professional mediums through my School of Mystical Arts, making sure this sacred work continues with integrity and excellence.
DO YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS CERTIFICATION?
This certification is for mediums who have foundational training and are ready to take their gift to new heights.
James and his team will personally review every application to assess your experience and readiness. Within 3 days, you’ll receive either an acceptance letter to join the program or a personalized letter with specific suggestions to help you qualify for next year.
There’s no risk in applying – either way, you’ll get valuable guidance on your mediumship journey.
Spaces limited.
OVERVIEW:
THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND PROGRAM COMBINES THREE ESSENTIAL PARTS
Most mediumship courses offer videos. Some include occasional live calls. A few might have practice groups. But this is the only certification that integrates all three pillars required for professional transformation.
Weekly Development Circles – Your Consistent Practice. Every week, you will gather online with the same dedicated group, guided by a mentor from my inner circle. This isn’t occasional – it’s the heartbeat of your development. Just as I sat in circles forty years ago, you’ll experience the same time-tested method that creates real mediums. No other online program offers this level of consistent, mentored practice.
Monthly Live Mentoring with Me – Your Personal Guidance. Six times throughout the program, we gather on Zoom for 90-minute intensive, hands-on sessions. I demonstrate techniques live, answer your specific questions, and guide you through challenges as they arise. You’re not just watching recorded videos hoping you’re doing it right – you have direct access to my four decades of experience every single month.
Comprehensive Video Training – Your Complete Education. Over 70 detailed video lessons containing everything I know about professional mediumship. Forty years of techniques, secrets, and wisdom organized systematically for your study. These aren’t generic tutorials – this is my life’s work, every single thing I’ve learned, held nothing back. You can review them forever, each viewing revealing deeper layers as you develop.
The Power of Integration is what makes this course so unique: These three elements work together synergistically. You study a technique in the videos, practice it in your development circle that week, then get your questions answered in our monthly mentoring call. Nothing is left to chance or interpretation.
You’re not learning in isolation – you’re part of a complete system. The videos give you theory, the circles give you practice, and the mentoring gives you personalized guidance. This triple-reinforcement creates mastery impossible to achieve through any single method.
YOUR GRADUATION: The Final Transformation
After six months of intensive development, we gather in San Diego for your graduation weekend. This is where you celebrate your final transformation into a certified professional.
During these two powerful days, I personally assess your development, provide individual guidance, and share insights reserved for certified mediums. You’ll demonstrate your abilities, receive personalized tips for your professional practice, and officially join my inner circle of certified professionals. The graduation ceremony itself is profound – receiving your certificate directly from me, surrounded by gifted peers who’ve witnessed your entire journey.
It’s a meaningful recognition of your transformation from student to professional medium. If you absolutely cannot attend in person, we provide an online graduation option. However, I strongly encourage physical attendance. There’s something irreplaceable about being together, feeling the collective energy, and receiving your certification in person.
No other program offers this complete pathway: structured learning, consistent practice, personal mentorship, and formal certification. This is how professional mediums are truly made. You’ll go through a complete transformation.
HANDS-ON, EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING WITH JAMES
Monthly throughout your certification journey, we gather together on Zoom for intensive 90-minute mentoring sessions. These aren’t lectures – they’re interactive experiences where I work directly with you and your fellow students, demonstrating techniques, answering your questions, and guiding your development in real time.
Live Workshop #1:
Foundation & Opening Your Channel
Wed., December 10th, 2025
3:00pm PST / 6:00pm EST
Our opening session establishes the foundation for your entire journey. I’ll demonstrate core techniques for strengthening your connection to Spirit and address the fundamental questions every developing medium faces.
We’ll explore the difference between natural sensitivity and professional mediumship. This is your opportunity to ask anything about beginning this intensive training, understanding development circles, and setting yourself up for success.
(Recordings Will be Made Available )
Live Workshop #2:
Evidence & Advanced Communication
Wed., January 14th, 2026
3:00pm PST / 6:00pm EST
This session focuses on elevating the quality of your spirit communication. I’ll demonstrate advanced techniques for retrieving specific evidence and show you next-level methods for deepening your connection. We’ll address whatever challenges you’re experiencing in your development circles and readings. Expect live demonstrations and practical exercises you can apply immediately.
(Recordings Will be Made Available )
Live Workshop #3:
Message Delivery & Professional Skills
Wed., February 11th, 2026
3:00pm PST / 6:00pm EST
Now we focus on the art of delivering messages that heal and transform. I’ll demonstrate different styles of readings, address challenging situations you’ve encountered, and teach techniques for maintaining your energy through difficult sessions.
This is an open forum for all your questions about working with clients, handling skeptics, and developing your unique approach.
(Recordings Will be Made Available )
Live Workshop #4:
Confidence & Specialty Development
Wed., March 11th, 2026
3:00pm PST / 6:00pm EST
This session addresses both inner development and specialty skills. I’ll help you overcome confidence blocks, demonstrate specialized techniques like trance or medical intuition based on group interest, and guide you toward discovering your unique strengths as a medium.
We’ll work through whatever personal or technical challenges are arising at this midpoint of your journey.
(Recordings Will be Made Available )
Live Workshop #5:
Practice, Refinement & Business Building
Wed., April 8th, 2026
3:00pm PST / 6:00pm EST
Time to bring everything together. We’ll practice advanced techniques, refine your personal style, and address the business side of mediumship.
I’ll answer your questions about building a professional practice, setting boundaries, marketing authentically, and creating sustainable income from your spiritual gifts. Volunteers may demonstrate readings for personalized feedback.les, and setting yourself up for success.
(Recordings Will be Made Available )
Live Workshop #6: Integration & Your Professional Launch
Wed., May 13th, 2026
3:00pm PST / 6:00pm EST
Our final online session prepares you for professional practice. We’ll address any remaining questions, celebrate your transformation, and ensure you’re ready for whatever the universe has in store for you.
I’ll provide guidance specific to your individual path forward, whether that’s private readings, platform work, or specialized services. This workshop sets you up for success as you launch your certified professional practice.
(Recordings Will be Made Available )
For over 150 years, development circles have been how mediums master their abilities. Every week for six months, you’ll gather on Zoom with the same intimate group, guided by an experienced mentor from my inner circle – a Level 2 or Level 3 graduate who has mastered these exact techniques.
Your Personal Circle of Up to 10 Students
When you join this certification, you’re carefully placed into a small development circle – typically 8 students, never more than 10. This intimate size is crucial. It ensures everyone gets personal attention, multiple opportunities to practice, and meaningful feedback every single session. You’ll meet via Zoom or another conferencing platform at the same time each week, creating consistency and connection despite being in different locations.
In circle, you learn to “sit in the power” – opening your energy field to blend with Spirit. Even through video, the group’s combined energy creates a “power battery” that makes everyone’s connection stronger and clearer, connecting to the Medium Within. Week after week, you build spiritual stamina, learning to connect instantly, maintain that connection through multiple readings, and close completely when done.
This is how I developed my own abilities forty years ago – though we met in person then. Now, video conferencing opens up opportunities to meet peers around the world without leaving home. I’m gratified that through technology, we can create such a powerful online experience. It remains the only proven way to become a professional medium
Led by graduate-level students hand-selected by James, from The School of Mystical Arts.
Your circle mentor isn’t a teaching assistant – they’re an accomplished medium who’s completed this same journey, built a practice, and been personally trained by me to guide your development. They understand every challenge you’ll face because they’ve faced them too.
But something even more powerful happens in these circles. Even meeting through screens, the students in your circle become your lifelong friends and professional colleagues. You’re witnessing each other’s most vulnerable moments – the doubt, the breakthroughs, the tears when a perfect message comes through. These bonds run deep.
Our graduates consistently tell me their circle mates became their closest friends. They refer clients to each other. They collaborate on events. They continue meeting on Zoom years after graduation. When you’re developing at this intensive level, sharing such profound experiences, you create connections that last forever.
What Happens in Your Weekly Sessions
Each session follows a proven structure: protection protocols, opening meditation, then intensive practice aligned with that month’s lessons. You’ll give messages to each other, receive feedback, and observe others’ work. Your mentor provides real-time coaching that accelerates development exponentially.
Some weeks you’ll work in pairs, practicing techniques like double linking. Other weeks, you’ll demonstrate for the entire group, building confidence for platform work. Every session stretches you beyond your current ability, all within the same simple video call format.
By graduation, you’ll have completed 24 circles of supervised practice. You’ll have delivered hundreds of messages and developed the professional consistency clients expect.
This is the difference between learning about mediumship and becoming a professional medium – and gaining a spiritual family for life.
PRE-RECORDED VIDEO LESSONS: YOUR PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING MODULES
Between our live mentoring sessions, you’ll study comprehensive video lessons that provide the technical training every professional medium needs. Over 60 fascinating videos containing every technique, every secret, every piece of wisdom I’ve gathered in four decades of professional mediumship. This is my entire life’s work, shared completely with nothing held back.
Lesson One: Opening to Spirit in a Whole New Way
This foundational module transforms how you connect with Spirit. You’ll master “Sitting in the Power” and “Building Your Power” – the cornerstone techniques of professional mediumship. Through detailed instruction, you’ll learn “Making the Connection,” “Constructing Your Message,” and “Opening to Spirit” with consistency and confidence.
The module includes practical exercises like “Spirit Space,” “Reaching Up,” and “The Temperature Gauge” that develop your sensitivity.
You’ll discover how to sustain your link through multiple readings, master mind focus exercises that expand your abilities, and learn the “Energy 2.0” system I’ve developed over forty years. Critical segments include
“Development Circles In Depth” and “Attending Spirit’s Last Day” for accessing powerful evidence.
Lesson 2: Advanced Spirit Communication
If you want to bring forth the best messages possible, you must develop a strong partnership with each and every Spirit that comes through. This month, you’ll master the key techniques to do just that. You’ll learn:
As a medium, you have the power to transform your client’s life. A great reading can bring about profound healing and a total shift in energy. That’s why it’s so crucial to work on your accuracy and message delivery. In this lesson, you’ll learn innovative keys for delivering captivating readings, including how to:
Do you get anxious that you won’t be able to connect well? Worried your client will feel dissatisfied? By the time you finish this lesson, you will feel more confident in your abilities and be able to deliver your messages with power! You’ll learn:
This is your month to go out into the field and practice everything you’re learning! I lead you through several powerful exercises that will help you bring all the techniques together. You’ll:
You’ve arrived! This month is all about the important elements you must know to thrive as a professional medium, such as:
YOUR GRADUATION
THE CULMINATION IN SAN DIEGO
In-Person Event: April 2026 – San Diego, CA
Just when you thought this program couldn’t get any better: We’ve included a LIVE In-Person Workshop! Join us in San Diego, California on April 22nd through April 24th for a 3-day Mediumship Level II certification workshop and take the final step to unlock the true potential of your mediumship gifts!
This EXCLUSIVE event is only open to students of this 2025-2026 session of Mediumship Level II.
Schedule:
Wednesday, April 22nd: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday, April 23rd: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Friday, April 24th: 9:00am – 11:00am (Graduation Ceremony)
Over the course of 3 transformational days you’ll:
The in-person portion of this workshop is not required to be certified as a Mediumship Level II Graduate, but you won’t want to miss the opportunity to embrace the magic of in-person learning, build lasting friendships, celebrate your achievements, and prepare to step confidently into the world of spirit communication.
Can’t Make It In Person? You’re Still Covered
If you absolutely cannot travel to San Diego, don’t worry – we have you covered. We’ll be recording key parts of the event for you to watch in your portal. You can submit your questions to James, and we’ll schedule an additional live Zoom session exclusively for online graduates where James will personally answer your submitted questions and ensure you get the attention you deserve.
You’ll still receive your official certification and full recognition as a graduate of this program.
Your journey doesn’t end here – it truly begins.
*Travel, food, and lodging are not included.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS PROGRAM
Spiritual Growth & Connection:
Spiritual Growth & Connection:
Expert Mentoring & Development:
Get personal mentoring from James with direct feedback to help you grow and refine your mediumship skills.
Be inspired and supported by a like-minded community of advanced students who understand your journey and share your passion for Spirit.
Merge your energy in powerful development circles, amplifying your connection to Spirit and expanding your abilities.
Receive thoughtful assessments and encouragement from both James and your peers to help you reach new levels of confidence.
Experience a safe, nurturing environment where you can practice, take risks, and step fully into your calling as a medium.
Building Your Ethical Professional Practice
DISCOVER WHAT GRADUATES SAY ABOUT THIS CERTIFICATION
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