A space for reflection, meaning, and orientation.

🪷This Sacred Life Inquiry offers individuals a path inward — toward clarity, language, and understanding of the sacred and the questions that matter most.

🎓Developed by Professor Debra McDermitt, who has taught World Religion and Sacred Traditions for over 15 years, this experience isn’t about right answers — it’s about right questions.

What This Inquiry Is

A personal, self-guided Inquiry with optional support

Grounded in phenomenological and humanistic approaches to religion, spirituality, and meaning. 

Structured, reflective, and academically serious without being doctrinal. 

Designed for independent learners with optional guidance and support. 

Why This Inquiry Matters

Before answers can mean anything, 
the right questions must be found. 
That’s where we begin.
We make the space, focus the language, and
 *with your time*
listen inward.

You’re invited to begin.

Inquiry Details

🔆Start Date: February 28 

🔆Duration: Open for 3 months 

🔆Estimated Completion Time: 1–2 weeks at a reflective pace, faster completion possible for highly dedicated participants 

🔆Format: Asynchronous (flexible) with optional live and recorded guidance sessions 

🔆Tuition: $330 

🔆Required Text: "Sacred Life: Questions & Quotations" ISBN 9781257828784

🔆Optional live group Q&A sessions (recorded) 

🔆Individual guidance available

🔆No required group participation 

Assessment & Completion 

➡️Reflective assessments Knowledge-confirmation assessments 

➡️Participation/involvement assessment 

➡️Non-traditional evaluation model 

➡️Completion earns a Certificate and opens the path to deeper levels in Sacred Life Academy. It may also be referenced as part of future spiritual or academic development.

Early Registration Note 

Students who register before February 14 will receive a mailed copy of the required text. 

Registrations after this date will receive a partial PDF upon proof of text purchase. 

Refund Policy (Level 1 Inquiry) 

Before March 1: Full refund (may take 14 business days to process)

March 1–7: 50% refund with conversation  (may take 14 business days to process)

After March 7: No refunds 

Acknowledgement:

 For this inaugural offering only, any enrolled student who wishes will be granted immediate entry into the next section of this Inquiry, recognizing that future iterations may include expanded or refined material.