It is our belief and our way of life that we honor the spiritual pathways of all who truly seek comfort and direction.Embracing The Oneness and the Divine Care of our Creator, it is our goal to share our experience without inflicting mandatory creeds and dogma.We are dedicated to:
1. Assisting those who desire to get out of unfortunate circumstances.
2. Helping those in need by guiding and encouraging them through the necessary stages of change.
3. Teaching techniques for building strength and confidence towards independence in the quest for freedom to “do anything.”We are now developing educational programs leading to professional certification of practitioners of intuitive/paranormal and integrated/alternative medicine.  These courses, upon completion, provide qualification for Minister-Practitioner under the authority of the Universal Christ Church (School of Spiritualism). We provide a further one year curriculum leading to full ordination as a minister of Universal Christ Church.We also offer discussion forums, lectures, workshops and intensive seminars for those want to explore or sharpen their own skills in these areas without becoming ministers.

Sumaris Psychic Education Centre was the original entity that gave birth to today’s Sumaris Center. The Psychic Education Centre was established in 1979 in Essex, just North of London, England.  Margaret Rogers was founder and principal of the centre with the able assistance of her good friend, Supapon Raffan and a host of dedicated students and healing practitioners.

When Margaret married Steve Van Coops, her American husband, she moved with him to California and reinvented the center under the charter of the Universal Christ Church (School of Spiritualism). It became Sumaris Psychic Education Center (American spelling), and then Sumaris Center as it spread its scope beyond psychic studies and into broad areas of spiritual and metaphysical healing and research. The dream is to evolve from the small home study and healing center to an institute that provides opportunities for enlightened research and development of complementary and alternative healing methods and for the training and unifying of metaphysical practitioners across the country and around the world.

The name “Sumaris” evolved from several directions: It is built on syllables from Margaret and Supapon’s names and from the consciousness of the ancient Sumerian civilization that is said to pre-date our earliest historical records….And there are those who hold that Sumaris carries channeled information and secrets from beneath the seas (maris) where other ancient people were covered with water and their legends and histories allowed to emerge infrequently through enlightened souls who tap into the Akashic records and proclaim the glory of the lost civilizations.

Spirit Guides, who walked on Earth and other planets in the long ago past, are now imparting knowledge and skills used by such spiritual leaders and teachers as Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops.

We hope you are fulfilled by your journey with us.