Introduction These days we want everything fast. Fast Food. Fast cars. Fast degrees – fast Enlightenment. Reiki is no different. Look on the Internet and you will find dozens of websites offering ‘Master Training’ – not just in 24hrs, but online to boot. It’s all gain and no pain – the most perfect of worlds. [...]
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Bronwen and Frans Stiene, founders of the International House of Reiki, were continually coming across hints that suggested there was more to the system of Reiki than meets the eye. Historical discrepancies, symbol variations and changed attunements suggested that the system had become somewhat like a game of Chinese whispers. The inability to verify much [...]
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Lineage in the Reiki community is one of those tenacious subjects that never really goes away. Many Reiki students first hear about their own lineage from their teacher and, from then on, it can become increasingly relevant to them. In many traditions, lineage is used as a kind of validation that the practices, methods and [...]
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