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Angel WingsSeichim (Sekhem)Antahkarana (अन्तःकरण)Shambala (MDH) ReikiAbundanceShambala (MDH) ReikiAnti-Depression SymbolViolet Flame ReikiAnti-Poison and DetoxMedical Grade ReikiCho Ku Rei (CKR)Usui ReikiDai Ko Myo (DKM)Usui ReikiDumoTibetan ReikiHon Sha Ze Sho Nen (HSZSN)Usui ReikiJohreiOther SystemsNyansapoAdinkraSei He Ki (SHK)Usui ReikiZonarKaruna® ReikiAmsuiShambala (MDH) ReikiAnesthesiaMedical Grade ReikiAnti Bacterial SymbolMedical Grade ReikiAnti CancerShambala (MDH) ReikiAt MataOther SystemsAUM (OM)Karuna® ReikiAuminahtOther SystemsAvalokiteshvaraMantrasBurns RemedyMedical Grade ReikiCellular (Emotional) Healing SymbolOther SystemsCho Ku Rei (Reversed)Tibetan ReikiCho Ku RetSeichim (Sekhem)DazuOther SystemsDragonflyOther SystemsDumo (Atlantean)Shambala (MDH) ReikiFlower of LifeSacred GeometryGnosa (Akasha)Karuna® ReikiHaluKaruna® ReikiHarthKaruna® ReikiHeal The HealersOther SystemsHeal The Healers (~Zara Ithara~)Shambala (MDH) ReikiHigh Low God SelvesSeichim (Sekhem)Ho Ka O Ili IliShambala (MDH) ReikiHosannaKaruna® ReikiHosanna (Reversed)Karuna® ReikiIava (Java)Karuna® ReikiJin So GenTibetan ReikiJoint HealingViolet Flame ReikiKir MallMedical Grade ReikiKorikiOther SystemsKriyaKaruna® ReikiKundalini Balance SymbolOther SystemsLen So MyOther SystemsLive LiMedical Grade ReikiLon SayMedical Grade ReikiLumaShambala (MDH) ReikiMale-Female SymbolSeichim (Sekhem)Mer Ka Fa Ka Lish MaShambala (MDH) ReikiMerkaba StarSacred GeometryMetatron’s CubeSacred GeometryMidas StarOther SystemsMotor ZanonShambala (MDH) ReikiMystic Knot (Tibetan Infinity)Sacred GeometryOm Benza Satto HungMantrasOm GayatriMantrasOm Mani Padme HumMantrasOsram Ne NsorommaAdinkraPalm Master SymbolShambala (MDH) ReikiPerfect Love & TrustOther SystemsRa Ta RioOther SystemsRakuKaruna® ReikiRama (Mara)Karuna® ReikiReiki Harmony SymbolOther SystemsShaminOther SystemsShantiKaruna® ReikiShika Sei KiOther SystemsShika SoSeichim (Sekhem)Silver-Violet FireShambala (MDH) ReikiSri Yantra (श्री यन्त्र)Sacred GeometryTa Ma Ra ShaTibetan ReikiThe Fire DragonTibetan ReikiThe Fire Serpent (Nin Giz Zida)Tibetan ReikiThird Eye MemoryOther SystemsTibetan ‘A’MantrasVasudhaOther Systems
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Cho Ku Rei (CKR)Usui Reiki · Karuna® Reiki · Shambala (MDH) Reiki · +4

Placing all the Power of The Universe Here and Now (The Energy Switch)

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Cleansing & PurificationPortal Opening / GatewayEnergy Amplification / FlowProtection
ChakraUniversal · Full Chakra System
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Aura Of Protection & RespectFree
Cho Ku Rei (CKR)1Sei He Ki (SHK)2Ho Ka O Ili Ili3

Activate the following sequence to create an aura of protection around you. It acts as a shield against those with disrespectful intentions or negative projections.

Emotional Healing & BalanceFree
Shanti1Sei He Ki (SHK)2Shika Sei Ki3

Create a safe energetic environment, balance emotions, heal deep wounds, and support emotional well-being.

From the Journal

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Symbols

Cho Ku Rei: The Symbol You Draw Every Day and Have Never Really Met

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After a session

Why You Feel Worse After Reiki: The Healing Crisis Without the Mysticism

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After a session

"I Don't Feel Anything": What It Means When You Cannot Feel the Energy

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Questions

Is Reiki Real? First, Let's Talk About the Moon

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AdinkraWest-African (Akan) symbols that express concepts, proverbs, and wisdom.Akashic Records KeepersGuardian beings of the cosmic record of every soul's journey.Amaterasu (天照)The Shinto sun goddess, source of light and life.Amitabha BuddhaThe Buddha of infinite light and boundless compassion.Angels of AbundanceAngelic helpers who support prosperity and flow.Angels of CreativityAngelic helpers who inspire creative expression.Angels of HarmonyAngelic helpers who restore peace and balance.Angels of HealingAngelic helpers who support recovery and wholeness.Angels of WisdomAngelic helpers who illuminate insight and understanding.AphroditeGreek goddess of love, beauty, and union.Archangel ArielArchangel of nature, animals, and the earth.Archangel ChamuelArchangel of unconditional love and inner peace.Archangel GabrielArchangel of communication, messages, and guidance.Archangel JophielArchangel of beauty, wisdom, and uplifting thought.Archangel MetatronArchangel of sacred geometry and ascension.Archangel MichaelThe archangel of protection and courage, invoked in energy work to clear fear and cut away draining energies.Archangel RaguelArchangel of harmony, justice, and relationships.Archangel RaphaelArchangel of healing and safe travel.Archangel SachielArchangel of abundance and benevolence.Archangel UrielArchangel of wisdom, light, and clarity.Arthur RobertsonWestern Reiki master credited with founding Raku Kei Reiki and with introducing the Tibetan symbol Dumo into Western Reiki practice.Ascended MastersEnlightened beings who guide humanity's spiritual evolution.Attunement (Reiju)The teacher's sacred ritual (Reiju, 霊授) that opens a student to flow Reiki energy more fully.AuraThe layered field of subtle energy that surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body.Aura CleansingClearing stagnant or foreign energy from the auric field.Bas van WoelderenA name credited within the Shamballa Reiki tradition with the Amsui symbol, though little verifiable biographical information about the person is publicly documented.BrahmaThe Hindu creator god of the Trimurti.Brett BevellContemporary American Reiki master and author who founded the Magical Awakening modality and introduced new Reiki symbols and self-attunement methods through his books.BuddhaThe awakened one; the embodiment of enlightenment and compassion.Byosen (Byōsen Reikan-hō)Sensing areas of imbalanced or accumulated energy in the body through the hands.Catherine MillsA Reiki Master credited with channeling the Iava (Java) symbol used in William Lee Rand's Karuna Reiki system.ChakraChakras (चक्र) are the body's energy centers; many Reiki practitioners use them to guide hand placements and balance.Chakra BalancingRestoring even, healthy energy flow across the chakra system.ChantingVocal repetition of mantras or symbol names to raise and sustain vibration.Christ ConsciousnessA state of unconditional divine love and unity awareness.Christopher PenczakAmerican author, teacher, and Reiki Master best known for *The Magick of Reiki* and as the founder of the Temple of Witchcraft tradition.Crystalline Beings of LightHigh-vibration light beings associated with crystalline energy.Crystals in ReikiUsing stones to focus, store, and amplify Reiki energy in a session.Derek O'SullivanA name credited in some Reiki symbol compilations with channeling the “Third Eye Memory” symbol, for whom no verifiable biography is publicly documented.Distant HealingSending Reiki across space and time, often using the Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen symbol.Divine MotherThe universal feminine principle of nurturing creation.Eileen GurhyCredited with bringing forward the Hosanna clearing symbol, which she gave to Tera Mai founder Kathleen Milner in New York in 1992.Energetic Cord-CuttingReleasing draining energetic attachments that form between people.Energy ActionsHow Reiki energy behaves: charging, discharging, cleansing, balancing, or transmuting.GaiaThe living consciousness and spirit of the Earth.GaneshHindu remover of obstacles and patron of new beginnings.GasshoGassho (合掌) is the palms-together gesture used in Reiki to center the practitioner and open a session.God Source CreatorThe supreme originating consciousness of all that is.Goddess AthenaGreek goddess of wisdom and strategic insight.Goddess GayatriVedic goddess who embodies the sacred Gayatri mantra.Goddess OshunYoruba goddess of love, rivers, and fertility.Goddess SophiaThe personification of divine wisdom.GroundingAnchoring excess or scattered energy safely back into the earth.Guardian AngelsPersonal angelic protectors and guides.Hand PositionsThe sequence of hand placements used to cover the body during a Reiki treatment.Hara / TandenThe body's energetic center of gravity, located just below the navel.Hatsurei-hoA daily Japanese practice to cleanse and strengthen one's own Reiki energy.Higher Self / OversoulThe eternal, wisest aspect of one's own being.HilarionAscended Master of truth, healing, and science.Iris IshikuroA relative and Master student of Hawayo Takata who, with Arthur Robertson, is linked to the Raku Kei system and helped Reiki spread widely in the West.Ivy MooreReiki Master credited with channeling Violet Flame Reiki and its roughly forty symbols around 2000 while meditating on Quan Yin.Jamie GallantA name credited in some Reiki symbol compilations with channeling the “Perfect Love & Trust” symbol, with no verifiable public biography.Jeff JohnsonA Reiki Master credited with channeling the Auminaht symbol, documented on Richard Rivard's Threshold Reiki site; little further verifiable biographical information is publicly recorded.Jessica ArsenaultNamed in some Reiki symbol compilations as channeler of the Dragonfly symbol, but no credible source corroborates this attribution.Karuna® ReikiA compassion-centered system developed by William Lee Rand and the ICRT.Kathleen CoreeA name attached in the ReikiPedia database to the Cellular (Emotional) Healing symbol; no person by this name is documented in any credible Reiki source, and the symbol itself is elsewhere attributed to a channeler named Corey Thorn.Kathleen MilnerAmerican artist, author, and healer who founded the Tera-Mai™ Reiki and Seichem system and is credited with bringing forward several non-traditional healing symbols.Kellie-Ray MarineA Reiki master credited with channeling the Rama symbol, one of the symbols William Lee Rand gathered into his Karuna Reiki system in the mid-1990s.KiKi (気) is the Japanese name for the vital life-force energy believed to flow through all living things.KundaliniDormant spiritual energy said to rest coiled at the base of the spine.LakshmiHindu goddess of abundance, prosperity, and grace.Lemurian CouncilAncient light beings who hold the wisdom of Lemuria.Linda ColibertContemporary author and Reiki Master who, under the pen name Daelyn Wolf, channels and writes a large catalogue of distance-attunement energy systems.LineageThe unbroken teacher-to-student chain tracing a practitioner back to Mikao Usui.Loril MoondreamA Reiki symbol channeler associated with the Shamballa Multidimensional Healing tradition, credited with receiving the non-traditional “Heal the Healers” symbol.MantraA sacred sound or phrase repeated to focus the mind and channel energy.Marcy MillerReiki Master credited with channeling several early Tera-Mai / Karuna-lineage symbols, including Zonar and Halu, in the early 1990s.Marla AbrahamA Reiki practitioner credited within the Tera Mai and Karuna symbol traditions with channeling the Akasha (Gnosa) symbol.Medical Grade ReikiA precision, clinically-oriented approach to applying Reiki for specific conditions.MeridiansEnergy pathways of the body mapped by Eastern medicine and used in energy healing.Mikao UsuiJapanese spiritual teacher regarded as the founder of Reiki, the hands-on healing system from which the principal Reiki symbols descend.Mother MaryAn embodiment of divine compassion, comfort, and grace.Nadi (Ida · Pingala · Sushumna)Subtle channels through which life-force energy flows in the body.Nature SpiritElemental consciousness living within the natural world.Pat CourtneyA Reiki Master credited with channeling the Shanti symbol used in the Karuna Reiki system.Patrick ZeiglerAmerican originator of Seichim (Sekhem/SKHM), an energy-healing system born of a 1980 vision in the Great Pyramid and later woven together with Reiki.Phyllis BrooksA name credited in some Reiki symbol compilations with the “Luma” crystal-balancing symbol, but with no verifiable public biography.Quan Yin (Guanyin) / KannonThe beloved bodhisattva of compassion — "she who hears the cries of the world" — invoked for mercy and healing.ReiThe universal, spiritual-wisdom aspect of the word Reiki — the higher intelligence guiding the energy.Reiji-hoLetting intuition — the indication of the spirit — guide where the hands are placed.ReikiA Japanese energy-healing practice in which a practitioner channels universal life-force energy through gentle hand placements.Reiki BoxA method of placing written intentions or objects to receive ongoing Reiki.Reiki Master / Teacher (Shihan)A practitioner qualified to give attunements and teach Reiki to others.Sacred GeometryUniversal geometric patterns used as energetic templates for healing.Saint GermainAscended Master of the transmuting violet flame.Sanat KumaraA great being regarded as a spiritual guardian of the planet.SarasvatiHindu goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts.SavitrVedic solar deity of divine, vivifying power.Sean GrealeyA figure within Kathleen Milner's Tera Mai lineage, credited by Milner with giving her the second Hosanna symbol; almost no verifiable biographical information is publicly documented.Seichim / SekhemAn Egyptian-rooted living-light energy healing tradition, often paired with Reiki.Self-HealingTreating oneself daily — the foundation of a steady Reiki practice.ShaktiThe dynamic divine feminine creative power.Shambala (MDH) ReikiA multidimensional healing system channeled by John Armitage (Hari Das Melchizedek).ShivaHindu god of transformation and dissolution.Space ClearingEnergetically cleansing a room, home, or environment of stagnant energy.SulisCeltic goddess of healing springs.Susan IsabelA name credited in some Reiki symbol compilations with channeling the non-traditional “Anesthesia” symbol, with no verifiable public biography.T'Om SeamanCo-developer of Seven Facet Seichim, an early expansion of Patrick Zeigler's Seichim, credited with channeling several of its symbols including the High/Low God symbol of Facet Six.The Five Elements (Godai)Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Void — the elemental building blocks of nature.The Five Precepts (Gokai)The five "just for today" precepts Mikao Usui gave as the ethical and spiritual heart of Reiki practice.The Three Degrees (Shoden · Okuden · Shinpiden)The traditional levels of Reiki training, from first degree to master.ThothEgyptian god of wisdom, writing, and magic.Three Pillars of ReikiGassho, Reiji-ho, and Chiryo — the three foundational practices of Usui Reiki.Tibetan ReikiA modern blend incorporating Tibetan symbols, mantras, and techniques.TransmutationTransforming dense or negative energy into a higher, harmonious form.Trimurti (Brahma · Vishnu · Shiva)The Hindu trinity of creation, preservation, and dissolution.Universal ConsciousnessThe all-pervading awareness underlying existence.Universal Life Force EnergyThe boundless source energy a Reiki practitioner channels and directs.Usui ReikiThe original Japanese system of hands-on energy practice founded by Mikao Usui in 1922.Vibration / Vibrational LevelThe frequency or pitch of an energy, ranging from dense to high and refined.Violet Flame ReikiA system working with Saint Germain's transmuting violet flame.VisualizationUsing mental imagery to direct, shape, and amplify healing energy.White Buffalo Calf WomanThe sacred Lakota spirit who brought sacred teachings to the people.William Lee RandAmerican Reiki master, founder of the International Center for Reiki Training, and developer of the Karuna Reiki and Holy Fire systems.Yin & YangThe Taoist principle of complementary opposites whose dynamic balance keeps qi (life energy) in harmony.Zero Point FieldThe unmanifested source field of pure potential from which all energy arises.

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IThe Roots3 lessons
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48 of the 78 symbols name the tradition they are carried in, across 7 lineages — each with an entry of its own.

Usui ReikiKaruna® ReikiShambala (MDH) ReikiSeichim (Sekhem)Violet Flame ReikiTibetan ReikiMedical Grade Reiki

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