Within the precepts we can find this phrase: 招 福 の 祕 法shou fuku no hi houpronounced: show fuku no …
Contemplating Reiki and The Japanese Arts
This is a different kind of article, one in which we can contemplate to get a deeper understanding of the …
Did Chūjirō Hayashi change the System of Reiki?
Many teachers claim their lineage through Chūjirō Hayashi as traditional Mikao Usui teachings, but did Hayashi change the system of …
The Secret Mirror
Think of a story reminiscent of Raiders of the Lost Ark — only set in Japan and Israel. Ben Midland’s …
Reiki and Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space Teleclass
In many spiritual traditions the 5 elements of earth, water, fire, air and space are taught and used. This 5 …
The Japanese Art of Reiki (Transcript of Washington, DC talk 2009)
My name is Frans Stiene and I was very kindly invited to come to Washington, DC for the second time. …
Hands on Healing
Edited by Maril Blanchard Today’s article focuses on a single question: What is hands on healing, as practiced within the traditional …
Echoes in the Mountains: Locating Usui’s Experience in the History of Japanese Mountain Asceticism
USUI Mikao臼井甕男 (1865–1926) is celebrated as the founder of Reiki. While the story of his reception of reiki 霊気 (literally, “numinous energy”) is well-known, …
What I am discovering from my Japanese Shugendo Training about Reiki
How my recent shugendo training has informed my understanding of the system of Reiki As some of you might know …
Frans Stiene’s Japan Journal
As some of you know I just spent a week in Japan deepening my own personal spiritual practice with a …