Magick of Reiki: Focused Energy for Healing, Ritual, & Spiritual Development

I received training and have achieved Level I in the traditional Usui Reiki method in 2000, and although Reiki is not my main occupation, I have always been on the lookout for additional education in this area. Most of the material available on this topic is either overly simplistic, overly fluffy, or overly hoity-toity. It is difficult to find material that is grounded in tradition, accessible in language, and creative in approach - all at the same time. Besides my original Usui material from my Level I certification, this is the only other Reiki book I own - and unless I decide later to pursue a Master Level in Reiki practice, this will likely be the ONLY additional book on Reiki that I will need. There is much to explore here, and what is even better is that the areas explored in this book (i.e. flower essences) are also areas I have explored, making this book quite useful. It isn't just a great read - it is very accessible to me for reference as well. You are a very gifted teacher Christopher Penczak, and I thank you!

...yet, Mr. Penczak, unlike any author of which I am familiar to date, shares non-traditional "Reiki" without mistreatment or disrespect to Traditional. Frankly, I found some of the modern idealogies to have quite fascinating inter-connective possibilities. Traditional Reiki can remain un-changed - just as I was taught-yet why can I not add stones or scents to further stimulate the power of my patient's inner self? As a Traditional Master | Teacher I see absolutely no reason why I cannot. This author is most fascinating; I read this book in four days! Typically, a book such as this one would have been for reference only, but instead I was locked in from the beginning by the writing style of this author, and read this work from cover-to-cover. Christopher Penczak - you did right to decide to write, teach and see patients full time as this is your "calling". Never stop writing, my friend, as your words are ordered from something "on High".

Having broken my back and been exposed to Reiki only this year (2005) - wow what a eye-opener my year has been. Through the awesome power of reiki I returned to work (albeit at part-time)in just over 3 weeks having crushed one vertebrae and broken 4 others, within 8 weeks I was full-time again. I went from 7.5 Codalgan a day to only 1 in just 3 treatments (2 weeks). So with everything that I experienced during my healing I have been dissappointed by traditional reiki books no matter which lineage it follows because there was always something missing, those extra things that happen to you during a reiki treatment, jugs full of water dripping slowly onto your back, 5 or 6 sets of hands placed on you at once when only one physical being is in the room with you, the overwhelming urge to giggle when a certain spirit puts their hands on your body, bubbling explosions, rippling nerves and muscle tissue, "tens machine" treatments, "remobilization treatments" and treatments which last for hours after the healer has left the building, waking up in the middle of the night with someone's hands on you, being poked or proded in the night and much, much more. All these types of responses are given a good hearing in the Magick of Reiki. Christopher summarises all of the different types of lineage, the symbols that the different practioners use the stuff that happens that shifts your healing "beyond an energy experience" and gives you the key to enter the realm of "magick". Since February I have been experiencing and developing my "magick" and I didn't even realise it!!! Christopher describes how he blends the many different styles of reiki to best suit his own experience and healing style and promotes his readers to do the same. I think this would be a great book for anyone wanting to try out some modern reiki traditions - there are after all 14 of them now!! Christopher helps us to tip toe through the maze with his usual love and light...thumbs up for this one - would make a great christmas gift to anyone you know who has done reiki one, two or masters.

The Magick of Reiki by Christopher Penczak is a wonderful book for people interested in alternative healing. The author is skilled in the Magick, which he describes as "partnering with the universe to create change" and details ways it is used, called by other terms, in all the great world religions. Penczak is also a deeply spiritual person whose skills as a Master of Reiki are well-known. In this book he shows the novice who is serious about learning the art and faith of laying on of hands for healing purposes, how to learn the skills and disciplines required. Christopher is both a practitioner and teacher of reiki and draws from his many years of experiences of healing in both this field and magick. His methods go back to the beginning of reiki healing as taught in Japan, and he details not only the disciplines but also the secret symbols that must be learned. With many examples of healing and demonstrating great faith and humility, he teaches in the simplest terms so that anyone dedicated to the practice can learn how to become the empty vessel through which God works for healing beyond anything understood by science. The book is excellent!

Reiki is an ancient practice of acknowledging and working with the universal life force to promote physical healing and spiritual exploration. Experienced Wiccan author and teacher Christopher Penczak pre-sents Magick Of Reiki, an in-depth exploration of the history, mythos, variations, and degrees of Reiki, as well as tips, tricks, and techniques for seamlessly integrating Reiki into magickal practice, psychic development, talisman empowerment, and more. Though many traditional Reiki practitioners would not consider it a magickal art, those who follow the path of magick can only imbue greater strength in their work by drawing upon the nigh-limitless energy of all surrounding life. Clear symbols and diagrams, with explicit instructions in how to draw them exactly as they have been used for countless centuries, enhance the straightforward text that walks the reader through basic, intermediate, and some advanced techniques that channel Reiki to one's advantage. An excellent addition to magickal libraries and Metaphysical Studies supplemental reading lists.