What is the History of Reiki?
by William Lee Rand
Continued ….
1 Mrs. Takata Speaks, The History of Reiki, (Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 1979).
2 See http://www.reiki.org/Download/TakataLettersAnd Documents.pdf
3 Tadao Yamaguchi, Light on the Origins of Reiki (Twin Lakes, WI: Lotus Press, 2007), p. 66.
4 Toshitaka Mochizuki, Iyashi No Te [Healing Hands] (1995), p. 227, ISBN 4-88481-420-7 C0011 P1400E; “The Original Reiki Ideals,” Reiki News (Fall 1996); and page vi of this manual. To order the Original Reiki Ideals: www.reikiwebstore.com.
5 For more information, see Appendix A, “Discovering the Roots of Reiki,” and The Inscription on the Usui Memorial section below.
6 William Lee Rand, “An Interview with Hiroshi Doi,” Reiki News Magazine, Pts. 1 and 2 (Summer 2003), 9-11; (Fall 2003), p. 12-14.
7 Tadao Yamaguchi. “Excerpts from Light on the Origin of Reiki” Reiki News Magazine (Spring 2011), p. 19. Included in this article is a photo of the 20 shihan taught by Usui Sensei. The text below the photo indicates that these are the students of Usui Sensei who are authorized to teach in the same way he taught. Juzaburo Ushida is in the photo.
8 Inscription on Usui Memorial, Saihoji Temple, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
9 Inscription on Usui Memorial.
10 Mochizuki, lyashi No Te. See note 3.
11 Yamaguchi, Light on the Origins of Reiki, p. 61.
12 “Searching the Roots of Reiki,” The Twilight Zone (April 1986),: p. 140-143. This article can be viewed on the web at http://www.pwpm.com/threshold/origins2.html. (Note that this Japanese magazine is no longer in business.)
13 Frank Arjava Petter, This is Reiki: Transformation of Body, Mind and Soul, From the Origins to the Practice (Twin Lakes: WI: Lotus Press) p. 44.
14 In an alternate version of this story it is said that Usui Sensei’s personal life and business had failed and that he had gone to Mt. Kurama to meditate to gain clarity on what to do to solve his problems. See Takai, “Searching the Roots of Reiki,” p. 140-143.
15 Doi, Iyashino Gendai Reiki-ho, Modern Reiki Method of Healing, p. 35. This story has been passed down within the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai. According to Doi, it is also written in “Kaiin no tame no Reiki Ryoho no Shiori” (Guide of Reiki Ryoho for the members), September 1, 1974.
16 This is based on the translation of an original document written by Usui Sensei. See: http://www.reiki.org/japanesetechniques/5principles.html
17 William Lee Rand, “Reiki Before Usui,” Reiki News Magazine (Spring 2014), p. 32-33.
18 Yamaguchi, Light on the Origins of Reiki, p. 63-64.
19 Walter Lubeck, Frank Arjava Petter, William Lee Rand, The Spirit of Reiki (Twin Lakes, WI: Lotus Press, 2003).
20 William Lee Rand, “Interview with Hiroshi Doi, Part I,” Reiki News Magazine (Spring 2014) p. 27. Frank Arjava Petter, This is Reiki (Twin Lakes, WI: Lotus Press, 2012), p. 174
21 “Earthquakes Tokyo-Yokohama,” Encyclopedia Britannica (1997), CD-ROM.
22 Frank Arjava Petter, Reiki Darma Newsletter Number 31, January 1, 2011
23 William Lee Rand, “An Interview with Doi Sensei,” Reiki News Magazine (Spring 2014), p. 27.
24 Go to Reiki News Magazine (Spring 2011), p. 18 for a photo of Usui Sensei and the twenty Shihan. Note that while all in the photo were authorized to give Reiju, some were not Shinpiden. In those days some of the centers did not have a Shinpiden to give Reiju so Reiju was taught to the leader of the center.
25 Yamaguchi, Light on the Origins of Reiki, p. 63-64.
26 Takai, The Twilight Zone, p. 140-143.
27 Inscription on Usui Memorial.
28 Frank Arjava Petter, Reiki Fire, (Twin Lakes, WI: Lotus Light, 1997), p. 26. ISBN 0-914955-50-0.
29 This list comes from the research of Frank Arjava Petter.
30 William Lee Rand, “An Interview with Hiroshi Doi, Part II,” Reiki News Magazine, (Fall 2003), p. 13.
31 A translation of this healing guide can be found on p. 63.
32 Frank Arjava Petter interviewing Tsutomo Oishi, a member of Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai.
33 Rand, “An Interview with Hiroshi Doi, Part II,” Reiki News Magazine, (Fall 2003), p. 12.
34 Yamaguchi, Light on the Origins of Reiki, p. 28.
35 Ibid., p. 69.
36 Vera Graham, “Mrs. Takata Opens Minds to Reiki,” The (San Mateo) Times, May 17, 1975.
37 Patsy Matsura, “Mrs. Takata and Reiki Power,” Honolulu Advertiser, Feb. 25, 1974.
38 This information was recorded on Mrs. Takata’s Reiki certificate and in Mrs. Takata’s handwritten notes dated May 1936. A copy of her Reiki certificate is included in the article “How Hawayo Takata Practiced and Taught Reiki” located on page 157.
39 Bethel Phaigh, “Journey into Consciousness,” p. 130. Other Masters initiated by Mrs. Takata have confirmed that she gave Reiki Master training in a weekend.
40 We know that Keizo Ogawa took Reiki Master training from Usui Sensei and Kan’ichi Taketomi, so it is not likely this rule came from Usui Sensei.
41 “Mrs. Takata Speaks.” See footnote 1. This was also explained to me by Bethal Phaigh in 1981 when I took Reiki I from her.
42 William Lee Rand, “Takata’s Handouts,” Reiki News Magazine (Summer 2009): 58. This article contains the handouts and notes taken during one of her classes.
43 A translation of this manual is on p. 63.
44 John Harvey Gray and Lourdes Gray with Steven McFadden and Elisabeth Clark, Hand to Hand, The Longest-Practicing Reiki Master Tells His Story (Gray, 2002), p. 93.
45 Rand, “Origin of the Usui Reiki Master Symbol,” p. 34-35.
46 Before she died, Takata Sensei created a list of the twenty-two Masters she had initiated. They are: George Araki (deceased), Dorothy Baba (deceased), Ursula Baylow (deceased), Rick Bockner, Barbara Brown (deceased), Fran Brown (deceased), Patricia Ewing, Phyllis Lei Furumoto, Beth Gray (deceased), John Gray (deceased), Iris Ishikura (deceased), Harry Kuboi, Ethel Lombardi (deceased), Barbara McCullough (deceased), Mary McFadyen, Paul Mitchell, Bethel Phaigh (deceased), Barbara Weber Ray, Shinobu Saito, Kay Yamashita (Mrs. Takata’s sister), Virginia Samdahl (deceased), and Wanja Twan. 47 Graham, “Mrs. Takata Opens Minds to Reiki.” This is also stated on her Reiki flyers dated July 1975 and June 1976.
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