Many Paths, One Light - A Reiki Experience across Five Traditions

Two practitioners, five lineages, one shared source. An evening of conversation and hands-on
Reiki — open to everyone, no experience needed.
About this Event

Reiki isn't one thing. It arrived in the world through Mikao Usui in early twentieth-century Japan, and from that root it has branched — through Japanese teachers who kept it spare and meditative, through Western hands that systematized it, and through practitioners who brought in older currents still — the energetic philosophy of Kemetic Egypt and other ancient healing streams.

Most people meet Reiki through a single lineage and assume that's the whole picture. This evening is a chance to see more of it. We're two practitioners carrying different currents. Between us: Usui Reiki, Ra Sekhi, Kemetic practice, Komyo Reiki, and Cosmic Light. Different symbols, different histories, different hand positions, different ideas about what the practitioner is even doing. And underneath all of it, the same source.

We'll spend the first part of the evening talking — what Reiki actually is, where these traditions came from, how they diverge, and what each of us has found in our own path. Not a lecture. More like being let in on a conversation between two people who love this work and come at it from different doors.

Then we'll practice. Not as separate stations or competing styles, but together — offering hands-on Reiki as a shared field, with everyone welcome to receive. You'll stay fully clothed. You can sit or lie down. If you'd rather not be touched, hands-off Reiki above the body is always an option. It's usually quiet, sometimes warm, occasionally surprising, and never anything you have to prepare for.

Come if you're curious. Come if you've never been touched by this work and want to know what people mean when they talk about it. Come if you're a practitioner yourself and want to sit with lineages other than your own. There's room here for all of it.

Reiki is a complementary practice and is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.

Traditions Represented:

Usui Reiki — the root system, developed by Mikao Usui in early twentieth-century Japan and the source from which nearly every modern lineage descends.

Ra Sekhi — a Reiki-descended lineage founded by Kajara Nebthet through the Ra Sekhi Arts Temple (Chicago, 2007), weaving Reiki's hands-on and attunement-based structure with Kemetic concepts like Sekhmet and Ma'at, and elements of Queen Afua's Sacred Woman tradition.

Kemetic Practice — Amen's own ongoing study of ancient Egyptian spiritual philosophy and Hermetic principles — Ma'at, the Ka, sacred symbolism, and the broader energetic worldview of Kemet — which shapes how he holds and teaches the Reiki current beyond any single certification.

Komyo Reiki Kai — a Japanese lineage founded by Hyakuten Inamoto, known for its simplicity and its emphasis on the practitioner's own spiritual development.

Cosmic Light™ Reiki — a contemporary channeled lineage founded by Nicky Ames, working with its own set of symbols and practitioner rites alongside traditional Reiki foundations.