Clearer image of Takata sensei's certificate
James has kindly done a cleaer image of Takata sensei's notary certificate... http://www.aetw.org/reiki_takata_cert.html

Potential influencing factors on Usui sensei & Reiki
Edit: Moved from another topic. To discuss possible influencing factors including those within 'new' religions at the time of Usui sensei. This isn't to suggest in any way that Reiki is religious. Wayne this is going off topic a bit, but also

photo of Usui and reiju-givers
aloha! ----- what can anyone tell me about the photo at: www.reiki-dojo.com/images-reiki/usui-reiki-ryoho-gakkai.gif ? it is supposedly a photo of Usui-sensei and a bunch of his students who were authorized to give reiju, and supposedly taken in

shinto in usui-sensei´s time
Found this article, might be of interest as the text discusses the religious trends in japan around Usui-sensei´s time, it is not however very in depth. http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55a/558.html f

Lineages
I thought this was the best folder to share lineages until/if we get a folder specifically for lineages. Wayne had asked me to share mine, so here goes. Through JoAnn Swedock, my lineage looks like... Usui Hyashi Takata Virginia

Reiki Ryoho predates Usui Sensei ?
hi friends in raising the above topic, i had to think twice, thrice and even more, since i dont have the idea if i would be grossly disrespecting a protocol in-as-much the topic could bring unease to many readers, like it has done to me when i came

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