During the late 1980's began the era affectionately known as "The Reiki Wars".
Spiritual teachers and Reiki Masters began to trademark their logos, their systems and methods of applying healing.
The lawsuits began, plumiting us into an era of Reiki Wars.
My questions are:
Who trademarked what, first?
Who began sueing who and in what order?
When (year, month, day if known)?
What location were the lawsuits initiated?
Thanks,
During the late 1980's began the era affectionately known as "The Reiki Wars".
Affectionately? :rolleyes:
Slightly before 'my time', Reiki-wise, but in the 1990's I stopped subscribing to one Reiki organisation because I was tired of wasting money to receive newsletters full of arguments between the different Reiki 'factions'
My questions are:
Who trademarked what, first?
Who began sueing who and in what order?
When (year, month, day if known)?
I'm not sure about trademarking, suing etc, and perhaps others can fill in the gaps here.
I do recall an earlier thread where a question was asked about when add-ons etc first started to be introduced into Reiki, which I attempted to answer. That aspect of the discussion is mainly on the second page [hence the link to p.2, but the beginning is easily found] of the link I've given below, but as it was well before HPs recent changeover to the new forums, it will be found that all links therein are now inactive. They still work OK, I hope, but one would have to copy and paste them to reach external websites where this info is given. This may be found to be too annoying
The thread title might additionally mislead, but the discussion led to the 'history' mentioned.
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or
and select p.2.
Holistic
Buck,
Are speaking of the Kathleen Milner William Rand case?
I spoke to both about this and it was William Rand who filed the suit against Kathleen.
The results of the case were posted online but were removed because of legal action. All web pages are archived if you really want court information, Kathleen Published them on her website in the Newsletters. Here is the link
You will have to find it.
From my understanding it was a suit that dealt with the business practice not so much of an energy comparison, like many believe.
There are many rumors out there and most of rumors say that it was Kathleen who sued William, this is not true.
The law suit was filed in Chicago, this meant that Kathleen had to travel to Chicago to defend herself.
The results of the case were both parties could no longer speak about each other, or ever make any public comment about the case. This is why it is such a mystery.
After the case both Parties then realized that Trademarking was the only way they could protect their style of Reiki. Both chose a unique name and set up conditions to use their Trademarks.
Here are the dates of Trademarks
Tera Mai
Karuna Reiki
I know she has all the other dates in her books
I hope this helps.
Keep in mind that all webpages
This was just published from Kathleen, she has given permission for all to use
Here is Kathleen's History
History of Tera Mai as written by Kathleen Ann Milner
I wrote this brief history for John Smith. If you would like to include it on your web sites, you have my permission to do so. If you shorten it, change ir or make additions, please send me your corrections:
I was brought up in the Catholic faith, which was cloaked with protocol and ceremony at the time. And each year, the Gospels repeated themselves during the liturgical calendar. One particular passage always struck me with both awe and questioning. The words were those of Jesus when he prophesized, "And you shall do greater things than I have done."
This passage brought joy to my heart but were a cause of great confusion. My parents had early on discouraged my interludes with the angels, and basically the Church taught that metaphysical phenomenon was the world of the devil. In spite of these warnings, as I grew up I continued to just know things, and was profoundly aware of the power of my prayers and the healing that sometimes came through me. When these abilities came to the forefront, often they frightened me. Spirits would on occasion still present themselves to me, but they would do so demonstrably. Their forms would be more real than the everyday world, and their voices would be enough to make me jump out of my body.
By the time I was married and had two children, the psychic impressions and healing abilities had greatly decreased in frequency. It was after I got a divorce that I prayed to God, please return the Gifts of the Spirit that are my birthright. After two car accidents, I pray, please return my healing abilities and help me to heal in the manner of Jesus.
It was as if God then sent me on a search to reclaim what had once been mine. One of these journeys included being initiated into the Alliance Reiki initiations that Takata had taught Iris Ishakuru and her 20 other Reiki Masters. I learned healing techniques, how to send healing distantly and the Violet Breath in the third class. But the initiations did not increase my healing abilities; I only knew that the initiations were incomplete.
After I became a Reiki Master (teacher of Reiki), I had no intention of teaching others. However, my daughter, Jennifer, informed some of my friends, who asked me to teach them. And others heard, and I taught them as well. When I was invited to the Whole Life Expo in New York City, I was as surprised as everyone else. The lecture and workshop were packed, so they invited me to Los Angeles. I had also been given a booth in Los Angeles in exchange for the money the Expo owed me. All I had to offer at this booth was a single audio meditation tape, and healing demonstrations given on a donations-are-accepted basis.
It was during this time that I learned from Reiki Masters that nobody could do the same miracles as Takata. (There is a witnessed and documented account of her raising the dead.) My friend, Marcy Miller, had just returned to Los Angeles from Sai Baba's ashram, and she had received the message there that Sai Baba would retrieve what was missing from the Reiki attunements.
After the Expo, I went home with Marcy. While we were sitting casually in the living room, I suddenly felt a heightened awareness in my physical body and a shift. The world around me changed - the ceiling became cathedral size and a large presence appeared. He presented himself in orange robes and sprouting an afro hairstyle. I assumed it was Sai Baba. During this consciousness-raising experience and in later encounters with this same being, I was given instructions on what was missing from the Reiki attunements and the symbols ZONAR, HARTH and HALU. These attunements were later trademarked as Tera Mai.
The proof that I wasn't simply delusional is the fact that people who were re-attuned as the higher being instructed were able to facilitate more in the way of healings and more frequently. The higher being also said that great gifts require a sacrifice of the personal. In this case, those initiated were to refrain from giving or receiving other Reiki or manmade attunements, the initiations were not to be altered in anyway, and initiations were to be given by those who had been attuned according to his instructions in a one-on-one basis.
A few years later, Marcy Miller announced to the world that while the experience was remarkable, she could not take credit for these symbols as she never saw any higher being. On a mere handful of other consciousness-raising experiences, and there have been other people with me, they too have had magical experience. I believe that these individuals may well have contributed to the experience. Many of these experiences are told in Between Two Worlds: The Story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn - and Her Celtic Heritage. (The otherworld landscape on the book's cover are actually 3 large Atlantian crystals, and many people are able to feel their energy.)
After Tera Mai was legally trademarked as a healing system in 1995, the higher being presented himself to me as Buddha. When I asked why he appeared originally as Sai Baba, he told me that at the time I could accept Sai Baba coming to me because I was aware of the work he had done for others. But Buddha said that if he himself had appeared to me, I would have questioned, who am I to have Buddha come to me. My doubts would have taken me out of the moment and out of the experience that Holy Spirit had worked so hard to manifest.
After this experience, I had yet another encounter with the higher being, whom I have come to know as Buddha. It is described in Tera, My Journey Home: Alternative Healing. Previously, I had been initiated into Seichem, but the fire energy was incredibly unstable and the higher being told me that I was NEVER to use the long and cumbersome initiations. A woman named Phoenix had taken the energy she had received from Patrick Zeigler's Shamanic-type experience circle and simply made up initiations. Most of the symbols were simply Reiki symbols slanted and the substitution of a clockwise CHO KU RAY that got larger for the counterclockwise CHO KU RAY that got smaller. (Phoenix died.)
When I asked what would happen to me with this unpredictable energy running through me, Buddha told me that he would stabilize the energy. I asked why I had to go through this? I was told that it was a necessary step on my journey to recreate the psychic and healing potential in my natal astrology chart.
In this consciousness-raising experience, Buddha added 2 more symbols and 2 more colors to create what he called stable and safe initiations into fire. He also told me that the initiations included the energies of elemental water and air, as well as elemental earth energy from Tera Mai Reiki. I was told to call these initiations Tera Mai Seichem, so as to honor the man who spent the night in the King's Chamber in the Great Pyramid (Patrick Zeigler), but to hand out the Tera Mai Reiki lineage to TM Seichem Masters (teachers), as the initiations were more like Tera Mai Reiki than those Phoenix had made up. Buddha also said that the same standards that are applicable to Tera Mai Reiki are applicable to Tera Mai Seichem.
Since that time, I have continued to reclaim the Gifts of the Spirit that are my birthright. As my healing abilities grow and develop, so too, the possibilities and energies of Tera Mai continue to grow and develop. Further initiations into Sakara (fire), Sophi-El (water) and Angeliclight (air) are now administered by properly trained initiators, who have signed an agreement not to give or receive any other initiations except those given in Tera Mai. The complete list of those individuals is on under FIND INSTRUCTORS.
Tera Mai Cahokia is the weaving of the complete aspect of the elemental rays of earth, air, fire and water. Initiates can feel the spinning and weaving going on inside of them. It is these elemental forces that all Shaman, wise women, saints, and healers have used from the beginning of time to do healing and magic work.
Kathleen Ann Milner
Oh.
I noticed Kathleen had the court case number of the recent suit published in her newsletter.
Rumors bother me which is one of the reasons I'm performing this research. I want to know the truth of such matters.
It is good to see that you are asking and doing research. There are so many websites out there that just take a rumor and post it without any sort of research. To make matters word then some book authors go and do their research off these sites.
After doing my own research, by actually communicating with each party, I do feel that Kathleen got the short end of the stick. Because of the gag order she had her hands tied and the pro Rand rumors took over. I do not know if William even was aware of many of the rumors that were being created, this is the sort of thing that happens when something is banned.
Yes, Kathleen did have the whole case on her site or newsletter. and then just put the case number, because it was illegal for her to even speak about the case. I did write to William to put out a joint statement to clear up any rumors since most all the rumors had the story twisted around, he just said that the legal process was in place and did not wish to bring it up anymore.
It is something that really happened a long time ago and most reiki folks could really care less becasue it was long before thier time.
I hope this helps
All Love
Patrick