How to Attune Yourself to Reiki the Cosmology Way [Paperback]

John Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2004

This illustrated, step-by-step guide provides a groundbreaking new approach to the Reiki healing form.

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About the Author

John Campbell is a Reiki teacher and lecturer of Vibration Healing Techniques for the College of Natural and Traditional Medicine in South Australia. Within his work he has created the Cosmology Healing Method, based on Universal Laws, which has received major coverage in Australia. John is also an international Clairvoyant and Clairvoyant Counselor, giving self-development workshops and talks on Shamanism in Australia and Britain.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Findhorn Press (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844090280
• ISBN-13: 978-1844090280
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,129,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Read, April 25, 2005

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Jennifer A (Albany, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Attune Yourself to Reiki the Cosmology Way (Paperback)

I was intrigued by the title of this book the moment I saw it on Amazon.com. After all, I was taught that you couldn't use Reiki unless a Reiki Master attunes you. I had done my own research on other energy methodologies and had formed by own opinions about attunements and whether or not they are necessary.

John Campbell is incredibly down to earth about reiki and how it works. He has some very strong opinions on the current reiki community, attunements, lineage and money. He sometimes gets dangerously close to overtly criticizing other practitioners, something I personally try to avoid. For as much as Mr. Campbell eschews traditional methods because of the "my way is the only way" mentality, he does little to encourage his readers to explore for themselves, judging other practitioners and masters, driving his audience to follow his method for fear of being mislead or overcharged.

It is Mr. Campbell's contention that Reiki should be accessible to all, at little or no cost. His book has instructions on how to attune yourself to reiki as a Level Three Reiki Master, showing you how to place the reiki symbols in your aura in 10 steps, encouraging you to follow your intuition and trust yourself.

Instructions on attuning to Level II and then Level I follow in that order. I find it intriguing that in his method, you are your own master. Not all together a bad concept.

Mr. Campbell does include a bit of what I call "filler" in this book. He elaborates on the four levels of energy, Goddess healing, Divine healing, Emotional healing and Universal connection. He describes the nine principles of reiki, of which I am unfamiliar. It is my belief that he includes these "nine principles" in order to more fully explain how you can attune yourself. There is a lot of redundant information on how energy works.

The author does include a wonderful overview of the reiki ideals. Mr. Campbell, in great detail, discusses what the ideals mean to him and why we should meditate on them every day.

What I find amazing is that for as liberal as Mr. Campbell is in his theories of reiki, his process of a healing session is very structured, almost to the point of being confining. In this method of learning, it may not be a bad idea to have such structure, as there is not a person in front of you giving you feedback. However, it would be a benefit to readers of this book to speak to some reiki practitioners about different ways that you are able to trust that reiki works no matter what you do, how long you hold your hands in one place, or what images you envision in your mind's eye.

Mr. Campbell's hand positions, although effective, are not what are traditionally taught. I personally have no issue with this, as I believe that traditions should not be adhered to just because they are traditions. That being said, he teaches more of an energy field position, floating the hands about the body in many areas. It is my personal opinion that hands on is much more nurturing and less "spooky" than this method. The only concern I have is that Mr. Campbell does not make the distinction that there are other methods.

Over all, I'm pretty impressed with this book for the author's willingness to blow through the mystery of reiki, presenting it as an accessible, understandable energy method of healing. In spite of his matter of fact presentation, he does express that reiki is a spiritual experience, one filled with wonder and possibilities. The core of reiki is not lost in this breaking down of barriers to understanding.