I originally wrote this on 23 July 1998.
Reiki
In The Great Pyramid
Introduction
Recently, my wife
Elizabeth and I took a trip to Egypt, Israel and Jordan. Part of our time in Egypt dealt with the
pyramids, as one might expect. I’m the
sort of person who loves to experiment and I just had to try an absentee Reiki
inside the Great Pyramid. Fortunately,
the Great Pyramid was open to the public when we were there and we had a chance
to go into the King’s Chamber as well as walk around this most amazing of
structures.
The Reiki experience
was interesting and I thought people would be interested. Also, I would be interested in stories from
anyone else who has tried it in or around the pyramids. This document is divided into two parts. First, I will detail our experience. Then I will say a few words regarding my
thoughts on the pyramids. I do this so
you will understand where I’m coming from and be able, therefore, to identify
any biases which may have influenced our experience.
Our Reiki Level
Elizabeth and I are
classified as Reiki master therapists.
That means we have done Reiki III, but not to the extent that we are
qualified to teach Reiki. I am
personally somewhat confused because I think some Reiki III courses teach you
how to teach and attune others. We did
not learn how to attune others but did learn the master symbols etc. We both started Reiki in 1994. Ok, enough preliminaries.
Around the Great Pyramid
Since the pyramids
automatically instill a sense of awe and wonder when you see them, I expected
something. As I approached the steps to
start climbing the Great Pyramid, I immediately felt energy to a degree I never
felt before. Energy just radiated from
the structure. My whole body could feel
it. In fact, it was sort of like walking
through an energy barrier. I could feel
it everywhere. The energy field extended
for about 4 to 5' from the actual stone itself.
It was the most amazing thing I had experienced up to then. (The King’s Chamber topped this,
though). The energy was everywhere. There wasn’t a spot where there was no
energy. The energy field also seemed
constant, not stronger in one place and weaker in another. It seemed a stable, uniform energy field all
around the thing.
The other tourists
around us did not feel this field. Well,
if they did, they certainly gave no indication.
Finally, it was time to
go inside. The pyramids have a number of
shafts, some only recently discovered.
Many lead nowhere. The shaft open
to the public leads to the King’s Chamber.
The King’s Chamber is a mystery.
It is an empty room save for a granite sarcophagus. The first mystery is how that sarcophagus was
carved. Today we require a diamond saw
to cut granite. The second mystery is
the fact that there are no tomb decorations or drawings of any
description.
The chamber was called The King’s Chamber because it was
thought to have once been a main burial chamber. The Queen’s chamber, which also exists in the
Great Pyramid, is misnamed.
Egyptologists assure us that no queen was intended to have her own
chamber. They believe the Queen’s
Chamber, a smaller room, was a previous burial chamber meant for the
Pharaoh. At some point, the builders
decided not to use that chamber and constructed a larger one which we now call
the King’s Chamber.
The shaft is long,
narrow and somewhat steep. You have to
stoop almost double and climb up a very narrow tunnel. Fortunately now it is well lighted. Between the heat, the number of tourists, and the narrowness of
the tunnel, the climb is hot and thirsty work.
Eventually, drenched in sweat, we both emerged into the King’s Chamber.
Personally, I have my
doubts that this chamber was ever meant to be a tomb, although I have no idea
what other explanation there is for it.
The King’s Chamber
The energy field
persisted while climbing the shaft. When
I finally made it to the King’s Chamber, I expected even more energy. I expected something. This was, after all, the Great Pyramid, the
most mysterious and fascinating structure on the planet. What I felt, surprised me. As I entered the small King’s Chamber, the
energy disappeared. I felt absolutely
nothing, not even the faintest hint of energy.
Elizabeth also felt this. We
looked at each other in amazement.
As I said, the King’s
Chamber is empty except for the stone sarcophagus. The sarcophagus itself is not in the center
of the chamber. It is off to one side. Imagine you are facing the entrance to the
King’s chamber. The sarcophagus is near
the right wall. The center of the
chamber is simply empty air.
The tourists milled
about fascinated simply being in the most famous room on earth. Elizabeth and I were so amazed at the lack of
energy, we started feeling around the walls with our hands. We tried being as unobtrusive as
possible. The Egyptian guide stationed
in this chamber watched us. Sensing I
was performing some type of experiment, he directed me to the center of the
chamber. I stood there and still felt
nothing. I thanked him, shook my head,
and continued.
Eventually, I arrived
at the sarcophagus. I moved my hands
over the structure and felt nothing. I
was just about to give up when, in one spot, I felt energy. The spot was off center in the
sarcophagus. The energy was definitely
there. It felt like a column of energy,
rising from below, within the heart of the pyramid. My impression was of a column of energy. I felt around again and found exactly the
same thing. This was interesting. There was definitely no energy in the
sarcophagus area except for that one specific column. If the energy were solid, its shape would
have resembled a stone pillar or column.
I walked away
interested, pondering what this might mean.
I asked Elizabeth to explore the area without telling her what I had
found. She did and came up with exactly
the same findings I had. Now this was
really becoming a puzzle.
Later, after we left
the pyramid, I believe Elizabeth solved the mystery. If one lay in the sarcophagus in the
direction pointed out by the guide, the column of energy would line up at about
the knees. But Elizabeth postulated that
the direction most people laid in the sarcophagus was incorrect. If you reversed your position, and placed
your head at the other end, the column of energy should wind up at about the
heart. This makes much more sense
because the Egyptians placed great value on the heart. The heart needed protecting in the after
life, and was the organ weighed by the gods to determine whether you were just
or not.
As I said, though, this
realization came later. I decided to try
an absentee Reiki, not for any particular individual, but of the planet. I moved to the wall opposite the sarcophagus
and rested quietly for a moment. There
were so many tourists around that I was pretty much unnoticed, which was just
fine with me.
Reiki in the King’s Chamber
When I was sufficiently
calm I brought up the thought form of the earth, and asked permission of the
spirit of the earth to Reiki her. I felt
it was granted. No sooner had I finished
with the master symbol then an amazing thing happened. I felt a massive surge of energy at my feet,
rising up through the stones on which I stood.
It surged through me. I had an
immediate out of body experience. It
happened without any effort and more quickly than ever before. One minute I was standing by the wall in the
King’s Chamber. The next, I was above myself. It was as though I exited through the top of
my head. I was only there a moment. I veered upward, unable to control my
direction. I went through the rock of
the pyramid and out at its apex. I
soared above the Giza plain until Cairo became a small dot. Higher and higher I went until I was pretty
much at cloud level.
At once, a panorama of
the planet spread out below me. I had
only a little time to be amazed. I moved
along with the planet rotation but faster.
I rose high enough that whole continents appeared below me, some
obscured partially by the clouds.
My attention was
particularly drawn to the oceans. The
ocean currents moved clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise
in the southern hemisphere. Some of
these currents moved in huge circular patterns, stretching for hundreds of
miles. The currents I saw were deep
underwater. The sky above mirrored the
currents in the oceans and weather patterns were formed by these ocean
currents.
The ocean currents
reminded me immediately of chakra in our body.
The earth, it seemed, was similarly endowed with chakra of its own. As my view moved over South America, however,
I had a very uncomfortable sensation in my body (or whatever was floating up
there). Something seemed odd. As I looked I saw a current off the coast of
Peru not spinning normally. Instead of
spinning counterclockwise, it was moving clockwise, but not in a circular
pattern. The movement seemed very
ragged. In fact, it was a very elongated
vertical ellipse, but even that is not quite correct. The ellipse was open ended so that there was
no curve on the right side. It was as if
the current reached the top of the ellipse then, instead of moving back down,
most of it left the pattern and went off in various directions but generally
northward. It is somewhat difficult for
me to describe.
This pattern caused
corresponding disruptions in the sky as one might expected. This particular current pattern looked tired,
somehow, ragged, and definitely out of alignment. I know that for about nine days out of every
month, our body chakra reverse their direction.
I do not know why this is, but it seems a regular and natural
thing. I wondered whether the earth
might have a similar cycle. But this
pattern looked sick. If it had rotated
clockwise in a circle or near circle I could have passed it off, but this
current did not look normal at all.
At once I was
overwhelmed with a sense of fear and dread.
My consciousness moved into the ocean so that I was now on the water itself,
out in the middle of the Pacific, far from any land fall. I felt the urge to panic but I managed to
fight it down. The fear and dread were
quite powerful. When I recovered a more
balanced perspective I rose once again.
Then a symbol appeared
in front of me. It blazed into my
consciousness. If anyone is interested,
I will try to render it digitally so people can see it.
When the symbol
appeared, however, it was skewed, tilted quite severely. The uncomfortable sensation in my body (or
whatever was floating out there) was very intense. I found myself squinting, trying to align the
symbol properly.
The effort was very
taxing. An explosion of sound and light
danced in front of me and I felt I might lose consciousness. Abruptly I was back in myself, leaning
against the wall of the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid. Only now I had a dull headache to remind me
of my adventure. The headache persisted
for about 20 minutes or so after I exited the pyramid, then disappeared. Even the headache was unusual. It felt like something was trying to get out
of the top of my head but was somehow bottled up and therefore increasing
pressure.
The symbol out of alignment
I believe the symbol
was out of alignment because of where I stood.
I believe the ideal position would have been in the sarcophagus, so that
the column of energy went directly through my heart chakra. I honestly believe if I had tried Reiki in
that exact position, the symbol would have been aligned properly.
Perhaps I would not have had the headache. Unfortunately, there were so many people
wanting to get into the sarcophagus, it was not practical for me to try
this. It was really too bad. I would have loved to try it.
The fear and dread I
felt when looking at the wayward current (probably a representation of El
Niño), was based on the phenomenon itself, not out of misalignment. Perhaps the symbol I saw could help in
healing the earth.
Summary and Impressions
I have no idea why the
pyramids were built. I can only describe
my experience when I tried to Reiki in the pyramid. I cannot help wondering, though, whether the
pyramid helps magnify the energy power and focus it. The energy surges I felt were incredibly
powerful and I really did fear that misuse or misalignment could cause harm to
the practitioner. Perhaps God, or the
Reiki energy/spirits cut me some slack because my intent was good. I do think, however, that if I have the
opportunity to try this again, I should really try it in the sarcophagus. The energy in the pyramid is not to be
trifled with.
The out of body
experience I had was the easiest and quickest I have ever had. My training in this area is pretty much
nonexistent and none was required here.
Once I stopped rising and regained my composure, as I floated above the
planet, I had complete control. I
believe that, if I had wanted, I could easily have gone anywhere and watched
what was happening in real time. This is
my impression, however, and as I did not do this, I cannot say for sure.
Normally, when I have
an out of body experience, I feel as though a lucid dream state is just as
logical an explanation as leaving my body.
Things I see are often vague and shifting, as they would be in a
dream. This was different. What I saw was solid, and unmoving. It did not change like a dream would. Details were extremely clear and precise.
My beliefs regarding the Giza pyramids
I do not believe these
things were built as tombs. I am,
however, not dogmatic on this point.
First of all, the King’s Chamber does not resemble any Egyptian tomb
I’ve see, and I have seen several in the Valley of the Kings. The chamber is empty, not only of furnishings,
but of pictorial representations on the walls.
A shaft, leading from
the King’s Chamber, and descending approximately 75 stories has been
found. It is too narrow for humans to
use and a special robot was constructed to explore it. The robot came to a set of bronze doors deep
below but was unable to open it. At
present, a Japanese company is engaged in making another robot which they hope
will succeed in opening the doors.
Egyptologists who hold
the traditional tomb view of the pyramids – these constitute the great majority
of Egyptologists – feel certain that a tomb lies behind those bronze
doors. I have my doubts, though. According to the classical view, the pyramids
were made during the life of the Pharaoh, then occupied after his death. If this were the case, how then would they
get the Pharaoh’s body into the tomb behind the bronze doors? The pyramid would already be
constructed. I could understand if the
tomb were made first, the Pharaoh placed in it, and the pyramid built above
it. According to the classical view,
however, Egyptologists would have us believe the pyramid was constructed first,
then the body of the Pharaoh was somehow placed into this tomb, 75 stories
below the King’s chamber. I suppose it
is possible that another wide passage leads from the bronze doors to an entry
point, both the shaft and entry point as yet undiscovered. However, this is really starting to stretch
things somewhat.
In my opinion – and my
claim of expertise is limited to an MA in religion, and having been there, the
Great Pyramid has no characteristics of a tomb.
There also exists the question of how the things were built.
If you visit Egypt, you
can look at the pyramids, then go to the Cairo museum and look at tools
excavated from Egypt belonging to the time the pyramids were supposedly
built. One thing becomes obvious pretty
quickly. Those tools were not used to build the pyramids, let alone cut those
blocks and fit them. You do not have
to be a genius to figure that out. There
is another, larger problem.
In the classical view,
the pyramids represent the golden age of Egypt.
The Middle Kingdom, then, represents a decline from the Pyramid
days. Then, after the middle kingdom,
Egypt becomes occupied and the decline becomes a full retreat. The problem with this view is that we should
expect to see a gradual build up of civilization and the technology which goes
with it, until the golden age, then a decline.
But we do not find this
in Egypt. At about the time the pyramids
were supposedly built, excavations show that people were just figuring out
there was more to fashion than the loin cloth.
We also do not see signs of advanced irrigation techniques we see later
in the middle kingdom.
To build these pyramids
in the classically described manner, at least a 100,000 member community would
have resided in this area. In the Middle
Kingdom, supposedly after Egypt was no longer able to build pyramids, this
could have been accomplished. But I
question whether this could have happened in the supposed Golden Age. Why?
Because evidence (and you can see this in the museums if you go
yourself) indicates a very low agricultural technology during this time. As I said, irrigation wasn’t really
used. At best, the society was in
transition from a hunter gatherer society to an agricultural one. There is no way a hunter gatherer society, or
a partial hunter gatherer society could support a more or less permanent
settlement of 100,000 people. It just
cannot happen. There is not a hunter
gatherer culture in world history that can support this!
Suppose there were no
pyramids. The evidence would then
indicate a slow build up of civilization from about 3500 B.C. until it’s apex
during what we call the Middle Kingdom, say Ramses II for example. Then a slow and understandable decline
follows. There would be little problem
with this except that even the Middle Kingdom temples defy our technology.
But when you include
the pyramids into your picture, this nice traditional progression gets blown
away. There is no way the civilization
of 2800 B.C., given the technology that we observe through archaeological
revelations, could have even begun to build these Pyramids. Today, we are quite unable to build them! I’m not even sure we could even transport the
stones necessary, let alone cut and fit those blocks so precisely. I’m no engineer, but I do not believe we have
the capability.
Although I do not know
how the pyramids were built, nor why they were built, the evidence seems to
suggest that tombs are not the answer.
My Reiki experience certainly indicates to me, that something else is
going on here we have not yet figured out.
I hope we do,
though. The Pyramids are truly
fascinating and I would encourage as many people as possible to experiment and
compare notes.