Author: Christopher Penczak
THE POWER OF FLOWER ESSENCES
(Originally appearing in The Crow’s Calling.) Not so long ago, I heard a few little words that would change my life. I was speaking to a healer, someone who used both massage and energy work like Reiki to help people. She said, “I use flower essences in my practice.”...
The Masks of the Teacher
(Originally appearing in The Second Road) Not long ago I was taking my weekly kundalini yoga class. My teacher, Stephanie, was relating her experiences with her teachers in a training intensive. She described in the Kundalini tradition the types of teachers they had....
The Magick of Soul Mates
First presented as a reading at the annual gay literary convention Saints and Sinners, 2003, New Orleans Louisana. Adapted from Gay Witchcraft: Empowering the Tribe (Weiser 2003). People, gay and straight, talk a lot about finding their soul mate, but don’t take the...
The Healing Touch of Reiki
Reiki translates to “Universal Life Force” from Japanese. Now the word stands for a system of healing and self-empowerment popular all over the world. Ki is the name of life energy in Japan. Other cultures with ancient roots in the metaphysical have similar words for...