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June 2006 Newsletter
Welcome
to the June 2006 newsletter. These newsletters are usually sent out by
e-mail. This one has been posted to the website as there are some articles
which it would be good to have in the public domain.
Thank
you.
Robert
Summer Solstice
 Next
week will be the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.
For
anybody interested in celebrating down at Stonehenge,
English Heritage will be allowing open access to the Standing Stones from the
evening of Tuesday 20th June overnight to the morning of Wednesday 21th June. Further
details can be found at these websites:
http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/stonehenge/2006/
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.5067
For
those who do not have cars, please go to http://www.wdbus.co.uk/htm/ta/solstice.asp
for details of buses to Stonehenge. Buses will run into the early hours of the
morning.
If
you wish to go to Avebury for the Solstice, the National Trust have warned of
limited parking space this year and the police have advised that cars parked
on the verges around the Standing Stones will be removed.
The
Glastonbury
Festival is taking a year off in 2006, but details of the alternative
festival can be found at http://sunrisecelebration.com. Day tickets are available. There will be a lot of spiritual events and
work taking place so a great time should be had for the Solstice.
Crystals Fairs
Crystals
fairs will be held at these locations during the remainder of 2006. They are
targeted at a variety of audiences including collectors, healers and jewellers. Further
details can be found at http://www.rockngem.co.uk/index.asp.
 5th
and 6th August - Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury-on-Thames, West London
12th
and 13th August - Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells
2nd
and 3rd September - Newton Abbott Racecourse, Newton Abbott, Devon
9th
and 10th September - Newark
Showground, Winthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire
16th
and 17th September - Bath and West Showground,
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
21st
and 22nd October - Kempton
Park, Sunbury-on-Thames
28th
and 29th October 2006 - Margam Country Park, Neath, Porth Talbot, South Wales
25th
and 26th November - Brighton
Racecourse.
The
biggest fairs are held at Kempton Park Racecourse to the south west of London. At a good fair
at Kempton there can be around 150 different stalls. Details on how to get to
Kempton by road or train can be found at www.kempton.co.uk. Trains to Kempton
Park from Central London run from Waterloo up to twice an
hour. If you use crystals in healing
work and have never visited the fairs at Kempton before, a visit is a must.
Kathleen Milner and Patrick Zeigler
I
was fortunate enough to be able to attend an evening workshop in London with Kathleen
Milner and Patrick Zeigler on 25th April.
Kathleen is my Head of Lineage for the Tera-Mae ™ energies at http://www.kathleenmilner.com/ and Patrick is
my Head of Lineage for Seichim at http://www.all-love.com. Both Kathleen and Patrick gave a talk on how they
had come to be involved with the energies. Although their histories can be
read in books and on the internet, it was unforgettable to hear them recount
their experiences in person. Kathleen
and Patrick then worked together to combine their usual ways of working and
spent time with us calling in the energies and Higher Beings. A lot of energy
was raised and felt around the workshop and a lot of healing took place. This
was the first time that Kathleen and Patrick had worked together in a public
forum and it was a great success. Hopefully, they might be able to get together
again here in England
one day.
SKHM Workshops
Following
the evening with Patrick and Kathleen, I attended an SKHM workshop held by
Patrick on 4th and 5th May. This was a great experience which I now share
with everybody in case others might like to attend one of these workshops
some time in the future. Patrick does not work with specific energies these
days but works in a more general way with all the energies around us.
We
had a small group of six people and Patrick. We called in all our personal
energies and the energies of the planet and the universe and built up a lot
of energy within the group. Patrick took us through his Shenu
meditation which involves bringing all the energies into our heart centres and opening our hearts. I had read about the Shenu meditation before but it was much better to be
guided through it by Patrick himself. The purpose of the meditation was to
reconnect our hearts with the world all around and to enter into the ‘state
of the heart’ – a state of
consciousness where a person is actively feeling the sensation of strong love
for everything all around and of being reconnected to everything all around.
Once
the energies were flowing, it was time for the work to start. These workshops
can be used for a number of purposes. They are good if somebody needs to be
healed of something. They are good for doing inner meditation and developing
awareness. They are good for receiving initiations from Source and for
receiving information psychically. They are good for entering different
states of consciousness. What happens in these workshops can depend upon what
energies the participants bring to the workshop and what the participants
need and can be flexed accordingly.
In
my group, some deep healing took place. The participants were able to release
some long standing emotional issues. One of the participants received a big
initiation.
I
had been so busy for months that my energy field was a bit clogged up from
day to day work, and all of that got cleared out. I did not really get into
the ‘state of the heart’ during the workshop although I was flipping in out
and out for that for several days afterwards. I was mostly in a state of
‘just being’ for many days afterwards where the mind and emotions were
completely still. After the workshop it felt as if the healing energies were
flowing through me more strongly. I had been in an ongoing 'state of the
heart' back in 2004 for many weeks but not so much since. One of my
intentions for Patrick's workshop was to get back to where I was at that
point in time. The energies and Higher Beings all have their own way of
working with us and we do not always get the results we expect or in the way
that we intend. However, I have now
gone back to that point in time energywise albeit
through a route subsequent to the workshop that I would not have expected.
These
workshops are different to workshops for specific energies like Reiki in that
a specific energy is not being passed from teacher to student. The focus is
much more upon members of a group working together and the structure for
these workshops is much looser than for a traditional energy workshop.
 Patrick
lives in New Zealand
these days so is not here often to teach these kinds of workshops. If anybody
might like to attend an SKHM
workshop, however, one is being held in Cornwall
in July by Georgy. The dates are 8th to
10th July and the location will be St.Ewe
near Mevagissey.
Georgy trained with Patrick Zeigler and is a
registered SKHM teacher. You can read more about Georgy in an article from the current edition of
Vision magazine which has been posted to webpage http://www.abouthealing.net/Georgys%20Article/index.htm. Day 1 of Georgy’s
workshop will be an intensive day bringing in and receiving the
energies. Day 2 will be
a PROCESSING day away from the workshop, on the beach or at
the "Lost Gardens of Heligan", or
wherever one feels they would like to be, so that participants can have
their own space to work with the energies from the previous day and can start
to integrate them, with information given at the end of day 1. Day 3
will be a day of working together back in the group. Any healing that is
needed can take place during the workshop. And further profound work will
take place. Georgy’s particular focus for the
workshop will be the receiving of initiations and of receiving whatever
each individual needs at this time for their highest good. These are
just examples of the many things that occur at a SKHM workshop, there is much
more besides. Georgy can be contacted on
01726-844362 or healingsthatwork@tiscali.co.uk
for enquiries.
Trademarking of Sekhem
In
2001, application was made to trademark the word SEKHEM throughout the
European Union. As the word Sekhem is in widespread use throughout the EU, I
did not feel that it was appropriate for it to be trademarked and made
application to the EU to oppose the trademarking.
My
application to oppose was unsuccessful for a number of reasons including not
being able to establish a prior right for myself to use the word. The EU has now granted trademark status to
the word SEKHEM (trademark E2006393) in the following product areas:
Class 03:
Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use; cleaning,
polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential
oils, cosmetics, hair lotions; dentifrices.
Class 33:
Alcoholic beverages (except beers).
Class 42:
Health care services inclusive of medical clinics, naturopaths; massage;
medical assistance; pharmacy advice; physiotherapy; rest homes; sanitoria.
Application
was made to trademark the word written in upper case (capital) letters as
SEKHEM. My interpretation is that the application did not include the word
written in other combinations of upper and lower case letters such as Sekhem
or sekhem.
If anybody who
is affected by the trademarking wishes to know more, please feel free to
contact me at
info@healingenergies-at-londonwest.com. I have all the
paperwork relating to the trademarking.
Allan Sweeney and Research Projects
For
those of you who do not know him, Allan is one of the leading energy healers
here in the UK
(www.reiki-healing.com) . He has stepped back from a very busy healing and
teaching schedule in the last two years or so to work on developing special
healing techniques for specific medical ailments and to organise
research into the effects of energy healing on these ailments. It will be
through professional standards of research by the scientists and medical
professionals that energy healing will eventually take its correct place in
the wider healthcare sector so Allan’s work is at the leading edge here. He
is looking for people to help him with this work – healers, people with
professional research and statistician backgrounds, and people who can
co-ordinate research projects. He is also involved with the building of a
beachside cancer research and healing centre near Acapulco
in Mexico
and is looking for people who could maybe go there to assist with healing
work or to manage the centre. If you might be able to help him in anyway,
please contact him on allan.sweeney@reiki-healing.com for further details.
In particular Allan is getting a
research project underway now to measure the characteristics of the energies
being channelled by healers and is asking for healers to come forward to
help. Below is a copy of a communication which he sent out recently. If you are interested in helping,
application forms may be obtained direct from Allan or through myself at info@healingenergies-at-londonwest.com. Participants
will not have to go to Margate.
Allan will arrange various centres around the UK
to which healers can go.
Experienced
Healers Wanted!
To
replicate a
Research
study by Arizona University (USA)
with
Principle Investigator, Dr Allan Sweeney (UK)
ELECTROMAGNETIC
FREQUENCY METER MEASUREMENTS AS A PREDICTOR OF CAPACITY IN ENERGY MEDICINE
PRACTITIONERS IN A RESEARCH SETTING
Background
There has
been much debate in recent years why some healers get better results than
others. Arizona University
is pioneering research into the energy emitting from a healer’s hand during a
healing treatment. In the USA
they found a significant increase in energy when healers turned their energy
‘on’ compared to a baseline measurement before they started. Allan Sweeney is now furthering this work
in collaboration with Arizona University, and seeks UK healers to take part in a
replication study.
Purpose
Energy
Healers use specific states of consciousness to heal others through
manipulation of the Human Energy Field. Although the Human Energy Field has
not yet been adequately described by the scientific method, it is experienced
by Energy Healers as a field of energy that informs and interpenetrates the
human body and that can be influenced by un-ordinary states of consciousness
called “healing intention”. The
origins of this form of medicine date back to the origins of humanity, and so
the practice of energy healing is known in virtually every human civilization
worldwide. One obstacle inherent in
the scientific study of Energy Healing is the wide variety of traditions in
which Energy Healers are trained, resulting in healers of different
capabilities, using varied techniques.
This purpose of this project is to gather information on the
characteristics of Energy Healers, across and between healers of various
traditions, so that future studies of Energy Healing may be scientifically
standardized, ultimately leading to a better scientific understanding of this
form of medicine.
General
Two groups will be
selected for participation in this study,
·
Energy healing group, and
·
Control group.
The groups will help
research using a High and Low Frequency Electromagnetic meter and a Broadcast
Frequency counter. The meter will be held at a distance of at least one half inch
from a part of the body (without touch) for a period of from 3 seconds to one
minute depending on the data collection point.
All data
collection points are predetermined on diagrams participants can see.
Participants
will be asked to fill out a demographics questionnaire.
Inclusion criterion for
energy healing group
·
Reiki third degree practitioners
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Must have minimum of 3 years healing experience
·
Should have treated at least 6 patients weekly
Inclusion
criterion for control group
Control
subjects will have had no contact with energy healing currently or in the
past, including no training in meditation, or the martial arts.
Control
subjects will be age and sex matched with the energy healing subjects.
Exclusion
criterion
All
subjects (energy healers and controls) will be asked to confirm that they do
not have any of the following psychological/physical conditions during the
consenting process:
1) A
history of psychological disorders
2) A
history of drug or alcohol abuse
3) A
history of any major medical problems (epilepsy, stroke, Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s, major head trauma, heart disease, lung disease, liver disease,
kidney disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, pacemaker, metal implants and
difficulty breathing through their nose.
4) Use
of any benzodiazepines (used as tranquilizers or calming medications) and
tri-cyclic antidepressants (which are medications used to treat severe
depression) opiates (generally prescribed as pain medication) within two
months prior to the start of the study.
5) Female
subjects who are pregnant will also be excluded.
General
All
participants will be age 18 or older
The study
will take a maximum of one hour
Participation
is entirely voluntary and you may withdraw from the study at any time even
after beginning as a subject
The
majority of energy healers in this country are female. Many energy healers
come from ethnic and minority backgrounds. Any person expressing an interest
in participating in this research process and who meets the
inclusion/exclusion criteria will be invited to participate. No special
recruitment activities will be directed towards women and/or minority groups.
Confidentiality
You will be
assigned a number and during the data collection and subsequent analysis,
research team members will be able to identify you by number only. A master list assigning your name to your
subject number will be maintained for the duration of the study and upon
completion of the study will be destroyed. This master list will be kept in a
locked file cabinet and on triple-password-protected computers at the Human
Energy Systems Laboratory 1601 N. Tucson Boulevard, Suite 17, Tucson, AZ
85716 USA. Access to the master list
will be restricted to the Principal Investigators. Your specific demographics
information will be destroyed at the end of the study. You will not be identified in any
publication or presentation that may result from this study.
Costs and
compensation
The only
cost for participation in this study is your time and travel cost involved.
The testing will take a maximum of 1 hour. No monetary compensation will be
provided as a study subject.
Benefits
There are
no guaranteed direct benefits associated with participation in this
study. However, you may benefit
psychologically from knowing that this work may help to improve the quality
of energy medicine that is available to society by helping to measure and
standardize energy healers and energy healing treatments.
Contacts
You can
obtain further information from the Principal Investigator for UK, Dr Allan Sweeney, 5 Beach Houses, Royal Crescent, Margate
Kent CT9 5AL UK. Tel 01843 230377 email allan.sweeney@reiki-healing.com
Brief bio
Allan Sweeney PhD (Alternative Medicine),
specialises in pioneering research, development and marketing of new healing
techniques. His main objective is to research and apply unique healing
energy complementary therapy approaches specific to an illness, condition or
symptom, with highest efficacy, effectiveness, and cost-effective
outcomes. Previous, current, and proposed future research includes ADHD
(Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), migraine, stress, tinnitus, asthma,
deafness, emotions, addictions, eczema, sciatica, depression, allergies,
fractures, and cancer. He is a Doctor of Philosophy in Alternative
Medicine, had a Harley Street healing clinic, National Trainer for Reiki for
all UK prisons, has taught workshops globally, SKY TV presenter, runs his
Margate UK 'Heaven-by-the-Sea' residential healing centre, author of healing
books, Honorary Tutor of Gendai
Reiki in Japan, appeared on TV and radio programmes around the world,
and is building a pioneering Cancer Centre in Mexico.
Allan is available for consultancy, international
lectures, courses and workshops on all healing subjects.
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