The seventh and eighth levels of the Grandmaster Reiki series: the Level VII symbol means "great freedom" and the Level VIII symbol "great peace". At each level you learn a twenty-minute symbol meditation and two further symbols that work with intuition.
Before you enrol
Prerequisite
No prerequisite — if you feel ready, you may take it.
The Grandmaster levels are a series added later on top of the Usui tradition, following Usui Reiki Master. This course gives the seventh and eighth levels together; the handbook is taken from the original German manual. A single attunement is given for each level.
Level VII — Great Freedom
The main symbol of this level means "great freedom". Its subject is attachment: holding on to a person, a thing, a job or a habit so tightly that you fear losing it. The freedom this level speaks of is finding what you need not outside but within yourself and in your connection with universal life energy. At this level you also learn a wisdom symbol that strengthens intuition and inner wisdom, and a second symbol with a similar effect.
Level VIII — Great Peace
The symbol of the eighth level means "great peace", and it is about trust: in yourself, in the person in front of you and in the divine energy within everything. I explain this through relationships; where there is no trust there is no peace either. An ancient symbol used in meditation to widen awareness and connect with the higher self is also added at this level.
What you learn on the course
- A meditation of about twenty minutes a day with the symbol of each level
- A short practice with the wisdom symbol that strengthens intuition
- Meditation with the symbol that connects you with your higher self, and questions about your life path
- Giving the seventh- and eighth-level attunements to others, and the attunement sequences for each level
Who is it for?
For Reiki Masters who want to continue the Grandmaster series, which begins with Grandmaster V and VI. These levels are mostly about the inner world: freedom from attachment, trust and peace.
The Grandmaster levels are a complementary energy practice; they do not replace a doctor, a psychologist or medication.
The attunement and afterwards
The attunement is given at a distance: at the time we agree, in your own time zone, you sit or lie down somewhere quiet. Your handbook and a certificate with your lineage arrive by email, and you can write to me with anything on your mind.
Source and lineage
How this system reached me
- M. Usui
- dr. C. Hayashi
- H. Takata
- Furumoto
- B. Muller
- A. Morgelli
- P. Maurer
- M. Armand
- J.A. Falk
- E. Warnecke
- A. Neunast
- K. Kuhs
- A. Srdoc
- C. Ecker- Flegg
- S. Womack
- J. Vanhove
- S. Mayer
- Dr. D. Rev. Nicolae Oprica
- Jose Marino dos Santos
- Roger T. Hill
- Kristen Dietz
- Diane Rodriguez
- Steward Farquharson
- Yücel Durmaz
The last name in the chain is mine; when you complete this course your certificate carries the same chain with your name added.
The manual. You receive the course handbook in my own edition — faithful to the source text, re-set so that it reads clearly on a screen.
Prerequisite
You are expected to have been working actively as a Reiki Master for at least six months, and the levels are taken in sequence. This is a guideline rather than a gate — it is what works for most people.
Some students arrive ready by another route, through years of their own practice, even without having taken these particular systems. If you feel ready, you may go ahead; the decision is yours.
One thing said plainly: an attunement opens as far as the ground beneath it allows. If that ground is not settled yet, the level is still given, but you may not see the response you hoped for straight away. That is not a failure, only timing — a level taken early usually waits for you and settles into place once you are ready.
If you are not sure, choose the free introductory conversation first. We talk on WhatsApp, look at where you are, and decide together which level to continue from.
Free introductory conversation →Related courses
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