The picture of the Sekhem Heka book is being used with full permission from Storm and was given when the book was originally published in 2012.
Sekhem Heka, where do I start....
I think the first place to start is to thank Storm Constantine for connecting me with Sekhem Heka. Storm and I worked closely when Sekhem Heka was being written and it was an honour to have been asked to write a short message for her that was added to the book which can be bought on Amazon.
Here is the message that I wrote for the book: Everything we see, hear, smell and taste is also said to come from this universal energy. Sekhem, Seichim and Reiki work very well together as a unified trinity of sacred healing energies to completely balance and harmonise your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies, bringing balance and harmony to your life. They help you expand your capacity to carry more light and love, which anchors and grounds the essential life force within your energy system. Many people all over the world feel a calling to Egypt and Egyptian energies. Learning to work with these energies can transform your life. Sekhem Heka introduces the searcher to this practice through seven degrees of spiritual and personal self-exploration and self-development.” Jay Burrell, Founder of The School of LivingReiki Therapies {Yes, the Academy was a simple school back when the system was created}
Storm passed away a few years ago but I want to say that it was an honour to be part of the Sekhem Heka journey and this will be a system that I will always treasure as being part of my ongoing connection with the Egyptian Deities and Sacred Energies.
In Ancient Egypt, Sekhem literally meant ‘power’ or ‘might’. The term applied to gods and goddesses and was often part of the titles of pharaohs and queens. The Sekhem scepter carried by rulers and important officials was a physical representation of their earthly power. In recent years, the word Sekhem has been reinterpreted to mean the energy of a healing system named after it, but that meaning is of modern not ancient origin. Sekhem, in its modern sense, is a form of healing that derives from a system called Seichim, which itself is partly a derivative of Reiki. Originally, the word Heka meant ‘magic’ or ‘magical power’, and it was also the name of a god who presided over magic. This system of healing and self-development derives from Storm's experience in the healing systems Reiki and Seichim and also in magical practices inspired by Ancient Egypt. Sekhem Heka is a system that incorporates energy healing as well as a structured series of rituals and path workings, focusing upon the energy centers of the body and associated Egyptian god forms. Storm formulated the system for a number of reasons. Primarily, she has a great interest in the goddess Sekhmet as do I and other Egyptian god forms, and have worked with their energy for many years. Once Storm became a Reiki Teacher and discovered Seichim/Sekhem, she was pleased to discover that some Teachers had combined energy healing with Egyptian symbolism, and was keen to go down that path herself. Secondly, as Reiki initiation paves the way for self-development, Storm wanted to provide a system for her magical students whereby they could combine their studies.
You do not have to be attuned to Reiki or Seichim to be able to use most of the Sekhem Heka system but for those unfamiliar with the term, an attunement is a short procedure, performed by a Teacher who has taken the highest, often called Master Degree of an energy healing system. Attunements are the core of the majority of healing models based on Reiki and its derivatives, during which a person becomes enabled to channel universal life energy (chi or ki) through their body. Thus, the energy they utilise is not their own; it is universal energy channelled through them. It neither exhausts nor depletes you as you work with it. Anybody, whether they’ve been attuned to an energy healing system or not, can perform the meditations and rituals of this system and acquire the benefits from them.
The Origins of Seichim/Sekhem
In the early 1980's an American gentleman named Patrick Zeigler underwent a spontaneous attunement while in Egypt which occurred within the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was an experience similar to that of Master Mikao Usui when he first acquired the ability to channel Reiki. Eventually, and sometime later after having taken his Reiki training, Patrick formulated a method in which he was able to pass on the same energies that he himself had received. Over the years, as Reiki initiates learned how to work with Seichim, the two systems became fused, and now there are many crossovers between them, not least that Seichim attunement involves the use of Reiki symbols. (This is presumably because Patrick Zeigler used adapted Reiki attunements when formulating his initial Seichim system). Although Seichim and Reiki are mostly regarded as separate systems, channelling different energy ‘rays’, Storm does not think the two can be separated, for the simple reason of the shared symbols. If Seichim attunements were performed without any recourse to Reiki methods, then that might not be the case, but they are, and this cannot be overlooked.
As with Reiki, many different branches of Seichim sprang up, and one of these was Sekhem. Although this was a term originally used by Patrick Zeigler, who has experimented with various different names for his system, it has been adopted by other Teachers, some of whom have greatly added to or changed the system. Sekhem, typically, incorporates the Egyptian goddess, Sekhmet, who was a ferocious lioness deity in ancient times, but who also had a healing aspect. Sekhmet’s priests were also physicians, so it’s easy to see how this goddess fits neatly into the Sekhem healing system. It is Storm's strong belief that any experienced practitioner can connect to Sekhem Heka, through regular meditation and openness to its manifestation. If you already regularly meditate or perform spiritual rituals, it should come easily. If you have taken a Teacher's degree in Reiki or Seichim, the practices will undoubtedly feel more familiar to you, but to get positive results you simply need to want to experience them.
If you are intrigued by Sekhem Heka and this blog post resonates with you, please CLICK HERE to learn more about SHEF {The energy centers of the body} and each of the Sekhem Heka Degree's.