{"id":385,"date":"2021-05-10T00:36:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T00:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/?page_id=385"},"modified":"2025-09-18T03:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:13:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 47%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-7f721ac0-0de0-4883-bbe2-96463971ebb9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/the-grey-book\/\">INTRODUCING<\/a><br><strong><em>Reiki: The Grey <\/em><\/strong><em>Book<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Grey Book, printed in an edition of 100 copies in 1982, was gifted to the 22 Masters recognized by Hawayo Takata. The text is in English with the Therapy Guide of Hayashi in Japanese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 40th anniversary limited edition of 1500 exact copies, authorized by the estate of  Phyllis Lei Furumoto and the Office of the Grandmaster, was reproduced from Phyllis\u2019 personal copy.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Grey-Book-Cover-only-med.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of the cover of the 2022 Limited Edition reprint of Reiki: The Grey Book\" class=\"wp-image-6288 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Grey-Book-Cover-only-med.jpg 716w, https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Grey-Book-Cover-only-med-600x758.jpg 600w, https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Grey-Book-Cover-only-med-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1fb9aab6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-medium-font-size is-style-outline--1\" style=\"letter-spacing:0.3px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/contribute\/donation\/\" style=\"border-radius:9px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get the Book<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size is-style-outline has-medium-font-size is-style-outline--2\" style=\"letter-spacing:0.3px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/the-grey-book\/takatas-diary-entries\/\" style=\"border-radius:9px\">Start Reading<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:47% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Inviting-Generosity-vertical.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6070 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Inviting-Generosity-vertical.jpg 675w, https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Inviting-Generosity-vertical-600x836.jpg 600w, https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Inviting-Generosity-vertical-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-8d66a3b3-6cd6-4677-9fa6-3e9b45690c43\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/about-us\/inviting-generosity\/\">INVITING GENEROSITY<\/a><br><strong><em>Reiki: The Grey Book<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice Takata Furumoto published the <em>Grey Book<\/em> in 1982 as a gift to the Reiki Masters her mother, Hawayo Takata, had initiated. <a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/about-us\/the-grey-book-team\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"700\">The Grey Book team<\/a> wants to continue this legacy of generosity by offering translations of the original text as a gift to the worldwide Reiki community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/contribute\/donation\/\">We invite you to be part of this legacy of giving.<\/a>&nbsp; Join the <em>Grey Book<\/em> project by making a financial offering toward more translations of this text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/contribute\/donation\/\" style=\"border-radius:13px\">Give the Gift of Translation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center is-position-center-center\" style=\"min-height:97px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"349\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-731\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snowy-kurama-gate.png\" style=\"object-position:57% 0%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"57% 0%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snowy-kurama-gate.png 642w, https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snowy-kurama-gate-600x326.png 600w, https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snowy-kurama-gate-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.1\"><strong>Historical Perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#faf8ed\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/resources\/a-powerful-force\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"352\">A Powerful Force<\/a> &#8211; Brian Brunius writes about his motivation to reprint <em>Reiki: The Grey Book<\/em> and put it online for the world to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/resources\/the-grey-book-and-reiki-history\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"301\">The \u201cGrey Book\u201d and Reiki History<\/a> &#8211; Read Dr. Justin Stein&#8217;s historical perspective on <em>Reiki: The Grey Book<\/em>. Learn about the context surrounding its creation and the Masters who received it first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/resources\/a-little-story-about-the-grey-book\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"740\">A Little Story about the Grey Book<\/a> &#8211; Paul Mitchell shares about his payments for Master training, and how unbeknownst to him they funded the original printing of <em>Reiki: The Grey Book. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/resources\/the-mystery-of-spiritual-lineage\/\">The Mystery of Spiritual Lineage<\/a>&#8211; Joyce Winough writes about the passing of spiritual lineage from one generation to the next, and Alice Takata Furumoto\u2019s important role in the passing of the lineage from Hawayo Takata to her granddaughter, Phyllis Lei Furumoto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/en\/resources\/living-into-the-unknown\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"345\">Living Into The Unknown<\/a> &#8211; Susan Mitchell writes about Johannes Reindl, and the four words that changed his life. Glimpse the process of succession and see how lineage lives and breathes within this tradition. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center is-position-center-center\" style=\"min-height:97px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"349\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-731\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snowy-kurama-gate.png\" style=\"object-position:51% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"51% 100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snowy-kurama-gate.png 642w, https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snowy-kurama-gate-600x326.png 600w, https:\/\/reikigreybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/snowy-kurama-gate-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.1\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Powerful Force &#8211; Brian Brunius writes about his motivation to reprint Reiki: The Grey Book and put it online for the world to see. 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