Sekhem

Sekhem, in a spiritual sense, means “might” or “power”. Its origins are within Egypt and before that Lemuria and Atlantis, where it was taught and practiced as a healing art in the very early temples by the High Priests. There are many references to Sekhem on the wall of the temples and pyramids and in scrolls found within the ancient temple ruins.

Reiki/Seichim are seen as offshoots of this system because many thousands of years ago, scholars and monks who travelled to Egypt to learn this system, modified this energy to suit the spiritual beliefs and practices of their local cultures and philosophies, on returning home. These gradual changes over time also altered the vibrational quality of the energy.

The Sekhem energy is associated with the Egyptian lion-headed Goddess Sekhmet, the guardian and protector of this energy. She is strongly linked with the star Sirus, the brightest star in the sky and, according to myth and legend, was present at the Creation of our Universe. This goddess is the bringer of destruction and healing, as she is both the patroness of war and healing sciences, and despite the many myths of destruction, she is also considered to be the Goddess of Regeneration and Healing. Sekhmet destroys that which no longer serves us, so that we can build on a new foundation.

The Sekhem energy was re-discovered by Helen Belot who has many recollections of lives as a High Priestess in the very early temples of ancient Egypt. As the custodian of Sekhem, she re-introduced this system in the 1980s to suit the conditions of life today. In her words: “this energy emerged to assist humanity to change their vibration rate quickly and easily to enable Mankind and Earth to ascend to their higher purpose. It is an on-going and developing system and is not static nor totally complete at this stage.”