Copyright & Trademark Information

The articles and artwork within this website are the copyrighted and trademarked property of William L. Rand Company, Vision Publications, International Center for Reiki Training, and others. No part of the articles or artwork may be reproduced by any means or in any form whatsoever without written permission, except for brief quotations embodied in literary articles or reviews. Permission is ususally not difficult to receive to use part of an article, but we require that you ask for and get permission first. We also ask that you give credit by listing www.reiki.org as the source. Note that on our free download page there are some articles that can be reproduced in whole. Concerning use of our articles on other web sites, we don't usually give permission for entire articles to be placed on other web sites, but instead recommend that you write a short summery of the article on your site and then link directly to the article on our site.

Trademarks

The New Logo

The original logo was created in 1990, shortly after I became a Reiki Master. At that time, Reiki was taught as an oral tradition, with no written material given to the student and the student not permitted to take notes. I initially followed this method, but from my experience and after talking with other students and teachers, I realized that the system led to a significant lack of information being taught, resulting in mistakes because of the absence of a written record to verify how one was to practice and teach. Because of this, I decided that rather than maintain the oral tradition, it would be better to provide written material and allow students to take notes so that the accuracy of the information taught would be consistent and would contain a greater level of depth and meaning. The first manual I created contained about 40 pages and was photocopied. It was when I produced this first manual that I felt inspired to create the ICRT logo to put on the cover. 

The logo remained the same until September 2025. By this time, the ICRT was evolving, expanding its reach internationally, leading to the translation of our manuals into eleven foreign languages. This expansion process is continuing at an increasing pace, and because of this, I felt inspired to modify the logo to indicate our global reach. The new design expresses how the energy of the ICRT is shifting into the alignment required to address the needs of our changing planet. 

The design contains significant symbolism. The outer ring with twelve petals represents the heart chakra. The next ring with sixteen petals represents the throat chakra. The image of the world encompasses our planet, its inhabitants and all living things. And in the center is the Japanese kanji for Reiki. Together, the logo represents Reiki healing and blessing all the people of the Earth and every living thing through the communication of love. 

The Logo is the Registered Service Mark of The International Center for Reiki Training.

Holy Fire® and Karuna Reiki®

The words Holy Fire® and Karuna Reiki® are registered trademarks and require that the trademark symbol be used with them any time they are used – website, advertising, class materials, brochures, etc.

It is important to understand that it is not the energy that is trademarked but our system of Reiki that we use in our classes. The trademark for Holy Fire® applies to our work with Reiki only, maintaining the integrity of the energy and what we teach in our classes.

Note that the ® symbol can be found in the symbol section of most word processing programs.

Here are the guidelines on how to use them properly.

Usui/Holy Fire® Reiki
(Then include either sentence below at the bottom of the page)
® Holy Fire is the registered service mark of William Lee Rand.
OR
Holy Fire® is the registered service mark of William Lee Rand.
(In some instances it may not be appropriate to use either statement at the bottom of the page, i.e., certificates, business cards)

Holy Fire® Karuna Reiki®
(Then include either sentence below at the bottom of the page)
® Holy Fire and Karuna Reiki are registered service marks of William Lee Rand.
OR
Holy Fire® and Karuna Reiki® are registered service marks of William Lee Rand.
(In some instances it may not be appropriate to use either statement at the bottom of the page, ie. certificates, business cards)

Class Titles
Usui/Holy Fire® III Reiki I/II Training
Usui/Holy Fire® III Reiki Master Training
Holy Fire® III Karuna Reiki® Master Training

Also see: The Trademarking of Karuna Reiki®

Disclaimer

The ideas and techniques described in this website are for the Reiki student. They are not meant to be an independent guide for self-healing. If you have a health condition and intend to use Reiki, please do so under the supervision of an enlightened medical doctor or other health care professional.

Holy Fire® and Karuna Reiki® are registered service marks of William Lee Rand.