For some time now, I have practiced a distance Healing method taught to me by an online teacher.
He was very clear about one thing: it was not Reiki. Beyond that, he never explained where the method came from, how old it was, or what tradition it belonged to. He taught the technique, but not its history.
His method did not involve VR technology, that aspect was my own addition.
Eventually, I decided to investigate its origins myself, using the results and sensations reported by those I treated as my primary data.
During VR sessions lasting 10 to 20 minutes focused on the middle Dantian, volunteers reported a specific range of sensations:
- Nothing at all (few cases).
- Pressure in the chest.
- Sensation of cold and/or heat.
- Chills in the chest.
- Very strong puncture.
- Burning from the inside, like a laser beam passing through (felt in the back).
- Energy entering the chest and flowing through the body, strong enough to cause sweating in hands and feet.
- Volunteer falls asleep during and after healing.
- Sense of calmness.
- Hot sensations in the chest, followed by lightness and ease.
- Initial burning sensation in the chest, which later stopped.
- Heaviness, buzzing, and tingling in the chest at first, followed by deep calm.
To compare my VR method with established traditions, stripping away modern technology, I identified its three defining technical features:
Right‑Hand Exclusivity: The technique activates and channels energy exclusively through the right hand, while the left hand serves only as a stabilizing support.
Vertical Descent: It channels a vertical descent of pure or divine energy rather than internal circulation.
Energetic Focus: It works exclusively on the Energetic body and the Dantians.
I cross referenced these features with Qigong, Taoist alchemy, Pranic healing, Shamanic traditions, Hermetic healing, Mesmerism, and various religious laying on of hands practices, Sufi healing, Kabbalistic practices, etc. None of them matched the combination of: right‑hand exclusivity, vertical descent, energetic body focus.
The closest historical match came from Late antique Theurgy (2nd–5th century CE), specifically the work of Iamblichus Chalcidensis.
Though Iamblichus focused on the Purification of the Pneuma (the “spirit vehicle”) rather than distance Healing specifically, the technical mechanics are nearly identical:
The Conduit: The practitioner acts as a vessel, not the source.
The Right Hand: Historically cited as the primary channel for Divine Fire.
The Descent: Energy is described as descending vertically from the divine realm, through the theurgist, into the subject.
The Pneuma: The work targets the emotional energetic body, which serves as a functional equivalent to the middle dantian.
Purification is short (few minutes session), intense, and followed by clarity.
The sensations reported by my volunteers align remarkably well with ancient descriptions of Theurgic Fire-Purification.
PHASE 1 — RESISTANCE (The initial “clash” of divine energy meeting dense material energy.)
Pressure • heaviness • chills • buzzing • puncture • initial burning
PHASE 2 — BURNING (The active consumption of impurities by the “Theurgic Fire.”)
Heat • laser‑like burning • energy flow • sweating • intense sensations
PHASE 3 — RELEASE (The transition of the pneuma into a state of rest.)
Sweating • chills leaving • heaviness dissolving • sleepiness • quiet
PHASE 4 — CLARITY (The final state of “Solar” clarity and energetic alignment.)
Calm • lightness • ease • warmth • alignment • spaciousness
Even the “null” cases where no sensation was felt find a home in ancient texts. Theurgists described a “gentle fire” that clarifies the spirit without the friction of burning, proving that a lack of sensation does not equate to a lack of efficacy.
By combining this ancient lineage with modern VR technology to enhance presence and focus, the central aim becomes the Purification of the Pneuma, since Embodiment and Reincarnation introduces Blockages that can only be removed with Divine Fire.
Any Healing that occurs is indirect, arising as a secondary effect of the Katharsis.