The above image of the Shenu is copyright to Patrick Zeigler.

Patrick Zeigler, the founder of Seichim/SKHM was initiated into the original form of this healing Seichim in 1979. When on leave from the Peace Corps, he travelled to Egypt to fulfil a childhood dream of spending the night in the Great Pyramid of Giza. He found an opening to the King’s Chamber made by thieves, crawled through the tunnel and hid until the tourists had gone.  As he lay meditating in the Sarcophagus in the Kings’ chamber, he recounts that a thumping sound pulsated through the chamber and a swirling blue light hovered over him. After overcoming his initial terror, Patrick spent the night meditating on this electric blue energy as it swirled in an infinity pattern in his heart.  In the morning he was covered in a glistening powder, and learned that this spontaneously manifesting substance known as ‘white gold’ is used by gurus in India to heighten spiritual vibrations and promote healing powers.

In Cairo he was introduced to a group of Sufis who instead of whirling, danced a zikir, swaying in a figure-of-eight pattern – which echoed the infinity pattern of the blue energy. Patrick visited the Sufis’ Sheikh in Sudan, who gave him prayer beads and passed on many teachings.  As the Sufis’ ‘Allah’ prayers became an “All Love’ mantra, he felt his heart opening.  When he returned to working in the Peace Corps in Yemen, he began to manifest healing energy. He then spent two years in Nepal practising meditation before returning home to the US in 1983 to study massage and advanced healing techniques.