William Lee Rand received Usui Holy Fire Reiki in 2014. Himself at the origin of Reiki Usui Tibet (in the 90s), WLRand is from the line of Mrs. Hawayo Takata. The techniques and teaching remain the same, the four Usui symbols are still used and transmitted. Only the mode of transmission has changed. Tibetan symbols that appeared in some schools have been replaced with a single symbol. It should be noted that many schools have never used Tibetan symbols and refuse them because they do not consider them traditional to Usui Reiki.
The placements of the three degrees, and ignition to mastery, no longer go through the master teacher, but are driven by the source of spiritual life energy directly. The master teacher just has the ability to initiate this process, he no longer serves as a "filter". It's live! Originally, Mikao Usui did not use symbols and protocols to initiate. Reiki Usui Holy Fire returns a little to this source in a certain way, and the meditation takes again a big place there during the training courses.
Usui Holy Fire Reiki is simply an energetic adjustment that matches the vibrational rate of our time. Which is normal after all since Reiki has not stopped evolving and enriching itself since Mikao Usui.
"We can see that since Mikao Usui, Reiki has been constantly evolving. On the other hand, it is important to emphasize that all these forms of Reiki Usui, as different as they may be, all refer to Mikao Usui. I say a form of Reiki Usui because today, nobody really practices Reiki Usui in its original version. But the philosophy and the Usui symbols used in these various currents are identical, whatever the school which perpetuates the teaching of Usui Sensei .
For the same reason, Usui Holy Fire Reiki contains all the essence and practices of Usui Reiki. I would even say that Usui Holy Fire Reiki is a bit of a return to the source, where the teacher steps aside to let the Spiritual Energy of Life work directly without the teacher's filter".
"from "Reiki Then and Now" by William Lee Rand."