Page 107 of a 2019 book titled The Healing Power of Reiki claims
that:
“Reiki is a practical remedy for calming your fears and
reducing anxiety. Even if you are not ordinarily the anxious type, using Reiki
as a calming agent is a good idea. With the help of Reiki, you may be able to
overcome certain phobias, such as the fear of public speaking, death, flying,
hospitals, darkness, water, heights, poverty, thunderstorms, or riding in
elevators.”
But a web page at the Rational Wiki says:
“Reiki is a pseudoscientific energy therapy that claims a
long and venerable tradition, although it was invented from whole cloth in
1922. It is based on the following beliefs:
There is a universal and inexhaustible spiritual energy
which can be used for healing purposes.
Through an attunement process carried out by a Reiki Master,
any person can gain access to this energy.
This energy will flow through the Reiki Master’s hands when
they place their hands near the patient.
As the energy has human-like intelligence, there is no need
for diagnosis – the energy will automatically judge the disease and heal the
patient.”
Similarly, the Wikipedia page about Reiki dismissively says:
“Reiki is a pseudoscience.”
An article by Stephen Barrett at Quackwatch on August 22,
2015 is titled Reiki is nonsense. A recent article by Jonathan Jarry at the McGill
Office of Science and Society on February 19, 2020 titled Should we take Reiki
seriously? concluded we should not, so it likely doesn’t reduce anxiety.
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