Reiki: Magical Healing

Reiki, one of the major examples of magical healing was founded in 1922 by Buddhist Mikao Usui of Japan. After weeks of meditating, prayer, fasting and chanting, Usui received a mystical revelation that gave him the knowledge and spiritual power to apply and attune others to what is called Reiki.

The word “Reiki” means “spiritually guided life force energy”. Reiki is not learned or developed. Anyone who wishes to become attuned to Reiki can have Reiki granted to them via a process called “attunement” by a Reiki master who usually charges a standard fee for this. Practitioners (those who have been attuned to Reiki) also charge for their so-called healing sessions.
During the attunement process which involves the master laying his hand on the head of the person and saying some “sacred” words, it is believed that the master is opening the spiritual centres of the individual to give them access to the unlimited supply of intelligent and life-giving energy of God. After attunement, the person is considered a Reiki practitioner.

Practitioners believe they are able to use Reiki to heal the body, mind and soul. They perform Reiki on themselves and on others by looking at, blowing on, tapping and laying hands on or above diseased or affected areas. They also send it from a distance to a person or client who had agreed in advance to receive it.

In Reiki, magical symbols are used and spirit beings are invoked. Practitioners move their hands to form the shape of magical symbols which they believe make Reiki more effective. “Reiki Spirit Guides”, angels and other spiritual beings are sometimes called upon by Reiki practitioners for assistance in healing as well as attracting clients.
Reiki is clearly not of God. It is a sinful and very dangerous practice. Attempting to tap into occult forces, using occult symbols and summoning spirits are nothing less than practices of sorcery which can lead to demonic oppression for both the practitioner and the person receiving Reiki.

Reiki Spirit Guides and other spirits that are invoked can never be of God because both the practice of Reiki and the practice of calling upon spiritual beings other than God are sinful. Even calling upon and praying to angels are sins. God’s angels are messengers and ministering spirits belonging only to God Who sends them to do the work He sets out for them (Hebrews 1:14). If spirit beings respond, they are the devil’s angels (demons).

Since there is little evidence that Reiki is an effective treatment for illness, the value of Reiki remains unproven. However, many may swear that Reiki works and claim they feel energized, pain-relief, healed, relaxed, happy or peaceful after a session. Reiki demons like the one who revealed the evil practice of Reiki to Usui will heal and perform many miracles to keep the practice alive and encourage more persons to become initiates. The more initiates there are, the more fleshy homes demons would have.

Reiki does not come from God. It is Satan’s counterfeit for God’s gift of healing. Anyone can receive the Reiki demons but only believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are candidates for true and lasting healing. When the Holy Spirit of God bestows the gift of healing as well as the other gifts of the Spirit to human beings, He selects the right people and grants the gifts accordingly (see 1 Corinthians 12:1-11).