Reiki is a popular “alternative therapy” practice that is also called “healing touch.” According to the American Hospital Association for 2007, 15% of hospitals were using Reiki. A report in The Washington Post for May 16, 2014, was entitled “Reiki Goes Mainstream.” The practice has been praised by Oprah and Dr. Oz. The word “reiki” is Japanese for “spiritually guided life force energy.” It is an occultic practice that allegedly channels “universal healing energy” for purposes such as relaxation and physical healing. The following warning is from “My Mother Is Doing Reiki,” Lighthouse Trails, Feb. 9, 2016: “My mom is into the New Age movement and has had Reiki done on her for years; recently she started practicing Reiki. She does it on friends and family members (I am the only Christian in the family). I live with back pain, and she has wanted to do it on me. I have always said no, but after researching Reiki I finally decided to tell her that my beliefs conflict with Reiki and that the ‘energy’ is actually demonic (that was a difficult conversation). ... she regularly meditates and talks to ‘her angel,’ whom she credits with anything good happening. She is getting deeper into this. My mother says she prays to ‘Jesus’ before doing Reiki. ... She does not believe in the Bible or most of it anyway, nor Jesus’ deity, but rather He came to point the way to God. ... Obviously this is a false Jesus. ... one of her angels is ‘like a best friend’ and has a name.” (Friday Church News Notes, February 26, 2016, www.wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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