Reiki

[minnou]

What is the Catholic teaching on Reiki?

 

[Joannm]

I do know that the conference of bishops have stated that it is not allowed to be practiced at Catholic facilities. My husband is a hospital chaplain and he got the directive and had to tell some chaplains to stop doing it, So I guess that means the Church frowns on it. Think about it. Reiki is channeling energy. As far as calling it a medical procedure, hands don’t even touch the patient. Before I even knew what it was someone did it to me (on a retreat of all places). I thought, this is stupid. Nothing happens. I guess it relies on power of suggestion.

 

[SwizzleStick]

Below are links with relevant info, OP.

Reiki Therapy Unscientific, ‘Inappropriate for Catholic Institutions,’ Say Bishops’ Guidelines
usccb.org/comm/archives/2009/09-067.shtml

Bishops’ new guidelines condemn Reiki therapy as ‘superstition’
catholicnewsagency.com/news/bishops_new_guidelines_condemn_reiki_therapy_as_superstition/

Following are several links to other threads on Catholic Answers Forum regarding reiki. A search brought up many more, but these will give you information.

What about Reiki?
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=11753

Reiki - is it compatible with Catholic faith?
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=2255

What is the Church’s teaching on Reiki?
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=184714

NO to reiki say our Bishops! Thank You Jesus
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=324144

USCCB: Reiki incompatible with Christianity
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=324047

US bishops: Reiki is dangerous, superstitious
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=324374

Reiki and Catholicism
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=325111

 

[karow]

I do know that the conference of bishops have stated that it is not allowed to be practiced at Catholic facilities. My husband is a hospital chaplain and he got the directive and had to tell some chaplains to stop doing it, So I guess that means the Church frowns on it.

I dunno for sure, but maybe because it stems from Buddhism?

 

[Dorothy]

What is the Catholic teaching on Reiki?

You can e-mail Moira Noonan by going to her site, if you like.

moiranoonan.com/index.html

She had been a practicioner of Reiki for a while, and got more and more into New Age practices.
She wrote an excellent book “Ransomed from Darkness”.

After getting deep into New Age practices, she finally got out, due to our Blessed Mother’s help.

Her book is quite a story!

 

[Samuel63]

Reiki is new age material. Consider it in the same category as a witch doctor, or a seance, or ouiji board, or tarot cards.

It is meddling in the spiritual realm without God. This is very dangerous.

Check out the latest two books by Gabriel Amorth - An Exorcist Tells His Story.

 

[thistle]

Reiki is new age material. Consider it in the same category as a witch doctor, or a seance, or ouiji board, or tarot cards.

It is meddling in the spiritual realm without God. This is very dangerous.

Check out the latest two books by Gabriel Amorth - An Exorcist Tells His Story.

There is also another good book called Catholics and the New Age by Father Pacwa.

 

[marica_mandic]

What is the Catholic teaching on Reiki?

Catholics are arainst Reiki. Reiki is a part of another religion. You have many god spiritual technics in Catholic religion, for example to look Jesus face and to can feel than come down.

 

[Dorothy]

Reiki is not of the Lord.

We need to invoke the power of the Holy Spirit, not the “energies” out there.

All good things come to us through the mediatorship of Our Lord Jesus Christ.