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These Reiki systems contain numerous
New Age tenets concerning
reincarnation and karma, life on other
planets, spiritual guides, and the like.
Some authors even state that Reiki
initiation opens the way for man’s
unexpected psychological or
parapsychological resources, such as
premonitions, second sight, and aura
visualization. Romanian Reiki masters
recommend that the would-be initiates
should attend church services, confess,
pray, receive the Eucharist, and use
holy water. The Reiki promoters I have
met in my pastoral activity mutually
asserted that there can be no harm in
something that brings you closer to the
church and its worship services.
I have, however, remarked that these
respective persons were dominated
by their masters, whom they regarded
yet caught the attention of specialists
in this field.13
Specialized centers promote Reiki in
Romania for example, the Center for
Reiki Initiation and Improvement
[Centrul de Initiere şi perfecţionare
Reiki] in Romania (CIPRR). Călin
Petru Cotrău established this center
in 2003 to prepare students and
trainers for various Reiki methods
(www.reikiromania.ro). The center
declares itself to be the official
representative in Romania of the
Healing Association Gendai Reiki Ho and
of Komyo Reiki Kai Center of Japan. The
training is provided through workshops.
For each seminar they attend, students
receive the textbook in the Romanian
language and a graduation certificate.
The cost of Tibetan Reiki Usui, for
example, is 250 EURO.
In addition to these centers, there are
individual Reiki masters who specialize
in complementary therapies many of
these Reiki masters also are the authors
of books or informative materials about
Reiki (e.g., Dumitru Hristenco, Risvan
Vlad Rusu, Constantin Gheorghiţă,
Ovidiu Dragoş Argeşanu).14 In
browsing through their books, we
noted their complete freedom in
creating their own Reiki styles, in
which New Age elements blend with
radiesthesia and more or less distorted
Christian teachings. We also must
mention that these Reiki masters
promote theories adverse to the
Christian doctrine: the idea of
evolution and God’s imperfection
Darwinism polytheism and other
pagan notions reincarnation
theosophical ideas about the physical,
esoteric, and astral bodies and so on.
These Reiki systems contain numerous
New Age tenets concerning
reincarnation and karma, life on other
planets, spiritual guides, and the like.
Some authors even state that Reiki
initiation opens the way for man’s
unexpected psychological or
parapsychological resources, such as
premonitions, second sight, and aura
visualization. Romanian Reiki masters
recommend that the would-be initiates
should attend church services, confess,
pray, receive the Eucharist, and use
holy water. The Reiki promoters I have
met in my pastoral activity mutually
asserted that there can be no harm in
something that brings you closer to the
church and its worship services.
I have, however, remarked that these
respective persons were dominated
by their masters, whom they regarded
yet caught the attention of specialists
in this field.13
Specialized centers promote Reiki in
Romania for example, the Center for
Reiki Initiation and Improvement
[Centrul de Initiere şi perfecţionare
Reiki] in Romania (CIPRR). Călin
Petru Cotrău established this center
in 2003 to prepare students and
trainers for various Reiki methods
(www.reikiromania.ro). The center
declares itself to be the official
representative in Romania of the
Healing Association Gendai Reiki Ho and
of Komyo Reiki Kai Center of Japan. The
training is provided through workshops.
For each seminar they attend, students
receive the textbook in the Romanian
language and a graduation certificate.
The cost of Tibetan Reiki Usui, for
example, is 250 EURO.
In addition to these centers, there are
individual Reiki masters who specialize
in complementary therapies many of
these Reiki masters also are the authors
of books or informative materials about
Reiki (e.g., Dumitru Hristenco, Risvan
Vlad Rusu, Constantin Gheorghiţă,
Ovidiu Dragoş Argeşanu).14 In
browsing through their books, we
noted their complete freedom in
creating their own Reiki styles, in
which New Age elements blend with
radiesthesia and more or less distorted
Christian teachings. We also must
mention that these Reiki masters
promote theories adverse to the
Christian doctrine: the idea of
evolution and God’s imperfection
Darwinism polytheism and other
pagan notions reincarnation
theosophical ideas about the physical,
esoteric, and astral bodies and so on.
