An open reference work
The Reiki encyclopedia.
Every system, every symbol, every source.
- systems
- 14
- symbols
- 258
- drawings
- 251
- sources
- 13
Systems
Every school and lineage, from Usui Reiki Ryōhō and Jikiden to Karuna, Holy Fire and Nova Reiki, with its history, how it is taught, and its place in the line.
Symbols
One entry per symbol. The systems that teach it are memberships, so Cho Ku Rei exists once and names every school that uses it.
Clinics
Where a person can actually find Reiki practice. Listed neutrally, with the source each listing came from.
Masters
Founders, lineage holders and teachers, with dates and the systems they founded or carried.
Sources
The bibliography this encyclopedia rests on, with the catalogue record for each work where a public one exists.
What this is, honestly
Reiki is a spiritual practice. Clinical research does not show it to be effective as a treatment for any medical condition, and this encyclopedia says so on every page that touches healing, with citations. We document what practitioners and systems hold, and we keep that separate from what is established evidence.
Not every symbol here is ours. Traditional sets are documented; drawings are published only when they are reconstructed from documented geometry and rights-reviewed, and a commercially taught or trademarked system gets history and sources without a drawing.