Balancing the Web

This web site is available for your use in learning about the positive aspects of Reiki from the viewpoint of a Roman Catholic Reiki Practitioner.

I'm a Roman Catholic by birth and still attend St. Joseph's Church in Earling Iowa. I spent most of my early education at St. Joseph's School, so what you read here is from a person who has lived the faith and has found a wonderful tool by a loving God.

God listens to our needs and provides us tools as we are ready to accept them. That's what he did for me when he lead me to Reiki.

People like to think inside certain boundaries and get uncomfortable outside them. Well, God doesn't fit totally in any of our boxes. He's much more than we can ever understand. I was taught that God is Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent.  That's good old Catholic school speak for God is all knowing, powerful, and everywhere. With a belief in someone that mighty that unconditionally loves me, I don't have to fear.

The Catholic Church has a long history of integrating other practices into itself (think of Christmas, the date from the Roman Saturnalia or winter solstice). So I can feel comfortable with God leading me to greater understandings even though they may have originated outside western culture. The word "catholic" not only means a particular denomination of Christianity but also means "universal".

"So far, the critics I have read fall into three categories. One is people who don’t believe ki and the human energy system exist at all. Another is people who have misunderstood Reiki before and now reject it. A third is people who do not see how Reiki fits with scripture." - Reiki Master Judith White

Sources and Resources

I'm not going to try to re-invent the reiki wheel, if I find information on the web that is well stated, I'll mention it on this site and quote ( with proper credit) the relevant parts.

Here are some of my favorite resources:

Reiki 4 Healing has an extensive article about Reiki and Christians. It is written by Judith White, whom I quoted above.

To read some carefully researched data about Reiki, you'll like The International House of Reiki. Frans and Bronwen Stiene's research book, The Reiki Sourcebook is an invaluable source for anyone who wants to cut through the smoke of the many opinions of what Reiki is.

I'm proud to be affiliated with The Distant Healing Network which is an international group of Reiki Practitioners who do volunteer distant Reiki treatments. If you feel a need for Reiki and don't have a Practitioner nearby, you can contact them. They assign a Practitioner to send Reiki specifically to you for a time.

Reiki for Christians has a lot of good articles about Christians (including clergy) who use Reiki. This is a good scripture resource also.

James Deacon's Reiki Pages is a wonderful gold mine of scholarly information about Reiki. That's also where I got the Kanji (old style Japanese writing) for the Reiki graphic (and favicon).

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As with most websites, this is a work in progress. If you'd like to be notified of updates or wish to contact me you can send email to healer@catholicreiki.com . If you find mistakes on this site, I'll gratefully fix them.

March 02, 2007 - A real blog added, check it out!

Last updated on February 27, 2009