EFFICACY OF REIKI... My Teacher, Marsha...taught me about our Faith from the perspective of the Hard Sciences..and then we worked on Faith, trust in one's self...and Free Will. This is an example of how what we do as a people, ( Craft ), is actually measurable... even to a Scientist.
Keep for your personal records... remember that all Arthurians should also be Reiki Practictioners... We will be having Reiki 1 and 2 classes again at Otter Creek this October... try to plan on attending.
Granny says-
If you don't know what happened or how it was done,it's Magic.
If you don't know what happened, but you can do it and teach others to do it, it's Art.
If you can come up with a reasonable explanation of what happened and call it repeatable, it's Science.
And people will say-
You can't tell me that happened, it's crazy.
Well, you may want to call that an Art, but I won't spend money on it.
Oh, that old thing, everybody knows how that was explained.
And so, Science always tries to study the things that people keep doing, and sometimes they manage to educate us all, a little bit. There is no such thing as the Supernatural. It is always Nature doing something wonderful. But when it is confusing to us because it is way beyond our present understanding, we call it Supernatural.
So here is a bit of Science that is illuminating the Magic we have been doing all along.
Enjoy.
Marsha
THE EFFICACY OF REIKI HANDS-ON HEALING:
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPLEEN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION AS QUANTIFIED BY ELECTRO-DERMAL SCREENING
Barbara Brewitt, MDiv, PhD
Co-Authors
Tim Vittretoe, Reiki Practitioner Level II, BS
Betty Hartwell, Reiki Master; LVN, LMT
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effects of Reiki treatment on chronic illness.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS/HYPOTHESIS
Does hands-on Reiki improve health status of patients with chronic illness as evaluated by electrodermal screening?
METHODS
Five patients with multiple sclerosis (n=2), lupus, fibromyalgia, or thyroid goiter were given eleven one-hour Reiki sessions using four different Reiki Level Two practitioners and one Reiki master over 9 weeks. These Reiki practitioners systematically placed their hands over holding points of neurovascular regions on the cranium, neurolymphatic points on the trunk and minor chakra points on the limbs. During this time period, patients received no other new conventional or alternative medical treatments. All patients initially received three consecutive Reiki sessions which were followed by one Reiki session/week for 8 weeks. All Reiki practitioners were trained by the same Reiki Master who provided at least one session per patient. Positive outcomes were quantitatively evaluated by changes in electrical skin resistance measurements at acupuncture/conductance points using the Life Information System TEN (LISTEN) device, Busywork, Inc., Orem, UT. The LISTEN device measured two outputs: 1) maximum resistance (mix) produced in response to five volt stimulus; 2) rising slope (rise) which is the maximum resistance divided by the seconds of time to reach maximum resistance (Brewitt, J. Nat. Med. 1996 6:66-75). Conditions for LISTEN measurements were held as constant as possible. Results were reported as conductance, the inverse of resistance. All patients were measured 3 times: prior to their first session: after their third session, and their last session. Over forty skin points on the hands and feet were measured per LISTEN evaluation and statistically analyzed using a paired t-test. The eight points showing significance were further analyzed via Bonferonni statistical adjustments.
RESULTS
Out of the forty skin points measured per Session, only three showed significant differences before and after Reiki treatment. These three skin points correlate with acupuncture/conductance meridians of Spleen One, SPI, adrenal glands, THI and the cervical, thoracic region of the spine, NE2, i.e. points of the neuroendocrine-immune system. Prior to Reiki treatment, the mean conductance measurements at these three points were below the normal range of 45.0-55.0 relative units, indicating a chronic illness and depletion of Chi. The left side NE2 point statistically changed from 24% below normal to normal after the third Reiki (Pconductance meridians related to the neuroimmune system. SPI and NE2 significantly improved after eleven Reiki sessions compared to thirty-eight other skin conductance points associated with other organs of the body. The organ meridian of the adrenals, THI also demonstrated statistical improvement by the paired t-test, but lost this significance when Bonferonni statistical adjustments were made to account for small sample size or the possibility of a random chance finding. This study demonstrates a method for quantifying "subtle energy" improvements after treatment with techniques of hands-on healing not easily measured by conventional testing. All of these patients had chronic illnesses that would greatly benefit from greater immune and neuroendocrine functioning. Further study in this area with a larger sample size is warranted.
