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Description of  Alternate Currents: Reiki s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific

In the second half of the twentieth century, Reiki went from an obscure therapy practiced by a few thousand Japanese and Japanese Americans to a global phenomenon. By the early twenty-first century, people in nearly every corner of the world have undergone the initiations that authorize them to channel a cosmic energyknown as Reikito heal body, mind, and spirit. They lay hands on themselves and others, use secret symbols and incantations to send Reiki to distant recipients, and strive to follow five precepts to cultivate their spiritual growth. Reikis international rise and development is due to the work of Hawayo Takata (19001980), a Hawaii-born Japanese American woman who brought Reiki out of Japan and adapted it for thousands of students in Hawaii and North America, shaping interconnections across the North Pacific region as well as cultural transformations over the transwar period spanning World War II. Read more