Etymology

reiki usui

Today it means: A type of pseudotherapy that claims to use universal life energy known as Chakra while employing the Mikado Usui Original Methods. . Full definition →

Japanese 霊気
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from臼井
  2. Japanese · borrowed from霊気
  3. English todayreiki usui

1970s', from Japanese 霊気 (reiki, literally “spiritual chi/ki”) and Japanese 臼井 (Usui, literally “mortar well, Mikao Usui Last Name”)

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