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Title: not a lot of meat
Review: After receiving my Reiki I attunement, I wanted very much to find a book that cleared up a few remaining questions and also to give me a more comprehensive background on Reiki. I picked up this book but soon found the "traditional" in the title to be a little misleading.The information on Reiki's origins is very much the standard myth that was first spread by Hawayo Takata when Reiki was first taught in the United States. It has since been debunked by modern Reiki practitioners who traveled to Japan to get the real story.Overall, I found Amy Rowland's book to contain not much more information than you'd get from your average Reiki I class. This may not mean anything regarding Ms. Rowland as a Reiki teacher, but if you're looking for a more in-depth overview of Reiki's history, practice and spirit, I would recommend "The Spirit of Reiki," by three of the foremost Western Reiki teachers. It also contains many very useful Japanese Reiki techniques.
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