A Brief History of Reiki This is just a very short description about the history of Reiki and there are many books on the subject if you wish to delve deeper. When I first became interested in Reiki I found the following book very informative: 'An evidence Based History of Reiki by International Center for Reiki Training' ‘Rei’ – universal wisdom ‘ki’ – life force energy The ancient healing tradition of Reiki was rediscovered in the 20th century by Dr Mikao Usui who spent h