Reiki systems

Every school and lineage we can document, grouped by descent: a system sits under the line it came from. Each entry carries its history and how it is taught, and shows a symbol set or a trademark where one has been recorded. It names its founder once the founder has a published entry of their own. A system with no source stays unpublished rather than becoming an empty page.

14 published · 7 root lines

• Usui Reiki Ryōhō1922 · JapanThe original Reiki system, founded by Mikao Usui in Japan in the 1920s.4 symbols
  • ↳ Usui Shiki Ryōhō1938 · United StatesThe Western lineage of Usui Reiki, carried from Japan to Hawaii and then to the world.symbol set not yet recorded
    • ↳ Usui/Tibetan Reiki1990 · United StatesA Western system that adds symbols from Tibetan sources to the Usui set.3 symbols · taught commercially
      • ↳ Karuna Reiki1995 · United StatesA system taught by the International Center for Reiki Training, with a set of Karuna symbols.symbol set not yet recorded · trademark registered
        • ↳ Holy Fire Reiki2014 · United StatesA later system from the ICRT line, taught with its own symbols and ignitions.symbol set not yet recorded · trademark registered
  • ↳ Gendai Reiki Hō1991 · JapanA modern Japanese system that reconciles the traditional Japanese practice with the Western lineages.symbol set not yet recorded · taught commercially
  • ↳ Jikiden Reiki1998 · JapanA Japanese line that keeps the practice close to its pre-war form, taught with its original terminology.symbol set not yet recorded · trademark claimed · taught commercially
  • ↳ Komyo ReikiDo1998 · JapanA Japanese Reiki school that teaches the practice in its simpler, pre-Western form.symbol set not yet recorded · taught commercially
• Seichim / SKHM1980 · United StatesAn Egyptian-named healing system that entered the Reiki world in the 1980s.symbol set not yet recorded · taught commercially
• Rainbow Reiki1990 · GermanyA German system that combines Reiki with other energy practices and a large symbol set.symbol set not yet recorded · trademark claimed
• Tera Mai1990 · United StatesA system combining Seichem with the Reiki symbols, taught from the 1990s.symbol set not yet recorded · trademark claimed
• Kundalini Reiki1999 · DenmarkA system that works with the kundalini channel and a small symbol set.symbol set not yet recorded · trademark claimed
• Angelic Reiki2002 · United KingdomA channelled system working with angels and a set of symbols received by its founder.symbol set not yet recorded · trademark claimed
• Nova Reiki2024 · RomaniaA Reiki system of 251 received symbols, published in the open by the Hasna Foundation.251 symbols