Piraeus Seraphim: Reiki: An unorthodox and irrational "energy healing"translated

"REIKI: AN UNORTHODOX AND UNORTHOLOGICAL "ENERGY THERAPY" - (Historical origin, theoretical bases, scientific evaluation and orthodox theological evaluation) is the subject on which the Reverend Metropolitan of Piraeus, Mr. Seraphim, informs in the following video.

His Holiness initially stating that "modern man is experiencing an unprecedented spiritual confusion", he emphasizes that "he often adopts concepts and practices that historical experience has long since rejected. A typical example is the revival of ancient forms of religiosity, mainly of a pagan nature, which, while they had fallen into oblivion for centuries, are coming back today as an alleged answer to the spiritual search of modern man".

"In this context, the spread of so-called "alternative therapies", i.e. therapeutic methods of an empirical nature, which come either from ancient beliefs or from the religious traditions of the East," he characteristically notes, pointing out at the same time that "most of them are imbued with magical and occult concepts and are in complete opposition to the principles of modern medical science." "Not…