Reiki Research Papers (Reference Guide) A to Z
The following is a list of published articles and research papers on the use of Reiki and other related hands-on healing research. Special thanks to Ed Miller and Darryl Harris for many of these papers, as well as Light and Adonea for compiling this list on their Reiki Website.
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Algarin, R.
Using REIKI as a harm reduction tool and as a stress management technique for participants and self. Northeast Conference: Drugs, Sex and Harm Reduction Conference Syllabus. (1995)
Harm Reduction Coalition and the Drug Policy Foundation, the ACLU AIDS Project and the City University of New York.

Brewitt, B., Vittetoe, T., Hartwell
The efficacy of Reiki hands-on healing: improvements in spleen and nervous system function as quantified by electrodermal screening.
Alternative Therapies 1997 July; Vol.3. No.4.
Available from: Hartwell Healing and Health 2850 228th S.E. #D, Issaquah, WA 98029

Bullock, M.
Reiki: a complementary therapy for life.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 1997 Jan; 14(1): 31-33.

Harris, Darryl James
R.N., Dip.App.Sc.(Nursing) (UWSN)., B.H.Sc.(Nursing) (UWSN).,MCN(NSW)., MRCNA.
The Mystery and Meaning of Reiki.
This study contibutes to nursing knowledge and practice by expanding and supporting previous research on Reiki. It describes the essence of Reiki, thus enabling nurses and other health care professionals, to better understand this healing art. Implications for nursing education, research and practice are discussed.
A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney Nepean (School of Health & Nursing) in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) (Honours), ã 1998. For an overview of this paper read "The Nature of the Reiki Experience"  Visit Darryl's webpage at: http://sites.netscape.net/strgzrdjh/homepage.html

Kelner, M. et al
Health care and consumer choice: medical and alternative therapies.
Soc Sci Med. 1997 Jul; 45(2): 203-212.

Kelner, M. et al.
Who seeks alternative health care? A profile of the users of five modes of treatment.
J Altern Complement Med. 1997; 3(2): 127-140.

Milton, G., & Chapman, E.
The benefits of Reiki treatment in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs.
Pathways to healing: Enhancing Life Through Complementary Therapies, Conference Proceedings 1995 September; 24-25.
Canberra: Royal College of Nursing Australia.

Neklason, Zale T.
The effects of Reiki treatment on telepathy and personality traits.
Thesis (M.S. in Counseling) 80 pages --Calif. State University, Hayward,1987.

Olson, K., Hanson, J.
Reiki to manage pain: a preliminary report.
Cancer Prevention & Control 1997; I(2) Canadian publication

Robertson, A.L.
Pronounced effects of proper Reiki attunement.
American Reiki Master Association Newsletter; I(5),6.

Rosentiel, L.
Hypnosis and Reiki
Journal of Hypnotism 1991 Dec.; 8-10

Schlitz, M., Braud, W.
Reiki-Plus natural healing: an ethnographic/experimental study.
PSI Research 1985 Sept./Dec.; 4(3-4) 100-123.
Available from Mind Science Foundation, 8301 Broadway, #100, San Antonio, TX 78209

Tattam, A.
Reiki--healing and dealing.
Aust Nurs J. 1994 Aug; 2(2): 3.

Thorton, L.
A study of Reiki, An energy field treatment, using Rogers' Science.
1996 Winter; Vol. VIII, No. 3.
Available from: Lucia Thorton, 12592 Valley Vista Lane, Fresno, CA 93720
Email: lucia_marie_thornton@CSU.fresno.edu

Thorton, L.
A study of Reiki using Rogers' Science, Part II
1996 Spring; Vol. VIII, No. 4.
Available from: Lucia Thorton, 12592 Valley Vista Lane, Fresno, CA 93720
Email: lucia_marie_thornton@CSU.fresno.edu

Van Sell, SL.
Reiki: an ancient touch therapy.
RN. 1996 Feb; 59(2): 57-59.

Wetzel, W.
Reiki Healing: a physiologic perspective.
Journal of Holistic Nursing 1989; Vol.7, No. 1 47-54.
Available from Wendy Wetzel, 452 Dahlia Street, Fairfield, CA 94533

Wirth, D.P. et al.
Wound healing and complementary therapies: a review.
J Altern Complement Med. 1996; 2(4): 493-502.

Wirth, D.P. et al.
Complementary healing therapies.
Int J Psychosom. 1994; 41(1-4): 61-67.

Wirth, D.P., Chang, R.J., Paxton E. And J.B.
Haematological indicators of complementary healing intervention
Complementary Therapies in Medicine 1996; 4, 14-20.

Wirth, D.P., Brenlan, D.R., Levine, R.J., Rodriguez, C.M.
The effect of complementary healing therapy on postoperative pain after surgical removal of impacted third molar teeth. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 1993; 1, 133-138.

Research Papers on Subjects Related to Reiki

Grad, B.
A telekinetic effect on plant growth I.
(The Grad studies were conducted using a talented non-Reiki healer who employed
'laying on' hands)
International Journal of Parapsychology 1963, 5(2), 117-134

Grad, B.
A telekinetic effect on plant growth II.
Experiments Involving Treatment of Saline in Stoppered Bottles
International Journal of Parapsychology 1964(a), 6, 473-498

Grad, Bernard
A telekinetic effect on plant growth III.
Stimulating and inhibiting effects.
Research Brief Presented to the Seventh Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, Oxford University, Oxford, England Sep. 1964(b)

Grad, Bernard R.
Some biological effects of laying-on of hands: a review of experiments with
animals and plants.
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 1965(a), 59, 95-127
(Also reproduced In: Schmeidler, Gertrude (Ed.) Parapsychology: Its Relation to Physics, Biology, Psychology and Psychiatry, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow 1976).

Grad, Bernard
PK effects of fermentation of yeast
Proceedings of the Parapsychological Association 1965(b), 2, 15-16

Grad, Bernard
The 'laying on of hands': implications for psychotherapy, gentling and the placebo effect
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 1967, 61(4), 286-305
(Also Reviewed In: Schmeidler, Gertrude (Ed.)Parapsychology: Its Relation to Physics, Biology, Psychology and Psychiatry, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow 1976).

Grad, B., Cadoret, R. J. and Paul, G. I.
The Influence of an Unorthodoxy, Method of Treatment on Wound Healing in Mice
International Journal of Parapsychology 1961, 3, 5-24

Krieger, K.
Healing By The "Laying-On" of Hands as a Facilitator of Bioenergetic Change: The Response of In-Vivo Human Hemoglobin
(This study uses Therapeutic Touch)
Psychoenergetic Systems, 1976, Vol. 1, P. 121-129

Miller, Robert N.
The positive effect of prayer on plants
Psychic, 1972, 3(5),24-25

Miller, Robert
Methods of detecting and measuring healing energies.
White, John and Krippner, Stanley, Future Science; Garden City, NY; Anchor/Doubleday, 1977

Miller, Robert N.
Study of remote mental healing.
Medical Hypotheses, 1982, 8, 481-490
(Also reviewed briefly in: Maddock, Peter, International Parascience Institute: Toronto and London Conferences, 1981, Parapsychology Review 1982, 13(4), 7)

Quinn, Janet F.
One nurse's evolution as a healer.
American Journal of Nursing, (Apr) 1979, 662-665

Quinn, Janet F.
An Investigation of the Effect of Therapeutic Touch Without Physical Contact on State Anxiety of Hospitalized Cardiovascular Patients
Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, New York University 1982

Quinn, Janet F.
Building a body of knowledge: research on Therapeutic Touch 1974-1986
Journal of Holistic Nursing 1988, 6(1), 37-45

Quinn, Janet F.
Therapeutic Touch as energy exchange: Replication and expansion.
Nursing Science Quarterly, 1989(a), 2(2), 79-87

Quinn, Janet F.
Future directions for Therapeutic Touch research.
Journal of Holistic Nursing 1989(b), 7(1), 19-25