What's a reiki infused rosary?
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There is frequent belief in New Age that everything "good" is from just one source. Many New Age gurus (including reiki masters) encourage their disciples to very strange forms of syncretism (even in "never stay long enough to learn the language" manner). From this perspective, it seems completely valid to use a reiki-infused Catholic rosary to count Buddhist mantras. The fact that similar items are sometimes called "rosary" even if used by other religions for different practices even deepens this confusion.
Of course, this have nothing in common with teaching of Catholic Church. Unfortunately, there are people who say they are Christians (or, particularly, Catholic) and still believe this, and others who just can't see what's bad about it. Sort of a challenge for priest and catechetists. I myself used to believe it for quite a long time. This error was deeply burrowed in my head until my conversion and it took me few more months to realize how far from truth it is.
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The concept of a string of prayer beads is hardly unique to Catholicism. They date back several centuries into BC times in various pagan religions. The term "rosary" adds a uniquely Catholic significance to it, but the term is probably being used here as shorthand: the only example most viewers are familiar with is the Catholic rosary, so that's what the sellers call it.
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Bizarre. The user's profile page names the business as FoxRaven Designs. A quick search led me to FoxRaven's website, which claims:
FoxRaven prayer beads, malas and rosaries are individually hand-crafted and reiki-charged in Connecticut by Maya, a Karuna and Usui Reiki Master. Maya creates Christian rosaries and prayer beads spanning many faiths, including pagan, islamic, buddhist, yogic and new age spiritualities.
The artist claims to have been "raised in a Roman Catholic/Buddhist environment," (whatever that means) but now professes to be a "Reiki Master and Shamanic Practitioner."
Any connections the artist may have had to the Catholic Church appear to be solely historical.
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