> attitude "Whatever is not written in the books we studied or if there is something we can not explain with our logic, then it must be mumbo jumbo" That's a s

> attitude "Whatever is not written in the books we studied or if there is something we can not explain with our logic, then it must be mumbo jumbo" That's a straw man. Actual attitude is "Whatever is predicated upon breaking the known and well-established laws of physics must be mumbo jumbo". Reiki's purported mechanism of action fits that description, although it might have some effect through psychological mechanism, as does placebo. Also, many people are very different now than in 2009, meditation or no meditation. That alone doesn't say much about it's effects.