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The Sei-He-Ki (or "Sei-Hei-Ki") is a symbol from Japanese language that represents "mental or emotional healing". It is used in the ancient healing practice of Reiki as part of the therapeutic process. The Sei-He-Ki is the second of three healing symbols used by trained Reiki practitioners during Reiki's energy healing ritual. Reiki practitioners claim that when the symbol is visualized by the healer, the Sei-He-Ki will direct universal healing energy, or qi ("chi"), to the patient's chakras and to their aura's emotional layers.

Other methods that are claimed to activate the symbol in a healing session include drawing it with the palm of the hand, or speaking the symbol's name out loud. Trained Reiki practitioners claim that the Sei-He-Ki is used to heal emotional wounds, clear emotional energy blockages, and rid the emotional system of negative energies. The effects of the Sei-He-Ki symbol, used within the system of Reiki energy therapy, have no empirical evidence and are considered to be pseudoscience.

Origins
The Sei-He-Ki symbol is based on Kanji, a Japanese system of writing. However, the symbol's origin is said to be from Sanskrit, an ancient language of the sacred Vedas. The Sei-He-Ki was popularized by Mikao Usui when he founded the system of Reiki therapy during the early 20th Century. It is said that the symbol was brought to his attention by a higher source of energy, appearing to him as a beam of bright white light entering his third eye. This occurrence happened on the final day of his twenty-one day meditation. Researchers suspect that the origin of the Sei-He-Ki is much older than Usui's experience of it, since the Reiki symbols have been found in monasteries and in Buddha Sutras which originate before Usui's time.

Cognitive Associations
Reiki practitioners claim that using the Sei-He-Ki symbol in a healing session will restore balance to the psyche on both the mental and emotional levels. It is claimed that the healing energy associated with the Sei-He-Ki symbol works by aligning the two cerebral hemispheres. The right hemisphere of the brain regulates the emotions, while the left hemisphere regulates rationality, logic, and deductive reasoning. Reiki practitioners maintain that wellbeing is based on the balance of emotional and logical forces, so the Sei-He-Ki's mission is to ensure that the forces of the cognitive mind are even. There is no empirical evidence that Reiki healing therapy is able to effect cognitive functions.

Healing Emotional Trauma
In her book, "Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing Art", Diane Stein discusses the Sei-He-Ki as being used to heal suppressed emotional trauma in the subconscious mind. Stein, a Reiki Master, claims that the act of suppressing painful emotions can manifest physical illnesses in the body. She maintains that the Sei-He-Ki symbol can be used during the healing ritual to bring the suppressed trauma to consciousness. Stein maintains that the symbol allows the patient to reconnect with the pain and ultimately let it go. She believes that when the painful emotion is released, the coordinated physical illness will heal. This method, according to Stein, works on both animals and humans.

Protection
An additional name for the Sei-He-Ki is the "protection symbol". Practitioners believe that drawing the Sei-He-Ki around the human body can protect it from negative energy and allow only positive energy to remain near. Stein claims in her literature that the Sei-He-Ki can be used to guard a room from negative emotions and dis-ease if the symbol is placed in each corner. Such effects are considered to be pseudoscience; there is no empirical evidence to support these claims.

Purification
Healers claim to use the Sei-He-Ki during purification ceremonies as a means of creating a protective shield and removing negative vibrations from the aura. Stein believes that the Sei-He-Ki can be used to release unwanted or harmful spirit attachments from the body, a paranormal concept founded on the basis of metaphysics.