One reader asked, "Is Reiki (energy healing) against God and the teachings of the Bible?" True confession, I definitely had to look reiki up on google to even understand the question, and it took some research on my part to get a feeling for exactly what the teaching is and the philosophy behind the practice. First off, what is reiki? Here is an abbreviated explanation d...

One reader asked, "Do souls come to earth to learn lessons?" The reader is referring to a concept called pre-existence, which is a commonly held belief in New Age Spirituality and all of its various segments. It is also a core part of Islam and Mormonism. The idea of pre-existence, that each individual human soul existed before mortal conception, and at some point before b...