You don't seem to know that the book from Houdini mentioned above is using exactly this method of fraud detection. And Randi BTW is never arguing that he could do something similar under different conditions (that would be unconvincing) but that he could do the same effect under the same conditions.

Wolfgang: I was not aware Houdini wrote a book; or read it. Houdini was a bit before my time.

My tirade was against magiciams of the ilk like the Unamazing Randi who was debunking the Psychic surgeons of the Philapines.

The Unamazing Randi did psychic surgery via sleight of hand, and inferred that all psychic surgeons were frauds and they used sleight of hand fakery.

What should be done is record the surgery with high speed film or tape, then watch the surgery frame by frame for fakery. After finding a fraud; expose that individual as such.

No high quality studies have thus far been published on the efficacy of reiki for pain
Do you agree with the author's assessment?

I have no credible comment about Reiki and pain. because I have not read all of the tests.

Furthermore; I no longer teach of practise Reiki because HUNA literally blows the doors off of Reiki, Seichim, Qigong, Actualism, Silva Mind Control, etc.

ANL - 2B