Traditional Reiki teaches that men and women are both potential healers and teachers equally. The story of Takata alone, as the founder of the American branch of Reiki, proves this is true. However, gender issues persist.

Angelic RayKey also encourages both men and women equally to study and practice RayKey. There are no prohibitions based on monthly cycles (as in ancient traditions), nor are there any bans on women being "ordained" as RayKey practitioners.

However, there ARE differences! Women and men do not approach situations and problems in the same way. Often, they do not solve them in the same way either. This is why the team approach of married couples is an excellent enhancement to RayKey practice. Sometimes one of the partners is not an active healer, but will act as an "anchor" for the working healer whose stress can be considerable at times. It also helps for partners to take the class work together, to benefit the natural synergy that already exists.

The issue of following a patriarchal deity or trinity has also been raised by some students. Angelic RayKey is open to practitioners of all religious backgrounds. Some of these healers have a goddess orientation, while others are active members of the Judaeo-Christio-Islamic religions whose God is definitely perceived as male. It is the teaching of Angelic RayKey that God is both male and female, as well as neither at the same time. In effect, God is a mystery, beyond all that can be perceived by the human senses. So the bottom line is that the RayKey practitioner must be at home with his or her concept of God. This must be an open working relationship. Angelic RayKey is only one means of making this relationship stronger.

Now, the remaining issue of sex will be discussed on another page!

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