The practitioners of Reikie use symbols to help them channel and focus the Reiki energy. Traditionally these symbols are called cho ku ray, sei hei ki, and hon sha ze sho nen; though some modern teachers have added more symbols.
These symbols each have their own use, such as cho ku ray can be used to clear a room of negative. Sei kei ki is great to help someone who is having emotional or mental issues, and hon sha ze sho nen is used to transmit the energy over space as well as according to some teachers over time.
There are three levels of practitioners for Reiki that are called degrees, these are first, second and third which is traditionally called Master or in some modern teachings Master/Teacher or Master because they will teach Master level without giving the transmission to teach others.
Usui taught Reiki as a healing technique but also had many meditative practices in his teachings as well which have fallen to the way side.
Many people who come to Reiki are searching a less intrusive manor of healing or one that has more of a spiritual aspect that some feel is missing from Western Medicine.
Some find that it has helped with them with issues on a psychol-spirtual level, to physical healings such as aches and pains, to some that even say that it has helped with chronic illnesses to even cancer, though the scientific evidence behind this is limited.
There is a lot of controversy around the history of Reiki, both in the West and in the East. Usui seems to have taught around sixteen student to the Master Level.
There are some who say that Reiki died out in Japan, and then others who said it didn't.
There is to much controversy and to many branches for me to cover them in this article.
Sources:
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/reiki/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki
http://www.aetw.org/reiki_gakkai.html
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