Does shamanism relate to reiki?

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www.dramafever.com/drama/123/3/Shocking_Life_-_Supernatural/?ap=1

Apart from DramaFever.com being an excellent way to enjoy some free programming courtesy of Korea's world renowned film and television industry....

I divert your immediate attention to a documentary about Korea's Mudang their religious shamans.

Here is another documentary,




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I have a book recommendation
www.hanbooks.com/korsham1.html

Author: Chang Soo-kyung / Kim Tae-kon
Size: A5, 198pages.
publisher: Jimoondang
Date of Pub.: 1998.
[Korean Studies Series No. 9]
The focus of this work is Muism, which is Korean shamanism. Mudangs, Korea's unique religious shamans, preside at kut and at other religious ceremoneies, which are based on the folk culture of Muism. Muism serves as an important resource for research into Korean religion, ideology, history, literature, music, stories and the other vital elements of its civilization.

Table of Contents
I. Basic Structure of Korean Shamanism-Muism
1. Introduction to Muism
2. Characteristics of Muism
3. Types of Mudang
4. Regional Characteristics of Muism
¥±. Becoming a Mu
1. Religious Experience of Kangshinmu
2. Becoming a My for sesummu
¥². The Social Organization of Mudangs
1. Kangshin (God-line) Organization
2. Sesummu's Tan'gol (Bloodline) Organization
3. The Mu's Social Organization
¥³. The Fundamental Concepts of Muism
1. Muism's View of Gods
2. Forms and Concepts of Gods of Muism
3. Process of Formation of the Way in which Gods are Viewed
4. Physical Creation of Mu Gods
5. The View of the Universe in Muism
¥´. The View of the Soul in Muism
1. Kinds of Y nghon (Human Souls)
2. Fundamental Characteristics of Muism's View of Souls
3. Characteristics of "Dead Souls"
4. The Dualism of Good and Evil
5. Description of the Place of After Life (The Future World)
6. The Naesegwan-The View of the Next Life
7. The Formation of Naesegwan
8. Muga
¥µ. The Chei (Ceremony) of Muism
1. Chei and Its Fundamental Characteristics
2. The Place of the Chei
3. The Kinds and Order of Chei
¥¶. The Religious Function of Muism
Conclusion
Appendix. A Definition Of Shamanism

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This is a scholarly work ON shamanism, but it might as well tell you how to be one. If you read this you could attune yourself for reiki. And it details extensively the various likeness your soul can take following possession including psychosis and soul-loss (presumably like a state of vampirism).

I've heard of a few reiki books but none of them, for me and my personal journey, come close to explaining the phenomenon in this level of detail.

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Shamanistic practices have more or less disappeared in many societies, rejected and scorned by 'rationalized' people. However, in Korea, a modern nation state, emerging as one of the world's greatest trading nations, shamanistic rituals, called kut, show no signs of receding into oblivion. This book is an attempt to unravel the mystery of its persistence in rapidly industrializing Korea.
Korean shamanism, called musok, reflects the centuries of Korean culture, society and its ethos. Kut is based on the principle underpinning all social interactions in Korean society, i.e. reciprocity.
The participants in kut are back in the Eliadean primordial paradisiac age, when gods and humans freely comunicated with one another. Analysis of the three groups of the participants in kut, the shamans, spirits and sponsors, reveals the common denominator among them, i.e. han(grief or grievances).
Thus kut is a festive gathering of mostly troubled beings (both supernatural and human), who exchange gifts of consolation with one another. Through venting and sharing their grief and grievances, all of them experience catharsis, thus achieving 'happiness', which is the ultimate objective of kut, as its etymology suggests.
An implicit faith in the Maussian obligation to reciprocate, therefore, is the essence of Korean shamanism. When faced with inexplicable disasters, beyond modern science and technology, sponsoring kut is a positive move by the sufferer to alleviate the pain and despair. Their belief that the spirits will reciprocate with blessings in return for their gifts gives them confidence and hope, which helps them get over difficult times. The modern Korean people, therefore, will continue to sponsor kut not only for 'the joy of public giving', but also for the solace that their faith in the spirits' obligation to reciprocate brings them.
The author, a Korean-born British social anthropologist, discusses Korean shamanism whit the insight of a native and scientific approach of a trained anthropologist.

THis is another book you can find on www.hanbooks.com
Called, Kut : Happiness Through Reciprocity