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The Queer Ritual Podcast

The Queer Ritual Podcast

Written by: Riki B Malone
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 This is the Queer Ritual Podcast, a place for healing and spirituality topics with a queer minded focus.

Hosted by Riki B Malone (he/they), Licensed Master Esthetician and Reiki Master Teacher based out of Plumeria Beauty+Wellness in Spotsylvania, Virginia. Riki shares their unique perspective as a queer Asian American to offer insights that can lead to healing one's self and healing society. All are welcome here, regardless of faith, religion, spiritual or ethnic background, sexual orientation or gender identity. Weekly episodes typically drop on Fridays!Copyright Riki B Malone Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living Self-Help Spirituality Success
Episodes
  • Pulling cards for the Queer community in 2026

    Pulling cards for the Queer community in 2026
    Jan 3 2026
    (If the video edition isn't available on your preferred podcast service, it can be viewed on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ASquQSISGI4?si=KgROAsARs6fCXqif )

    Happy New Year! In this special video edition of the podcast, I am pulling cards from Vicki Iskandar's The Chinese Five Elements Oracle deck. I explain how this deck works and how I use it in my readings.

    I pull cards for: the state of this podcast, what to expect in 2026, the Queer community as a whole, and myself in the year ahead.

    While I appreciate the wisdom people can draw from Tarot cards, I like the simplicity and beautiful imagery Iskandar's deck can offer. This is my favorite of the multiple decks I own, and I would love opportunities to show off my others!

    Let me know your thoughts on this reading and this format in the episode comments, if you are listening/viewing on an app that allows commenting, like Spotify.

    Where to find me:
    Ig/Tt: @rikidementia
    Business IG: @plumeria.beauty.wellness

    To book a reading with me: https://plumeriabewell.as.me and choose "Coaching"
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    21 mins
  • Whitewashing or "Dis-Orienting" of Asian Spiritual Practices & Reiki

    Whitewashing or "Dis-Orienting" of Asian Spiritual Practices & Reiki
    Dec 19 2025
    This one might ruffle a few feathers. What is spiritual whitewashing? How has it affected various Asian spiritual practices, including Reiki?

    I delve into the three Masters from most modern Reiki practitioners' lineage charts (Usui Mikao, Hayashi Chujiro, and Ms Hawayo Takata), along with how they each practiced/taught differently. How much of the original Japanese practices still survive in the way it is practiced today? How much is Reiki influenced by Shingon Buddhism? What do the various "styles" of Reiki have in common? Find out here.

    Works cited/mentioned:
    My interview appearance on the Echo Ekoji podcast - https://youtu.be/zyyw-c3MaBE?si=JIHRkI9UsfkfVrFV
    Lübeck, Walter; Petter, Frank Arjava; Rand, William Lee: The Spirit of Reiki.
    Stein, Justin B: Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific.
    Stiene, Frans: The Way of Reiki: The Inner Teachings of Mikao Usui

    Music in this episode: "osaka" by snoozybeats, accessed from the Free Music Archive under a Creative Commons license (CC BY)
    Image from the film Avatar: Way of Water used under fair use for media discussion.

    For inquiries: tqrpodcast@gmail.com
    My skincare and Reiki boutique: Plumeria Beauty+Wellness
    https://plumeriabewell.as.me
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    38 mins
  • Revisiting the Spirituality of Avatar: Way of Avatar (Spiritual Movie Club)

    Revisiting the Spirituality of Avatar: Way of Avatar (Spiritual Movie Club)
    Dec 14 2025
    After rewatching Avatar: Way of Water in preparation for the new film Avatar: Fire and Ash, I decided to revisit the spiritual aspects of this second Avatar film. Listen to this episode to understand the Avatar films from a Buddhist and Hindu perspective. I go into the Buddhist concepts of karma and bodhisattvas and how they apply to the film, as well as how the dynamics of the Sully family fit with the family systems model from psychology. What are the aspects of Metkayina and Tulkun spirituality that differentiate them from other Na'vi clans?

    And what do I think is the secret that will be revealed about Kiri in Avatar: Fire and Ash? (Hint: I don't think she's Na'vi Jesus!)

    Spoiler warning for the first two Avatar films, and potential spoilers for Avatar: Fire and Ash!

    Expect another Spiritual Movie Club episode on the film Sinners in January 2026! And another episode on the Mamoru Hosoda film Wolf Children in early 2026. (I am waiting for Wolf Children to cease being out of print before I revisit that film.)

    Music in this episode: "osaka" by snoozybeats, accessed from the Free Music Archive under a Creative Commons license (CC BY)
    Image from the film Avatar: Way of Water used under fair use for media discussion.

    For inquiries: tqrpodcast@gmail.com
    My skincare and Reiki boutique: Plumeria Beauty+Wellness
    https://plumeriabewell.as.me
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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