These are counterclockwise rotating vortices through which Reiki practitioners send God's universal life force to their patients. Reiki practitioners pray for a healing to take place and God's universal life force or ki is sent from the Father Above through the chakras to the patient. The symbol represents the spiritual communication system of man. The feathered wings symbolize the philosopher's stone which if taken in the prescribed dosage allows one to ascend the stairway to heaven. Alchemy texts traditionally speak the philosophers' stone as a powdered material.
Sufi texts speak of it symbolically as a white dove.
Various alchemy texts symbolize it as wings, or simply a white feather. The dragon-like reptilian creature on the right is symbolic of our subconscious childlike spirit. According to Mayan, Polynesian and Oriental beliefs, it is the subconscious mind of man which keeps us at our earthly level of existence. The Bible tells us to seek the kingdom of heaven, and all else shall be added unto us. Yet, if our subconscious mind believes we can't enter heaven, then we are trapped here on earth.