No attunement is necessary for Reiki, or any other healing or occult practice. You are part of the universe and have the potential to access all aspects of it, as well as your own divine potential - and they are in reality synonymous.
That said, the attunement rituals are beneficial - every other person is a reflection of yourself, and visa versa; therefore do not think of it as another person attuning you to Reiki, think of it as another part of yourself which has already accessed Reiki expanding that access to include this part of yourself as well.
If you do not take attunements/initiation of Reiki, or any other kind, then understand that it takes your own dedication, faith, openness and surrender to achieve. If you do, be certain that your initiator can actually perform the initiation - specifically, if there is any doubt in your mind as to the authority that person has, then don't take your initiation from them.
Many paths.
Peace V
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The world is complicated - that which makes it up is elegantly simplistic, but infinitely versatile.
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