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DOI
https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2006.25.1.83
Abstract
The potential for forging a valuable relationship between two transpersonal systems, Aikido, a Japanese martial art and spiritual tradition, and Kabbalah, a Jewish spiritual tradition, is explored. Aikido is not simply a martial art, rather it is also a way to achieve a sense of the spiritual. However, especially for Westerners, many of its spiritual tenets are elusive, based on abstruse Japanese cultural roots, whereas Kabbalah, as a spiritual tradition more fully explicated for Western audiences, can provide an accessible framework for grasping some of Aikido’s deeper meanings. A blend of these traditions, called Sefirot Aikido, uses Kabbalah to understand, as well as to augment the practice of, Aikido.
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Recommended Citation
Susman, J. (2006). Susman, J. (2006). Manifest, hidden, and divine: Introduction to sefirot Aikido. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 25, 83-96.. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 25 (1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2006.25.1.83