Astral Karate as a Phenomenon of Late-Soviet Esoteric Underground
The article concentrates on the history of Astral Karate, its doctrine and sources. Astral Karate was a late-Soviet eclectic spiritual movement based on esoteric interpretations of martial arts and yoga. The term “Astral Karate” had spread in the 1980s thanks to spiritual leader and underground esot...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Open Theology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2017-0032 |