Korean Spirituality
Seon/Sundo, Pungnyudo, and Korea's living spiritual traditions in context.
- What Is a Dokkaebi? The Korean Goblin of Old Folktales A dokkaebi is the Korean goblin, a night visitor whose magic club makes one man rich and beats the next. The old folktales, and the chronicles on Chiu.
- What Is a Mudang? Korea's Shamans and the Ritual Called Gut A mudang is a Korean shaman who serves the spirits and leads the ritual called gut. Here is what is real behind Exhuma and KPop Demon Hunters.
- Who Is the Jeoseung Saja? Korea's Grim Reaper Explained The jeoseung saja is Korea's messenger of the dead. Why families fed him at the gate, and where the black hat in K-dramas comes from.
- What Is Korean Seondo (Sundo)? Korea's Native Path of Practice Korean Seondo, or Sundo, is Korea's own tradition of inner practice — not Korean Zen. Here is where it begins, how it was carried, and what it asks of you.
- What Is Seongtong Gongwan? The Nature Opened and the Work Completed Seongtong gongwan means the nature opened through and the work completed. Here is where the phrase comes from, and why it takes two halves to finish.
- The Three Seals of Dangun: The Secret of the Sword, Mirror, and Bell The sword, mirror, and bell — the three seals of Dangun — map an ancient Korean path: clear what is false, keep what is true, and live to benefit all.