Are there any Jewish sources which discuss Qi and some of the amazing feats people seem to be able to perform with it? Is it considered impure magic and therefore forbidden to be practiced?
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There are some rabbis that argue that martial arts cannot be practiced for reasons of avodah zarah. You might want to consider looking there.– rosenjcbCommented Dec 23, 2014 at 20:16
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The WP page you linked to likens it to "ruah in Hebrew culture." That might be a good place to start investigating.– MTLCommented Dec 23, 2014 at 20:20
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Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok argues here that the Chinese concept of qi "correlates almost identically to what traditional Jewish sources refer to as the nefesh level of soul within the body."– FredCommented Dec 23, 2014 at 20:43
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Duplicate: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/35152/…– KordoveroCommented Dec 23, 2014 at 20:45
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You ask if any sources discuss Qi itself, which is a fine question (and IMO not a duplicate, @Kordovero ). But if you mean to ask also for sources that discuss topics that might be relevant when evaluating Qi, then you'd need to describe (the relevant aspects of) Qi in the question.– msh210 ♦Commented Dec 23, 2014 at 22:15
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