Soul Sword

Soul Sword: The Way and Mind of a Warrior

by Vernon Kitabu Turner

Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Charlottesville, Virginia     © 1996     192 pp.

As an African-American growing up in a hostile environment, Vernon Turner decided to learn martial arts as a means of self-defense. What makes this story unique, however (and of special interest to spiritual seekers), is that Mr. Turner is largely self-taught, or rather Spirit-taught. At an early age, he learned to tap into that Universal Inner Wisdom that is beyond thought, and trusted it to guide both his martial arts and his life in general. Although later he did study formal martial arts techniques with various teachers, and began practicing zazen under the tutelage of Zen Master Nomura Roshi, Soul Sword is not a book about methods and means. It is about living moment-to-moment from the spontaneous and transcended Depths of One’s Being. A real gem!

— reviewed by Joel Morwood

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