David, in Jawa some of the concepts & ideas that are found within the Kejawen system of belief can also be found within keris systems of belief, but these concepts & ideas came from somewhere else before they entered either system of belief.
Kejawen is not central to keris belief, but both the keris and the belief system that is Kejawen might in some instances be related to one another.
However, this can be so only in Jawa.
How much of Javanese keris belief is found in Bali, and for that matter, how much of Balinese keris belief still exists in Jawa?
We are considering a wide swath of ideas when we set out look at some of the beliefs that can surround the keris, so it might help if we try to narrow things down a little and address some of these elements one at a time.
There are two very basic concepts that need to be clearly understood before we can advance, those two concepts are encapsulated in two words:-
tuah and isi
perhaps we could express our understandings of those two words within the context of keris belief?
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