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This handsome volume of essays . . . is the yield of what can be called an Indologist's holiday. . . . Expertly edited by Joseph Campbell, these essays rest upon Zimmer's belief--a belief which he shares with Jung and others--that the spiritual heritage of archaic man still survives in "the deeper unconscious layers of our soul.' -- "Saturday Review of Literature
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Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This work is full of surprises. It's a wonderful, eclectic collection, brilliantly conceived, full of marvel. The story of the King and The Corpse is glorious.A real story teller's tale, bully for you if you can retell all the riddles, they take some ravelling. Layers of meaning give this story immense profundity, one wonders for whom it was written? Working both as a children's story and at once as a very grown-up piece, it's full of dark avenues and lit corridors.
Another story in the book, Abdul Kassem and his slippers makes for a salutory read, maybe every politico-business tycoon needs to look hard into what this little admonitory tale has to reveal.
I'm astonished there are no reviews on this book, or that it better known. Certainly, for me, it has been one of the funniest, strangest most poignant things I have come across in a long while.
Another story in the book, Abdul Kassem and his slippers makes for a salutory read, maybe every politico-business tycoon needs to look hard into what this little admonitory tale has to reveal.
I'm astonished there are no reviews on this book, or that it better known. Certainly, for me, it has been one of the funniest, strangest most poignant things I have come across in a long while.
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the tales that teach
15 May 2002
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I just love this book. The story from which the book takes its title profoundly affected me the first time I read it: it is the story of an Indian king who has to take part in a quest.This turns out to be an unexpected and thoroughly comprehensive lesson in life and the king emerges from it as a new and wiser person. You will also feel different after reading it. All the stories related in this book are incredibly old but can still connect with the deepest part of our souls. A book to reread.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Shimmering Zimmer
23 Nov 1999
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In the tradition of Johann Jacob Bachhofen and in league with those such as Joseph Campbell, Heinrich Zimmer"s "The King and The Corpse" gets about as good as you will find with respect to comparative mythology. I highly recommend any Jung readers to visit Zimmer's brilliant pages. I also find the melding of Western and Eastern myth systems to be superb. Here is an adventurous path to follow.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Shimmering Zimmer
23 Nov 1999
Format:Paperback
In the tradition of Johann Jacob Bachhofen and in league with those such as Joseph Campbell, Heinrich Zimmer"s "The King and The Corpse" gets about as good as you will find with respect to comparative mythology. I highly recommend any Jung readers to visit Zimmer's brilliant pages. I also find the melding of Western and Eastern myth systems to be superb. Here is an adventurous path to follow.
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