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The King & the Corpse Part 1

from MITM Myths & Stories Volume 3 by Dr. Catherine Svehla

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Like Abu Kasem’s Slippers, this is another great Persian tale from a collection by Heinrich Zimmer (edited by Joseph Campbell), called The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul’s Conquest of Evil. “Soul’s conquest of evil?” you ask.

Part of maturing and evolving our consciousness is continually challenging our cherished self-image. It’s rather hard to do this, I mean, I’m mostly perfect, aren’t you? But luckily for us, life often conspires to bring us the lessons we need and offers up treasures in the most banal wrappings. Sometimes they come in the form of a good story.

One of my favorite things about this story is the riddling tales that it contains. Riddles have long been a tool wielded by mysterious creatures and spirits (the sphinx for example) to test the mettle of would-be heroes.

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from MITM Myths & Stories Volume 3, released June 1, 2015

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Dr. Catherine Svehla Fort Collins, Colorado

Storyteller, scholar, artist, & desert activist with a PhD in mythology & depth psychology.

Myths & stories contain the wisdom of the human race. I want to know how we can keep the mystery in life alive? How can myths connect us to a larger sphere of being & meaning?

Many of these tracks are Myth in the Mojave programs that first aired online on Radio Free Joshua Tree.

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