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Title: Bly's Maiden King
Review: One half of the book is very much worth reading - the first half - in which Bly does his best to peel back our modern cognitive blindfolds and admit some of the light stored in this ancient folktale. The second half - Woodman's - should be avoided, as it does its best to reinstall those blindfolds. Bly treats the tale itself, and the knowledge it contains, with great respect. Woodman, unfortunately, simply uses it as a forum for the usual sophistry. At any rate, it's a book well worth digesting.
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