He recruited Aladdin to work with him by convincing him that he would turn Aladdin into a wealthy merchant. One day, an African sorcerer approached him while he was playing in the streets and claimed to be Aladdin’s uncle. He was a feral child with little adult supervision. Aladdin lived with his mother in a Chinese town, as his father has died. One such fairytale is the story of Aladdin and his magic lamp, from the Arabian Nights tales. Fairytales are mythological in nature and have deep esoteric meanings that are cloaked in allegory, parables and symbolism. A wise man once told me that many great truths are hidden within children’s fairytales, if you look deeply enough to find them.
