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The famous K-pop group BTS was able to find its audience beyond the Korean borders thanks to moving and authentic texts telling the life and hopes of the seven boys. Some of their songs are directly inspired by books, novels, and tales, enriching the universe built around the group. The success of the group is such that most of the works listed below have greatly gained popularity in Korea and around the world, as fans seek to understand more about the universe surrounding the group, as well as the personalities of the members.
Let's find out what stories inspired them, as well as the songs related to them! Let's dive together into the universe of the most famous K-pop group on the planet.
1. "Into the Magic Shop" by James R. Doty MD
Avery Publishing Group
Summary: "Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead, he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. Her final mandate was that he keep his heart open and teach these techniques to others. She gave him his first glimpse of the unique relationship between the brain and the heart.
Doty would go on to put Ruth’s practices to work with extraordinary resu
