During the Nazi Occupation of Paris, Gurdjieff and his students dared to meet late into the night….
A fisherman, a celestial maiden: a fateful decision
The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi: Illustrated Edition by William C. Chittick. Foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Reviewed by Samuel Bendeck Sotillos.
“The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation” by Richard Rohr with Mike Morrell. Reviewed by Patty de Llosa
This episode of Parabola’s free monthly podcast includes an excerpt from David Ulrich’s Zen Camera on the joys of mindful photography and drawing, as well as Alexandra Haven’s essay on the wonders of ancient Egypt […]
During the Nazi Occupation of Paris, Gurdjieff and his students dared to meet late into the night….
Searching for symbol in a world of number
Listening to the Yao
The structure of traditional art
Being “old” in Bali
The way in, the way out
Reconnecting to the sacred, from a Sufi teacher
A conversation with civic visionary Jonathan F.P. Rose
What effect does [wearing a mask] have on the person wearing it?
A conversation with wildlife educator Steve Karlin
In the Summer of 1987, Parabola sat down for an exchange with Marion Woodman on the subject of addiction.
Heavy drops, carrying more | than they can bear, fall from no- | where, bending leaves already | sagging, and one by one, | the leaves let go.
A poem by Yu Xuanji from the Winter of 1994.
A poem by Walt Whitman in our Summer Issue, Happiness.
A poem by Linda McCarriston
A recollection of the first moment of being at one.
A classic quest seen anew
A spiritual master on what it takes
Tsunemasa, Attributed to Zeami Motokiyo / Japanese Noh. Retold by Kenneth E. Lawrence, translated by Edward Kai Lawrence. Art by Kumiko Lawrence
Story editor Betsy Cornwell shares PL Travers’ stunning essay “Walking the Maze” and William Segal’s wise poem “The Middle Ground” in this episode of Parabola Magazine’s free podcast.
This episode of Parabola’s free monthly podcast includes an excerpt from David Ulrich’s Zen Camera on the joys of mindful photography and drawing, as well as Alexandra Haven’s essay on the wonders of ancient Egypt […]
This episode of Parabola’s free monthly podcast includes Mirabai Starr’s meditation on divine love “Longing for the Beloved” and Linda McCarriston’s poem “Riding Out At Evening.”
This episode of Parabola’s free monthly podcast includes editor Tracy Cochran’s wisdom about forgiveness in the new year, as well as Jenny Koralek’s retelling of the story of the crucifixion from the points of view of Elizabeth and Mary.
“The greatest responsibility of all: the transmission of the mystery.” —Basarab Nicolescu
Nassreddin Hodja was a real person, a Turkish Sufi, who died in the thirteenth century.
As contemporary life becomes more and more fragmented and unsustainable, many individuals are left perplexed and searching for more complete and sustainable models to understand themselves and their place in the world around them. […]
Author Colin Wilson (1931–2013) was a lucky man in many ways. His luck continues after his death, with Gary Lachman’s biography Beyond the Robot, which is likely to be both the most comprehensive and the most favorable treatment Wilson will ever receive.
Little Gidding has been described as a “thin place” where there is only a slim veil between time and eternity.
King David, Leonard Cohen and the Search for Meaning
Every search begins in poverty. Something is needed. Something is lacking. But knowledge is too poor to know what, so a search also begins in not knowing.
On my college campus in the late Spring of 1970, I witnessed the events surrounding the deaths of four Kent State students from National Guardsmen’s bullets. Something changed in me.
Από τη στιγμή που ιδρύθηκε, πενήντα χρόνια πριν, η κοινότητα του Bose ήταν προορισμένη να λειτουργήσει ως οδοδείκτης […]
Es difícil para la mayoría de nosotros creer que ambos ángeles y demonios se mezclan con los humanos en la Tierra […]
Era un lluvioso y helado atardecer de diciembre en Manhattan unos días antes de Navidad. Esperaba bajo una llovizna persistente el autobús de la Sexta Avenida para que nos llevara a mi y a mis […]
