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VOL. 02:2
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Parabola's Summer 1977 issue: Creation If the door through which we pass out of this life is mysterious, equally so is the door by which we enter it. Though we have all come through it--and those who believe in reincarnation say that we have passed both doors countless times--that part of consciousness which we call memory cannot contain the experience. Our coming is as unknown to us as our going. What was our beginning? Our stories about ourselves and the world reach back for that starting point: "Once upon a time...." "In the beginning...." --from the editorial Focus Cover: Christ with compass In this issue:
"The Trees Stood Deep Rooted" by Sam D. Gill
- How, through the performance of traditional ritual, the Navajo participate in and sustain the original creation in "patterns of perfect beauty"
"The Legacy of the Ancestors" by P. L. Travers
- The Dreamtime: an invitation into the aboriginal world of the objective Now
"Psalm 19 from Blues of the Sky" by David Rosenberg
- A selection from a fresh and moving translation of the Psalms: the first by a contemporary American poet from the original tongue
"The Wisdom of Festival" by David Johnson
- Is there a link between the ancient Babylonian festival of renewal and our contemporary celebrations?
"The White Seal Maid" by Jane Yolen
- A new story based on the traditional selchie legends by the prize-winning author of children's books
"Ishmael on Watch" by John Fentress Gardner
- Between the heartless rationality of Captain Ahab and the helpless emotionality of Pip, the cabin boy, young Ishmael seeks a middle course. The ordeal of Moby Dick is the ordeal of American adolescence.
"Africa and the Word" by Daniel Whitman
- A vision of the creative potential of mankind as bound to his possession of the Word
"Man the Maker: Reflections on Human Creativity"
- A selection of statements about art from a traditional point of view
"Microcosm, Macrocosm, and Mandala" by Kenneth L. Phillips
- An exploration of the symbolic function of the mandala and a commentary on four original String Mandalas generated by modern computer science and rooted in basic designs
"Worlds of Discourse: A conversation with Zalman Schachter"
- An interview with the charismatic and eclectic rabbi on mysticism and its practice in the modern world
Tangents - Reviews
John Loudon on the film Mohammad: Messenger of God
Melissa Kay Wood on NBC's "Jesus of Nazareth"
Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world
