Conversations

How to Open Ourselves Out: A Conversation with Abhijata Iyengar

July 28, 2018By Annie Schliffer

Exploring yoga with the guru’s granddaughter

IN MEMORIAM: Worshipping Illusions: An Interview with Marion Woodman

June 10, 2018By Parabola Editors

In the Summer of 1987, Parabola sat down for an exchange with Marion Woodman on the subject of addiction.

Repairing the Fabric of the World, A Conversation with Jonathan F.P. Rose

January 10, 2018By Parabola Editors

A conversation with civic visionary Jonathan F.P. Rose

Lie and Glorious Adjective, an Excerpt from an Interview with Peter Brook

October 31, 2017By Parabola Editors

What effect does [wearing a mask] have on the person wearing it?

The Wisdom of the Animals, by Phil Borges

July 30, 2017By Phil Borges

A conversation with wildlife educator Steve Karlin

Grace is Here!, A Conversation with Ram Dass

May 18, 2017By David Ulrich

A conversation with spiritual pioneer Ram Dass

Meditation and Service: A Conversation with Nipun Mehta

May 7, 2017By Parabola Editors

A conversation with visionary philanthropist Nipun Mehta

Exploring the Frontiers of Science: A Conversation with Leo Piilonen

February 26, 2017By Jim Metzner

A conversation with physicist Leo Piilonen

Viktor Frankl and the Search for Meaning: A Conversation with Alexander Vesely and Mary Cimiluca

January 31, 2017By Fran Grace

A conversation with Frankl’s grandson and a Frankl family champion.

Tumutumu Hills nursery

The Tree of Life, An Interview with Wangari Maathai

January 24, 2017By Parabola Editors

An interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai

Stephen Weiss, MD, portrait of Brother David Steindl-Rast, Mt. Saviour Monastery, Elmira, NY

Learning to Die, by Brother David Steindl-Rast

The only point where one can start to talk about anything, including death, is where one finds oneself. And for me this is as a Benedictine monk. In the rule of St. Benedict, the momenta […]

The Art of Cleaning, by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Hilary Hart

Housework as spiritual practice, from a Sufi master

Marion Woodman and the Search for the Conscious Feminine, by Patty de Llosa

“The true feminine is the receptacle of love. The true masculine is the spirit that goes into the eternal unknown in search of meaning. The great container, the Self, is paradoxically both male and female […]

Hearing the Cries of the World, by Mark Nepo

This story is so old we don’t know who told it or who it’s about, except that it speaks to all of us. We no longer know if it was a “he” or “she” at the center of the story. […]

To Go Beyond Thought, an Interview with Karen Armstrong

One bright spring day, Parabola met with Karen Armstrong in her suite at the Parker Meridian hotel in Manhattan. The petite, friendly 62-year-old British ex-nun, arguably the most influential commentator on religion in the English-speaking […]