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Rewilding: A Conversation with Staffan Widstrand, by Eleanor O’Hanlon
By Eleanor O'Hanlon on April 28, 2019

A conversation with wildlife photographer, author, and conservationist Staffan Widstrand

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The Courageous Mary Oliver, by Lisa Starr
By Lisa Starr on April 28, 2019

Remembering the beloved poet

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Watching the Wild Things, by Tracy Cochran
By Tracy Cochran on April 28, 2019

Going to the movies, mindfully

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The LSD Experience, by Laurence Rosenthal
By Laurence Rosenthal on April 28, 2019

A celebrated composer hears celestial music

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Sarabha-miga Jataka, The Noble Stag, Retold by Margo McLoughlin
By Margo McLoughlin on April 28, 2019

An anonymous Buddhist tale translated from the Pali and retold by Margo McLoughlin

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GURDJIEFF RECONSIDERED: The Life, the Teachings, The Legacy
By Jeff Zaleski on April 28, 2019

“GURDJIEFF RECONSIDERED: The Life, the Teachings, The Legacy” by Roger Lipsey. Reviewed by Jeff Zaleski

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THE STILLNESS OF THE LIVING FOREST: A Year of Listening and Learning
By Jan Cheripko on April 28, 2019

THE STILLNESS OF THE LIVING FOREST: A Year of Listening and Learning by John Harvey. Reviewed by Jan Cheripko

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Boethius, rendered into modern English by Thomas Powers (Free Download)
By Thomas Powers on April 28, 2019

Download a free PDF of a new rendering by Thomas Powers of “Consolation of Philosophy” (c. 524 A.D.), the classic and influential work by the Roman senator Boethius (c. 477-524 A.D.).

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Parabola Podcast Episode 39: The Wild

Story Editor Betsy Cornwell shares excerpts from the current issue of PARABOLA: The Wild.

Rewilding: A Conversation with Staffan Widstrand, by Eleanor O’Hanlon

A conversation with wildlife photographer, author, and conservationist Staffan Widstrand

The Courageous Mary Oliver, by Lisa Starr

Remembering the beloved poet

Watching the Wild Things, by Tracy Cochran

Going to the movies, mindfully

Wild Imagination, by Geneen Marie Haugen

Imagination itself may be our best resource for experiential recovery of a vibrant, participatory, and wildly sacred Earth.

In and Out of Sight, by Padma Hejmadi

On true seeing

Round and Round but Never There, by Eliezer Shore

Hope not as destination, but as the line we draw along the way.

Guidance, by Susan McCaslin

By being born, we all find ourselves on a journey of some kind.

For a Man There’s an Order in Life, by James Opie

Homespun advice to a young man in need

In the Midst of Winter, an Invincible Summer, by Tracy Cochran

Seeing the light when it is darkest

Living the Moment of Love, by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Awakening to ourselves and the world

The Simple Joy of Being, by Adyashanti

Backpacking into deeper Reality

Worshipping Illusions: An Interview with Marion Woodman

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

“A Wing And A Prayer,” An Interview with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

An Interview with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from November 4, 2006 until November 1, 2015.

On Hopelessness and Hope: A Conversation with Deep Psychologist Michael Penn

A conversation with deep psychologist Michael Penn

How to Open Ourselves Out: A Conversation with Abhijata Iyengar

Exploring yoga with the guru’s granddaughter

Entrance, by Rainer Maria Rilke

Whoever you are: in the evening step out | of your room, where you know everything …

Pulitzer-winning poet Mary Oliver has died at 83

Mary Oliver was an astonishing poet beloved by many and also a frequent contributor to PARABOLA over the years.

Inanna and the Land of No Return, by Rachel Nora Greene

A child retells the legend of the Sumerian goddess Inanna and her descent to the Nether World.

Ceremony, an Aztec myth, By Fray Juan de Torquemada and Translated by David Johnson

How the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca created a fiesta of music.

Izanagi and Izanami, a Japanese myth, Retold by Paul Jordan-Smith

How the goddess of creation became the goddess of death

Ring of Wisdom, a Sufi Parable, Retold by Anne Twitty

A Sufi king seeks a ring of great power.

The First Tears, an Eskimo folktale, Retold by Anne Twitty

How the First People learned to cry.

Parabola Podcast Episode 39: The Wild

Story Editor Betsy Cornwell shares excerpts from the current issue of PARABOLA: The Wild.

Parabola Podcast Episode 37: Remembering

Story Editor Betsy Cornwell shares excerpts from PARABOLA’s forty-three year archive on the theme of remembering.

Parabola Podcast Episode 36: Renewal

Story editor Betsy Cornwell shares essays from Parabola’s extensive archives on the theme of “Renewal” in this episode of Parabola magazine’s free podcast.

Parabola Podcast Episode 35: Change & the Changeless

Story Editor Betsy Cornwell shares Jim White’s moving essay “The Esoteric Shakespeare” and Scottish and Chinese fairy tales, as well as wise advice from Rainer Maria Rilke, in this episode of Parabola magazine’s free monthly podcast.