Parabola Podcast Episode 34: Hope
Story editor Betsy Cornwell shares excerpts from the current issue of Parabola, “Hope,” in this episode of the magazine’s free monthly podcast.
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Eight Worldviews and Practices, by Mark Nepo
Eight traditional ways to wholeheartedness and authenticity
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Gurdjieff’s Apartment: “Here there are no spectators”, by Roger Lipsey
A universe of meaning in a small Parisian abode
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Plant Healing and Shamanism in the Deep Amazon, by Jorges Hachumak with David L. Carroll
Inside an Ayahuasca ceremony
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On Hopelessness and Hope: A Conversation with Deep Psychologist Michael Penn
A conversation with deep psychologist Michael Penn
Current Issue
Making God Necessary, by Deepak Chopra
Why God is a verb, not a noun
Meeting the Rabbi, by Kenneth Krushel
On Adin Steinsaltz and the power of hope
Eight Worldviews and Practices, by Mark Nepo
Eight traditional ways to wholeheartedness and authenticity
Essays
The Rusalki, by Jane L. Mickelson
Beautiful, mysterious, deadly: mermaids of Russian folklore
Presence and Prayer, by Michel Conge
To cherish the divine spark
The Deepest Silence, by John Roger Barrie
The mystical heart of silence
A Parabola Bestiary: Coyotes, by Peter Beagle
The trickster, the shape shifter, the god–the coyote
Conversations
How to Open Ourselves Out: A Conversation with Abhijata Iyengar
Exploring yoga with the guru’s granddaughter
IN MEMORIAM: 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.
Repairing the Fabric of the World, A Conversation with Jonathan F.P. Rose
A conversation with civic visionary Jonathan F.P. Rose
Lie and Glorious Adjective, an Excerpt from an Interview with Peter Brook
What effect does [wearing a mask] have on the person wearing it?
Poetry
Our Journey Had Advanced, by Emily Dickinson
A poem by Emily Dickinson featured in Parabola Volume 43, No. 3, “The Journey Home,” Fall 2018
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.
Three Poems by Jane Yolen
Three Poems by Jane Yolen
Three Poems, by Mark Nepo
Heavy drops, carrying more | than they can bear, fall from no- | where, bending leaves already | sagging, and one by one, | the leaves let go.
Epicycles
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.
Podcast
Parabola Podcast Episode 34: Hope
Story editor Betsy Cornwell shares excerpts from the current issue of Parabola, “Hope,” in this episode of the magazine’s free monthly podcast.
Parabola Podcast Episode 33: Guidance
Betsy Cornwell shares Josh Boettiger’s essay on King David and Leonard Cohen, “The Poet and the Shepherd,” and Susan McCaslin’s meditation on spiritual journeys, “Guidance,” in this episode.
Parabola Podcast Episode 32: Animals
Story editor Betsy Cornwell shares Ursula K. Legion’s “A Parabola Bestiary: Bear” and Eleanor O’Hanlon’s “Remarkable Beings” in this episode of Parabola magazine’s free monthly podcast
Parabola Podcast Episode 31: The Journey Home
Betsy Cornwell shares Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush’s “Going Home” and Emily Dickinson’s poem “Our Journey Had Advanced” in this episode of our free monthly podcast.
Book Reviews
BLACK ELK, LAKOTA VISIONARY: The Oglala Holy Man and Sioux Tradition
BLACK ELK, LAKOTA VISIONARY: The Oglala Holy Man and Sioux Tradition. Reviewed by Samuel Bendeck Sotillos.
SYMBOL OF DIVINE LIGHT: The Lamp in Islamic Culture and Other Traditions
“SYMBOL OF DIVINE LIGHT: The Lamp in Islamic Culture and Other Traditions” by Nicholas Stone. Reviewed by Samuel Bendeck Sotillos.
THE BHAGAVAD GITA: A Guide to Navigating the Battle of Life
THE BHAGAVAD GITA: A Guide to Navigating the Battle of Life by Ravi Ravindra. Reviewed by Vinita Kaushik Kapur.
THE ETERNAL LAW: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Modern Physics and Ultimate Reality
“The Eternal Law: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Modern Physics and Ultimate Reality” by John Spencer. Reviewed by Ocean Malandra.
Web Exclusives
Growing a Cross-Cultural Garden, by Padma Hejmadi
Connecting with the cosmic through the grace, hardship, and gifts of a garden.
Guidance, by Susan McCaslin
By being born, we all find ourselves on a journey of some kind.
The Heights of Machu Picchu, by J.M. White
A miraculous visit to Machu Picchu
What Is The Weight of Wealth?, by Amy Barnes
What is the weight of wealth? Is it the weight of the money itself or is it the weight of responsibility of having that money?
PARABOLA in Translation
Bose, Το πιο Ριζοσπαστικό Μοναστήρι στη Γη
Από τη στιγμή που ιδρύθηκε, πενήντα χρόνια πριν, η κοινότητα του Bose ήταν προορισμένη να λειτουργήσει ως οδοδείκτης […]
En el Tren a Siberia, por Lillian Firestone
Es difícil para la mayoría de nosotros creer que ambos ángeles y demonios se mezclan con los humanos en la Tierra […]
Los Ángeles de Navidad, por Risa Levenson Gold con las ilustraciones de Jean Zaleski
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 […]