Parabola Podcast Episode 28: The Miraculous
Story editor Betsy Cornwell shares excerpts from Parabola Magazine’s new issue, “The Miraculous,” including three new poems by beloved author Jane Yolen.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Current Issue
“I Will Teach You” by Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim
To meet her destiny, she needed a miracle
A Miracle in the Pueblo, by Lillian Firestone
What happened at the Hopi Corn Dance
Three Poems by Jane Yolen
Three Poems by Jane Yolen
Essays
Gastronomy in Ancient China, by Donald Harper
Cooking for the sage king
Participators of Sacred Things, by Roger Lipsey
The structure of traditional art
Circles of Time, by J. Stephen Lansing
Being “old” in Bali
Walking the Maze, by Pamela Travers
The way in, the way out
Conversations
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?
The Wisdom of the Animals, by Phil Borges
A conversation with wildlife educator Steve Karlin
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.
Poetry
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.
Yu Xuanji, “At Home in the Summer Mountains,” translated by Jane Hirschfield
A poem by Yu Xuanji from the Winter of 1994.
Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 50
A poem by Walt Whitman in our Summer Issue, Happiness.
Riding Out at Evening, by Linda McCarriston
A poem by Linda McCarriston
Epicycles
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.
O My Country!, A Maghreb folktale, Retold by Anne Twitty
King Salomon seeks paradise with the help of an eagle
The Awakened Eye, by Frederick Franck
A recollection of the first moment of being at one.
Podcast
Parabola Podcast Episode 28: The Miraculous
Story editor Betsy Cornwell shares excerpts from Parabola Magazine’s new issue, “The Miraculous,” including three new poems by beloved author Jane Yolen.
Parabola Podcast Episode 27: “The Maze”
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.
Parabola Podcast Episode 26: “Wealth”
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 […]
Parabola Podcast Episode 25: The Beloved
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.”
Book Reviews
The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi: Illustrated Edition
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
“The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation” by Richard Rohr with Mike Morrell. Reviewed by Patty de Llosa
The Hidden Third
“The greatest responsibility of all: the transmission of the mystery.” —Basarab Nicolescu
Nassreddin Hodja and His Donkey: Ten Stories Retold by the Brotherhood of the Dancing Camel
Nassreddin Hodja was a real person, a Turkish Sufi, who died in the thirteenth century.
Web Exclusives
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?
Polychromatic Mysticism: A Visit to Little Gidding, by J. M. White
Little Gidding has been described as a “thin place” where there is only a slim veil between time and eternity.
The Poet and the Shepherd, by Joshua Boettiger
King David, Leonard Cohen and the Search for Meaning
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 […]