Winter 2020-2021:
Secrets
“These pages brim with revelations—about little-known Native American lore, about the hidden life of Isaac Newton, about Macbeth and addiction and poet Robert Lax in Hollywood. There are unveilings about the Freemasons, and the Catholic confessional; about animal tracks and trackers, and the mysteries of the Hebrew alphabet.”
from the current issue
Prospero, Jonah, and “The Greek”: A Winter’s Odyssey
These Are the Words of the Secret: The Gospel of Thomas Revealed
Where Do We Go From Here?
Web Exclusives
in the recent past
Four times a year for over 40 years Parabola has gathered the wisdom of the world’s spiritual traditions to illuminate the central questions of life.
Highlights from the archive
“Soul, like the body, is a process. Though we are born with a soul, soul continues to develop, secretly adding to its luster like a pearl hidden inside an oyster. Making soul is the process of a lifetime, or several lifetimes. Mystics call it performing The Great Work.”
“The magician is the magus, the mighty one, the worker of miracles. What then is magic, what is a miracle? Where does the power come from? What laws is it above, and what laws is it under? For in the hierarchy of nature we know of nothing below the divine Absolute that does not obey the higher cause. What are the laws of magic?”
Join our newsletter
PARABOLA Podcast
Most Popular
The Natural Order of Things 
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, by Cynthia Bourgeault 
Freedom from Addiction: The Presence of a Moment 
Lucky Man 
When the Source Ran Free: A story for the present time 
Into the Heart of Persian Sufi Poetry 
Helen Keller, by Langston Hughes 
SYMBOL OF DIVINE LIGHT: The Lamp in Islamic Culture… 
Worshipping Illusions: An Interview with Marion Woodman 
The Way of the Heart, by Cynthia Bourgeault