Into the Heart of Persian Sufi Poetry
In fluid right-to-left strokes, letters emerged on the whiteboard, crowned with an elegant speckling of dots that sprang from the tip of a blue marker. “Whatever we are looking for…
NO BATTERIES REQUIRED
NO BATTERIES REQUIRED ELLEN DOOLING REYNARD. YELLOW ARROW PUBLISHING (YELLOWARROWPUBLISHING.COM), 2021. Pp. 78. $15 PAPERReviewed by Iven Lourie In this small volume, Ellen Dooling Reynard has put together a variety…
Without Pause, by Mark Nepo
They say the legendary hitter Ted Williams could see the seams of the ball as it came out of the pitcher’s hand. All of his practice, swinging the bat for…
Sacred Time
Time speaks in many voices, many different images and sounds. For the Neolithic builders of Stonehenge, sacred time was marked by the Summer and Winter solstices, particularly the Winter solstice,…
Parabola Podcast Episode 44: The Search for Meaning
How do you get people to trust life? You have to trick them. They won’t jump into the water, so you have to throw them in.Alan Watts, “How to Reach…
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