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Poetry of the Sacred

Virgin Mary and child. Wall painting, c. eighth century-first half ninth century. Tempera on mud plaster. National Museum in Warsaw. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The annual winners of the Poetry of the Sacred Contest (2021), chosen by the Center for Interfaith Relations.

Our April Gift to You: A Free PDF of “The Search for Meaning”

These are challenging times for all of us. We at Parabola are offering a free PDF of our “The Search for Meaning” issue from Spring 2017 to anyone who would like one, and we hope you will find comfort in its pages. Click here to access your free PDF. You can also purchase a print…

Alice Coltrane’s “Om Shanti”

In the early 1980s, jazz pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane devoted herself to the Hindu tradition, adopting the name Swamini Turiyasangitananda and established the 48-acre Sai Anantam Ashram outside Los Angeles.