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Mirabai Starr

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MIRABAI STARR is an adjunct professor of philosophy and world religion at the University of New Mexico- Taos. She is best known for her translations of DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL, by John of the Cross, and THE INTERIOR CASTLE and THE BOOK OF MY LIFE, by Teresa of Avila.

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Longing for the Beloved, by Mirabai Starr

Longing for the Beloved, by Mirabai Starr

July 18, 2017By Mirabai Starr

Teresa of Avila—and grief—teach a mighty lesson

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the Winter 2019 issue

Two acclaimed filmmakers open this issue of “She is the holy Oneness; that’s why she is a mystery,” says the African healer and guide Baba Mandaza Augustine Kademwa, in conversation with the Buddhist teacher Thanissara in this Winter 2019-2020 issue of Parabola. He speaks of Mother Earth, whom he says accepts to be called by many names, including Goddess. But this issue on Goddess reveals that she is always to some degree unknown. “The brain isn’t the highest human function,” points out physician and author Rachel Naomi Remen in conversation here with Parabola’s West Coast editor Richard Whittaker. “The highest human function is shrouded in mystery.” Read more>

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