Parabola Magazine

Dance Around The Golden Calf by Emil Nolde

Worshipping Illusions: An Interview with Marion Woodman

April 13, 2019By Parabola Editors

In the Summer of 1987, Parabola sat down for an exchange with Marion Woodman on the subject of addiction.

“A Wing And A Prayer,” An Interview with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

April 2, 2019By Parabola Editors

An Interview with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from November 4, 2006 until November 1, 2015.

Painting by Leonid Pasternak, Alexander Pushkin at the seashore

Entrance, by Rainer Maria Rilke

March 6, 2019By Parabola Editors

Whoever you are: in the evening step out | of your room, where you know everything …

Pulitzer-winning poet Mary Oliver has died at 83

January 17, 2019By Parabola Editors

Mary Oliver was an astonishing poet beloved by many and also a frequent contributor to PARABOLA over the years.

Parabola Volume 43, No. 1, Spring 2018: Wealth

April 29, 2018By Parabola Editors

Parabola Volume 43, No. 1, Spring 2018: Wealth

Repairing the Fabric of the World, A Conversation with Jonathan F.P. Rose

January 10, 2018By Parabola Editors

A conversation with civic visionary Jonathan F.P. Rose

The Unasked Question, Retold by Paul Jordan-Smith

June 9, 2017By Parabola Editors

A classic quest seen anew

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 50

May 25, 2017By Parabola Editors

A poem by Walt Whitman in our issue, Happiness.

Parabola: The Search for Meaning : Free Complete Digital Index, 1976-2019

May 24, 2017By Parabola Editors

The Gurdjieff Foundation of Illinois has generously assembled a free searchable index for Parabola magazine readers.

Meditation and Service: A Conversation with Nipun Mehta

May 7, 2017By Parabola Editors

A conversation with visionary philanthropist Nipun Mehta

Our stories can bind us or set us free. They have the power to shape our identities and the world around us, and have been told since the dawn of civilization.

Join editor Tracy Cochran at the Rubin Museum of Art on August 24th from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM for a a day of mindfulness meditation and mindful writing. Mindfulness gives our stories space and compassion, allowing them to unfold and reveal new insights and possibilities. We will explore our storytelling nature, seeing how our stories can change—heartaches giving way to healing, endings leading to new beginnings. Writers and non-writers, meditators and absolute beginners are all welcome to come enjoy this day. For more information, please visit this link.

Two acclaimed filmmakers open this issue of Parabola: Martin Scorsese, director of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Casino, Kundun, Silence, and other masterpieces including this Fall’s offering, The Irishman; and Kent Jones, creator of this year’s Diane and director of the New York Film Festival. Scorsese writes of forgiveness; Jones discusses how forgiveness informs and illuminates Scorsese’s movies. What stands out in both men’s essays and in their art is an understanding that we each exist in a web of meaningful relationship; that what we do matters, that we each have a responsibility to others and to the world. Read more>

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