A short poem by A. R. Ammons
Parabola Magazine
Meditation and Service: A Conversation with Nipun Mehta
A conversation with visionary philanthropist Nipun Mehta
Tashi & The Monk, Directed by Andrew Hinton & Johnny Burke
On a remote mountaintop a brave social experiment is taking place.
Jack Kerouac’s Golden Eternity
Jack Kerouac was a literary iconoclast in the mid-1950s, and sent the text above in a letter to his first wife, a decade after their marriage had been annulled.
Endpoint from “The Divine Feminine,” Spring 2016
Despite a growing awareness of the Divine Feminine, women remain ineligible to head many major religious groups and institutions […]
Kuzunoha
Kuzunoha is a popular figure in Japanese folklore
Parabola Volume 41, No. 4, Winter 2016-2017: Generosity & Service
Parabola Volume 41, No. 4, Winter 2016-2017: Generosity & Service Jesus Christ said, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Jesus, like Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, […]
The Tree of Life, An Interview with Wangari Maathai
An interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai
The Meaning of Tradition: A Conversation with Huston Smith
Parabola’s first issue, Winter 1976, included the magazine’s first interview. Conducted by then-editor John Loudon, it questioned religion scholar Huston Smith, author of the bestseller The Religions of Man, whom Loudon described as “a man who has traveled widely, but deeply, learning the many languages for what is primordially true.”
An Excerpt from “Undiscovered Country” by Kathryn Hulme
A Christmas recollection from G.I. Gurdjieff.