Category: Current Issue

The Real Rasputin?

Gregory Rasputin, 1920. Photograph by Karl Bulla

A fresh look at “the mad monk”

A Higher Power

Father Edward Dowling. Wikimedia Commons. Source: Father Edward Dowling. Author: Mary University Archives

The spiritual awakening of a world-class drunk

Rated “Condemned”

Subjects: Yvonne Elliman, Ted Neeley Program: :"Jesus Christ Superstar" on "NBC Monday Night at the Movies" Time: NBC Television Network colorcast, Monday Oct. 11 (9-11 p.m. NYT0

Tasting the forbidden fruit

Journey of the Rainbow Serpent

Photograph by Luke Jones. From Unsplash.com

Anonymous / Aboriginal

La Llorona

Depiction of La Lalorona in Xochimilco, Mexico. Wikimedia Commons. Author: Raúl Arturo Fernández Vega

A visitation in the night

Abba, tell me a word

Scenes from the Lives of the Desert Fathers (Thebaid). Fra Angelico, 1420. Tempera on poplar wood. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Wikimedia Commons. Source/Photographer: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/VAHKpwvs_fhZ-A

The Desert Fathers and Mothers— and their culture of search

Looking for Gold: The alchemy of Cinderella

Cinderella. Carl Offterdinger, nineteenth century. From My First Book of Fairy Tales. Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Harke

The hidden teachings of a beloved fairy tale

The Art of Budo

Portion of a facsimile of calligraphy by Wang Xizhi. All images courtesy of John Stevens and Shambhala Publications

The calligraphy and paintings of the martial arts masters

Testimony

Truong Son National Cemetery, memorial to North Vietnamese soldiers, Vietnam. Photograph by Gonzo Gooner, 2010. Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Gonzo Gooner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons

A powerful remembrance of war and peace

In the Hands of the Sea

Landscape, seascape: Vågen VIII (Wave VIII). August Strindberg, 1901/1902. Nordic Museum, Stockholm. Wikimedia Commons. Source/Photographer: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/ygHgZV4EYwrCtQ

A rapturous elegy to love