Summer 2022: Ancestors
“Our ancestors are always with us. They reside in the color of our eyes, in our religious and social practices, in how we treat our fellow humans. They are to some extent our fate, but not necessarily our destiny.”
Current Issue
- Prophets without Robes or Staffs
Hammarskjöld, Havel, Mandela, Thunberg - A Good Start
A Dutch Village, ‘Guernica’, and the power of remembering - The Gates of Paradise
Shamanic memories from an Indian visionary - “Because of You! ”
Among fields of lavender, understanding comes - Meeting Remarkable Trees
What our arboreal friends can teach us
Online Exclusives
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Photograph by Lee van Laer In the midst of our anxiety and our reaction to the danger of infection, life seems somewhat surreal—compelling, distracting. I’m taken by the moment, and everything seems to be about the disease itself. Yet…
Four times a year for over 40 years Parabola has gathered the wisdom of the world’s spiritual traditions to illuminate the central questions of life.
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Fall 2022: BELONGING (submission deadline: June 01, 2022)
Winter 2022/2023:
DARKNESS & LIGHT (submission deadline: September 01, 2022)
Spring 2023: TRANSFORMATION (submission deadline: December 01, 2022)
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