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
These are challenging times for all of us. We at Parabola are offering a free PDF of our “Alone and Together” issue to anyone who would like one, and we hope you will find solace in its pages. Click here…
Is there such a thing as deciduous ideas? Ideas that have had their season. Some flare into color as a last statement of themselves, others dry modestly and fall away. There is a process of this kind, an autumn of…
She lives on the lintels and doorways of churches all over Europe, especially in Ireland. She looks out in defiance from the stone in which she’s carved: teeth bared, eyes wide, legs spread. Her hands hold open her exaggerated vulva…
The Very Rev. James Parks Morton (1930-2020). Photo: stjohndivine.org Parabola regrets the passing of James Parks Morton. He served for many years on the Board of the Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, which publishes…
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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