ONE SEED MAKES THE WHOLE EARTH GREEN.
Cologne: N.D., c. 1990. First printing. 275 pages. More
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IMAGINATION: PARABOLA, VOL. 34, NO. 1, SRING 2009.
2009. First edition. Contents: FLINGING THE NET: The reconciling power of good stories, THE HEART EATER: Translated and retold by Ishmael Beah, THE ODYSSEY: Introduced by Jean Houston, from Samuel Butler's translation, Kosiya, The Buddhist Scrooge: Translated and retold by Margo McLoughlin, Ruth: WHERE YOU GO, I WILL GO: Retold..... More
BURNING WORLD: PARABOLA, VOL. 37, NO. 1, SPRING 2012.
2012. First edition. Contents: THE FIRE SERMON of The Buddha, translated by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: A fresh translation of an ancient teaching, REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRE SERMON by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: The world is on fire. What is to be done?, FIRST FIRES by Joseph Bruchac: Fire in American Indian..... More
WATER: PARABOLA, VOL. 34, NO. 2, SUMMER 2009.
2009. First edition. Contents: FLINGING THE NET: The reconciling power of good stories, THE HEART EATER: Translated and retold by Ishmael Beah, THE ODYSSEY: Introduced by Jean Houston, from Samuel Butler's translation, Kosiya, The Buddhist Scrooge: Translated and retold by Margo McLoughlin, Ruth: WHERE YOU GO, I WILL GO: Retold..... More
WHOLENESS: PARABOLA, VOL X, NO. 1, FEBRUARY 1985.
New York: Parabola, 2002. Later printing. Tenth Anniversary Issue; Contents: The Fullness of Emptiness by H.H. the Dalai lama, Letting Go by Helen M. Luke, The Long Journey by Seyyed Hossein nasr, Gentle Events by Geoffrey Chew and jacob Needleman, The Search for being by Pauline de Dampierre, Image and..... More
THE PATH: PARABOLA, VOLUME 34 NO. 3 FALL 2009.
2009. Contents include WITHOUT HEART YOU HAVE NOTHING by Trebbe Johnson - Journeys with a desert people and the code they live by, DAYS WITH MICHEL CONGE by Rami Kalfon - Close encounters with a student of Gurdjieff, GOOD DRIVER" by James Opie - In Afghanistan, a lesson on when..... More
SPIRIT IN THE WORLD: PARABOLA, VOL. 38, NO. 1, SPRING 2013.
New York: 2013. Contents include BRIDGING THE SPIRITUAL AND THE MUNDANE by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: A journey to a new understanding, A CONSONANCE OF FEELING by Lee van Laer, art by Chantal Heinegg: Painting icons in a modern world, NO IDEAS BUT IN THINGS by Joshua Boettiger: Exploring embodiment, GRACE..... More
SEX: PARABOLA, VOLUME 32, NO. 2; SUMMER 2007.
New York: 2007. Contains Down Came the Door of Dharma by Trebbe Johnson - Lovemaking between humans and gods; The Most Sacred of Places by Rick Blum - A story of Moses; Jordan Was Driven Back by Eugene Myshkin - Sex in the light of tradition; Spiritual Teachings on Sex..... More
THE EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER: PARABOLA, VOLUME XX, NO. 1; SPRING 1995.
New York: 1995. 20th Anniversary Issue; Contains "Ancient Quartet" by Scott Russell Sanders - Changing perspectives about the basic substances, "The Primary Qualities" by Titus Burckhardt - An alchemical view, "The Nature of Nature" by Thomas Kelting - The search for the connectedness of all things, "Water Rises, Too" by..... More
SUFFERING: PARABOLA, VOL. 36, NO. 1, SPRING 2011.
2010. First edition. Contents: FIVE FULL MINUTES Robert Chodo Campbell - A Zen Buddhist priest in Zimbabwe and South Africa "FOR THE SWING OF THOUGHT" Neil Rusch - Jack Kerouac goes in search of the miraculous ACCEPTING THE MYSTERY - A conversation with Jonathan Omer-Man TO BE FREE OF SUFFERING..... More
SOLITUDE AND COMMUNITY: PARABOLA, VOLUME XVII, NO. 1; SPRING 1992.
New York: 1992. Contains Memorial to D.M. Dooling; "The Inner Family" by D. M. Dooling - The lifelong study of essential relationships; "Reunion with the Source" by Mary Ann Troedsson - A death in the family; "Surrounded by Water, Dying of Thirst" by Lambros Kamperidis - Withdrawing from the world..... More
MIRRORS: PARABOLA, VOL XI, NO. 2, MAY 1986.
New York: Parabola, 1986. 127 pages. More
FORGIVENESS: PARABOLA, VOL XII, NO. 3, AUGUST 1987.
New York: Parabola, 1987. First edition. 128 pages. More
THE MAN & MACHINE: PARABOLA, VOLUME 33, NO. 3; FALL 2008.
New York: 2008. Contains NOTES ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SPIRITUAL SEARCH by Ravi Ravindra - Two paths toward the unknown; THE END OF KNOWLEDGE: A conversation with Ravi Ravindra; AFTER THE MOVERS HAVE LEFT by Margaret Pierpont - The mind on meditation retreat; WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT A PERSON..... More
BEAUTY: PARABOLA, VOL. 35, NO. 4, WINTER 2011.
2010. First edition. Contents BEAUTY REDEEMED Trebbe Johnson - Enter a world of beauty, ugliness, and unexpected transformation, THE RICKSHAW DRIVER Nipun Mehta - An act of kindness reveals beauties of the heart, ON BEAUTY Brian English - A Portfolio, THE BEAUTIFUL MIND - A conversation with meditation teacher Gina..... More
SADNESS PARABOLA, VOL. XI, NO. 3, AUGUST, 1986.
New York: Society for Myth and Tradition, 1986. Contains "Modes of Meaning and Experience: viraha and vilaiyatal" by David Dean Shulman - The landscape of separation; "Out from Eden" by P. L. Travers - The quintessential emotion; "In the Company of Laughter" by Peggy V. Beck - Turning tragedy into..... More
RIDDLE & MYSTERY: PARABOLA, VOLUME 25, NO. 2; MAY, 2000.
New York: 2000. Contains "One and One Make One" by Christian Wertenbaker - The puzzle of looking inward and outward; "Enigma, Paradox, Parable" by David and Sharon Hoffman - Western traditions of teaching through riddles; "The Mystery of the Headless Goddess" by Miranda Shaw - Tantric symbol of spiritual rebirth;..... More
I TEACH RELIGIOUSNESS NOT RELIGION.
Poona: Rebel, N.D., c. 1990. First edition. 126 pages. More
THE GARDEN: PARABOLA, VOLUME 26, NO. 1; FEBRUARY 2001.
New York: 2001. Contains "Telling the Rosary" by Christopher Bamford - To attend to the "one needful thing", "The Patient Reach for Light" by Anita Lange - The meaning of divine wisdom, "Gardens of the Heart" by Norris Brock Johnson - Form and emptiness in the Japanese Zen garden, "Water..... More
CHAOS AND ORDER: PARABOLA, VOLUME 28, NO. 3; FALL 2003.
New York: 2003. First edition. Contains "Doorways to Other Worlds" by Mary Pat Mann - What do fractals and Faery have in common?, "A Hymn" by Thomas Moore - Honoring the positive attributes of disorder, "Monsters, Children of Chaos" by David Appelbaum - What lurks in the dark deep..., "The..... More
PEACE: PARABOLA, VOLUME XXI, NO. 3; FALL 1996.
New York: 1996. Contains "A Hidden Peace" by Edwin Bernbaum - In search of Shambhala; "For the Other Mahatma" by Roger Lipsey - The legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld; "An Image of Nirvana" - King Milinda ponders the source of balance; "Instrument of Peace" by David Fideler - The caduceus as..... More
THE CALL: PARABOLA, VOLUME XIX, NO. 1; FALL 1994.
New York: 1994. Contains "Invitation to the Soul" by David A. Cooper - Sounds that awaken us; "The One in the Many" by Seyyed Hossein Nasr - Religion, globality, and universality; "Resistance to the Call" by Juilene Osborne-McKnight - The story of St. Patrick; "Following the Straight Path" by Richard..... More
COMING TO OUR SENSES: PARABOLA, VOLUME 31, NO. 1; SPRING 2006.
New York: 2006. Contains "A Walk with Krishnamurti: From His Journals"; "'How I Pray is Breathe': Thomas Merton in the Hermitage Years" by Roger Lipsey; "Common Sense" - An interview with Peter Kingsley; "embracing the Irrational" - An Interview with Marion Woodman; "Semll" by Christopher Bramford - Scent as medium..... More
THE NEW WORLD: PARABOLA, VOLUME 32, NO. 4; WINTER 2007.
New York: 2007. Particularly striking is this candid interview with Frank Sinclair, speaking about The Gurdjieff Foundation in the most recent issue of Parabola., winter 2007. He calls Gurdjieff a man of real being. A man of Presence. Moreover, that theGurdjieff work is a return to Tradition. Gurdjieff was entering..... More
MASNAVI I MA'NAVI.; The Spiritual Couplets of Maulána Jalálu-'d-dín Muhammad I Rúmí
London: Octagon, 1984. Second impression. Translated and abridged by E.H. Whinfield; Introduction by Idries Shah; 330 pages. More