Parabola
Parabola 1:1
The Hero
, ISBN Pb 1:1 / 978Pb 1:1, Parabola
"Nostalgia for Paradise" by Mircea Eliade - The search for transcendent reality
"The Huichol and the Quest for Paradise" by Barbara Myerhoff - A journey to the sacred land of Wirikuta
"A Circular World: The Vision of Navajo Crafts" by Barre Toelken - An illustrated exhibition of the making of Navajo artifacts
"The World of the Hero" by P. L. Travers - Exploring the dimensions of mythic heroism
"Psychotherapy and the Sacred" by Jacob Needleman - Can psychotherapy mediate the sacred?
"The Tragic Hero: An Image of Individuation" by Edward Edinger - An image of the individual’s struggle for personal wholeness
"The Diamond Lens of Fable" by Minor White - A photographic quest
"The Meaning of Tradition" - A conversation with Huston Smith
Tangents - Reviews
"The Ambiguities of Eden" by Paul Jordan-Smith - On The Gentle Tasaday
"Speaking in Images" by William Doty - A review of The Mythic Image
Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world
"Gilgamesh" / Mesopotamian
"Prayer to the West" / Lakota - by Arthur Amiotte
"Phantastes" / by George MacDonald
"The Dog with the Curly Tail" / Indian - from The Cheyenne Indians by George Bird Grinnell
"Two Stories" / Islamic
"The Beloved" / Jewish - retold by Zalman M. Schachter
Parabola is published quarterly by the Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition. Each issue includes: * Original articles and interviews on mythology, spiritual practice, religious tradition, literature, popular culture, science, and the arts * Retellings of traditional stories, myths, and fairy tales * Book reviews * Comments on contemporary film, theater, music, art, and events * Artwork ranging from the traditional to the contemporary
(Daimon distributes Parabola only outside America.
On the American continent please order directly from: www.parabola.org.)