Parabola

Parabola 23:4

Birth and Rebirth

, ISBN Pb 23:4 / 978Pb 23:4, Parabola

"Kheperi, Ra, Atum" by Normandi Ellis - The ancient Egyptian vision of transformation

"Cauldron of Changes" by Mara Freeman - Shifting from form to form

"Who Lives, Who Survives?" by Wendy Doniger - Karma and reincarnation in Hindu texts

"By Whom Is Wisdom Sown?" from the Hermetica - Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus

"In the Dark Places of Wisdom" by Peter Kingsley - The incubation of initiates

"Blessed Are the Birth-Givers" by Miranda Shaw - A Buddhist celebration of motherhood

ARCS: "The Living Come from the Dead"

"The Night Journey of Nicodemus" by Philip Zaleski - Baptism into a new life

"How Our End Will Be" from The Gospel of St. Thomas - On the undying self

"Circulation of the Light" from The Secret of the Golden Flower - The Taoist doctrine of the reverse current

"The Serpent That Bites Its Own Tail" by William A. McIntosh - Symbol of death and revival

"Birth and the Witness" by Elizabeth N. Brower - A midwife’s perspective

"Radiant Gravity" by Anne Farber - The survival of a teaching

Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world
"The Rebirth of Inanna" / Sumerian - retold by Diane Wolkstein
"Letao and the Chief" / Marshall Islands - retold by Daniel A. Kelin, II
"The Voice in the Tree" / Jewish - retold by Howard Schwartz
"How Long Until Freedom?" / Hindu - from the Kurma Purana
"Hina and the Eel" / Polynesian - retold by Caren Belle Loebel-Fried
"Anat and Baal" / Ugaritic - retold by Philip Randal Jensen
"The Magic Drum" / Inuit - retold by Laura Simms
"The River" / Tlingit - retold by Jane Hughes Gignoux

 

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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

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