Parabola 35:1
Love
LOVE
VOLUME 35 NUMBER 1 SPRING 2010
6 A MONOTHEISTIC MODEL OF LOVE Gilla Nissan
Exploring the sacred dimensions of love
12 MIRA’S LOVE Rama Devagupta
A love story for the ages: Mirabai and Lord Krishna
20 SUCH A FEELING MUST BE LOVE James Joyce
A heart-opening vision
26 DEEP LISTENING AS LOVE
A conversation with Garrison Institute fellow David Rome
40 LOVE AND MONEY Richard Smoley
The secret prices of love
46 THE LIGHT OF LOVE SHONE ON ME Helen Keller
Blind and deaf, she found a way
62 LOVE AND COMPASSION Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi
An esteemed monk on cultivating loving-kindness and compassion
78 TO TRULY LIVE THE TEACHINGS
From China, a surprising conversation with Master Minghai
84 DOES SOMETHING WITHIN US KNOW MORE THAN WE DO? James Opie
A young man awakens to the power of seeing
90 THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE Oscar Wilde
A tale of the ultimate sacrifice
FOUR NEW POEMS BY MARY OLIVER
38 PASSING THE UNWORKED FIELD
39 APRIL
60 MIST IN THE MORNING, NOTHING AROUND ME BUT SAND AND ROSES
61 IN YOUR HANDS
ARCS
56 A PARTICLE OF LOVE
EPICYCLES
32 LAYLA AND MAJNUN Nizami | Persian
Retold by Diane Wolkstein
50 THE LEGEND OF NALAGIRI Anonymous | Buddhist
Retold with commentary by Margo McLoughlin
72 THE CHOICE OF LADY RAGNELL Anonymous | English
Retold by Barbara Helen Berger
TANGENTS
100 FOR PEOPLE ON THE VERGE OF GIVING UP HOPE Richard Whittaker
A review of Jacob Needleman’s What Is God? and a conversation
with Jacob Needleman
104 DUALISTIC AND NON John Shirley
At the Science and Nonduality Conference
BOOK REVIEWS
108 THE FUTURE OF FAITH
Harvey Cox | reviewed by Bill Williams
114 IT’S UP TO OURSELVES
Jessmin and Dushka Howarth | reviewed by Jeff Zaleski
116 WATER & ITS SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE
Edited by Virginia Gray Henry-Blakemore and Elena Lloyd Siddle |
reviewed by Samuel Bendek Sotillos
BOOKS FROM THE PARABOLA FAMILY
122 THE DANCE OF SHIVA
Richard Smoley | reviewed by Tracy Cochran
124 THE LAMP
Ilan Amit | reviewed by Jeff Zaleski
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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