Parabola

Parabola 25:1

Threshold

, ISBN Pb 25:1 / 978Pb 25:1, Parabola

"Leaping Over" by Joseph Bruchac - Native American lore of the threshold

"The Gods of Metes and Bounds" by David Hoffman and Sharon Hoffman - Respect for boundaries

"Threshold of Chastity" by Devdutt Pattanaik - Social propriety in the Ramayana

"Information Ecology" by David Rothenberg - Emerging possibilities in technology

"Neither Here nor There" by Thomas Moore - Allies of transitional places

"Before the Law" by Franz Kafka - To hesitate in the face of existence

"Confronting the Sentinel" by Richard Smoley - An enigmatic guardian at the crossroads

"The Flaming Door" by Mara Freeman - Protecting the house against otherworldly power

"Spaces of Intercession" by Peter Schneider - Egyptian pyramids and sacred space

"Running Between the Suns" by Mordechai Beck - Twilight and what it serves

"Crossing into the Invisible" by Laura Simms - The storyteller’s evocation of the unseen

"Beyond the Precincts of the Profane" by Mircea Eliade - Rituals of deliverance

"Men-Women, Gatekeepers, and Fairy Mounds" by Randy P. L. Conner - To cross the boundaries of gender

 

Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world:

"Ganesha, Lord of Beginnings" / Hindu - retold by D. K. M. Kartha
"Invite Me In!" / European - retold by Shanti Fader

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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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