Parabola

Parabola 8:3

Words of Power

, ISBN Pb 8:3 / 978Pb 8:3, Parabola

"An American Primer" by Walt Whitman - In praise of the English tongue

"Tongues of Fire" by L. Charbonneau-Lassay - Mortal speech and the eternal Word

"What Aileth Thee?" by P. L. Travers - Heeding the call

"The Words of the All-Merciful" by William Chittick - Images of the Koranic revelation

"Prayers at the Broken Gate" - A poem by Lawrence Russ

"Recovering a Common Language" - An interview with Kathleen Raine by Ken Krushel and Alice van Buren

"The Wind of the Marigold" by Richard Lewis - The child’s discovery of language

"Voice Above, Voice Below" by Anne Twitty - The power of incantation

"Glory" by Thomas Dooling - Consequences of the Humpty Dumpty heresy

ARCS: "In the Beginning..."

"Regression Toward the Real" by Harvey Alper - The roots of mantric efficacy.

Tangents - Reviews
"The Whole and the Flowing" by Lawrence Russ - The rebirth of modern poetry
"Seeing Stories" by Paul Jordan-Smith - Report on Second Story Television

Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world
"A Tongue for Obatalá" / African
"Generation" / Jewish
"The Protection of Dolma" / Tibetan
"Simeli Mountain" / Grimm’s
"The Legend of Ra and Isis" / Egyptian

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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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On the American continent please order directly from: www.parabola.org.)