Parabola

Parabola 13:3

Questions

, ISBN Pb 13:3 / 978Pb 13:3, Parabola

"The Crane at the Pond" by Eknath Easwaran - A life-or-death test from The Mahabharata

"Beyond the Trap of the Mind" - A conversation between William Segal and D.M. Dooling

"The First Question of All" by Richard Lewis - Children’s questions

"Something Else" by P. L. Travers - Thoughts on every man’s personal search

"Notes on the Koan" by Frederick Franck - Zen, Christian, and personal enigmas

"The Question-raising Word of God" by John Navone - The role of questioning in Christian theology

"The Sphinx" by P. D. Ouspensky - From A New Model of the Universe

"The Kill Hole" by Linda Hogan - Mimbres pottery and other puzzles

ARCS: "The Proof of Hard Questions"

"At Issue" by Thomas A. Dooling - Questioning in the legal process

"Heart Searching" by Martin Buber - God’s first question to man

"Who Is the East?" by Brian Swann - The riddle in literature and life

"Quest and Questioning in a Waste Land" by James Karman - T. S. Eliot’s retelling of the legend of the Fisher King

Tangents - reviews
"Easy Answers" by Philip Zaleski - A proliferation of books which simplify and confuse traditional teachings

Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world
"The Question" / Islamic
"Tale of the Fish" / Sufi
"Seven Impossible Questions" / German
"Merlin’s Doom" / England
"The Unanswerable Rlddle" / Hindu

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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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