Parabola
Parabola 16:1
Money
, ISBN Pb 16:1 / 978Pb 16:1, Parabola
"The One Who Flies All Around the World" by Thomas Buckley - The dance of wealth among the Yurok Indians
"The Role of Money" by Sri Aurobindo - Reconquering a metaphor for the Divine
"The Test of Giving" by Philip Zaleski - Exploring the impulse behind almsgiving and tithing
"Mother Teresa and the Poorest of the Poor" - Scenes from a life exemplifying the vow of poverty
"From Rhinegold to Ring and Back Again" by Rob Baker - A symbol’s corruption and redemption in Richard Wagner’s "Ring" cycle
"Payment" by P. D. Ouspensky - Obligations of students to a spiritual teacher
"Towards a Philosophy of Wealth" - The timeless dilemmas of poverty and power
"Money and the City" by David Appelbaum - Currency as measure and reminder
"Your Money or Your Life" by Joseph Kulin - The vital necessity of financial balance
"Making Real Gold" by Titus Burckhardt - The alchemical process
"Buddhist Economics" by E. F. Schumacher - Beyond materialism
"Threepenny Bit" by P. L. Travers - A child’s first lessons on responsibility and value
ARCS: "The Uses of Money"
"The Degeneration of Coinage" by René Guénon - Falling prey to the "reign of quantity"
"Four Indian Attitudes Toward Money" by Karl H. Potter - From identification to non-attachment in Eastern philosophy
Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world
"The Miser / Jewish - retold by Judith Ish-Kishor
"The Simple Grasscutter" / Indian - retold by Allen B. Chinen
"Two Mullah Judgments" / Middle Eastern - retold by Paul Jordan-Smith
"The Spirit in the Bottle" / German - from Grimms Fairy Tales
"The Ninety-nine Rupee Snare" / Hindu - retold by Vijay Dan Detha
"A Case of Gold" / Kurdish - retold by Manocher Movlai
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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