Parabola

Parabola 28:4

Truth and Illusion

T , ISBN Pb 28:4 / 978Pb 28:4, Parabola

"Songs of Unforgetting" by Thomas Moore - Journeying byond the river Lethe

"Tools of the Trickster’s Trade" by Dustin Eaton - Disruptions of reality

"From Spark to Flame" From the Yoga Vasistha - Overcoming Maya

"The Awakening of Thought" by Jeanne de Salzmann - The transcendent power of vision

"The Gates of Enchantment" by Mara Freeman - Faerie truths and glamours

"Real Miracles" by Anna Kilmer - The Sufi search for the divine

"The Invention of Deceit" by David Appelbaum - How illusion came to be in ancient Greece

"Truth and Perception" by Mickey Lemle - Truth vs. facts in filmmaking

"True Imagination" by George MacDonald - Discovering the divine purpose of things

"Deus ex Machina" by Zach Weber - The obsessive search for perfection

PORTFOLIO: "To Hear Through the Eyes" - Photographs by Paul Caponigro

"Approaching Our True Nature" - An interview with Eckhart Tolle

"The Death of Princes" by William A. McIntosh - The case of General James Wolfe

"Illusions" by Simone Weil - Thoughts on goodness

POINT OF VIEW: "A Change in Religion" by Roger Lipsey

TANGENT: "Touched by Aldous Huxley" by Marvin Barrett

Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world

• "Moses and the Green Man" / Islamic - retold by Jennifer Caban
• "Eleven Trials" / Taoist - retold by Ng Kum-Hoon
• "The Old Lady in the Cave" / Traditional - retold by Jane Yolen
• "Indra Gets Caught" / Hindu - retold by Kamla Kapur
• "The Goose and the Moon" / Persian
• "Uom and Tak" / Marshall Islands - retold by Daniel A. Kelin II

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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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