Parabola

Parabola 32:4

The New World

, ISBN 0362-1596 / 978Pb 32:4, Parabola

THE NEW WORLD
(Volume 32, Number 4)

ARTICLES

NEW WORLD, OLD MEN Patrick Laude
Can America harbor the City of God?

A RETURN TO TRADITION
An interview with Frank Sinclair, president of the Gurdjieff Foundation of New York

ON THE OLD AND THE NEW Jiddu Krishnamurti
How to approach the world afresh

INTO THE WEST Tracy Cochran
The strange transformation of Zen Buddhism in America

FOR A MAN THERE’S AN ORDER IN LIFE James Opie
Homespun advice to a young man in need

THANKSGIVING: FROM A NATIVE POINT OF VIEW Jacqueline Keeler
A passionate re-evaluation of the national holiday

THEY DREAM OF AWAKENING John Shirley
Spiritual stirrings from a surprising source

A REALITY WITHOUT A NAME
An interview with Pir Zia Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International

IS AMERICA NECESSARY? Jacob Needleman
The sacred promise of the New World

THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE Ross Fuller
Along the narrow passage to the new world within

INTERNET: A NEW FORUM FOR PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL Pope John Paul II
A pontiff considers the new world of cyberspace

MADE IN AMERICA Mitch Horowitz
The fascinating rise of America’s home-grown spirituality

TO THE FOURTH OF JULY Swami Vivekananda
A paean to freedom from the man who brought Hinduism to America

ARCS
The Further Shore

TANGENT
DHARAMSALA
Pamela Uschuk
Tibetan Museum or Shangri-la?


Four New Poems by Mary Oliver
Four new poems from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Water
Not this, not that
Black Snake
There is a Place Beyond Ambition

EPICYCLE
THE TORTOISE THAT REFUSED TO LEAVE HOME Buddhist


BOOK REVIEWS
THE KABBALAH HANDBOOK
Gabriella Samuel | reviewed by Arthur Kurzweil

DIVINE DYADS; SPIRIT MEDIUMS, SACRED MOUNTAINS AND
RELATED BON TEXTUAL TRADITIONS IN UPPER TIBET; ANTIQUITIES
OF NORTHERN TIBET; ANTIQUITIES OF UPPER TIBET
John Bellezza | reviewed by J. M. White

BLUE-EYED DEVIL
Michael Muhammad Knight | reviewed by Robert Doto

WHEN WALLS BECOME DOORWAYS
Tobi Zausner | reviewed by Henry H. Sturtevant

ENDPOINT

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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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