Parabola's Fall 1998 issue:
Fear The acknowledgment and experience of fear is the door that opens us to heightened presence and perception through which we learn to live in the world as it is. --from "Through the Story's Terror"
Cover: A mask of the We people, Ivory Coast. Its power symbols (eyes, tusks, leopard teeth, rifle shells) are intended to frighten off negative forces that cause social tension and misfortune. Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum of Art
In this issue:
- "The Monster of Grim Prospects" by Trebbe Johnson - Self-doubt and the defeat of courage
- "Grace to Love, Grace to Fear" by Julian of Norwich - "Love and fear are brothers"
- "Raising the Eyes" by Eliezer Shore - Fear in a life of discipline and practice
- "Windigo" by Floyd B. Largent - The monster who feeds on human flesh
- "The Human Face" - An interview with Frederick Franck
- "Harrowing Hell" by Lv©onie Caldecott - Where safety is to be found
- " 'Fear Not Thou' " - A charm against fear
- "Time Is the Root" by J. Krishnamurti - Dread of the perishable
- "Through the Story's Terror" by Laura Simms - In the heart of the tale's protagonist
- "The Blessed State" by Gray Henry - The impetus of spiritual struggle
- ARCS: "One Quality of the Soul"
- "The Nightmare's Mask" by Geraldine Nagle - Dzonokwa, image of the fearsome
- "Fruits of Prayer" by Theophan the Recluse - A way of inner repetition
- "Mysterium Tremendum" by Rudolph Otto - The roots of religious feeling
- "Awakening the Emotions" by Christian Wertenbaker - Transforming the emotional life
Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world
- "Rushing Waters" / Jewish - from the Talmud
- "The Other World" / Turkish - retold by Talat Halman
- "Kali's Miracle" / Hindu - retold by D. K. M. Kartha
- "Wu Chen and the Dragon Pool" / Confucian - retold by Dorothy Francis
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