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Parabola's Winter 1984 issue: Food It is possible to accept that food is a vehicle of transformation--at least to accept that material food is transformed in us into substances and energies which sustain our functioning. But into what are more subtle, equally necessary forms of nourishment transformed? Everyone has recognized a moment of being nourished by an experience--suddenly seeing a friend clearly and as if for the first time; walking down a path in the woods and, for a moment, sensing the vast order and purpose of nature. What parts of our being do these moments nourish? --from the editorial Focus Cover: Porcelain bowl with underglaze incised and carved decoration China, Sung Dynasty, late 11-12th centuries In this issue:

"The Unending Hunger" by Martha Heyneman
- Evolution's vital current
"Notes on the Four Nutriments" by Lobsang Lhalungpa
- Harnessing the generative forces
"Sip No Sup and Bite No Bit" by P.L. Travers
- Forbidden fruit
"Unity and Exchange" by Basarab Nicolescu
- Systemic aspects of modem physics
"Manna and Wisdom"
- From the Zohar
"Gastronomy in Ancient China" by Donald Harper
- Cooking for the sage king
Arcs: "This Must Thou Eat"
"Dira"
- Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin
"Daily Bread" by Christopher Bamford
- The perpetual offering
"A Question of Balance"
- An interview with Henri Tracol
"Ceremonies and Sustenance" by Padma Perera
- India's celebrations of the gifts of life

Tangents - Reviews

"Listening to Steiner" by Owen Barfield
- A review essay of Robert A. McDermott's The Essential Steiner

Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world

"The Salmon of Knowledge" / Irish
"The Lotus Eaters" / Greek
"Dancing Ground" / New Guinea
"The Offering" / Buddhist retold by Anne Twitty

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