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VOL. 12:4 The Sense of Humor

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Parabola's Winter 1987 issue: The Sense of Humor It was Helen M. Luke, author of our lead article, who urged Parabola to do this issue on "The Sense of Humor." During a conversation with us, she remarked, "There is no true growth without it." It was this observation that gave rise to the many questions that animate this theme. What is the sense of humor, and why does it appear to accompany the development of understanding? What are the qualities we instinctively recognize and appreciate in it? Is it a requirement or a result--or both? And in what way does the sense of humor itself develop and become more penetrating? "The man of understanding finds everything laughable," Goethe wrote, "the man of reason, almost nothing." --from the editorial Focus Cover: Buddha head Stone, fourth century. National Museum, Tokyo In this issue:

"The Laughter at the Heart of Things" by Helen M. Luke
- Finding the royal road to freedom and joy
"Zen Moments" by P. L. Travers
- Going beyond time
"Striking the Pole" by Joseph Bruchac
- The world of Native American humor
"The Safeguard of the Mystic" by Henry Corbin
- Humor and the symbolic realm
"Infant Joy" by Richard Lewis
- The springs of laughter
"The Smile of Truth" by Conrad Hyers
- The beginning and end of Zen
"Meditations on a Joyful Year"
- Speed Vogel talks to Moshe Waldoks
"Every Stick Has Two Ends: A Collection of Proverbs"
"The Laughter of the Weaver" by Lee Siegel
- India's wise fools

Tangents - Reviews

"Dvºrckheim's Zen" by Frederick Franck
- A review of Zen and Us

Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world

"How Saint Peter Got Bald" / Basque
"The End of the World" / Uygur
"The Threefold Laugh" / Jewish
"The Sennin" / Zen

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