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VOL. 14:3 The Tree of Life

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Parabola's Fall 1989 issue: The Tree of Life What is a tree? Today we tend to think of its use, beauty, or ecological value. In some traditions, the tree plays a different role. It is itself a riddle. This evening, I saw a maple tree in winter twilight. Its branches rose and spread from a single trunk. From a bough grew lesser limbs which forked into twigs. They opened and moved in every direction. The lacework against the sky seemed a mirror of the roots hidden down below the frozen earth. The pattern left me with the impression they reached for something. As I pondered, the riddle of what they sought opened to include me, and how my life also branches and goes in many directions. What one thing does it point at? Who am I, really? --from "The Riddle of the Tree in Man" Cover: "Tree of Life" Bronze, Indian, 1550-1700. Collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri In this issue:

"Wheels within Wheels" by Basarab Nicolescu
- How modern science echoes the mystic vision of Jacob Boehme
"The Riddle of the Tree in Man" by David Appelbaum
- Exploring a living symbol of exchange
"The Celestial Root" by P. L. Travers
- Thade's celebration involving an upside-down tree
"The Green Man" by William Anderson
- Tracing a vegetation image in medieval art
"A Dream of the Rood"
- An Old English poem chronicling a vision of the cross
"The Tree at the Heart of the Garden" by Eliezer Shore
- Reconciling duality in the Genesis account of Eden
ARCS: "Roots and Branches"
"Earth, Moon, and Sun" by Amadou Hampv¢tv© Bv¢
- Connections above and below in West African cosmology
"The Island Within" by Richard Nelson
- Reciprocal relationships in an Alaskan ecosystem
"The Serpent and the Eagle" by Paul Jordan-Smith
- World-embracing representations of a traditional symbol
"The Sea of Life" by J. E. Lovelock
- The Gaia hypothesis in a balanced ocean
"The Grain of Mustard Seed" by Maurice Nicoll
- The connecting point in a Gospel parable
"Man: The Bridge between Two Worlds" by Franz E. Winkler
- Humanity as the cornerstone of creation

Tangents - Reviews

"Revelation Through the Camera Lens" by David Ulrich
- A retrospective of the photography of Minor White
"Operatic Osmosis" by Rob Baker
- Transformation versus masquerade in Richard Strauss' Daphne

Epicycles - Traditional stories from around the world

"Kalakuyuwish" / Kwakiut
"The Secret of the Wood" / Chinese
"The Magic Orange Tree" / Haitian
"The First Tree" / Sumerian
"How Pig and Bear Went into Business" / Czechoslovakian

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