DESIRE
VOLUME 35 NUMBER 3
6 PERMUTATIONS OF DESIRE James Hollis
A compelling Jungian analysis of desire and its disorders
12 THE DESIRE TO RELIEVE ALL SUFFERING Diane Wolkstein
Introducing the West to Dharma Master Cheng Yen
20 DESIRING PEACE Roger Lipsey
A meditation on why Dag Hammarskjöld matters
30 A SONG OF DESIRE Geoffrey Dennis
Teachings on the yearnings of God
36 THE DARK SIDE OF DESIRE Jane L. Mickelson
“Beware desire!” caution fairytales, myths, and legends
44 A DESIRE FOR TRUTH Roger Hawkins
A Zen teacher points the way toward Reality
55 ON THE DESIRE FOR GOD Hakim Abû'l-Majd Majdûd Sanâ'î
Spiritual advice from a poet who inspired Rumi
56 CHOICES Lillian Firestone
A captivating excerpt from The Forgotten Language of Children
64 THE DESIRE FOR REVENGE Tilo Ulbricht
Can we escape a cycle of desire?
67 AS IS HIS DESIRE, SO IS HIS WILL Anonymous
Vedantic wisdom on how to live with, and without, desire
68 CRUCIFIED BY DESIRE Matthew Sills
Saint Francis and the mystery of stigmata
80 TOYING WITH GOD Nikki Bado-Fralick and Rebecca Sachs Norris
The amazing world of religious games and dolls
94 TOAD THE TERROR Kenneth Grahame
Take a wild ride into Desire
POETRY
90 NOW THAT I HAVE FOUND THEE: two vedantic hymns
translated from the Sanskrit by A.K. Coomaraswamy,
with commentary by Roger Lipsey
ARCS
87 DO NOT LIKE, DO NOT DISLIKE: ALL WILL THEN BE CLEAR
EPICYCLES
51 KRISHNA AND RADHA Anonymous/Hindu
Retold with Commentary by Laura Simms
75 GENTLE HEART Anonymous/Buddhist
Retold with Commentary by Rafe Martin
TANGENT
98 AVATAR, striker, and me Tracy Cochran
A movie leads to insight into the nature of desire
Book REVIEWS
106 THE REALITY OF BEING
Jeanne de Salzmann | reviewed by Tracy Cochran
109 THE GIFT OF DANGER
Mary Stein | reviewed by James Opie
113 THE MEANING OF THE MUSICAL TREE
Mitzi DeWhitt | reviewed by Jeff Zaleski
114 THE ESSENTIAL RENÉ GUÉNON
Edited by John Herlihy | reviewed by Samuel Bendeck Sotillos
122 THE subtle body: The Story of Yoga in America
Stefanie Syman | reviewed by Tracy Cochran
128 ENDPOINT