Contains "The Cathedral as Crossroads" by William Bryant Logan - New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine; "Walking on the Sacred Paths" by Black Elk - The Lakota vision quest; "Baskets at the Crossroads" by Nouk Bassomb - Camaroonian rites of passage; "Many Paths, One Goal" - The 1893 World Parliament of Religions as described by Swami Vivekananda, Christopher Isherwood, and Romain Rolland; "Fingers Pointing toward the Sacred" by Frederick Franck - Signposts at the crossroads; "Special Assignment" by Hiltgunt Zassenhaus - The courage to resist; "Switching Roles and Crossing Paths" by Allan B. Chinen - How men and women discover new roads at midlife; "In the Shelter of Each Other" by Mary Evelyn Jegen - At a historic turning point--war, or peace?; "Where the Four Ways Meet" by J. R. R. Tolkien - A crossing of the roads from The Lord of the Rings; "The Waverer's Tale" by Italo Calvino - Symbolism of the Tarot, from The Castle of Crossed Destinies; A Woman's Dream" by Helen M. Luke - Traveling to the crossroads; "Why There Are No Straight Lines" by P. D. Ouspensky - The laws governing the movement of forces; "The Corpse on the Crossroads" by Maya Deren - The meaning of the Voodoo symbol; "Symbolism of the Cross" by René Guénon - Examining a universal image; "An Infinite Number of Meanings" by Paul Bowles - The tragic consequences of pride; "Where You Want to Be: An Interview with Dennis and Barbara Tedlock" - An investigation of the Popol Vuh; 127 pages. Paperback in very good condition.
Published by Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, New York, 1993
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear. Writings on the theme of crossroads in mythology and religion in different cultures. 10" (25.4 cm) tall; 128 pages.