Do the strange and potent images of Tibetan art represent a deeper and truer reality? Francesca Fremantle on the symbolism of awakened mind.
Elaine Pagels’ Search for Christ the Mystic

Who was Christ, really? Barry Boyce profiles Elaine Pagels, the leading authority on Christianity’s suppressed gospels.
Fiddling Around Cape Breton

Dan Menaker loses his New York self in the music and dance of Cape Breton, where the fiddles fuel the ceilidhs up and down the coast.
The Light Enters You — An interview with video artist Bill Viola

Bill Viola captures not just image but experience and shows us what video art can be.
Koan Practice: The Great Way is Not Difficult If You Just Don’t Pick and Choose

Home to care for his dying mother, Zen teacher John Tarrant discovers what it means for himself and those around him to give up picking and choosing.