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The Unanswered Question: Chretien De Troyes and the first Story of the Grail

NEW POSTING: The Unanswered Question Chretien De Troyes and the first Story of the Grail Just posted on this site under ‘Literature’ a major essay on the mythos of the Grail legend, as found in the original medieval text. “I want to open this piece with an image rather than ideas about the Grail. Picture thisContinue reading “The Unanswered Question: Chretien De Troyes and the first Story of the Grail”

Editor’s Blog 7th Feb 2013

We are already hard at work on issue 30, which is going to be a celebratory issue, Urthona is 21 years old! We will allow ourselves the indulgence of a little reminiscence about the early days of the magazine, and how its vision was originally forged. We plan also to have some material on WilliamContinue reading “Editor’s Blog 7th Feb 2013”

Editor’s Journal 8th September 2009

Issue 26 is out and about in the shops, and we are looking into a distributor on the East Coast of the USA. We are starting to think about issue 27, which will be on the theme of Buddhism, culture and ecology. Views of nature, and the natural, are as many and various as thereContinue reading “Editor’s Journal 8th September 2009”

NEWS: Issue 26 – Landscapes of the Mind

Urthona printed version issue no. 26: ‘Landscapes of the Mind’ is now out in UK bookshops and Buddhist centres around the world. If you have a local book store or Buddhist temple / meditation centre you think would like to stock it please let us know!

Editor’s Journal: 26th June 2009

Last night I went to a very interesting talk here in Cambridge on the theme of Wabi Sabi as a buddhist practice. Wabi Sabi is a Japanese idea which is very hard to sum up in a few words. The speaker Vajradarshini brought together Wabi Sabi as an aesthetic quality of imperfection and transience withContinue reading “Editor’s Journal: 26th June 2009”