Editors: Terri Windling
and Midori Snyder
Book Reviewers: Helen Pilinovsky
and Elizabeth Genco
Web Consultant: Jim Otepka
Art:
(top) Man in the Maze by Bartolomeo Veneto
(middle) White Rabbit by
Sir John Tenniel and
The Righteous Man Pursued by a Devil
by Clive Hicks–Jenkins
(bottom) Hunter by Linda Iltis
Letter from the Editor's Desk
“Artists draw upon ancient symbols, patterns, and designs to add layers of meaning to their work — particularly in the field of mythic arts where archetypal and folkloric imagery is used to communicate provocative ideas about feminism, environmentalism, and other subjects . . .”
The Dance of the Labyrinths
“Labyrinths are tricky things: dark avenues and turns, occasional monsters or may–poles, complex riddles to be solved, and all these to be dealt with before the long walk back out again . . .”
The Symbolism of Rabbits and Hares
“In some lands, hare is the messenger of the Great Goddess, moving by moonlight between the human world and the realm of the gods; in other lands he is a god himself, wily deceiver and sacred world creator rolled into one . . .”
Briar Rose
“She tried tattooing flowers again, this time on her thighs. First violets, then roses, gardenias, rhodies; a garden bloomed on her skin . . .”
Tibetan A lce Lha mo:
The World Beneath the Tent
“The Hunters continued to perform fast and slow circle dance compositions to percussion accompaniment, alternating with songs praising nature, explaining their origins in all the three realms, upper, middle, and lower, and ending with auspicious verses . . .”