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The inner experience
notes on contemplation
By Merton, Thomas & Shannon, William Henry
- ISBN
- 978-0-06053-928-3
- Publisher
- [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2003
A Trappist monk and prolific author, Merton (1915-68) was a pivotal figure in bringing Eastern mysticism to a wider audience in the West. He wrote the core of this book in 1948 (published as What Is Contemplation?) and rewrote it extensively in 1959. Merton made some less than substantive changes in 1968, but the current work essentially dates from 1959. Merton scholar Shannon's introductor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
