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First lines: "We so appreciate your letter, with its great understanding and insight. The mystical phrase of the"...

First lines: "I am extremely grateful to you for your very helpful and affectionate reply to my earlier letter."... Contents index: background on Imam Riza and the Shiahs / Merton's poem on "wisdom" / asks for background on Trappist Order, Our Lady of Gethsemani, and Our Lady of Fatima (origin of Fatima, a Muslim name) / background on Ibn Abbad of Ronda / Paul Nwyia.

First lines: "I am extremely grateful to you for your very helpful and affectionate reply to my earlier letter."... Contents index: background on Imam Riza and the Shiahs / Merton's poem on "wisdom" / asks for background on Trappist Order, Our Lady of Gethsemani, and Our Lady of Fatima (origin of Fatima, a Muslim name) / background on Ibn Abbad of Ronda / Paul Nwyia.

First lines: "J'ai été très touché par l'amitié avec laquelle vous avez bien voulu me faire parvenir un exemplaire"... Contents index: Boris Pasternak / «The Behavior of Titans».

First lines: "J'ai été très touché par l'amitié avec laquelle vous avez bien voulu me faire parvenir un exemplaire"... Contents index: Boris Pasternak / «The Behavior of Titans».

First lines: "Well, here I am back in California again, no closer to Gethsemani, but full of Shaker information."...

First lines: "Well, here I am back in California again, no closer to Gethsemani, but full of Shaker information."...

First lines: "This morning I received a good long letter from Shirley Burden in California and some pictures he"...

First lines: "This morning I received a good long letter from Shirley Burden in California and some pictures he"...

First lines: "Father Merton's letter of January 4. I think "leads about Sufism, Moslem culture and stuff about"... Contents index: responding to Merton's request for leads about Sufism, Muslim or Islamic culture, Afghanistan, and Persia / recommends Americans at Princeton, Minnesota, and Chicago (Nykl) / in England, recommends A. J. Arberry at Cambridge / provides other related sources.

First lines: "Father Merton's letter of January 4. I think "leads about Sufism, Moslem culture and stuff about"... Contents index: responding to Merton's request for leads about Sufism, Muslim or Islamic culture, Afghanistan, and Persia / recommends Americans at Princeton, Minnesota, and Chicago (Nykl) / in England, recommends A. J. Arberry at Cambridge / provides other related sources.

First lines: "Your admirable letter of December 20th reached me promptly and I was deeply touched by your"... Contents index: Imam Riza - poem from Cincinnati Museum / Al Ansari / Taoism / Trappist life / solitary life at Gethsemani analogous to Sufis and orthodox Muslim community legalism / significance of Mary for Gethsemani and at Fatima / Islamic revival.

First lines: "Your admirable letter of December 20th reached me promptly and I was deeply touched by your"... Contents index: Imam Riza - poem from Cincinnati Museum / Al Ansari / Taoism / Trappist life / solitary life at Gethsemani analogous to Sufis and orthodox Muslim community legalism / significance of Mary for Gethsemani and at Fatima / Islamic revival.

First lines: "Here is the threshold of holiness in the dust of the road / Where mighty kings have laid their heads"... Contents index: "Fragment of poem from the Tomb Cover of Imam Riza (Cincinnati Museum)", Xeroxed copy of attachment to 1961/01/30 letter.

First lines: "Here is the threshold of holiness in the dust of the road / Where mighty kings have laid their heads"... Contents index: "Fragment of poem from the Tomb Cover of Imam Riza (Cincinnati Museum)", Xeroxed copy of attachment to 1961/01/30 letter.

First lines: "It is already over a month since I received your good letter. It was my intention to reply to it"...

First lines: "It is already over a month since I received your good letter. It was my intention to reply to it"...

First lines: "I have no hesitation in recommending Jaime Andrade, sculptor, of Quito Ecuador, as a worthy"...

First lines: "I have no hesitation in recommending Jaime Andrade, sculptor, of Quito Ecuador, as a worthy"...

First lines: "I am deeply grateful for the pamphlets and the little book you so kindly sent me. In reading them I"...

First lines: "I am deeply grateful for the pamphlets and the little book you so kindly sent me. In reading them I"...

First lines: "I intended to write to you for some time but only now do it. I read the most of your books and many"...

First lines: "I intended to write to you for some time but only now do it. I read the most of your books and many"...

First lines: "I was greatly pleased to receive your letter last month and regret that due to official"... Contents index: quotes Louis Massignon in stating Merton a "'simurgh', (a very rare bird) among [his] Order" / Muslim "Night of Power" / similarity between John of the Cross and Hakim Tirmizi / interest in mystical prayer in Islam / Imam Riza poem.

First lines: "I was greatly pleased to receive your letter last month and regret that due to official"... Contents index: quotes Louis Massignon in stating Merton a "'simurgh', (a very rare bird) among [his] Order" / Muslim "Night of Power" / similarity between John of the Cross and Hakim Tirmizi / interest in mystical prayer in Islam / Imam Riza poem.

First lines: "Your fine letter of December 8th has lain long in the drawer. I have thought about it a lot. We"...

First lines: "Your fine letter of December 8th has lain long in the drawer. I have thought about it a lot. We"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your kind letter of March 14th. I have received it today on my depart. for Rome."...

First lines: "Many thanks for your kind letter of March 14th. I have received it today on my depart. for Rome."...

First lines: "[…] thanks for your gift and for your good news at Easter. Glad to hear Anne and Tay are doing well"...

First lines: "[…] thanks for your gift and for your good news at Easter. Glad to hear Anne and Tay are doing well"...

First lines: "Father Louis would have me assure you of his prayers for your husband and for all who are fighting"... Contents index: [from Fr. Matthew Kelty of Gethsemani].

First lines: "Father Louis would have me assure you of his prayers for your husband and for all who are fighting"... Contents index: [from Fr. Matthew Kelty of Gethsemani].

First lines: "We are sending you one of Father Louis', so-called 'little articles'. It is called ORIGINAL CHILD"... Contents index: [originally filed in a collection of Censors Reports kept by James Fox - see also the "Censors Reports" file under "Original Child Bomb"].

First lines: "We are sending you one of Father Louis', so-called 'little articles'. It is called ORIGINAL CHILD"... Contents index: [originally filed in a collection of Censors Reports kept by James Fox - see also the "Censors Reports" file under "Original Child Bomb"].

First lines: "Je prends la liberté de vous écrire pour vous demander la permission de publier une traduction"... Contents index: asking Merton for the rights to publish a Korean translation by Joseph Tjo Tchel-Oung of «Seeds of Contemplation».

First lines: "Je prends la liberté de vous écrire pour vous demander la permission de publier une traduction"... Contents index: asking Merton for the rights to publish a Korean translation by Joseph Tjo Tchel-Oung of «Seeds of Contemplation».

First lines: "Te escribo para informarle que mi esposo y el novio de […] amiga Marta Elena Rodriquez a quien"...

First lines: "Te escribo para informarle que mi esposo y el novio de […] amiga Marta Elena Rodriquez a quien"...

First lines: "I am writing to tell you that my husband and the fiancé of my friend Marta Elena Rodriguez, whom you"... Contents index: translation of letter in file.

First lines: "I am writing to tell you that my husband and the fiancé of my friend Marta Elena Rodriguez, whom you"... Contents index: translation of letter in file.

First lines: "It has been a long time since I received your good letter of March 8th. The books took a great"... Contents index: Titus Burckhardt on Sufism / reading Ibn Arabi to theology students / Sir M. Iqbal / criticism of John of the Cross and Moroccan mystic book / E. Allison Peers / Tawhid and Rhenish and Flemish mystics of the 14th century - Eckhart, influenced by Avicenna.

First lines: "It has been a long time since I received your good letter of March 8th. The books took a great"... Contents index: Titus Burckhardt on Sufism / reading Ibn Arabi to theology students / Sir M. Iqbal / criticism of John of the Cross and Moroccan mystic book / E. Allison Peers / Tawhid and Rhenish and Flemish mystics of the 14th century - Eckhart, influenced by Avicenna.

First lines: "Like a jeweled peacock he stirs all over / With fireflies. He takes his pleasure in / Lights. He is"... Contents index: poem attached to 1961/05/13 letter "THE MOSLEMS' ANGEL OF DEATH / (Algeria 1961)".

First lines: "Like a jeweled peacock he stirs all over / With fireflies. He takes his pleasure in / Lights. He is"... Contents index: poem attached to 1961/05/13 letter "THE MOSLEMS' ANGEL OF DEATH / (Algeria 1961)".

First lines: "I write to you both as to friends, with deep compassion and concern in this moment of anguish."...

First lines: "I write to you both as to friends, with deep compassion and concern in this moment of anguish."...

First lines: "A note of thanks from Father Louis for your letter and also for your Mass offering. If this answer"... Contents index: [from Fr. Matthew Kelty, sent on behalf of Merton to Ethel Burns].

First lines: "A note of thanks from Father Louis for your letter and also for your Mass offering. If this answer"... Contents index: [from Fr. Matthew Kelty, sent on behalf of Merton to Ethel Burns].

First lines: "I enclose the letter of the Abbot General which allows you to write a preface to the English"... Contents index: [1961/06/02 letter from Abbot General Gabriel Sortais to Bolshakoff attached - gives permission for Merton to do a preface for English version of «Russian Mystics»].

First lines: "I enclose the letter of the Abbot General which allows you to write a preface to the English"... Contents index: [1961/06/02 letter from Abbot General Gabriel Sortais to Bolshakoff attached - gives permission for Merton to do a preface for English version of «Russian Mystics»].

First lines: "Would you have time to translate these lines for me? Thanks very much"... Contents index: handwritten address of Michael Cukovecki from Yugoslavia.

First lines: "Would you have time to translate these lines for me? Thanks very much"... Contents index: handwritten address of Michael Cukovecki from Yugoslavia.

First lines: "Cuando escribe de cosas espirituales […] escribirle en español […] es más fácil para mi."...

First lines: "Cuando escribe de cosas espirituales […] escribirle en español […] es más fácil para mi."...

First lines: "When I write about spiritual things I would prefer to write you in Spanish as it is easier for me."... Contents index: translation of letter in file.

First lines: "When I write about spiritual things I would prefer to write you in Spanish as it is easier for me."... Contents index: translation of letter in file.

First lines: "Recently when talking with Dr. John Wu he spoke of your interest in the spiritual traditions of the"... Contents index: asking for Merton's input in the Christian evaluation of Asian spirituality / meetings of Catholic scholars in New York / the loss of John Wu's wife and effect on his writing.

First lines: "Recently when talking with Dr. John Wu he spoke of your interest in the spiritual traditions of the"... Contents index: asking for Merton's input in the Christian evaluation of Asian spirituality / meetings of Catholic scholars in New York / the loss of John Wu's wife and effect on his writing.

First lines: "I returned from a long sojourn in the Northwest trying to imbibe something of that mystical"...

First lines: "I returned from a long sojourn in the Northwest trying to imbibe something of that mystical"...

First lines: "It is a terribly long time since you last wrote and since you sent the little book on the"...

First lines: "It is a terribly long time since you last wrote and since you sent the little book on the"...

First lines: "It was good to hear from you again. Aside from our common interest in the Shaker culture, I feel"... Contents index: [Andrews enclosed "6 tracts, flyer, Hancock history" / possibly among undated materials at the end of the sequence].

First lines: "It was good to hear from you again. Aside from our common interest in the Shaker culture, I feel"... Contents index: [Andrews enclosed "6 tracts, flyer, Hancock history" / possibly among undated materials at the end of the sequence].

First lines: "Shortly you will receive a small gift package from me. It is a chasuble I saw in a peasant exhibit"...

First lines: "Shortly you will receive a small gift package from me. It is a chasuble I saw in a peasant exhibit"...

First lines: "Thanks for your very good and kind letter. I am glad I gave you the books and that you liked them."...

First lines: "Thanks for your very good and kind letter. I am glad I gave you the books and that you liked them."...

First lines: "I do not have time to give you a really full answer to your good letter, though I have waited in"...

First lines: "I do not have time to give you a really full answer to your good letter, though I have waited in"...

First lines: "It is a very long time since I have had a letter from you and I am beginning to think that something"... Contents index: Sufi book on truthfulness / Henri Corbin's book on Ibn Arabi / Greek fathers and the «theoria physike», "natural contemplation" / Wisdom (Sophia) / Kashf Al-Majub / sending Cuadra letter / nuclear weapons / Third World / situation in Pakistan.

First lines: "It is a very long time since I have had a letter from you and I am beginning to think that something"... Contents index: Sufi book on truthfulness / Henri Corbin's book on Ibn Arabi / Greek fathers and the «theoria physike», "natural contemplation" / Wisdom (Sophia) / Kashf Al-Majub / sending Cuadra letter / nuclear weapons / Third World / situation in Pakistan.

First lines: "Thanks for your very fine letters and clipping. I am going to write you when I have a little time."... Contents index: [Xerox of note written at the top of the first page of an article - "The Machine Gun in the Fallout Shelter" by Merton].

First lines: "You were so good to give of your time and thought to us at the Abbey. I wish it were possible to"...

First lines: "You were so good to give of your time and thought to us at the Abbey. I wish it were possible to"...

First lines: "I am very glad to hear that the Pax movement is getting started in this country and that you are"... Contents index: need for action on the peace from / [lack of peace] an apostasy from Christ / New Directions anthology on peace - asking Berrigan for contributions - proposed contributors: Jerome Frank, Erich Fromm, Lewis Mumford, Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, Gordon Zahn, Bede Griffiths / proposed meeting on peace.

First lines: "Some time ago I received a letter from one of your correspondents in Pakistan, Mr. Abdul Aziz. He"... Contents index: «Muslim World» containing Heer's four articles on "A Sufi Psychology" / Illal al-Ibadat / off-prints of Bayan.

First lines: "Some time ago I received a letter from one of your correspondents in Pakistan, Mr. Abdul Aziz. He"... Contents index: «Muslim World» containing Heer's four articles on "A Sufi Psychology" / Illal al-Ibadat / off-prints of Bayan.

First lines: "1. I am in receipt of both your letters as well as a copy of your open letter to Cuadra. In the"... Contents index: Sirdar Iqbal Ali Shah / Kashf al Majub / Holy Names of Allah / "The Moslems' Angel of Death" (Azrael) / ascetic elements of mystic spirituality and the Incarnation / U.S.-Russia and Gog-Magog / nuclear war / Tawhid / Tirmizi / St. Basil / Aziz's biography.

First lines: "1. I am in receipt of both your letters as well as a copy of your open letter to Cuadra. In the"... Contents index: Sirdar Iqbal Ali Shah / Kashf al Majub / Holy Names of Allah / "The Moslems' Angel of Death" (Azrael) / ascetic elements of mystic spirituality and the Incarnation / U.S.-Russia and Gog-Magog / nuclear war / Tawhid / Tirmizi / St. Basil / Aziz's biography.

First lines: "With hesitancy I write you this letter. Seldom have I ever spoken to a priest, much less written"... Contents index: Sigmund Freud / agnosticism / explanation of Merton's quote from «The Seven Storey Mountain» about the "disinterested love of God".

First lines: "With hesitancy I write you this letter. Seldom have I ever spoken to a priest, much less written"... Contents index: Sigmund Freud / agnosticism / explanation of Merton's quote from «The Seven Storey Mountain» about the "disinterested love of God".

First lines: "Have courage and faith. The advent liturgy will soon be reminding us that the Lord is very close to"... Contents index: The main purpose of letter is to pass on name of Mario Casanas a potential entrant for Gethsemani.

First lines: "Have courage and faith. The advent liturgy will soon be reminding us that the Lord is very close to"... Contents index: The main purpose of letter is to pass on name of Mario Casanas a potential entrant for Gethsemani.

First lines: "You are very thougthful to recall the matter of postage. Now I will be able to enter the office by"... Contents index: [originally filed in a collection of Censors Reports kept by James Fox - see also the "Censors Reports" file under "Christian Ethics and Nuclear War" (possibly also referring to "Target Equals City" and "Peace: Christian Duties and Responsibilities")].

First lines: "You are very thougthful to recall the matter of postage. Now I will be able to enter the office by"... Contents index: [originally filed in a collection of Censors Reports kept by James Fox - see also the "Censors Reports" file under "Christian Ethics and Nuclear War" (possibly also referring to "Target Equals City" and "Peace: Christian Duties and Responsibilities")].

First lines: "Thanks for your very fine letter and all the other things. I have not yet had a quiet moment in"... Contents index: Charles de Foucauld / Tony Walsh, Gordon Zahn, Lewis Mumford, Erich Fromm / young English Catholics and their book on nuclear weapons and Christian conscience / not yet written to Karl Meyer / proposed talks by Berrigan at Gethsemani, Bellarmine College, Loretto Motherhouse / nuclear war and the Church.

First lines: "We received word from our Most Rev. Abbot General in regard to the article on PEACE written"... Contents index: [originally filed in a collection of Censors Reports kept by James Fox - see also the "Censors Reports" file under "Christian Ethics and Nuclear War" (possibly also referring to "Target Equals City" and "Peace: Christian Duties and Responsibilities")].

First lines: "We received word from our Most Rev. Abbot General in regard to the article on PEACE written"... Contents index: [originally filed in a collection of Censors Reports kept by James Fox - see also the "Censors Reports" file under "Christian Ethics and Nuclear War" (possibly also referring to "Target Equals City" and "Peace: Christian Duties and Responsibilities")].

First lines: "As a matter of fact I know nothing about that Spiritual Life Institute. Fr. William"...

First lines: "As a matter of fact I know nothing about that Spiritual Life Institute. Fr. William"...

First lines: "Forgive please this very long delay in thanking you for the copy of «Shaker Furniture» which"... Contents index: Cold War Letter #12 / see also «Seeds of Destruction», "Letters in a Time of Crisis" #6.

First lines: "Forgive please this very long delay in thanking you for the copy of «Shaker Furniture» which"... Contents index: Cold War Letter #12 / see also «Seeds of Destruction», "Letters in a Time of Crisis" #6.

First lines: "Forgive please this very long delay in thanking you for the copy of «Shaker Furniture» which"... Contents index: Cold War Letter #12 - transcript of letter as included in bound set of Cold War Letters.

First lines: "Forgive please this very long delay in thanking you for the copy of «Shaker Furniture» which"... Contents index: Cold War Letter #12 - transcript of letter as included in bound set of Cold War Letters.

First lines: "I sent you a letter on the 18th November 1961 which, I hope, would have been received by you in due"... Contents index: requests some of Merton's writings on the English Mystics and a study about Taoism and comparative themes in other mystical traditions.

First lines: "I sent you a letter on the 18th November 1961 which, I hope, would have been received by you in due"... Contents index: requests some of Merton's writings on the English Mystics and a study about Taoism and comparative themes in other mystical traditions.

First lines: "For several weeks I have wanted to find an opportunity to answer your letter with its one very"... Contents index: [Cold War Letters #15] responds to Burdick's question about "disinterested love" - charity, agape rather than eros - mysticism, the Zen tradition, Hassidim, Jewish tzaddiks of Central Europe and Poland (Buber) / Sigmund Freud - "a great puritan" / sending some writings of D. T. Suzuki.

First lines: "For several weeks I have wanted to find an opportunity to answer your letter with its one very"... Contents index: [Cold War Letters #15] responds to Burdick's question about "disinterested love" - charity, agape rather than eros - mysticism, the Zen tradition, Hassidim, Jewish tzaddiks of Central Europe and Poland (Buber) / Sigmund Freud - "a great puritan" / sending some writings of D. T. Suzuki.