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Name and location of repository
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Titlu
Date(s)
- 1966 March 23 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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Domeniul de aplicare și conținut
First lines: "Thanks for your find letter which I cannot answer adequately now as I am about to go to the hospital"... Contents index: book of Idries Shah - converting letters to numbers (and vice versa), liked chapter on Nasruddin / Junayd and Zaehner's thesis on him / hints on diet / "not making mental images of God" and the "divine Oneness" in Islam.
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Languages of the material
- engleză
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Custodial history
Sursa imediata de achizitie
The donor or source was: Shannon, William H.