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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-150-#01
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1961-11-21, TLS to Merton, 'With hesitancy I write you this letter. Seldom have I ever spoken to a priest, much'
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- 1961 November 21 (Creation)
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2 page(s); Typed signed letter.
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Jeanne Burdick was working in physical medicine and rehabilitation at a veterans' hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Her agnosticism had left her feeling empty but had trouble accepting religious and mystical thought and asks Merton for help in explaining his religious experience.
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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".
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- English
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to Thomas Merton from: Burdick, Jeanne