1961-11-21, TLS Burdick to Merton, 'With hesitancy I write you this letter. Seldom have I ever spoken to a priest, much'

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1961-11-21, TLS Burdick to Merton, 'With hesitancy I write you this letter. Seldom have I ever spoken to a priest, much'

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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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    to Thomas Merton from: Burdick, Jeanne

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