New Seeds of Contemplation
by:
Thomas Merton (author)
A much-enlarged and revised version of Seeds of Contemplation--one of the late Father Merton's most widely-read and best-loved works--New Seeds of Contemplation seeks to awaken the dormant inner depths of the spirit so long neglected by Western man and to nurture a deeply contemplative and...
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A much-enlarged and revised version of Seeds of Contemplation--one of the late Father Merton's most widely-read and best-loved works--New Seeds of Contemplation seeks to awaken the dormant inner depths of the spirit so long neglected by Western man and to nurture a deeply contemplative and mystical dimension in our spiritual lives.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811200998 (081120099X)
ASIN: 081120099X
Publish date: 1972-03
Publisher: New Directions
Pages no: 297
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Christian,
Faith,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Theology,
Occult,
Catholic,
Mysticism
While this isn't a difficult book to read, it is a deep book. It is rich in philosophical insights and simple in form. Towards the end of the book, Merton began to seem so foreign and exotic to my Western Christianity that I had trouble hanging with him as he entered the realm of the mystic. This bo...