1988
First Published
4.47
Average Rating
224
Number of Pages
The journal kept by Merton during 1964 and 1965, containing his daily meditations during the crucial and difficult period in which the permission he had awaited so long—to live alone in his hermitage—was finally given. These pages reveal his reflections as a hermit on the joys and dangers of a life of solitude in the woods.
Avg Rating
4.47
Number of Ratings
30
5 STARS
53%
4 STARS
43%
3 STARS
0%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
0%
goodreads
Author
Thomas Merton
Author · 99 books
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was one of the most influential Catholic authors of the 20th century. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, in the American state of Kentucky, Merton was an acclaimed Catholic spiritual writer, poet, author and social activist. Merton wrote over 60 books, scores of essays and reviews, and is the ongoing subject of many biographies. Merton was also a proponent of inter-religious dialogue, engaging in spiritual dialogues with the Dalai Lama XIV, Thich Nhat Hanh, D. T. Suzuki and poet Robert Lax. His life and career were suddenly cut short at age 53, when he was electrocuted stepping out of his bath.
