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The Other Side of the Mountain: The Journals of Thomas Merton Volume 7:1967-1968

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“First edition”
ISBN
9780060654863
Book Title
Other Side of the Mountain : the Journals of Thomas Merton, 1967-1968
Book Series
The Journals of Thomas Merton Ser.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
1998
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Thomas Merton
Genre
Religion
Topic
Spirituality, Christian Theology / General, Christianity / Catholic, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
368 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060654864
ISBN-13
9780060654863
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1007677

Product Key Features

Book Title
Other Side of the Mountain : the Journals of Thomas Merton, 1967-1968
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Spirituality, Christian Theology / General, Christianity / Catholic, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Religion
Author
Thomas Merton
Book Series
The Journals of Thomas Merton Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-012655
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Series Volume Number
7
Dewey Decimal
[B]
Synopsis
A seventh volume in the collection of the journals by Thomas Merton covering the years 1967 to 1968, when Merton was able to travel to California, Alaska, and the Far East, and documented the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jnr. and Robert Kennedy., "Last night I had a curious dream about Kanchenjunga. I was looking at the mountain and it was pure white, absolutely pure, especially the peaks that lie to the west. And I saw the pure beauty of their shape and outline, all in white. And I heard a voice saying-or got the clear idea of: 'There is another side to the mountain.'. . . This morning my quarrel with the mountain is ended . . . why get mad at a mountain? It is beautiful, chastely white in the morning sun-and right in view of the bungalow window."There is another side of Kanchenjunga and of every mountain-the side that has never been photographed and turned into postcards. That is the only side worth seeing" (November 19, 1968). The seventh and final volume of Thomas Merton's journals finds him exploring new territory, both spiritual and geographic, in the last great journey prior to his untimely death. Traveling in the United States and the Far East, Merton enjoys a new freedom that brings with it a rich mix of solitude, spirited friendship, and interaction with monks of other traditions. In his last days in the United States, Merton continues to follow the tumultuous events closing the 1960s, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. Meanwhile, with the blessing of his new abbot, Merton travels to monasteries in New Mexico and among the redwoods of Northern California, keeping his journal all the while. In these travels, as well as on a later trip to Alaska, he gains a better understanding of his eremitical yearnings and begins to see a way to reconcile his conflicting desires for solitude and fellowship. When Merton wins approval to participate in a meeting of monastic superiors of the Far East in Bangkok, Thailand, his life enters its most thrilling period. Arriving in Calcutta, Merton is heartbroken by the poverty of the many beggars; in New Delhi and Dharamsala, he makes contact with local Buddhists, including the Dalai Lama. Recognizing each other as kindred spirits, Merton and the Dalai Lama speak from the heart like old friends. In Bangkok at the beginning of December 1968, awaiting the beginning of the conference, Merton pens a letter home: "I think of you all on this Feast Day and with Christmas approaching I feel homesick for Gethsemani." Tragically, Christmas Day finds Merton back home after all. Electrocuted accidentally in his Bangkok room, Merton is returned to his beloved abbey to be laid to rest in a grave overlooking the woods so familiar to him from his twenty-seven years of monastic life at Gethsemani. Thirty years after his death, the contributions of Thomas Merton remain as vital as ever. Completing the published Journals of Thomas Merton, The Other Side of the Mountain conveys the intense spiritual exploration and powerful lessons that filled his short life.
LC Classification Number
BX4705.M542A3 1995b

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