The Seven Storey Mountain96 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest Books, 1999 After "The Confessions," maybe the best-ever 'autobiography of Faith' + Storey Mountain + a treasure, and immortal + The Seven Storey Mountain + Beautiful, beautiful book!             Waters Of Siloe (Harvest/Hbj Book)4 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest Books, 1979 Paradisus Claustralis! + Disconcerting premise + A very readable history of the most severe monastic order. This is surely one of the warmest, most intelligent, most readable works of scholarship ever composed! The not inconsequential history of the Cistercian Order, the men and women that have peopled it like robins arriving and defining their eternal Spring, and at the same time, the sacred ...             The Sign of Jonas10 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest Books, 2002 Give this book a try! + Portrait of Merton as a Young Monk + An Overlooked Gem + Merton as a Friend + A book reflecting the intense purity of Merton's faith             Way of Chuang Tzu (New Directions Paperbook)18 reviews Thomas Merton New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1969 Like a fine wine ... + Thomas Merton's Best: The Way of Chuang Tzu + The way of Chuang Tzu + THE INNER LAW             Love and Living2 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest Books, 2002 A Singing Master for the Soul This collection of some of Mertons mature work from the 1960's covers, in essay form, meditations on love, life, death, Christian Humanism and more (you want more! ), always given the penetrating and broad social perspective of one very spiritual master, who chose to share with us. Still relevant.             Passion For Peace: The Social Essays3 reviews Thomas Merton Crossroad Classic, 1997 Working for Social Justice + CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCABLY PRESENTS FATHER MERTON'S MAJOR WRITINGS ON THE CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE AND PREREQUISITE OF PEACE IN ACTION + Same War, Different "Enemies" A great book that lists many essays of Merton during the 60's, including some that orignally appeared in the Catholic Worker Newspaper. Many on non-violence, others on important figures of that time. I especially enjoyed the piece on Malcolm X.             Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander6 reviews Thomas Merton Image, 1968 Personal and compelling + Monk Shares Insights with a Busy and Violent World + Wild ride if you can stay with it + Reflections from the 1960's, still important today + Truth Prophesied To A Violent World             New Seeds of Contemplation45 reviews Thomas Merton New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1972 "To hope is to risk frustration. So make up your mind in advance to risk frustration." + An Excellent Gateway to Merton and the Contemplative Life! + Classic, Timeless, Beautiful + Good Challenge for a Contemplative Life             The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation2 reviews Thomas Merton, William H. Shannon HarperOne, 2004 Merton at Midstream + the trappist speaks THE INNER EXPERIENCE is a recently edited and published work which reflects Merton's thinking on the subject of contemplation about 1959 - eleven years after the publication of both THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN and WHAT IS CONTEMPLATION? The most interesting chapters in the book, in my opinion, are ...             Wisdom of the Desert (New Directions)7 reviews Thomas Merton New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1970 Perfect for What it sets out to do + Merton among friends + Some choices from the 'Verba Seniorum' + A wisdom well warmed + lost a star due to $- per-page...             My Argument With the Gestapo a Macaronic Journal2 reviews Thomas Merton New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1975 Gonzo Journalism of the '40s + An Escape The jacket blurb and publisher's note call this a macaronic journal. The word "macaronic" sent me to the dictionary where I found that it refers to a mixture of languages usually to comic effect (now I finally understand the lyrics of "Yankee Doodle"). So if you read this novel, don't make ...             The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton (New Directions Book)5 reviews Thomas Merton New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1975 Fascinating journal of Christian monk encountering the East + Final Thoughts + I loved this book so much. + The Subject Is Still Contemplation + merton lives!             The Ascent to Truth2 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest/HBJ Book, 2002 A modern mystic experiences the dark night + A more than introductory study of St John of the Cross. Thomas Merton was a Benedictine friar who turned to a writing career within the monastic fold. While perhaps inevitable given his great energy and zeal (which misdirected were probably responsible for his turbulent life before he converted to Catholicism) he later used his very considerable ...             Day of a stranger1 review Thomas Merton Gibbs M. Smith, 1981 A welcome friend... In this very brief book, one gets a rare glimpse of Thomas Merton during his hermit days. One sees a bit of stream of consciousness, as well as a bit of organised reflection. The structure of the essay, a mere 34 pages, leads through the course of a single day, but it is obvious that this essay ...             The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton (New Directions Paperwork, 587)2 reviews Thomas Merton New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1985 A Christian Reading of Camus, Blake, Faulkner, Nabakov! + Brilliant spiritual and literary commentary I guess not many folks have read this extremely intelligent book. Merton's close readings of many giants of literature from his Christian perspective are illuminating. My personal favorite is his reading of Camus. It would have been fantastic if these two could have sat down and spoken to one ...             The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton (New Directions Paperbook)3 reviews Thomas Merton New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1980 A Must for the Merton Fan + A Life as a Picaresque Symphony + Poems for a lifetime of reflection and contemplation Although a mystic and an intellectual, Merton shines as a poet as well. Rarely spoken of, his poetry reflects his simple and eloquent beliefs regarding God. To read his poetry is to glimpse a bit of the Truth that he sought to explain.             Passion For Peace: The Social Essays3 reviews Thomas Merton Crossroad Classic, 1997 Working for Social Justice + CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCABLY PRESENTS FATHER MERTON'S MAJOR WRITINGS ON THE CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE AND PREREQUISITE OF PEACE IN ACTION + Same War, Different "Enemies" A great book that lists many essays of Merton during the 60's, including some that orignally appeared in the Catholic Worker Newspaper. Many on non-violence, others on important figures of that time. I especially enjoyed the piece on Malcolm X.             The Sign of Jonas10 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest Books, 2002 Give this book a try! + Portrait of Merton as a Young Monk + An Overlooked Gem + Merton as a Friend + A book reflecting the intense purity of Merton's faith             The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton (New Directions Paperwork, 587)2 reviews Thomas Merton New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1985 A Christian Reading of Camus, Blake, Faulkner, Nabakov! + Brilliant spiritual and literary commentary I guess not many folks have read this extremely intelligent book. Merton's close readings of many giants of literature from his Christian perspective are illuminating. My personal favorite is his reading of Camus. It would have been fantastic if these two could have sat down and spoken to one ...             The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation2 reviews Thomas Merton, William H. Shannon HarperOne, 2004 Merton at Midstream + the trappist speaks THE INNER EXPERIENCE is a recently edited and published work which reflects Merton's thinking on the subject of contemplation about 1959 - eleven years after the publication of both THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN and WHAT IS CONTEMPLATION? The most interesting chapters in the book, in my opinion, are ...