The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton
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Author: Thomas MertonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-10-04
ISBN: 0156010860
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: "A Merton" Merton Never Abandoned
Summary: 5 Stars
"Seven Storey Mountain" will always rank as one of Thomas Merton's (Fr. Louis's) greatest written works.
While in later years, Merton himself at times was dismissive of it (and we "all" grow and evolve and look back at earlier work and thought as perhaps "lacking"), this work set the groundwork and foundation for ALL of what was to follow from the heart, mind, and pen of this true monk. Had merton not thought as he wrote in this volume, nothing that he came to discover and uncover and write later would have likely come to pass. . . and certainly not in such an incisive and decisive way. Like it or not, Merton, from his monastery in Gethsemany KY and his hermitage affected the world.
From his earliest spiritual encounter with "the Little flower" St. Therse of Lisieux, Merton recounts his pilgrimage into monasticism and his transformation and evolution into a monk . . . and it was and is exactly as a monk that Merton ingests and digest the world and world events and relationships and shapes a view which we are able to read and think on to help us formulate our own.
"Seven Storey Mountain" presents us with "the man" who discovered "God" and his place in relationship to God and to his neighbors . . . if you want to undertand anything else Merton edver wrote or thought . .even his later encounters with "non-christian" monasticism, you MUST read THIS volume first . . . Merton never abandoned this starting point . . he wandered and meandered through a world beseiged with turmoils, hatreds, wars, prejudices, limitations, and cultures and religious diversities . . and he met them "on their own terms . . but always as "this monk" . . .this monk whom you will meet and grow to admire in the pages of THIS volume.
i would go so far as to say if you only ever read ONE book by Thomas Merton, make it THIS ONE: "The Seven Storey Mountain". You will never be the same . . . and you will always remember it . . . and you will look at the world . . your life . .the lives of others . .at monasticism . .at everything differently . . . more positively and meaningfully.
Thank you Thomas Merton (Fr. Louis) for all that you prayed . . and meditated . .and wrote . . . you are missed by many . . needed by many more today more than ever . . but we can still find you in your published works . . . and in this book, "The Seven Storey Mountain"! :)
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