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Title: The Other Side of the Mountain : The End of the Journey by Thomas Merton ISBN: 0-06-065487-2 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I Didn't Know Whether to Give it 1 Star or 5 Stars?
Comment: IF You are a died in the wool Merton fan this journal is a must read. It (along with the other 6 volumes) helps the reader understand the person behind the books. It took me a long time to read this book because I chewed on a few pages each day and tried to picture the last year of Merton's life in my mind as I compared it to my own struggles. I loved the book! Give it 5 stars.
IF you are looking for quick insights to the contemplative mind and think Merton is a good place to look, you are correct, but this is not the volume for you. Remember this is a journal, not a book. It is open with Merton's struggles and anxieties. Often Merton quotes small portions of other works and sketchy notes that are important to him, but confusing to the reader. You probably will not finish the volume. Give it 1 star.
IF you are interested in the biographies of notable Christians, and I am, you will find this volume intriguing, inspiring, and at times troubling as you wrestle with the imperfections of a person that many put on a pedestal. Give it 3 stars and prepare to wrestle.
IF you journal, and I do, you will feel an urge after each section to go to your own journal and fill in a few pages. Give it 5 stars and sharpen your pencil.
That's as much as I can say about this book, but it should be enough for you to know if you want to add it to your library.
Rating: 5
Summary: opened my eyes and my heart
Comment: I found this book at my local "Catholic" bookstore and it re-arranged my head for the better. After being a pretty regular journal writer, I found myself completely taken with the "place" that Merton created as he wrote day-to-day. I discovered that I simply "lost track" of about four decades of my life......either that or his style and words brought me so completely into my past and present that time lost all meaning and I was both myself now and myself then. Since I read his last journal as my introduction to Thomas Merton in general, I have read several of his journals.......I still cannot believe that he died in Thailand when I was in high school since I feel his
presence in Fall River MA each night as I write in my own little book....must be the sign of a truly awesome writer.
Patricia Walsh
Rating: 3
Summary: Historically important,but spiritually very weak
Comment: I would suggest this book to the scholar anxious to follow Merton's life story ,but it is certainly not a book for those interested in developing their christian faith and needing a book to help them know the Lord more.It is so full of contradictions,I am not even sure that it represents an adequate picture of firm christian life , let alone monastic life.I would imagine that his experimentation with so many other forms of spiritually led him to lose his identity.And what of the statement in the previous volume that he was to remain faithful to "M" all his life.A year later he was burning her letters without even opening them!A rather open form of fidelity! The book is probably a must for historical scholars,but for those wishing to find a book that steers the pilgrim in the rough and tumble of spiritual life, this book is not for you!
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Title: Dancing in the Water of Life by Thomas Merton ISBN: 006065483X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Learning to Love : Exploring Solitude and Freedom by Thomas Merton ISBN: 0060654856 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A Search for Solitude : Pursuing the Monk's True LifeThe Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960 by Thomas Merton ISBN: 0060654791 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 09 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Run to the Mountain : The Story of a VocationThe Journal of Thomas Merton, Volume 1: 1939-1941 by Thomas Merton ISBN: 0060654759 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 20 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Entering the Silence : Becoming a Monk and a Writer by Thomas Merton ISBN: 0060654775 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 14 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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