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1953-12-04: Letter to Thomas Merton from Fr. Nivard Kinsella, O.C.S.O. Kinsella, though expressing positive feedback overall with Merton's book The Ascent to Truth, takes issue with an assertion about modern Thomists (or would like to know Merton's source for his claim) and finds Merton's presentation of "acquired contemplation" and "infused contemplation" to be confusing.
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1967-05-13: Letter to Thomas Merton from Dorothy Dohen Ivan Illich / Merton's essay, "The English Mystics," in Mystics and Zen Masters - Julian of Norwich / distrust of mysticism - Vatican II - Daniel Callahan's article, "The Renewal Mess" / questions Merton omitting the Spanish mystics - connection between St. John of the Cross and Zen
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1967-04-29: Letter from Thomas Merton to Dorothy Dohen Merton sends an "anti-poem about the bomb" (likely "Original Child Bomb") and a copy of his book Mystics and Zen Masters, especially thinking Dohen would appreciate his essay "From Pilgrimage to Crusade."
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1967-04-12: Letter to Thomas Merton from Dorothy Dohen
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1967-04-08: Letter from Thomas Merton to Dorothy Dohen Merton mentions that Archbishop Helder Câmara stated Dohen's book to be "prophetic."
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Undated: note to Thomas Merton from Br. René Richie, O.C.S.O. Br. René Richie asks Merton if he plans to include Epictetus in his upcoming lecture on freedom given Epictetus's interest in the subject having once been a slave.
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1961-03-23: Letter to Thomas Merton from John Mills John Mills was a painter, print-maker, and essayist of art history. He knew Merton's friend in publishing, James Laughlin, and sends Merton an autobiographical poem (not extant with letter).
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1967-11-18: Letter from Rev. Mother Abbess Marie of the Assumption, PCC to the Abbess of the Monastery of Saint Clare, Lowell, Massachusetts This letter from one abbess to another, regards Merton's article "Openness and the Cloister", and speaks of aggiornamento of the religious life in regard to the observance of silence. [3 pages on one sheet, an air mail letter.]
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1967-11-18: Letter from David Friend Aberle to Thomas Merton W. H. "Ping" Ferry had asked David Aberle, an anthropologist, to write to Merton about the Sioux (Lakota) and about Sitting Bull. Though not an expert on the Lakota, Aberle offers some resources and advice. Merton responds that he is most interested in background on the Ghost Dance.
David F. Aberle was a professor of anthropology at University of British Columbia whose specialty was the study of the Navajos.
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1967-09-18 (#02): Attachment to letter to Thomas Merton from "De Roo, Remi Joseph, Bishop, 1924-2022," (recommendation to the Second Vatican Council to make changes to canon law to officially recognize hermits in monastic and religious life)
