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Johnston, William - The mysticism of the Cloud of Unknowing; a modern interpretation
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Makarios, Saint - Early Fathers from the Philokalia: together with some writings of St. Abba Dorotheus, St. Isaac of Syria, and St. Gregory Palamas; selected and translated from the Russian text Dobrotolubiye by E. Kadloubovsky and G.E.H. Palmer (London [England] : Faber and Faber, 1954). Thomas Merton's Marginalia Collection.
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Hilton, Walter - The scale of perfection; translated into modern English , with an introduction and notes, by Gerard Sitwell (London, Burns, Oates [1953]). Thomas Merton's Marginalia Collection.
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Chadwick, Nora Kershaw - The age of the saints in the early Celtic Church (London, New York, Oxford University Press, [1963] reprinted with corrections). Thomas Merton's Marginalia Collection. Copy in Merton Center accessioned from Thomas Merton's hermitage in June 2026. There is no marginalia; however, Merton cites the book in a letters to Nora Chadwick (1964-05-26) and Etta Gullick (1964-05-22).
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Butler, Cuthbert - Western mysticism; the teachings of SS Augustine, Gregory and Bernard on contemplation and the contemplative life (Second edition, [N. Y.] : Dutton, [1951]). Thomas Merton's Marginalia Collection. Handwritten note in book is not in Merton's handwriting. There are very light pencil marks that may be Merton's. Copy was originally marked as belonging to the "Brothers Novitiate" library. Merton references Butler's book in a letter of April 15, 1959 to Father Mark Weidner, O.C.S.O. Accessioned from Thomas Merton's hermitage in June 2026.
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Bouyer, Louis. The paschal mystery: meditations on the last three days of Holy Week; translated by Sister Mary Benoit Holahan (Chicago : Henry Regnery Company, 1950). Thomas Merton's Marginalia Collection. This copy was accessioned in 2026 from Merton's hermitage. The English translation has only scant marks, and not necessarily by Merton. It was stamped as a book in Gethsemani's guest house library before moving to the hermitage. Merton references receiving the French edition in his journals of 1948 March 25.
