Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey Writings on Contemplation

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Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey

Writings on Contemplation

William H. Shannon

"There may be much desolation and suffering in the spirit of the contemplative, but there is always more joy than sorrow, more security than doubt, more peace than desolation. The contemplative is one who has found what every man seeks in one way or other."—Thomas Merton, The Inner Experience Contemplation is the single strand that binds together the life and work of Thomas Merton.

Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation traces the development of Merton's thought on the subject from his early "What Is Contemplation" to his later works and journals. In addition, Merton scholar William H. Shannon provides incisive commentary and substantial excerpts from The Inner Experience.