Contemplative prayer.
Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer in this classic text. He brings together a wealth of meditative and mystical influences--from John of the Cross to Eastern desert monasticism--to create a spiritual path for today.
More by Thomas Merton
The Seven Storey Mountain
New seeds of contemplation
Thoughts in solitude
Seeds of contemplation
Mystics and Zen masters
The Wisdom of the Desert
Spiritual Direction and Meditation
Conjectures of a guilty bystander
The way of Chuang Tzu
Zen and the birds of appetite
Dialogues with Silence
Raids on the unspeakable
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