Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Burdick, Jeanne" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1961/December/26 (#01)

Series:    

Type:  TLS[x] - Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.

To/From:  from Merton to "Burdick, Jeanne"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  Hidden Ground of Love

First Lines:  "For several weeks I have wanted to find an opportunity to answer your letter with its one very"

Contents:  [Cold War Letters #15] responds to Burdick's question about "disinterested love" - charity, agape rather than eros - mysticism, the Zen tradition, Hassidim, Jewish tzaddiks of Central Europe and Poland (Buber) / Sigmund Freud - "a great puritan" / sending some writings of D. T. Suzuki

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Burdick, Jeanne:"    1961/December/26 (#01)