| Author Quoted | Friedrich Heiler |
| Title Quoted | Prayer: A Study in the History and Psychology of Religion |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1968/07/12 |
| Imprint | [S.l.] : Oxford University Press. 1932I |
| Quotation | I am also disappointed in Heiler on Prayer with his black-and-white division of mysticism (bad-quietistic"”world-renouncing-life-denying) and prophecy (good-dynamic "”world"”affirming"”lif"”loving). This is a mere cliche. Has nothing to do with the reality of either mysticism or prophecy"”except I would say both are "life-affirming" in a very strong sens"”but it depends [on] what you mean by "life." |
| Quotation Source | The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 7, 1967-1968.; Edited by Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1998, p. 141 |
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