Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Atkins, Anselm, Fr., O.C.S.O., 1934-1999" file

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undated/no-month/no-day (#01)

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Type:  TALS - Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

To/From:  from Merton to "Atkins, Anselm, Fr., O.C.S.O., 1934-1999"-->

# of pages:  1

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First Lines:  "It is silly to bother you with this piece of absurd nonsense, but as I made you a sign about it,"

Contents:  [see also "Censors Reports" file, Series 36, "New Seeds of Contemplation"] censors negative comments about Merton's interpretation of RenĂ© Descartes - censor compares Merton's ideas on Christian contemplation to Hindu contemplation, but Merton thinks the censor's own notion of contemplation more closely compares to a negative stereotype of Hindu mysticism

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2013/12/01

Date added:  2014

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Atkins, Anselm, Fr., O.C.S.O., 1934-1999:"    undated/no-month/no-day (#01)