The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey, the Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Seven: 1967–1968 (Journal of Thomas Merton) - Hardcover

Merton, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060654864 ISBN 13: 9780060654863

Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998

Synopsis

The year 1998 marks the 30th anniversary of Thomas Merton’s death, and this seventh and final volume of his celebrated journals completes the story of a remarkable man and his lifelong search for spiritual fulfilment.

With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East – journeys that offer him new possibilities and causes for contemplation. In his last days at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton continues to follow the tumultuous events of the sixties, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. In Southeast Asia, he meets the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist and Catholic monks and discovers a rare and rewarding kinship with each. The final year is full of excitement and great potential for Merton, making his accidental death in Bangkok, at the age of fifty-three, all the more tragic.

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Review:

Acclaim for the Journals of Thomas Merton:

‘Delightful... brilliant social, political and personal commentaries.’
New York Times Book Review

From the Back Cover:

This seventh and final volume of Thomas Merton’s celebrated journals completes the story of a remarkable man and his lifelong search for spiritual fulfilment.

With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East – journeys that offer him new possibilities and causes for contemplation. In his last days at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton continues to follow the tumultuous events of the sixties, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. In Southeast Asia, he meets the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist and Catholic monks and discovers a rare and rewarding kinship with each. The final year is full of excitement and great potential for Merton, making his accidental death in Bangkok, at the age of fifty-three, all the more tragic.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060654864
• ISBN 13: 9780060654863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Hart Patrick O.C.S.O.