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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Deikman, Arthur J., M.D.

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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Biography

Dr. Arthur J. Deikman of Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/03/08 TLSto MertonThe enclosed paper describes the experimental work that I have done and the conclusions I have  [enclosure mentioned is not extant] experiments concerning the mystical experience / liked Merton's comments on the papers of Drs. Prince and Savage - "Mystical States and Regression" in the <u>Bucke Society Newsletter</u>
 1967/03/14 TL[c]from MertonI am happy to have had a chance to read your paper on "De-automatization and the Mystic Experience",  "the point of ascetic disciplines is to liberate the subject from automatism and routine in perception" - LSD a "short cut to de-automatization" / contradictions of applying the language of science (quantity, observation) to the mystical experience / Maritain's <i>Degrees of Knowledge</i>/ pure gratuity of the mystical experience
        

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