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Fr. Jean-Marie Déchanet was a monk of Sint-Andriesabdij (Abbaye de Saint-André) near Bruges, Belgium. In 1956, he wrote the book Christian Yoga. By his 1961 letters, he was living in a monastic foundation in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Though both Déchanet and Merton shared an interest in yoga, the text of the letters focuses primarity on translations of monastic history, the contemplative life, and later on Déchanet's life as a European monk in Africa.
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1950/08/08 (#01) |
TALS to Merton |
Je ne crois pas qu'il soit possible de répondre à la question que vous me posez. Le problème |
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1950/08/08 (#02) |
transcript to Merton |
I don't believe that it is possible to answer the question you ask me. The problem with the Brevis |
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1951/12/20 |
TALS to Merton |
Vous êtes en passe de devenir un homme célèbre. Votre nom figure dans toutes les revues. |
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1952/05/19 |
TALS to Merton |
Depuis longtemps je vous dois un "merci" pour l'envoi de vos livres, destinés à nos frères indiens. |
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1952/09/27 |
TLS to Merton |
Merci de votre lettre que j'attendais avec impatience. Votre Révérend Père m'avait fait savoir |
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1952/09/no? |
TAL from secretary to James Fox |
Father Abbot has regretfully decided that we cannot subsidize the edition of Pere Dumontier's book |
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1961/03/12 (#01) |
TLS to Merton |
Je pensais à vous ces derniers jours - en revoyant vos notes au sujet du ms de la Lettre d'or, |
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[writing from the Monastère St. Benoit in Kansenia, Katanga, during Katanga's brief period of independence from the Congo] The Sign of Jonas / transfer to Kantanga from the Congo in 1957 / problems of desires for independence between natives and colonialists / manuscript for "l'Exposé in Cantica" / silence and solitude
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1961/03/12 (#02) |
transcript to Merton |
I don't believe that it is possible to answer the question you ask me. The problem with the Brevis |
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[writing from the Monastère St. Benoit in Kansenia, Katanga, during Katanga's brief period of independence from the Congo] The Sign of Jonas / transfer to Kantanga from the Congo in 1957 / problems of desires for independence between natives and colonialists / manuscript for "l'Exposé in Cantica" / silence and solitude
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